Deadline’s Critics’ Choice Awards Live Blog

Happy Sunday everyone from snowy, soggy Manhattan as we get ready for the Critics Choice Awards. Will the three-hour show on A&E be as exciting as last night’s Packers/Cardinals game? We can only pray….

“Silicon Valley”‘s TJ Miller, hosting, says he won’t be doing a Ricky Gervais:  “How awkward and abrasive do you have to be to make all of us feel bad for Mel Gibson?”

That was pretty funny. One thumb up to TJ and the Critics Four as they two-stepped off the stage.

Rachel McAdams and Brian d’Arcy James accept for Spotlight’s ensemble.  Rachel days “the true life ensemble is the true-life heroes” of the Spotlight team. I’m wondering how many days off from Broadway d’Arcy James gets.

They are wasting so much tie telling people to Tweet and send selfies. 51 categories to get through! 

I doubt this is the first — or last — roar of approval Sly Stallone will hear this season.

Sly thanks his director “before I get into any more trouble”

I wonder how they chose which “special” categories got sidelined. It sure would have been nice to hear from Idris Elba.

After her terrific gig on The Americans, isn’t it great to see Margo Martindale have such a career revival?

Mayim Bialik dressed like she’s going to a Wicked party. “Abba” (“Dad”) this is for you, she says, touchingly.

Rats, no André Braugher to accept his award for Brooklyn 99.

Here’s Alicia again, for sci-fi winner Ex Machina. So I see The Martian is not a comedy but a science fiction flick….

Fred Savage (my how you’ve grown): Never listen to the critics! Except sometimes. What will Jacob Tremblay look like in a decade? Wow he’s self-composed. The mic stand towers over him but still it’s the best day of his life, says he.  

And from reading the lips in the audience, he’s a chick magnet already.

Maura Pfefferman wins her second Critics’ Choice Award. Jeffrey Tambor thanks the transgender community for “letting me be useful.” Not a speck of self-congratulaioin or phoniness.

TJ reads from his worst review. Let me tell you, that takes cojones. The only thing worse is reading aloud the worst review one ever *wrote*

Judd Apatow tells all the dramas to “go fuck yourselves.” Just sayin’. 

Amy returns the love from Judd. She’s a two-fer of course, with a hit movie and a hit show. She thanks the managers she’s fired. Here comes the hook — too little too late!  

Note to Judd Apatow: Son Of Saul, which won for best foreign film — hey that was a first film too. And a drama, sorry.

Is anyone really interested in all this kissy-kissy for IL&M? This is really boring. We’ve all been here before. At least it was short…Oh gosh here’s Shatner again….

Every time I see the pan of the audience in that airplane hangar, I wonder how many folks have come out for this shindig? Seems yuuuuge. 

Not much surprise that Amy Schumer won for actress in a comedy film. It’s her year. “Lily you should have won, and I’d love to go down on you.”

Christian Bale says he just learned that Goodfellas never won anything. That true? And he asks Congress to fix the money thing.

Uh oh, Trainwreck lost to The Big Short. Alert Judd Apatow of the tragedy.

Nice shout out to the real victims, the people who lost homes, because of the financial crisis portrayed on that hilarious comedy The Big Short….

I just noticed that the “R” for The Big Short is in part for “pervasive language.” Too many words, eh?

Is it my imagination or is the crowd getting a little rowdy?

The TV critics must love hearing that the biggest and most important award of the night is Best Film. Is this a match made in heaven, BFCA and BTCA? Or is it Time Warner/AOL, SAG/AFTRA, Jen & Brad?

It’s kind of wonderful that the best movie winner from the critics is the one about journalists.