Get ready for a big night of star-studded entertainment as The 25th Annual Critics? Choice Awards will air Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. (ET/PT) on the CW Network. This year?s gala will be held once again at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica and hosted by film, television, and stage star Taye Diggs.

N2Entertainment.net will also attend the awards ceremony and report on all the news of note via social media.

The Critics? Choice Awards are bestowed annually to honor the finest in cinematic and television achievement. Historically, the Critics? Choice Awards are the most accurate predictor of the Academy Award nominations.

?The Irishman? leads the Critics? Choice Awards with 14 nominations including ?Best Picture,? Robert De Niro for ?Best Actor,? Al Pacino and Joe Pesci for ?Best Supporting Actor,? Martin Scorsese for ?Best Director,? ?Best Acting Ensemble,? ?Best Adapted Screenplay,? ?Best Cinematography,? ?Best Production Design,? ?Best Editing,? ?Best Costume Design,? ?Best Hair and Makeup,? ?Best Visual Effects? and ?Best Score.?

?Once Upon a Time? in Hollywood? received 12 nominations, followed by ?Little Women? with nine, ?1917? and ?Marriage Story? with eight. ?Jojo Rabbit,? ?Joker,? and ?Parasite? each have seven nods.

?This has been a truly great year for television and movies,? said CCA CEO Joey Berlin. ?In every genre, from every viewpoint and distribution platform, brilliant storytellers are challenging and delighting us. We are so excited to have the opportunity to celebrate them, and their work, on January 12 on the CW!?

Film icon Eddie Murphy will receive The Lifetime Achievement Award. Murphy will be feted for his extraordinary roles over the years, most recently his brilliant portrayal of the legendary Rudy Ray Moore in Netflix?s ?Dolemite Is My Name,? for which he is nominated for ?Best Actor.?

Murphy is the most commercially successful African American actor in the history of the motion picture business and is one of the industry?s top-five box-office performers overall. He is on the very short list of actors who have starred in multiple $100 million pictures over the past three decades, from ?Beverly Hills Cop? to ?Daddy Day Care.? Some of his other most beloved hits include: ?48 Hours,? ?Trading Places,? ?Coming to America,? ?Harlem Nights,? ?The Distinguished Gentleman,?, ?Bowfinger,? ?The Nutty Professor? and ?Shrek.?

Murphy recently wrapped production on ?Coming 2 America,? the long-anticipated sequel to the 1988 box office hit. In 2007, Murphy received critical acclaim for his portrayal of James ?Thunder? Early in the DreamWorks film ?Dreamgirls,? a performance which would garner him the Critics? Choice Award for ?Best Supporting Actor? as well as earning him his first Academy Award nomination in the same category.

The 25th Annual Critics? Choice Awards will be an incredibly fun evening. And for everyone wanting to know just who N2Entertainment.net voted for, well here you go. Here are the picks submitted (Movies Only) for awards consideration and are ones that I believe are worthy of winning this year?s coveted Critics? Choice Awards.

BEST PICTURE:
?1917?
?Ford v Ferrari?
?The Irishman?
?Jojo Rabbit?
?Joker?
?Little Women?
?Marriage Story?
?Once Upon a Time? in Hollywood?
?Parasite?
?Uncut Gems?

BEST ACTOR:
Antonio Banderas ? ?Pain and Glory?
Robert De Niro ? ?The Irishman?
Leonardo DiCaprio ? ?Once Upon a Time? in Hollywood?
Adam Driver ? ?Marriage Story?
Eddie Murphy ? ?Dolemite Is My Name?
Joaquin Phoenix ? ?Joker?
Adam Sandler ? ?Uncut Gems?

BEST ACTRESS:
Awkwafina ? ?The Farewell?
Cynthia Erivo ? ?Harriet?
Scarlett Johansson ? ?Marriage Story?
Lupita Nyong?o ? Us
Saoirse Ronan ? ?Little Women?
Charlize Theron ? ?Bombshell?
Ren?e Zellweger ? ?Judy?

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Willem Dafoe ? ?The Lighthouse?
Tom Hanks ? ?A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood?
Anthony Hopkins ? ?The Two Popes?
Al Pacino ? ?The Irishman?
Joe Pesci ? ?The Irishman?
Brad Pitt ? ?Once Upon a Time? in Hollywood?

