<a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/2022/02/09/jane-campions-oscar-history-is-a-reminder-female-filmmakers-are-finally-breaking-ground/" target="_blank">Jane Campion</a> rounded off a perfect weekend in Hollywood's awards season by winning the top prizes at the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, setting her dark Western<i> The Power of the Dog </i>as the film to beat at the Oscars. Campion — who has already won prestigious gongs from Hollywood's <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/2022/03/13/directors-guild-awards-2022-jane-campion-scoops-top-prize-for-the-power-of-the-dog/" target="_blank">Directors </a><a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/2022/03/13/directors-guild-awards-2022-jane-campion-scoops-top-prize-for-the-power-of-the-dog/" target="_blank">Guild</a> and <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/2022/03/13/baftas-2022-winners-list-the-power-of-the-dog-awarded-best-picture/" target="_blank">Britain's Bafta</a> in a packed weekend — took Best Picture and Best Director at the high-profile awards gala in Los Angeles. The film's winning streak comes days before <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/2022/02/08/oscars-2022-nominees-the-power-of-the-dog-and-dune-lead-94th-academy-awards/" target="_blank">Oscars</a> voting begins on Thursday, with the grand Academy Awards ceremony to be held in Hollywood on March 27. "We are so proud and so grateful to the Critics Choice Awards for choosing us. I've still got some PTSD from critics going back to early in my career!" said Campion. "I'm like the grandmother in the women's movement in film now. But I'm still here." Campion was up against a slate of all-male directors. Addressing Venus and Serena Williams in the star-studded audience, she said: "You are such marvels — however you do not play against the guys as I have to." The tennis greats cheered as Oscars front runner <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/2022/02/27/naacp-image-awards-2022-meghan-markle-and-will-smith-among-winners/" target="_blank">Will Smith</a> added to his best actor Bafta win earlier in the day for his performance as their father, coach and manager in <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/2021/11/17/serena-and-venus-williams-on-king-richard-its-a-brilliant-piece-of-work/" target="_blank"><i>King Richard</i></a>. Smith thanked the sisters in his acceptance speech, telling them he had seen "the secret, scary, hard places that you went out on that court, and you smiled and you did your job. "Serena didn't smile all the time on court," he said, jokingly, of the 23-time Grand Slam winner, whose fiery temper has left her at loggerheads with officials on occasion. Jessica Chastain won Best Actress for <i>The Eyes of Tammy Faye</i>, in which she disappears beneath layers of the US televangelist's trademark heavy make-up. The supporting acting winners, Troy Kotsur of <i>Coda </i>and Ariana DeBose of <i>West Side Story</i>, added to growing awards hauls as they, too, pull ahead as Oscars favourites. The Critics Choice Awards — chosen by almost 500 members of North America's largest critics organisation — laid out a lavish red carpet and gala in Los Angeles for Hollywood A-listers, at a ceremony hosted by Taye Diggs and Nicole Byer. On the TV side, <i>Succession</i> won Best Drama, <i>Ted Lasso</i> continued its relentless awards sweep of the comedy prizes and <i>Mare of Easttown </i>was named Best Limited Series. <b>Winner: </b><i><b>Succession</b></i> <i>Evil</i> <i>For All Mankind</i> <i>The Good Fight</i> <i>Pose</i> <i>Squid Game</i> <i>This Is Us</i> <i>Yellowjackets</i> <b>Winner: Lee Jung-jae, </b><i><b>Squid Game</b></i> Sterling K Brown, <i>This Is Us</i> Mike Colter, <i>Evil</i> Brian Cox, <i>Succession</i> Billy Porter, <i>Pose</i> Jeremy Strong, <i>Succession</i> <b>Winner: Melanie Lynskey, </b><i><b>Yellowjackets</b></i> Uzo Aduba, <i>In Treatment</i> Chiara Aurelia,<i> Cruel Summer</i> Christine Baranski,<i> The Good Fight</i> Katja Herbers, <i>Evil</i> MJ Rodriguez, <i>Pose</i> <b>Winner: Kieran Culkin,</b><i><b> Succession</b></i> Nicholas