I'll miss being with my fellow movie critics at the 26th Annual Critics Choice Awards which will air March 7 at (7/10 ET/PT) on the CW Network. However, the show must go on.

Acclaimed film, television, and stage star Taye Diggs from the hit CW drama "All-American" will host the 26th Annual Critics Choice Awards for the third consecutive time.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the star-studded show will continue its combined Film and Television awards format, honoring the finest in both cinematic and televised/streaming achievement. It will be an in-person/virtual hybrid, featuring some of the evening's presenters filming from a stage in Los Angeles, and nominees appearing remotely from various locations around the world.

The line-up of talent that will present during the 26th Annual Critics Choice Awards includes: Kevin Bacon, Angela Bassett, Mayim Bialik, Orlando Bloom, Morgan Freeman, Gal Gadot, Jim Gaffigan, Tony Hale, Chelsea Handler, Justin Hartley, Chris Hemsworth, Tyler Hoechlin, Jameela Jamil, Leslie Jordan, Javicia Leslie, Eva Longoria, Chrissy Metz, Mads Mikkelsen, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jared Padalecki, Ashley Park, Kyra Sedgwick, Yara Shahidi, Elizabeth Tulloch, Courtney B. Vance, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, to name just a few.

Award-winning actress, activist and current Critics Choice Award nominee, Zendaya, will receive the fifth annual SeeHer Award, presented by her "Malcolm & Marie" co-star John David Washington.

Chadwick Boseman also received multiple nominations for his outstanding performances in both "Da 5 Bloods" (Netflix) and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (Netflix). Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross have two chances to win in the Best Score category with their nominations for "Mank" (Netflix) and "Soul" (Disney).

This year's film nominees--which yours truly voted for as a member of the Critics Choice Association--are led by Netflix's "Mank," which earned an impressive 12 nominations including Best Picture and Best Actor for Gary Oldman.

With her nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Sony Pictures Classics "The Father," Olivia Colman becomes the only artist recognized for their work in both film and television this season, having previously been announced as a nominee for her leading role in "The Crown" (Netflix).

"We are honored to have the opportunity to recognize the tireless work of so many who overcame unprecedented obstacles to deliver these beautiful, challenging, nuanced pieces of art to our screens," said Critics Choice Association CEO Joey Berlin. "The stories told by this year's nominees will continue to resonate and we congratulate each and every one of them for their extraordinary accomplishments."

It really has been an amazing year for movies. There were so many fantastic performances which made made my job as a critic tough and exciting. Here are my movie picks and who I'd like to see win at the 26th Annual Critics Choice Awards. Be sure and tune in on March 7 at 4 p.m. for a really big show.

THE 26TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS FILM NOMINEES:

BEST PICTURE
Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Netflix)
Mank (Netflix)
Minari (A24)
News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

BEST ACTOR
Ben Affleck'sThe Way Back (Warner Bros.)
Riz Ahmed's Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
Chadwick Boseman's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Netflix)
Tom Hanks' News of the World" (Universal Pictures)
Anthony Hopkins The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Delroy Lindo Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Gary Oldman Mank (Netflix)
Steven Yeun Minari (A24)
Editor's Note: This category gave me fits. If there could be a tie, it should be between Delroy Lindo and Chadwick Boseman. Both give knockout performances.

BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Netflix)
Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu)
Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features)
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman (Netflix)
Frances McDormand, Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
Zendaya, Malcolm & Marie (Netflix)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Sacha Baron Cohen The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
Bill Murray, On the Rocks (A24/Apple TV+)
Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
Editor's Note: Loved Leslie Odom Jr. in "One Night in Miami," he's sesensational, but Daniel Kaluuya's raw fierceness as Fred Hampton is just remarkable.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Maria Bakalova Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios)
Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman (Netflix)
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix)
Olivia Colman, The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Amanda Seyfried, Mank (Netflix)
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari (A24)

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Ryder Allen, Palmer (Apple TV+)
Ibrahima Gueye, The Life Ahead (Netflix)
Alan Kim, Minari (A24)
Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features)
Caoilinn Springall, The Midnight Sky (Netflix)
Helena Zengel, News of the World (Universal Pictures)

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Netflix)
Minari (A24)
One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

BEST DIRECTOR
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari (A24)
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
David Fincher, Mank (Netflix)
Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Regina King, One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari (A24)
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
Jack Fincher, Mank (Netflix)
Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features)
Darius Marder & Abraham Marder, Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Paul Greengrass & Luke Davies, News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt, First Cow (A24)
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Netflix)
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Christopher Blauvelt, First Cow (A24)
Erik Messerschmidt, Mank (Netflix)
Lachlan Milne, Minari (A24)
Joshua James Richards, Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
Newton Thomas Sigel, Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Hoyte Van Hoytema, Tenet (Warner Bros.) Dariusz Wolski
News of the World (Universal Pictures)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Cristina Casali, Charlotte Dirickx The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures)
David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas Tenet (Warner Bros.)
Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale Mank (Netflix)
Kave Quinn, Stella Fox Emma (Focus Features)
Mark Ricker, Karen O'Hara & Diana Stoughton Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Netflix)

BEST EDITING
Alan Baumgarten The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Kirk Baxter Mank (Netflix)
Jennifer Lame Tenet (Warner Bros.)
Yorgos Lamprinos The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
Chloe Zhao Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Alexandra Byrne Emma (Focus Features)
Bina Daigeler Mulan (Disney)
Suzie Harman & Robert Worley The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures)
Ann Roth Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Netflix)
Nancy Steiner, Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
Trish Summerville Mank (Netflix)

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Emma (Focus Features)
Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Netflix)
Mank (Netflix)
Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Greyhound (Apple TV+)
The Invisible Man (Universal Pictures)
Mank (Netflix)
The Midnight Sky (Netflix)
Mulan (Disney)
Tenet (Warner Bros.)
Wonder Woman 1984 (Warner Bros.)

BEST COMEDY
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios)
The Forty-Year-Old Version (Netflix)
The King of Staten Island (Universal Pictures)
On the Rocks (A24/Apple TV+)
Palm Springs (Hulu and NEON)
The Prom (Netflix)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Another Round (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Collective (Magnolia Pictures)
La Llorona (Shudder)
The Life Ahead (Netflix)
Minari (A24)
Two of Us (Magnolia Pictures)

BEST SONG
Everybody Cries The Outpost (Screen Media Films)
Fight for You Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
Husavik (My Home Town) Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Netflix)
Io si (Seen) The Life Ahead (Netflix)
Speak Now One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
Tigress & Tweed The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu)

BEST SCORE
Alexandre Desplat The Midnight Sky (Netflix)
Ludwig Gorransson Tenet (Warner Bros.)
James Newton Howard News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Emile Mosseri, Minari (A24)
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Mank (Netflix)
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste, Soul (Disney)

The 26th annual Critics Choice Awards show will be produced by Bob Bain Productions and Berlin Entertainment. The CCA is represented by Dan Black of Greenberg Traurig.

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