Frock horror! Worst dressed stars at the Critics Choice Awards

Frock horror! Margaret Qualley and Mayim Bialik lead the worst dressed stars in daring and wacky ensembles at the Critics Choice Awards in LA

  • The 27th annual Critics Choice Awards took place in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon
  • A-List stars took to the red carpet, but not everyone got it right on the night
  • Leading the fashion missteps were Margaret Qualley and Jeopardy! star Mayim Bialik 

Not everyone gets it right on the red carpet, and this year’s Critics Choice Awards certainly had its fair share of fashion casualties. 

Missing the style mark this year included the likes of actress Margaret Qualley and Jeopardy! star Mayim Bialik as well as Squid Game star HoYeon Jung and comedian Amber Ruffin. 

Kicking things off was 27-year-old Qualley, who appeared to be wearing three different ensembles in one, as she walked the carpet in a multipatterned gown that featured a black sash.




Frock horror! Margaret Qualley and Mayim Bialik lead the worst dressed stars at the Critics Choice Awards in LA on Sunday 

The top half of Qualley’s ensemble featured floral embroidery that was in stark contrast to a satin black middle section, that sat atop a frilly white skirt. 

The daughter of Andie MacDowell finished off her ensemble with a pair of black and white heels. 

Next up was Jeopardy! and The Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bialik in a gold and blue satin suit.

While a suit can normally be seen as a safe option, the slightly ill-fitting ensemble looked as though it could have done with a few more fittings to really help the star stand out.   

Devil in the detail: The top floral design of Margaret’s frock looked as though it belonged to an entirely different outfit 


Interesting ensemble: Kicking things off was 27-year-old Qualley, who appeared to be wearing three different ensembles in one, as she walked the carpet in a multipatterned gown that featured a black sash

Missing the mark: The differing styles of the ambitious ensemble didn’t quite gel together on the night 

Mayim, 46, wore her hair slicked back and had minimal makeup for her red carpet arrival. 

Meanwhile, there’s no doubt that Squid Game newcomer HoYeon Jung has made a name for herself in the fashion world. 

However, the 27-year-old rivaled Bjork’s infamous Oscars Swan dress as she arrived at the Critics Choice Awards. 

Jeopardy! and The Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bialik missed the mark in a gold and blue satin suit.


Gamble: While a suit can normally be seen as a safe option, the slightly ill-fitting ensemble looked as though it could have done with a few more fittings to really help the star stand out

The wacky outfit resembled more of a lampshade than a glam gown, which made of course been intentional. 

Comedian Amber Ruffin was another stand-out on the carpet, and not in a good way.

The gorgeous stand-up was let down by her dress that went far too heavy on the feather detail, resembling something of a Vegas showgirl. 

Canadian actress Sophie Nélisse went for a fairytale-style gown complete with a cape, that felt a little out of place 

Hiya! Squid Game newcomer HoYeon Jung has made a name for herself in the fashion world, though her Critics Choice ensemble took too much of a risk 



Wacky: The 27-year-old rivaled Bjork’s infamous Oscars Swan dress as she arrived at the Critics Choice Awards

Shape: The bottom half of the ensemble created a bulkiness that was difficult to ignore 

The 27th annual awards show will be co-hosted by Taye Diggs and Nicole Byer and will take place at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, California

Nominations for the event were announced back in December as Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story and Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast led the pack as they both scored 11 nominations each.

Meanwhile, Lady Gaga earned another nomination for her role in House of Gucci, landing in the Best Actress category, strengthening her chances at bagging another Oscar nod. 

A lot of feathers: Comedian Amber Ruffin was another stand-out on the carpet, and not in a good way

Misstep: The gorgeous stand-up was let down by her dress that went far too heavy on the feather detail, resembling something of a Vegas showgirl

In addition to Best Picture, Belfast racked up several acting nominations including Best Supporting Actor nods for both Jamie Dornan and Ciarán Hinds. 

Best Supporting Actress for Caitríona Balfe, Best Young Actor/Actress for Jude Hill, and Best Acting Ensemble, while Kenneth Branagh could take home both the Best Director and Best Original Screenplay trophies.

Belfast also earned nominations for Haris Zambarloukos for Best Cinematography, Jim Clay and Claire Nia Richards for Best Production Design, and Úna Ní Dhonghaíle for Best Editing. 


Fantasy: Canadian actress Sophie Nélisse went for a fairytale-style gown complete with a cape, that felt a little out of place

Steven Spielberg received a Best Director nomination for his Best Picture contender West Side Story.  

Two of the film’s standout performers, Ariana DeBose and Rita Moreno, will be vying for Best Supporting Actress, while Rachel Zegler is up for Best Young Actor/Actress.

West Side Story also garnered a nomination for Best Acting Ensemble, and nods for Tony Kushner for Best Adapted Screenplay, Janusz Kaminski for Best Cinematography, Adam Stockhausen and Rena DeAngelo for Best Production Design, Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn for Best Editing, and Paul Tazewell for Best Costume Design. 