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Laura Dern ? ?Marriage Story?
Scarlett Johansson ? ?Jojo Rabbit?
Jennifer Lopez ? ?Hustlers?
Florence Pugh ? ?Little Women?
Margot Robbie ? ?Bombshell?
Zhao Shuzhen ? ?The Farewell?

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS:
Julia Butters ? ?Once Upon a Time? in Hollywood?
Roman Griffin Davis ? ?Jojo Rabbit?
Noah Jupe ? ?Honey Boy?
Thomasin McKenzie ? ?Jojo Rabbit?
Shahadi Wright Joseph ? ?Us?
Archie Yates ? ?Jojo Rabbit?

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE:
?Bombshell?
?The Irishman?
?Knives Out?
?Little Women?
?Marriage Story?
?Once Upon a Time? in Hollywood?
?Parasite?

BEST DIRECTOR:
Noah Baumbach ? ?Marriage Story?
Greta Gerwig ? ?Little Women?
Bong Joon Ho ? ?Parasite?
Sam Mendes ? ?1917?
Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie ? ?Uncut Gem?s
Martin Scorsese ? ?The Irishman?
Quentin Tarantino ? ?Once Upon a Time? in Hollywood?

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Noah Baumbach ? ?Marriage Story?
Rian Johnson ? ?Knives Out?
Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won ? ?Parasite?
Quentin Tarantino ? ?Once Upon a Time? in Hollywood?
Lulu Wang ? ?The Farewell?

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Greta Gerwig ? ?Little Women?
Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue ? ?A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood?
Anthony McCarten ? ?The Two Popes?
Todd Phillips & Scott Silver ? ?Joker?
Taika Waititi ? ?Jojo Rabbit?
Steven Zaillian ? ?The Irishman?

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Jarin Blaschke? ?The Lighthouse?
Roger Deakins? ?1917?
Phedon Papamichael? ?Ford v Ferrari?
Rodrigo Prieto ? ?The Irishman?
Robert Richardson? ?Once Upon a Time? in Hollywood?
Lawrence Sher? ?Joker?

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Mark Friedberg, Kris Moran ? ?Joker?
Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales ? ?1917?
Jess Gonchor, Claire Kaufman ? ?Little Women?
Lee Ha Jun ? ?Parasite?
Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh ? ?Once Upon a Time? in Hollywood?
Bob Shaw, Regina Graves ? ?The Irishman?
Donal Woods, Gina Cromwell ? ?Downton Abbey?

BEST EDITING:
Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie ? ?Uncut Gems?
Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker ? ?Ford v Ferrari?
Yang Jinmo ? ?Parasite?
Fred Raskin ? ?Once Upon a Time? in Hollywood?
Thelma Schoonmaker ? ?The Irishman?
Lee Smith ? ?1917?

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Ruth E. Carter? ?Dolemite Is My Name?
Julian Day ? ?Rocketman?
Jacqueline Durran ? ?Little Women?
Arianne Phillips ? ?Once Upon a Time? in Hollywood?
Sandy Powell, Christopher Peterson ? ?The Irishman?
Anna Robbins ? ?Downton Abbey?

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP:
?Bombshell?
?Dolemite Is My Name?
?The Irishman?
?Joker?
?Judy?
?Once Upon a Time? in Hollywood?
?Rocketman?

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
?1917?
?Ad Astra?
?The Aeronauts?
?Avengers: Endgame?
?Ford v Ferrari?
?The Irishman?
?The Lion King?

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
?Abominable?
?Frozen II?
?How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World?
?I Lost My Body?
?Missing Link?
?Toy Story 4?

BEST ACTION MOVIE:
?1917?
?Avengers: Endgame?
?Ford v Ferrari?
?John Wick: Chapter 3 ? Parabellum?
?Spider-Man: Far From Home?

BEST COMEDY:
?Booksmart?
?Dolemite Is My Name?
?The Farewell?
?Jojo Rabbit?
?Knives Out?

BEST SCI-FI OR HORROR MOVIE:
?Ad Astra?
?Avengers: Endgame?
?Midsommar?
?Us?

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
?Atlantics?
?Les Mis?rables?
?Pain and Glory?
?Parasite?
?Portrait of a Lady on Fire?