Braun, <i>Succession</i> Billy Crudup, <i>The Morning Show</i> Justin Hartley, <i>This Is Us</i> Matthew Macfadyen, <i>Succession</i> Mandy Patinkin, <i>The Good Fight</i> <b>Winner: Sarah Snook, </b><i><b>Succession</b></i> Andrea Martin, <i>Evil</i> Audra McDonald, <i>The Good Fight</i> Christine Lahti, <i>Evil</i> J Smith-Cameron, <i>Succession</i> Susan Kelechi Watson,<i> This Is Us</i> <b>Winner: </b><i><b>Ted Lasso</b></i> <i>The Great</i> <i>Hacks</i> <i>Insecure</i> <i>Only Murders in the Building</i> <i>The Other Two</i> <i>Reservation Dogs</i> <i>What We Do in the Shadows</i> <b>Winner: Jason Sudeikis, </b><i><b>Ted Lasso</b></i> Iain Armitage,<i> Young Sheldon</i> Nicholas Hoult – The Great Steve Martin,<i> Only Murders in the Building</i> Kayvan Novak, <i>What We Do in the Shadows</i> Martin Short, <i>Only Murders in the Building</i> <b>Winner: Jean Smart, </b><i><b>Hacks</b></i> Elle Fanning, <i>The Great</i> Renee Elise Goldsberry, <i>Girls5eva</i> Selena Gomez,<i> Only Murders in the Building</i> Sandra Oh,<i> The Chair</i> Issa Rae, <i>Insecure</i> <b>Winner: Brett Goldstein, </b><i><b>Ted Lasso</b></i> Ncuti Gatwa, <i>Sex Education</i> Harvey Guillen,<i> What We Do in the Shadows</i> Brandon Scott Jones, <i>Ghosts</i> Ray Romano, <i>Made for Love</i> Bowen Yang, <i>Saturday Night Live</i> <b>Winner: Hannah Waddingham, </b><i><b>Ted Lasso</b></i> Hannah Einbinder, <i>Hacks</i> Kristin Chenoweth, <i>Schmigadoon!</i> Molly Shannon, <i>The Other Two</i> Cecily Strong, <i>Saturday Night Live</i> Josie Totah, <i>Saved By the Bell</i> <b>Winner: </b><i><b>Mare of Easttown</b></i> <i>Dopesick</i> <i>Dr Death</i> <i>It’s a Sin</i> <i>Maid</i> <i>Midnight Mass</i> <i>The Underground Railroad</i> <i>WandaVision</i> <b>Winner: </b><i><b>Oslo</b></i> <i>Come From Away</i> <i>List of a Lifetime</i> <i>The Map of Tiny Perfect Things</i> <i>Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia</i> <i>Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas</i> <b>Winner: Michael Keaton, </b><i><b>Dopesick</b></i> Olly Alexander,<i> It’s a Sin</i> Paul Bettany, <i>WandaVision</i> William Jackson Harper,<i> Love Life</i> Joshua Jackson,<i> Dr Death</i> Hamish Linklater,<i> Midnight Mass</i> <b>Winner: Kate Winslet,</b><i><b> Mare of Easttown</b></i> Danielle Brooks, <i>Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia</i> Cynthia Erivo<i>, Genius: Aretha</i> Thuso Mbedu, <i>The Underground Railroad</i> Elizabeth Olsen,<i> WandaVision</i> Margaret Qualley, <i>Maid</i> <b>Winner: Murray Bartlett, </b><i><b>The White Lotus</b></i> Zach Gilford, <i>Midnight Mass</i> William Jackson Harper, <i>The Underground Railroad</i> Evan Peters, <i>Mare of Easttown</i> Christian Slater,<i> Dr Death</i> Courtney B Vance, <i>Genius: Aretha</i> <b>Winner: Jennifer Coolidge,</b><i><b> The White Lotus</b></i> Kaitlyn Dever, <i>Dopesick</i> Kathryn Hahn, <i>WandaVision</i> Melissa McCarthy, <i>Nine Perfect Strangers</i> Julianne Nicholson, <i>Mare of Easttown</i> Jean Smart, <i>Mare of Easttown</i> <b>Winner: </b><i><b>Squid Game</b></i> <i>Acapulco</i> <i>Call My Agent!</i> <i>Lupin</i> <i>Money Heist</i> <i>Narcos: Mexico</i> <b>Winner: </b><i><b>What If…?</b></i> <i>Big Mouth</i> <i>Bluey</i> <i>Bob’s Burgers</i> <i>The Great North</i> <i>Q-Force</i> <b>Winner: </b><i><b>Last Week Tonight with John Oliver</b></i> <i>The Amber Ruffin Show</i> <i>Desus & Mero</i> <i>The Kelly Clarkson Show</i> <i>Late Night with Seth Meyers</i> <i>Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen</i> <b>Winner: </b><i><b>Bo Burnham: Inside</b></i> <i>Good Timing with Jo Firestone</i> <i>James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999</i> <i>Joyelle Nicole Johnson: Love Joy</i> <i>Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American</i> <i>Trixie Mattel: One Night Only</i> <b>Winner: </b><i><b>The Power of the Dog</b></i> <i>Belfast</i> <i>Coda</i> <i>Don’t Look Up</i> <i>Dune</i> <i>King Richard</i> <i>Licorice Pizza</i> <i>Nightmare Alley</i> <i>Tick, tick … Boom!