Grungy: American actress Sarah Jones appeared to take some risks on the red carpet with her look 

Dramatic: The striking looked appeared as though it could do with some tidying up 

The list of list Picture hopefuls featured several more films with impressive nomination counts, including Dune and The Power of the Dog which picked up ten each.

Licorice Pizza and Nightmare Alley collected eight nominations apiece, followed by King Richard and Don’t Look Up, each with six. Rounding out the Best Picture nominees are CODA and ‘tick, tick…Boom!’

The Critics Choice Awards were originally scheduled to occur January 9 but were postponed due to the surge in COVID-19 cases due to the omicron variant.

Grungy: The nude slip-style dress was reminiscent of something Courtney Love would have devoured in  the 90s

The Critics Choice Association said in a statement on January 13 they would be moving forward with an in-person event and working with the Los Angeles County Public Health Department ‘to ensure that the proper COVID-19 protocols to keep all attendees safe and comfortable will be in place’ by March 13.

‘Following the science and tracking the course of the Omicron variant, we believe that March 13th will be the right day to properly honor the finest achievements in film and television during the past year,’ CCA CEO Joey Berlin said in the statement.

‘We could have proceeded with our original January 9th date with limited attendance or switched to a virtual awards show like we did last year, but we decided to wait until we could safely gather in person and truly celebrate with the creative community, industry leaders and our CCA members all together in one beautiful setting for all the world to see.’

 The new date conflicts with another major awards show, the BAFTAS, which is also set to take place March 13.

According to Variety sources, the CCAs and BAFTAs have been in communication over the issue and have a mutual understanding amongst one another.  

The 27th Critics’ Choice Awards WINNERS

Film Awards

BEST PICTURE

Belfast 

CODA 

Don’t Look Up

Dune

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog – WINNER

tick, tick…Boom!

West Side Story

Contender: West Side Story lead with 11 nominations 

BEST ACTOR

Nicolas Cage – Pig

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog

Peter Dinklage – Cyrano

Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…Boom!

Will Smith – King Richard – WINNER

Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

BEST ACTRESS

Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye – WINNER

Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter

Lady Gaga – House of Gucci

Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza

Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos

Kristen Stewart – Spencer

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Jamie Dornan – Belfast

Ciarán Hinds – Belfast

Troy Kotsur – CODA – WINNER

Jared Leto – House of Gucci

J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos

Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Caitríona Balfe – Belfast

Ariana DeBose – West Side Story – WINNER

Ann Dowd – Mass

Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog

Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard

Rita Moreno – West Side Story

Impressive: The Power of the Dog also received 11 nods 

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

Jude Hill – Belfast – WINNER

Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza

Emilia Jones – CODA

Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon

Saniyya Sidney – King Richard

Rachel Zegler – West Side Story

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

Belfast – WINNER

Don’t Look Up

The Harder They Fall

Licorice Pizza

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story

BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza

Kenneth Branagh – Belfast

Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog – WINNER

Guillermo del Toro – Nightmare Alley

Steven Spielberg – West Side Story

Denis Villeneuve – Dune

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza

Zach Baylin – King Richard

Kenneth Branagh – Belfast – WINNER

Adam McKay, David Sirota – Don’t Look Up

Aaron Sorkin – Being the Ricardos

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog – WINNER

Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter

Siân Heder – CODA

Tony Kushner – West Side Story

Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth – Dune

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Bruno Delbonnel – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Greig Fraser – Dune

Janusz Kaminski – West Side Story

Dan Laustsen – Nightmare Alley

Ari Wegner – The Power of the Dog – WINNER

Haris Zambarloukos – Belfast

One to beat? Judi Dench pictured above in Belfast 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Jim Clay, Claire Nia Richards – Belfast

Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Nightmare Alley

Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo – The French Dispatch

Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo – West Side Story

Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos – Dune – WINNER

BEST EDITING

Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn – West Side Story – WINNER

Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Belfast

Andy Jurgensen – Licorice Pizza

Peter Sciberras – The Power of the Dog

Joe Walker – Dune

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Jenny Beavan – Cruella – WINNER

Luis Sequeira – Nightmare Alley

Paul Tazewell – West Side Story

Jacqueline West, Robert Morgan – Dune

Janty Yates – House of Gucci

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

Cruella

Dune

The Eyes of Tammy Faye – WINNER

House of Gucci

Nightmare Alley

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Dune – WINNER

The Matrix Resurrections

Nightmare Alley

No Time to Die

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

BEST COMEDY

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Don’t Look Up

Free Guy

The French Dispatch

Licorice Pizza – WINNER

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Encanto

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells vs the Machines – WINNER

Raya and the Last Dragon

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

A Hero

Drive My Car – WINNER

Flee

The Hand of God

The Worst Person in the World

BEST SONG

Be Alive – King Richard

Dos Oruguitas – Encanto

Guns Go Bang – The Harder They Fall

Just Look Up – Don’t Look Up

No Time to Die – No Time to Die – WINNER

BEST SCORE

Nicholas Britell – Don’t Look Up

Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog

Jonny Greenwood – Spencer

Nathan Johnson – Nightmare Alley

Hans Zimmer – Dune – WINNER

This just in: Don’t Look Up scored a Best Picture nomination

 TV Awards

BEST DRAMA SERIES

Evil (Paramount+)

