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Chelsea Handler took a swipe at her ex Jo Koy and his recent Golden Globes hosting gig during her own monologue at Sunday night’s Critics Choice Awards.
As Koy struggled onstage during his opening, he blamed jokes that fell flat on his writers. He also insisted, “I wrote some of these, and they’re the ones you’re laughing at.”
For her part, Handler lovingly referred to an absent Killers of the Flower Moon director Martin Scorsese as her “little Italian meatball.” When the comment drew laughs, she said, “Thank you for laughing at that. My writer’s wrote it.”
Koy and Handler, who dated for 11 months, broke it off in 2021. At the time, she told Brooke Shields‘ Now What?podcast, “I really believed that this was my guy,” adding she was even “open” to marriage. “And then, toward the end of the relationship, it just became clear that this was not my person.”
Days after the Globes, Koy told the Los Angeles Times that blaming his writers was a “rookie move,” explaining of his team, “They were amazing, they had my back, and I need to make sure I fix that, and I will, I always will.”
Actress Joyce Randolph, best known for playing Trixie Norton, the wife of Art Carney‘s Ed Norton, on the classic sitcom The Honeymooners, died of natural causes Saturday, January 13, in New York City, her son Randy tells TMZ. She was 99. Randolph, who was in hospice care at the time of her death, was the last surviving member of the cast, which also included Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows. The sitcom, which first appeared as a sketch on Cavalcade of Stars and The Jackie Gleason Show, aired on CBS from 1955 to 1956 …
R.L. Stineannounced that Netflix has given the green light to a new film based on his Fear Street series. The next movie will be based on one of those entries, The Prom Queen. The streaming service released three Fear Street movies in 2021 …
Alec Musser, best known for his role on the soap opera All My Children, died January 12 at his home in Del Mar, California, his fiancée Paige Press tells TMZ. He was 50. The cause of his death was not revealed. Musser made his onscreen acting debut playing Del Henry on All My Children. His other credits include TV’s Desperate Housewives and the film Grown Ups …
The 75th annual Emmy Awards will finally air Monday night on Fox.
Originally meant to air in September, the awards show was postponed due to this year’s WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
As announced in July, HBO’s Succession leads the pack with 27 nominations in the Drama category, achieving a historic first: Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong and Kieran Culkin are all nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Succession, which ended its four-season run on May 28 of last year, has already earned 13 Emmys.
HBO dominated the nominations: The Last of Us got the second-most nominations with 24, just ahead of the network’s The White Lotus, with 23 nods.
That said, Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso was the most-nominated comedy, picking up 21. The full list of nominees can be found here.
Former black-ish starand 11-time Emmy nominee Anthony Anderson will host the live ceremony, which airs January 15 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox. It will be available to stream the next day on Hulu.
Mean Girls, based on Tina Fey‘s 2018 Tony-nominated Broadway show, which itself was based on her 2004 film, opened with an estimated $28 million domestic haul between Friday and Sunday. Factoring in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, that number is expected to hit $34.5 million.
Second place went to The Beekeeper, this week’s second major release. The Jason Statham action thriller delivered an estimated $16.7 million over the three-day weekend and is expected to bring in $19.1 million in North America over four days.
Wonka, which topped the North American box office for three out of its first four weeks, dropped to third place this time out, earning an estimated $8.3 million domestically over the three-day weekend and an anticipated $10.88 million through Monday. The film has now reached $500 million worldwide.
Taking fourth place was the animated film Migration, racking up an estimated $2.1 million domestically over the three-day weekend and an expected $8.3 million over the long holiday weekend. The movie, featuring the voices of Kumail Nanjiani and Elizabeth Banks, is projected to reach $87.8 million globally.
Rounding out the top five was the Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell film Anyone but You, with an estimated $6.19 million between Friday and Sunday and $8.3 million for the entire MLK Day holiday weekend. Its four-week domestic tally now stands at $57.5 million and $78 million globally.
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The 29th annual Critics Choice Awards, hosted by Chelsea Handler, aired live on The CW from The Barker Hangar in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 14.
Oppenheimer led the winners in the film categories, earning eight awards including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr., Best Acting Ensemble, Best Director for Christopher Nolan, Best Cinematography for Hoyte van Hoytema, Best Editing for Jennifer Lame, Best Visual Effects, and Best Score for Ludwig Göransson.
In the series categories, The Bear took home four trophies — Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Jeremy Allen White, Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Ayo Edebiri, and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Ebon Moss-Bachrachand.
Beef also nabbed four awards — Best Limited Series, Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television for Steven Yeun, Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television for Ali Wong and Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television for Maria Bello.
Succession won Best Drama Series, Best Actor in a Drama Series for Kieran Culkin, and Best Actress in a Drama Series for Sarah Snook.
Elsewhere, James Mangold presented the Career Achievement Award to Harrison Ford and Margot Robbie presented this year’s SeeHer Award to America Ferrera.
