The Critics Alternative Awards kicked off the 2026 awards season with a bang on Sunday, Jan. 4.
The celebrities have been out for the massive evening, placing on their finest ensembles to have a good time excellent filmmaking and tv programming from 2025.
One Battle After One other nominee Teyana Taylor was in attendance, carrying a full Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello outfit. Her look featured a double-breasted jacket with feathers, shirt and trousers, gloves, a tie, and over-the-knee boots–Plus, some Tiffany & Co. jewellery to finish the look.
Taylor couldn’t preserve her composure when One Battle After One other received Greatest Image, beating out Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Jay Kelly, Marty Supreme, Sentimental Worth, Sinners, Practice Goals, and Depraved: For Good. After the massive win, she took the stage on the Barker Hangar, clapping her arms collectively as she walked forwards and backwards, shouting “Let’s go!” with an enormous smile on her face earlier than director Paul Thomas Anderson went on to offer the acceptance speech.
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Sinners star Michael B. Jordan additionally turned heads on the crimson carpet, carrying a customized Louis Vuitton look as he held arms along with his date: his mom, Donna Jordan. The actor wore a burgundy double-breasted swimsuit, shirt, and striped tie with stud earrings and a tennis bracelet by David Yurman, sending a message to courting prospects whereas showing on E! Dwell from the Pink Carpet.
“If you happen to don’t go the mother check, it kinda stops proper there,” he instructed the outlet.
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In the course of the awards ceremony in Santa Monica, Sinners and Frankenstein went head-to-head, tying for probably the most trophies with 4 wins every. These victories embrace finest supporting actor for Frankenstein star Jacob Elordi and finest younger actor for Miles Caton of Sinners. One Battle After One other took dwelling finest image, finest director for Paul Thomas Anderson, and finest tailored screenplay.
As for TV, Adolescence had an enormous evening, with the Netflix collection taking dwelling 4 trophies. HBO’s hit drama The Pitt and Apple TV’s The Studio additionally had an excellent exhibiting, tying in second place with three wins every.
In the most effective actor and actress classes, Marty Supreme main man Timothée Chalamet and Hamnet star Jessie Buckley received huge. However, throughout his speech, Chalamet gave Sinners star Michael B. Jordan a shoutout for deserving the award.
Try the best-dressed stars from final evening’s present, and after the flip, see a full listing of winners from the 2026 Critics Alternative Awards.
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