Damien Chazelle’s life-affirming, modern musical La La Land is looking like the one to beat on Oscar night.
In TV, the wins largely reflected the shows commemorated at this year’s Emmys, including The People v.
The film swept the board at the Critics’ Choice Awards with eight gongs; including crucial wins for Best Picture, Best Director for Chazelle, and Best Original Screenplay (tied with Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea).
O.J. Simpson and Game of Thrones; though Thandie Newton’s win for Westworld is a promising look at what next year’s TV award landscape may turn out to be.