Here’s the full winner’s list:
FILM CATEGORIES
BEST PICTURE Oppenheimer (Universal)
BEST ACTOR
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers (Focus)
BEST ACTRESS
Emma Stone – Poor Things (Searchlight)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer (Universal)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers (Focus)
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers (Focus)
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Oppenheimer (Universal)
BEST DIRECTOR
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer (Universal)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach – Barbie (WB)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction (Amazon)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer (Universal)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer – Barbie (WB)
BEST EDITING
Jennifer Lame – Oppenheimer (Universal)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Jacqueline Durran – Barbie (WB)
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Barbie (WB)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Oppenheimer (Universal)
BEST COMEDY Barbie (WB)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Anatomy of a Fall (Neon)
BEST SONG
“I’m Just Ken” – Barbie (WB)
BEST SCORE
Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer (Universal)
SERIES CATEGORIES
BEST DRAMA SERIES Succession (HBO | Max)
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Kieran Culkin – Succession (HBO | Max)
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Sarah Snook – Succession (HBO | Max)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown (Netflix)
BEST COMEDY SERIES The Bear (FX)
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jeremy Allen White – The Bear (FX)
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ayo Edebiri – The Bear (FX)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear (FX)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Meryl Streep – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
BEST LIMITED SERIES Beef (Netflix)
BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Quiz Lady (Hulu)
BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Steven Yeun – Beef (Netflix)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Ali Wong – Beef (Netflix)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jonathan Bailey – Fellow Travelers (Showtime)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Maria Bello – Beef (FX)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES Lupin (Netflix)
BEST ANIMATED SERIES Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix)
BEST TALK SHOW Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO/Max)
BEST COMEDY SPECIAL
John Mulaney: Baby J (Netflix)
Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association
The 29th annual Critics Choice Awards, hosted by Chelsea Handler, aired live on The CW from The Barker Hangar in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 14.
Oppenheimer led the winners in the film categories, earning eight awards including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr., Best Acting Ensemble, Best Director for Christopher Nolan, Best Cinematography for Hoyte van Hoytema, Best Editing for Jennifer Lame, Best Visual Effects, and Best Score for Ludwig Göransson.
In the series categories, The Bear took home four trophies — Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Jeremy Allen White, Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Ayo Edebiri, and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Ebon Moss-Bachrachand.
Beef also nabbed four awards — Best Limited Series, Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television for Steven Yeun, Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television for Ali Wong and Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television for Maria Bello.
Succession won Best Drama Series, Best Actor in a Drama Series for Kieran Culkin, and Best Actress in a Drama Series for Sarah Snook.
Elsewhere, James Mangold presented the Career Achievement Award to Harrison Ford and Margot Robbie presented this year’s SeeHer Award to America Ferrera.
Here’s the full winner’s list:
FILM CATEGORIES
BEST PICTURE Oppenheimer (Universal)
BEST ACTOR
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers (Focus)
BEST ACTRESS
Emma Stone – Poor Things (Searchlight)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer (Universal)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers (Focus)
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers (Focus)
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Oppenheimer (Universal)
BEST DIRECTOR
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer (Universal)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach – Barbie (WB)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction (Amazon)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer (Universal)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer – Barbie (WB)
BEST EDITING
Jennifer Lame – Oppenheimer (Universal)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Jacqueline Durran – Barbie (WB)
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Barbie (WB)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Oppenheimer (Universal)
BEST COMEDY Barbie (WB)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Anatomy of a Fall (Neon)
BEST SONG
“I’m Just Ken” – Barbie (WB)
BEST SCORE
Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer (Universal)
SERIES CATEGORIES
BEST DRAMA SERIES Succession (HBO | Max)
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Kieran Culkin – Succession (HBO | Max)
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Sarah Snook – Succession (HBO | Max)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown (Netflix)
BEST COMEDY SERIES The Bear (FX)
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jeremy Allen White – The Bear (FX)
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ayo Edebiri – The Bear (FX)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear (FX)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Meryl Streep – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
BEST LIMITED SERIES Beef (Netflix)
BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Quiz Lady (Hulu)
BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Steven Yeun – Beef (Netflix)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Ali Wong – Beef (Netflix)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jonathan Bailey – Fellow Travelers (Showtime)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Maria Bello – Beef (FX)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES Lupin (Netflix)
BEST ANIMATED SERIES Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix)
BEST TALK SHOW Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO/Max)
BEST COMEDY SPECIAL
John Mulaney: Baby J (Netflix)
The Television Academy on Friday revealed its list of the 75 Most Impactful TV Moments to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Emmy Awards.
Included in the list, which was compiled by industry members along with “a select group of academic professionals,” are Neil Armstrong‘s “One Small Step for Man” speech, televised as he set foot on the moon, as well as Martin Luther King Jr.‘s iconic “I Have A Dream” speech.