</i> <i>West Side Story</i> <b>Winner: Will Smith, </b><i><b>King Richard</b></i> Nicolas Cage,<i> Pig</i> Benedict Cumberbatch,<i> The Power of the Dog</i> Peter Dinklage,<i> Cyrano</i> Andrew Garfield, <i>Tick, tick … Boom!</i> Denzel Washington, <i>The Tragedy of Macbeth</i> <b>Winner: Jessica Chastain, </b><i><b>The Eyes of Tammy Faye</b></i> Olivia Colman, <i>The Lost Daughter</i> Lady Gaga, <i>House of Gucci</i> Alana Haim,<i> Licorice Pizza</i> Nicole Kidman, <i>Being the Ricardos</i> Kristen Stewart, <i>Spencer</i> <b>Winner: Troy Kotsur, </b><i><b>Coda</b></i> Jamie Dornan, <i>Belfast</i> Ciaran Hinds, <i>Belfast</i> Jared Leto, <i>House of Gucci</i> J K Simmons, <i>Being the Ricardos</i> Kodi Smit-McPhee, <i>The Power of the Dog</i> <b>Winner: Ariana DeBose, </b><i><b>West Side Story</b></i> Caitriona Balfe, <i>Belfast</i> Ann Dowd, <i>Mass</i> Kirsten Dunst, <i>The Power of the Dog</i> Aunjanue Ellis, <i>King Richard</i> Rita Moreno, <i>West Side Story</i> <b>Winner: Jude Hill, </b><i><b>Belfast</b></i> Cooper Hoffman,<i> Licorice Pizza</i> Emilia Jones, <i>Coda</i> Woody Norman, <i>C’mon C’mon</i> Saniyya Sidney, <i>King Richard</i> Rachel Zegler,<i> West Side Story</i> <b>Winner: </b><i><b>Belfast</b></i> <i>Don’t Look Up</i> <i>The Harder They Fall</i> <i>Licorice Pizza</i> <i>The Power of the Dog</i> <i>West Side Story</i> <b>Winner: Jane Campion, </b><i><b>The Power of the Dog</b></i> Paul Thomas Anderson, <i>Licorice Pizza</i> Kenneth Branagh, <i>Belfast</i> Guillermo del Toro, <i>Nightmare Alley</i> Steven Spielberg, <i>West Side Story</i> Denis Villeneuve, <i>Dune</i> <b>Winner: </b><i><b>Licorice Pizza</b></i> <i>Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar</i> <i>Don’t Look Up</i> <i>Free Guy</i> <i>The French Dispatch</i> <b>Winner: </b><i><b>The Mitchells vs the Machines</b></i> <i>Encanto</i> <i>Flee</i> <i>Luca</i> <i>Raya and the Last Dragon</i> <b>Winner: Kenneth Branagh, </b><i><b>Belfast</b></i> Paul Thomas Anderson, <i>Licorice Pizza</i> Zach Baylin, <i>King Richard</i> Adam McKay, David Sirota, <i>Don’t Look Up</i> Aaron Sorkin, <i>Being the Ricardos</i> <b>Winner: Jane Campion, </b><i><b>The Power of the Dog</b></i> Maggie Gyllenhaal, <i>The Lost Daughter</i> Sian Heder, <i>Coda</i> Tony Kushner, <i>West Side Story</i> Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth, <i>Dune</i> <b>Winner: Ari Wegner, </b><i><b>The Power of the Dog</b></i> Bruno Delbonnel, <i>The Tragedy of Macbeth</i> Greig Fraser, <i>Dune</i> Janusz Kaminski, <i>West Side Story</i> Dan Laustsen, <i>Nightmare Alley</i> Haris Zambarloukos, <i>Belfast</i> <b>Winner: Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos,</b><i><b> Dune</b></i> Jim Clay, Claire Nia Richards, <i>Belfast</i> Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau, <i>Nightmare Alley</i> Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo, <i>The French Dispatch</i> Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo, <i>West Side Story</i> <b>Winner: Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn, </b><i><b>West Side Story</b></i> Una Ni Dhonghaile, <i>Belfast</i> Andy Jurgensen, <i>Licorice Pizza</i> Peter Sciberras,<i> The Power of the Dog</i> Joe Walker, <i>Dune</i> <b>Winner: Jenny Beavan, </b><i><b>Cruella</b></i> Luis Sequeira, <i>Nightmare Alley</i> Paul Tazewell, <i>West Side Story</i> Jacqueline West, Robert Morgan, <i>Dune</i> Janty Yates, <i>House of Gucci</i> <b>Winner:</b><i><b> The Eyes of Tammy Faye</b></i> <i>Cruella</i> <i>Dune</i> <i>House of Gucci</i> <i>Nightmare Alley</i> <b>Winner: </b><i><b>Dune</b></i> <i>The Matrix Resurrections</i> <i>Nightmare Alley</i> <i>No Time to Die</i> <i>Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings</i> <b>Winner: </b><i><b>Drive My Car</b></i> <i>A Hero</i> <i>Flee</i> <i>The Hand of God</i> <i>The Worst Person in the World</i> <b>Winner:</b><i><b> No Time to Die, No Time to Die</b></i> <i>Be Alive, King Richard</i> <i>Dos Oruguitas, Encanto</i> <i>Guns Go Bang, The Harder They Fall</i> <i>Just Look Up, Don’t Look Up</i> <b>Winner: Hans Zimmer, </b><i><b>Dune</b></i> Nicholas Britell, <i>Don’t Look Up</i> Jonny Greenwood, <i>The Power of the Dog</i> Jonny Greenwood, <i>Spencer</i> Nathan Johnson, <i>Nightmare Alley</i>