Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Tom Hanks and Ryan Gosling kick off awards season at Critics' Choice Awards

Record ID: 76732

  • Title: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Tom Hanks and Ryan Gosling kick off awards season at Critics' Choice Awards
  • Date: 12th December 2016
  • Summary: SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 11, 2016) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF RED CARPET ACTOR JOEL EDGERTON TAKING SELFIE WITH FAN FANS TAKING PHOTOS OF STARS ACTOR LUCAS HEDGES TALKING TO REPORTER ACTRESS SARAH PAULSON WILLIAM H. MACY AND FELICITY HUFFMAN ON RED CARPET ACTRESS VIOLA DAVIS AND ACTOR JOHN TRAVOLTA ON RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS VIOLA DAVIS SAYING: "It was just a role and a project of a lifetime. You know, August Wilson, that's why I became a professional actress close to 30 years ago, when the August Wilson play called "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" and then it was "Seven Guitars," it's just being a part of my life, so it just seems really a propos that I would then be doing 'Fences' with Denzel Washington, it's my life." ACTRESS RACHEL EVAN WOOD ON RED CARPET TAKING SELFIES WITH FANS ACTRESSES EMMA STONE AND NAOMI HARRIS TALKING TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS EMMA STONE SAYING: "It was so special making it, we rehearsed for such a long time, and we all got really, really close making it and have been celebrating it for a year now, so it's been really special to see the response. That - how tight we all were is my favorite experience." SINGER AND ACTRESS JANELLE MONAE ON RED CARPET ACTOR JOHN LITHGOW ON RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR MAHERSHALA ALI SAYING: "I think a lot of us experienced that just in shooting it, from the way in which we all individually reacted to reading the script, to the actual experience of filming it, it felt healing in some way. You know, we felt like we were allies to someone else's truth and we're all very appreciative for that." ACTRESS KERRY WASHINGTON TALKING TO REPORTER ACTRESS AND SINGER AULI'I CRAVALHO TAKING SELFIE WITH FANS ACTRESS NAOMI HARRIS WALKING TOWARDS FANS TO TAKE A SELFIE (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS NAOMIE HARRIS SAYING: "I think the most important message for me is that, you know, so often our narratives and film and politics are about differences and 'Moonlight' puts the spotlight on our similarities and says that actually we share so much as human beings together, so let's celebrate and recognize that." ACTOR JEFFREY TAMBOR DIRECTOR DAMIEN CHAZELLE ACTOR HUGH GRANT
  • Embargoed: 27th December 2016 04:25
  • Keywords: Critics Choice Awards Emma Stone Viola Davis Rachel Evan Wood Tom Hanks Ryan Gosling La La Land Moonlight Naomi Harris Lucas Hedges Janelle Monae Tom Hanks Fences Sarah Paulson Mahershala Ali Kerry Washington Kerry Washington Hugh Grant Felicity Huffman Auli’i Cravalho Damien Chazelle Hugh Grant Jeffrey Tambor
  • Location: SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
  • City: SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015CKSWNH
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Awards season got underway on Sunday (December 11) with the 22nd annual Critics' Choice Awards in the Los Angeles coastal town of Santa Monica.
    "La La Land," a modern day musical set in Los Angeles and starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, took the top award, for best picture.
    "It was so special making it, we rehearsed for such a long time, and we all got really, really close making it and have been celebrating it for a year now, so it's been really special to see the response. That - how tight we all were is my favorite experience," Stone said on the red carpet as she arrived for the show.
    Viola Davis took home the best supporting actress award for her role in "Fences," based on the award-winning play by August Wilson.
    "It was just a role and a project of a lifetime. You know, August Wilson, that's why I became a professional actress close to 30 years ago, when the August Wilson play called "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" and then it was "Seven Guitars," it's just being a part of my life, so it just seems really a propos that I would then be doing 'Fences' with Denzel Washington, it's my life," she said.
    The best supporting actor award went Mahershala Ali for his role in "Moonlight," a coming-of-age film about a gay black man in an impoverished Miami neighborhood.
    "I think a lot of us experienced that just in shooting it, from the way in which we all individually reacted to reading the script, to the actual experience of filming it, it felt healing in some way. You know, we felt like we were allies to someone else's truth and we're all very appreciative for that," Ali said.
    The Critics' Choice Awards are chosen by the 300-plus members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA).
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