'La La Land' Kicks Off Award Season with Big Wins at Critics' Choice Awards

SANTA MONICA, CA -- The musical "dramedy" "La La Land" was acres ahead of the field Sunday night at the Broadcast Film Critics Association's 22nd annual Critics' Choice Awards, formally kicking off the Hollywood awards season in style.

The film about a jazz musician's romance with an aspiring actress took 12 nominations into the ceremony at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica and came away with eight awards, including best picture and best director for 31-year-old Damien Chazelle.

"La La Land," which reunited Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as romantic interests, also grabbed top honors for best original screenplay, best cinematography, best production design, best editing, best song ("City of Stars") and best score.

The hometown drama "Manchester By The Sea" won three awards: best actor for Casey Affleck; best young actor-actress for Lucas Hedges; and best original screenplay in a tie with "La La Land."

Best actress went to Natalie Portman for "Jackie;" which also won three awards. Best supporting actor was won by Mahershala Ali for "Moonlight; best supporting actress was Viola Davis for "Fences."

In the television category, FX's "The People V. O.J. Simpson" took home four awards: best movie made for television or limited series; best actress for Sarah Paulson; best actor for Courtney B. Vance; and best supporting actor for Sterling K. Brown.

Here are the complete list of winners:

BEST PICTURE
-- "La La Land''

BEST ACTOR
-- Casey Affleck, "Manchester by the Sea''

BEST ACTRESS
-- Natalie Portman, "Jackie''

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
-- Mahershala Ali, "Moonlight''

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
-- Viola Davis, "Fences''

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
-- Lucas Hedges, "Manchester by the Sea''

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
-- "Moonlight''

BEST DIRECTOR
-- Damien Chazelle, "La La Land''

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
-- Damien Chazelle, "La La Land''
-- Kenneth Lonergan, "Manchester by the Sea''

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
-- Eric Heisserer, "Arrival''

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
-- Linus Sandgren, "La La Land''

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
-- "La La Land,'' David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

BEST EDITING
-- Tom Cross, "La La Land''

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
-- "Jackie,'' Madeline Fontaine

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
-- "Jackie''

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
-- "The Jungle Book''

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
-- "Zootopia''

BEST ACTION MOVIE
-- "Hacksaw Ridge''

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
-- Andrew Garfield, "Hacksaw Ridge''

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
-- Margot Robbie, "Suicide Squad''

BEST COMEDY
-- "Deadpool''

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
-- Ryan Reynolds, "Deadpool''

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
-- Meryl Streep, "Florence Foster Jenkins''

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
-- "Arrival''

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
-- "Elle''

BEST SONG
-- "City of Stars'' from ``La La Land''

BEST SCORE
-- "La La Land,'' Justin Hurwitz

TELEVISION

BEST COMEDY SERIES
-- "Silicon Valley,'' HBO

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
-- Kate McKinnon, "Saturday Night Live,'' NBC

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
-- Donald Glover, "Atlanta,'' FX

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
-- Jane Krakowski, ``Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,'' Netflix

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
-- Louie Anderson, ``Baskets,'' FX

BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A COMEDY SERIES
-- Alec Baldwin, ``Saturday Night Live,'' NBC

BEST ANIMATED SERIES
-- ``BoJack Horseman,'' Netflix

BEST REALITY COMPETITION SERIES
-- ``The Voice,'' NBC

BEST STRUCTURED REALITY SERIES
-- ``Shark Tank,'' ABC

BEST UNSTRUCTURED REALITY SERIES
-- ``Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown,'' CNN

BEST TALK SHOW
-- ``The Late Late Show with James Corden,'' CBS

BEST REALITY SHOW HOST
-- Anthony Bourdain, ``Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown,'' CNN

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
-- John Lithgow, ``The Crown,'' Netflix

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
-- Thandie Newton, ``Westworld,'' HBO

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
-- Bob Odenkirk, ``Better Call Saul,'' AMC

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
-- Evan Rachel Wood, ``Westworld,'' HBO

BEST DRAMA SERIES
-- ``Game of Thrones,'' HBO

BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A DRAMA SERIES
-- Jeffrey Dean Morgan, ``The Walking Dead,'' AMC

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
-- ``The People v. O.J. Simpson,'' FX

BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
-- Courtney B. Vance, ``The People v. O.J. Simpson,'' FX

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
-- Sterling K. Brown, ``The People v. O.J. Simpson,'' FX

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
-- Sarah Paulson, ``The People v. O.J. Simpson,'' FX

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
-- Regina King, ``American Crime,'' ABC

City News Service, photo credit: Dale Robinette/Lionsgate