Inside Critics Choice Awards: ‘Hacks’ Gets New Cast Member; Will Smith Wants to Work With ‘Belfast’ Star; Security Shuts Off Red Carpet
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorJane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” and “Ted Lasso” were the big winners at Sunday night’s Critics Choice Awards, as was Will Smith.
But when the statuettes weren’t being handed out in front of the camera, there was plenty going on off stage.Waiting GameThe show had even started yet, but everywhere you turned there was a bottleneck.
Members of the press were stuck in line checking in up to the minute before the carpet opened because a computer glitch apparently lost everyone’s registration with proof of vaccination and negative COVID test.
Then once the carpet opened, security wouldn’t allow many celebs, including Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo and “It’s a Sin” star Olly Alexander, to walk the arrival line when things got a bit too congested. “Evil” star Andrea Martin was the last person allowed onto the carpet.
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