BEST SONG:
?Glasgow? (No Place Like Home) ? ?Wild Rose?
?(I?m Gonna) Love Me Again? ? ?Rocketman?
?I?m Standing With You? ? ?Breakthrough?
?Into the Unknown? ? ?Frozen II?
?Speechless? ? ?Aladdin?
?Spirit? ? ?The Lion King?
?Stand Up? ? ?Harriet?

BEST SCORE:
Michael Abels ? ?Us?
Alexandre Desplat? ?Little Women?
Hildur Gu?nad?ttir ? ?Joker?
Randy Newman? ?Marriage Story?
Thomas Newman ? ?1917?
Robbie Robertson? ?The Irishman?

TELEVISION NOMINATIONS FOR THE 25TH ANNUAL CRITICS? CHOICE AWARDS

BEST DRAMA SERIES:
?The Crown? (Netflix)
?David Makes Man? (OWN)
?Game of Thrones? (HBO)
?The Good Fight? (CBS All Access)
?Pose? (FX)
?Succession? (HBO)
?This Is Us? (NBC)
?Watchmen? (HBO)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Sterling K. Brown ? ?This Is Us? (NBC)
Mike Colter ? ?Evil? (CBS)
Paul Giamatti ? ?Billions? (Showtime)
Kit Harington ? ?Game of Thrones? (HBO)
Freddie Highmore ? ?The Good Doctor? (ABC)
Tobias Menzies ? ?The Crown? (Netflix)
Billy Porter ? ?Pose? (FX)
Jeremy Strong ? ?Succession? (HBO)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Christine Baranski ? ?The Good Fight? (CBS All Access)
Olivia Colman ? ?The Crown? (Netflix)
Jodie Comer ? ?Killing Eve? (BBC America)
Nicole Kidman ? ?Big Little Lies? (HBO)
Regina King ? ?Watchmen? (HBO)
Mj Rodriguez ? ?Pose? (FX)
Sarah Snook ? ?Succession? (HBO)
Zendaya ? ?Euphoria? (HBO)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Asante Blackk ? ?This Is Us? (NBC)
Billy Crudup ? ?The Morning Show? (Apple)
Asia Kate Dillon ? ?Billions? (Showtime)
Peter Dinklage ? ?Game of Thrones? (HBO)
Justin Hartley ? ?This Is Us? (NBC)
Delroy Lindo ? ?The Good Fight? (CBS All Access)
Tim Blake Nelson ? ?Watchmen? (HBO)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Helena Bonham Carter? ?The Crown? (Netflix)
Gwendoline Christie? ?Game of Thrones? (HBO)
Laura Dern ? ?Big Little Lies? (HBO)
Audra McDonald ? ?The Good Fight? (CBS All Access)
Jean Smart ? ?Watchmen? (HBO)
Meryl Streep ? ?Big Little Lies? (HBO)
Susan Kelechi Watson ? ?This Is Us? (NBC)

BEST COMEDY SERIES:
?Barry? (HBO)
?Fleabag? (Amazon)
?The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel? (Amazon)
?Mom? (CBS)
?One Day at a Time? (Netflix)
?PEN15? (Hulu)
?Schitt?s Creek? (Pop)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Ted Danson ? ?The Good Place? (NBC)
Walton Goggins ? ?The Unicorn? (CBS)
Bill Hader ? ?Barry? (HBO)
Eugene Levy ? ?Schitt?s Creek? (Pop)
Paul Rudd ? ?Living with Yourself? (Netflix)
Bashir Salahuddin ? ?Sherman?s Showcase? (IFC)
Ramy Youssef ? ?Ramy? (Hulu)

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Christina Applegate ? ?Dead to Me? (Netflix)
Alison Brie? ?GLOW? (Netflix)
Rachel Brosnahan ? ?The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel? (Amazon)
Kirsten Dunst ? ?On Becoming a God in Central Florida? (Showtime)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus ? ?Veep? (HBO)
Catherine O?Hara ? ?Schitt?s Creek? (Pop)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge ? ?Fleabag? (Amazon)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Andre Braugher ? ?Brooklyn Nine-Nine? (NBC)
Anthony Carrigan ? ?Barry? (HBO)
William Jackson Harper? ?The Good Place? (NBC)
Daniel Levy ? ?Schitt?s Creek? (Pop)
Nico Santos ? ?Superstore? (NBC)
Andrew Scott ? ?Fleabag? (Amazon)
Henry Winkler ? ?Barry? (HBO)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Alex Borstein ? ?The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel? (Amazon)
D?Arcy Carden ? ?The Good Place? (NBC)
Sian Clifford ? ?Fleabag? (Amazon)
Betty Gilpin ? ?GLOW? (Netflix)
Rita Moreno ? ?One Day at a Time? (Netflix)
Annie Murphy ? ?Schitt?s Creek? (Pop)
Molly Shannon ? ?The Other Two? (Comedy Central)