For every historic moment listed, there are memorable moments in pop culture history. Included are Sammy Davis Jr.‘s kiss of Carroll O’Connor‘s bigoted Archie Bunker on All in the Family; Linus telling Charlie Brown the true meaning of Christmas during Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown; and Julia Louis-Dreyfus‘ Elaine running afoul of Larry Thomas‘ Yev Kassem akathe Soup Nazi on Seinfeld.
Additionally, to celebrate the Emmy’s diamond anniversary, the academy announced that Monday night’s telecast on Fox will feature cast reunions and tributes to The Sopranos, Cheers, Martin, Grey’s Anatomy, Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update, All in the Family, Ally McBeal andI Love Lucy.
Among those former cast members returning will be Martin‘s Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, Carl Anthony Payne II and Tichina Arnold; The Sopranos‘ Lorraine Bracco and Michael Imperioli; Ally McBeal‘s Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Peter MacNicol and Gil Bellows; and Grey‘s stars Ellen Pompeo, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, James Pickens Jr. and Chandra Wilson.
Additionally, host Anthony Anderson announced that winners won’t have to worry about “walk-off” music cutting their speeches short — they’ll have to deal with the show’s resident “enforcer,” his mom, Doris Bowman aka Mama Doris.
Drew Barrymore is clearly still a fan of The Wedding Singer.
The talk show host and actress took to social media this week to share a video of her rewatching the 1998 rom-com, in which she starred alongside Adam Sandler. And the tears were flowing as she did.
Barrymore began the clip with a message to Sandler, telling her friend and frequent co-star, “We made such a good movie. I love you so much. Happy New Year.”
She added in the caption, “I love you so much @adamsandler. The Wedding Singer came on my TV as I was getting ready to leave the house and I had to take in this moment and watch it.”
Sandler responded in the comments, writing, “Love u always Drew. Happy New Year.”
The Wedding Singer — in which Sandler plays the title role and falls in love with a waitress, played by Barrymore — was the duo’s first film together. They reunited in 2004 for 50 First Dates and again in 2014 for Blended.
Incidentally, after joining another frequent Sandler collaborator, Jennifer Aniston, during Sandler’s Mark Twain Award ceremony in 2023, Barrymore told ABC Audio she wants to work with both of them on the big screen. “It gave us a taste of what it was like to work together with Sandler, and now, like, I just want more,” she enthused.
L-R: Ayer, Statham — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc./Daniel Smith
Jason Statham plays the title role in the new revenge thriller The Beekeeper — in that, yes, his soft-spoken Adam Clay keeps bees.
But unbeknownst to those who know him, he’s also a veteran of a secret group known as Beekeepers who take the law into their own hands when justice fails victims.
And that it did when Statham’s friend Eloise, played by Phylicia Rashad, sees all her money — and that of a charity she runs — swiped by a high-tech hacking organization, leading her to commit suicide.
Pulling the strings is Josh Hutcherson‘s Derek; he told ABC Audio he had a ball playing the sleazy, super well-connected tech bro. “I went for it,” the actor said with a laugh.
He added, “He’s a total crypto bro, completely out of touch with reality, and he’s wildly insecure. And so from there, [I] just kind of let it loose.”
He added, “A lot of things came out of me that I didn’t know were in me. So that was fun and scary.”
Veteran action movie director David Ayer called the shots on the film and said Statham opened even his eyes. “I know a lot about action, but Jason taught me there’s actually an A-plus game when it comes to action,” he said.
“And this is a guy that does his own stunts. I mean, he’s an athlete and a martial artist … he knows what he’s doing and he knows how these things look on camera. And so he really taught me a lot about … the value of having a star doing his own work like that. Because instead of cutting around a double, it’s him all day.”
Have no fear, your reality roundup is here! Here’s a look at what’s happened in the world of reality television this week:
Real Housewives of Salt Lake City(Bravo)
Part 1 of the RHOSLC reunion aired this week and featured Monica Garcia facing her castmates for the first time since she was unmasked as gossip blogger Reality Von Tease in the season 4 finale. Heather Gay, who did the unmasking, brought an audio recording that she says proves Monica manipulated her way onto the series – something Monica continued to deny. “I didn’t think I would ever end up on the show, honestly,” she said, adding, “But why wouldn’t I try to get on the show?”
Summer House(Bravo)
The new trailer for season 8 of Summer House is out, showing the end of Lindsay Hubbard and Carl Radke‘s engagement. “I’m not happy, and I don’t think you’re happy,” Carl is heard saying, telling Lindsay, “You’re really gifted at playing victim.” Lindsay is later heard on a call with her father, telling him she feels “blindsided” by the fact that Carl wants to call off the wedding. The new season premieres Thursday, February 22, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Chrisley Knows Best Todd and Julie Chrisley are currently behind bars after being convicted in 2022 on federal charges of fraud and tax evasion, but they did just score a victory in court. The former reality stars won a $1 million settlement from the state of Georgia. According to Entertainment Weekly, the couple had filed a suit against Joshua Waites, the former director of special investigations of the state’s Department of Revenue, after they were acquitted on state tax evasion charges in 2019. They alleged that Waites had “specifically targeted” their family.
