Barbie, Oppenheimer, John Wick 4 and Across the Spider-Verse 2 Win Big at HCA Astra Awards

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Greta Gerwig's BARBIE swept the awards at the Hollywood Critics Association's ASTRA Awards Saturday evening at Los Angeles' historic hotel, The Biltmore. Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER, SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE and JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 also earned multiple awards. See the complete list below.

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'Top Gun: Maverick,'The Batman and 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' Lead Hollywood Critics Association Creative Arts Awards Nominations

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The Hollywood Critics Association will hold their first HCA Creative Arts Awards on February 17, 2023. The nominees for the inaugural creative awards include TOP GUN: MAVERICK, THE BATMAN, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, Baz Luhrmann's ELVIS, Guillermo del Toro's PINOCCHIO, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, India's acclaimed feature, RRR among others. See the full list and press release below.

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Severance, Dopesick and Hacks Lead 2nd Annual HCA TV Awards Streaming Edition

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Apple TV+'s Severance led in wins at the second night of the 2nd Annual HC TV awards Streaming Edition with five wins including a win for Ben Stiller for directing in a streaming service. Hulu's Dopesick followed with four statues, one going to Michael Keaton for Best Actor and Hacks scored three wins. Brett Goldstein won for Ted Lasso, Martin Short for Only Murders in the Building, Pam & Tommy and Netflix's Squid Game also received top honors. See the complete list of winners.

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Tig Notaro and The Daily Show's Dulcé Sloan To Host The Two-Night Star-Studded 2022 HCA TV AWARDS

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The Hollywood Critics Association announced the hosts for the upcoming 2022 HCA TV Awards on Saturday, August 13 and Sunday, August 14. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah correspondent Dulcé Sloan will host the first night which is dedicated Broadcast & Cable while stand-up comic, actor and writer Tig Notaro will host night two dedicated to the streaming categories. The press release also announced Mandy Moore will be honored this year with the Virtuoso Award on Saturday. The HCA has also partnered with Petco Love and Big Love Animal Rescue for a two-night adoption event at the HCA TV Awards. See the press release below.

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2nd Annual HCA TV Awards Announces Streaming Nominees with Ted Lasso Taking Lead

This Is Us stars Chrissy Metz and Susan Kelechi Watson helped announce the nominees for the 2nd Annual HCA Streaming Awards along with HCA members Kiyra Lynn and Landon Johnson Thursday. AppleTV+'s Severance and Ted Lasso tied with 12 nominations each. Dopesick, Stranger Things, Only Murders in the Building and Squid Game racked up nominations.

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2nd Annual Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards Split Into a Two-Night Event

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The 2nd Annual Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards will take place on two nights on August 13 and August 14 in Los Angeles. The first night is dedicated to Broadcast and Cable and the second night will focus on Streaming Platforms. New categories were also added to the awards lineup including Writing, Directing, Short Form, and International Series. Read more in the press release below. 

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94th Annual Academy Awards Winners and Show Recap

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The most talked-about moment from the 94th Academy Award won't be who won but the moment when Chris Rock insulted Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith went on stage and smacked the comedian squarely on the face. The broadcast went silent and words were exchanged but Australian audiences' broadcast was not muted. Will Smith went on to win the Best Actor Oscar, and tearfully accepted while apologizing to the room and the Academy for his outburst. However here are the winners (in bold) for the night.

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Kristen Stewart, Andrew Garfield,'Coda' and 'Dune' Take Home 5th Annual HCA Film Awards

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A star-studded ceremony celebrated the best in film at the 5th Annual HCA Film Awards. Andrew Garfield (tick, tick…BOOM!) and Kristen Stewart (SPENCER) took home the Best Actor and Actress award with AppleTV+'s CODA movie taking home the Best Picture statue. The Best Director award was a tie between Denis Villeneuve for DUNE & Jane Campion for THE POWER OF THE DOG). Honorary awards went to Nicolas Cage, Guillermo del Toro, Natalie Morales, Javier Bardem, Kenneth Branagh, SHANG-CHI's Simu Liu and others. See the full list below.

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'Dune,' 'Belfast' and 'CODA' Lead Hollywood Critics Association 5th Annual HCA Film Awards

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The nominations for the Hollywood Critics Association were announced Thursday with DUNE topping the list with 10 nominations, followed by Kenneth Branaugh's BELFAST and Apple TV+'s CODA. Netflix led the way with 25 nominations, followed by Warner Bros with 18 and Focus Features with 17 entries. See the full list of nominations below.

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36th Annual Imagen Award Nominations Announced

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Nominations for the 36th annual Imagen Awards were announced, and the nominees include last year's Oscar snub La Llorona, the Walter Mercado Netflix documentary, Selena: The Series, Mayans M.C., and many others. Actors in the running include Jay Hernandez, Rita Moreno, Demian Bichir, Eiza Gonzales, Alicia Braga, Salma Hayek, Anya Taylor Johnson, and Pose's MJ Rodriguez. The award show honors the best in Latino talent in film, television, and streaming.

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Hollywood Critics Association Expanding Into Television

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In addition to films, the Hollywood Critics Association will be expanding into television and recognizing talent in that field with a television awards ceremony to be held late summer of 2021. On Wednesday, the critics group released the announcement along with the categories for the award show.

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Progress: Oscars 2021 Nominations One Step Closer To Reflecting America

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For the first time, two women are nominated in the Best Director and Best Picture categories while three Asian-Americans were included in the prestigious Academy Award nominations this year. Hollywood is definitely making strides in diversifying in front and behind the cameras, but sadly there's more work to be done for Latinos who were completely shut out when Guatemala's entry LA LLORONA, a powerful film about genocide, was snubbed. However, this year's nominations mark a significant advancement for people of color. Below are some of the groundbreaking nominations. 

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Delroy Lindo, 'Promising Young Woman,' 'Birds of Prey' Big Winners at Hollywood Critics Association's 4th Annual HCA Awards

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The Hollywood Critics Association streamed the 4th Annual HCA Film Awards Friday night. PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN was the big winner of the night with five awards including winning Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay among others. BIRDS OF PREY received three awards and SOUND OF METAL with two wins. See the full list of winners and honorary awards.

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4th Annual HCA Film Award Nominations Announced

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The Hollywood Critics Association revealed the list of nominees for the 4th Annual HC Award Film Awards, and PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN leads the pack with nine nominations followed by ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI, MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM and MANK. Netflix and Amazon Studios' films received most of the nominations. Read the full list below. 

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4th Annual HCA Awards To Honor Lin-Manuel Miranda, Emerald Fennell, and Emile Mosseri

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The Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) will be holding their 4th Annual HCA Awards Ceremony virtually on March 5. The Los Angeles-based critics group Friday announced the recipients for honorary awards that include Lin-Manuel Miranda, Promising Young Woman's writer/director Emerald Fennell and Minari composer Emile Mosseri. See the full press release. 

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