BEST LIMITED SERIES:
?Catch-22? (Hulu)
?Chernobyl? (HBO)
?Fosse/Verdon? (FX)
?The Loudest Voice? (Showtime)
?Unbelievable? (Netflix)
?When They See Us? (Netflix)
?Years and Years? (HBO)

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION:
?Brexit? (HBO)
?Deadwood: The Movie? (HBO)
?El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie? (Netflix)
?Guava Island? (Amazon)
?Native Son? (HBO)
?Patsy & Loretta? (Lifetime)

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION:
Christopher Abbott? ?Catch-22? (Hulu)
Mahershala Ali? ?True Detective? (HBO)
Russell Crowe? ?The Loudest Voice? (Showtime)
Jared Harris? ?Chernobyl? (HBO)
Jharrel Jerome ? ?When They See Us? (Netflix)
Sam Rockwell ? ?Fosse/Verdon? (FX)
Noah Wyle ? ?The Red Line? (CBS)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION:
Kaitlyn Dever ? ?Unbelievable? (Netflix)
Anne Hathaway ? ?Modern Love? (Amazon)
Megan Hilty? ?Patsy & Loretta? (Lifetime)
Joey King ? ?The Act? (Hulu)
Jessie Mueller ? ?Patsy & Loretta? (Lifetime)
Merritt Wever ? ?Unbelievable? (Netflix)
Michelle Williams ? ?Fosse/Verdon? (FX)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION:
Asante Blackk ? ?When They See Us? (Netflix)
George Clooney ? ?Catch-22? (Hulu)
John Leguizamo ? ?When They See Us? (Netflix)
Dev Patel ? ?Modern Love? (Amazon)
Jesse Plemons ? ?El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie? (Netflix)
Stellan Skarsg?rd ? ?Chernobyl? (HBO)
Russell Tovey ? ?Years and Years? (HBO)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION:
Patricia Arquette ? ?The Act? (Hulu)
Marsha Stephanie Blake ? ?When They See Us? (Netflix)
Toni Collette ? ?Unbelievable? (Netflix)
Niecy Nash ? ?When They See Us? (Netflix)
Margaret Qualley ? ?Fosse/Verdon? (FX)
Emma Thompson ? ?Years and Years? (HBO)
Emily Watson ? ?Chernobyl? (HBO)

BEST ANIMATED SERIES:
?Big Mouth? (Netflix)
?BoJack Horseman? (Netflix)
?The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance? (Netflix)
?She-Ra and the Princesses of Power? (Netflix)
?The Simpsons? (Fox)
?Undone? (Amazon)

BEST TALK SHOW:
?Desus & Mero? (Showtime)
?Full Frontal with Samantha Bee? (TBS)
?The Kelly Clarkson Show? (NBC)
?Last Week Tonight with John Oliver? (HBO)
?The Late Late Show with James Corden? (CBS)
?Late Night with Seth Meyers? (NBC)

BEST COMEDY SPECIAL:
?Amy Schumer: Growing? (Netflix)
?Jenny Slate: Stage Fright? (Netflix)
?Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear?s All in the Family and The Jeffersons? (ABC)
?Ramy Youssef: Feelings? (HBO)
?Seth Meyers: Lobby Baby? (Netflix)
?Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia? (Netflix)
?Wanda Sykes: Not Normal? (Netflix)

Editor?s Note: Tune in to the 25th Annual Critics Choice Awards Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. (ET delayed PT) on the CW Network. Follow the 25th annual Critics? Choice Awards on Twitter and Instagram @CriticsChoice and on Facebook/CriticsChoiceAwards.

ABOUT CCA:
The Critics Choice Association is the largest critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing more than 400 television, radio and online critics. It was organized this year with the formal merger of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, recognizing the blurring of the distinctions between film, television, and streaming content. For more information, visit: www.CriticsChoice.com.

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