Life is full of surprises.
Tomorrow night’s Critics Choice Awards — on the E! channel, 7pm Eastern — are suddenly the hot topic in Hollywood.
Originally set for January 12th, the CCAs were moved — twice — because of the wildfires.
The result is that CCA winners will have more impact on Oscar voting than the SAG, DGA, or PGA winners. Or even BAFTA.
Oscar voting starts Tuesday, February 11th and lasts one week, through the 18th. So Oscar voters will have the CCA winners fresh in their minds when it comes time to cast ballots.
The SAG Awards, strangely, come after the Oscar voting closes, on February 23rd. The DGA and PGA are this Saturday night. The BAFTAs come on February 16th.
A curious footnote to all this is that the CCA voting closed three weeks ago when we thought the show was going to be on January 12th.
The Critics Choice Awards — which cover movies and TV — are hosted by Chelsea Handler.
Presenters include Aldis Hodge, Craig Robinson, David Alan Grier, David Harbour, Ewan McGregor, Jackie Chan, Jesse Eisenberg, Jimmy O. Yang, Josh Groban, Justine Lupe, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Keri Russell, Kristen Bell, Lupita Nyong’o, Matt Bomer, Michelle Yeoh, Natasha Lyonne, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Brosnahan, Randall Park, Rufus Sewell, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Wendi McLendon-Covey.