For All Mankind (Apple TV+)

The Good Fight (Paramount+)

Pose (FX)

Squid Game (Netflix)

Succession (HBO) – WINNER

This Is Us (NBC)

Yellowjackets (Showtime)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us (NBC)

Mike Colter – Evil (Paramount+)

Brian Cox – Succession (HBO)

Lee Jung-jae – Squid Game (Netflix) – WINNER

Billy Porter – Pose (FX)

Jeremy Strong – Succession (HBO)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Uzo Aduba – In Treatment (HBO)

Chiara Aurelia – Cruel Summer (Freeform)

Christine Baranski – The Good Fight (Paramount+)

Katja Herbers – Evil (Paramount+)

Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets (Showtime) – WINNER

MJ Rodriguez – Pose (FX)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Nicholas Braun – Succession (HBO)

Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple TV+)

Kieran Culkin – Succession (HBO) – WINNER

Justin Hartley – This Is Us (NBC)

Matthew Macfadyen – Succession (HBO)

Mandy Patinkin – The Good Fight (Paramount+)

Lead: Succession has earned a whopping 29 nominations

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Andrea Martin – Evil (Paramount+)

Audra McDonald – The Good Fight (Paramount+)

Christine Lahti – Evil (Paramount+)

J. Smith-Cameron – Succession (HBO)

Sarah Snook – Succession (HBO) – WINNER

Susan Kelechi Watson – This Is Us (NBC)

BEST COMEDY SERIES

The Great (Hulu)

Hacks (HBO Max)

Insecure (HBO)

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

The Other Two (HBO Max)

Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) – WINNER

What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Iain Armitage – Young Sheldon (CBS)

Nicholas Hoult – The Great (Hulu)

Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Kayvan Novak – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) – WINNER

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Elle Fanning – The Great (Hulu)

Renée Elise Goldsberry – Girls5eva (Peacock)

Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Sandra Oh – The Chair (Netflix)

Issa Rae – Insecure (HBO)

Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max) – WINNER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Ncuti Gatwa – Sex Education (Netflix)

Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) – WINNER

Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Brandon Scott Jones – Ghosts (CBS)

Ray Romano – Made for Love (HBO Max)

Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Strong: Dune has received ten nods  

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO Max)

Kristin Chenoweth – Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+)

Molly Shannon – The Other Two (HBO Max)

Cecily Strong – Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Josie Totah – Saved By the Bell (Peacock)

Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) – WINNER

BEST LIMITED SERIES

Dopesick (Hulu)

Dr. Death (Peacock)

It’s a Sin (HBO Max)

Maid (Netflix)

Mare of Easttown (HBO) – WINNER

Midnight Mass (Netflix)

The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime Video)

WandaVision (Disney+)

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Come From Away (Apple TV+)

List of a Lifetime (Lifetime)

The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (Amazon Prime Video)

Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)

Oslo (HBO) – WINNER

Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas (The Roku Channel)

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Olly Alexander – It’s a Sin (HBO Max)

Paul Bettany – WandaVision (Disney+)

William Jackson Harper – Love Life (HBO Max)

Joshua Jackson – Dr. Death (Peacock)

Michael Keaton – Dopesick (Hulu) – WINNER

Hamish Linklater – Midnight Mass (Netflix)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Danielle Brooks – Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)

Cynthia Erivo – Genius: Aretha (National Geographic)

Thuso Mbedu – The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime Video)

Elizabeth Olsen – WandaVision (Disney+)

Margaret Qualley – Maid (Netflix)

Kate Winslet – Mare of Easttown (HBO) – WINNER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Murray Bartlett – The White Lotus (HBO) – WINNER

Zach Gilford – Midnight Mass (Netflix)

William Jackson Harper – The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime Video)

Evan Peters – Mare of Easttown (HBO)

Christian Slater – Dr. Death (Peacock)

Courtney B. Vance – Genius: Aretha (National Geographic)

Second time lucky? Lady Gaga in House of Gucci 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus (HBO) – WINNER

Kaitlyn Dever – Dopesick (Hulu)

Kathryn Hahn – WandaVision (Disney+)

Melissa McCarthy – Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu)

Julianne Nicholson – Mare of Easttown (HBO)

Jean Smart – Mare of Easttown (HBO)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES

Acapulco (Apple TV+)

Call My Agent! (Netflix)

Lupin (Netflix)

Money Heist (Netflix)

Narcos: Mexico (Netflix)

Squid Game (Netflix) – WINNER

BEST ANIMATED SERIES

Big Mouth (Netflix)

Bluey (Disney+)

Bob’s Burgers (Fox)

The Great North (Fox)

Q-Force (Netflix)

What If…? (Disney+) – WINNER

BEST TALK SHOW

The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock)

Desus & Mero (Showtime)

The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) – WINNER

Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo)

BEST COMEDY SPECIAL

Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix) – WINNER

Good Timing with Jo Firestone (Peacock)

James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 (Vimeo)

Joyelle Nicole Johnson: Love Joy (Peacock)

Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American (Netflix)

Trixie Mattel: One Night Only (YouTube)

 

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