{"id":219039,"date":"2026-01-06T04:43:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T04:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/219039\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T04:43:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T04:43:05","slug":"chalamet-boosts-oscar-bid-with-critics-choice-awards-win-for-marty-supreme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/219039\/","title":{"rendered":"Chalamet boosts Oscar bid with Critics Choice Awards win for Marty Supreme"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cJosh, you made a story about a flawed man with a relatable dream,\u201d said Chalamet.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you didn\u2019t preach to the audience about what\u2019s right and wrong, and I think we should all be telling stories like that, so thank you for this dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

The movie is loosely based on the life of table tennis star Marty Reisman, a man driven by the belief that he can achieve fame and fortune through a sport little known in the United States.<\/p>\n

Chalamet \u2013 the Dune superstar and two-time Oscar nominee who recently portrayed Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown \u2013 rigorously trained in table tennis for the role.<\/p>\n

\"Timoth\u00e9eTimoth\u00e9e Chalamet in Marty Supreme (2025). Photo \/ IMDb, Marty Supreme (2025) by A24<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old has in the past made no secret of his ambitions to win multiple Academy Awards, and will now be the frontrunner for the ceremony on March 15.<\/p>\n

Oscars momentum<\/p>\n

The awards bestowed by North America\u2019s largest critics\u2019 group could give movie campaigns much-needed extra momentum as Oscars voting nears.<\/p>\n

This year, it took the coveted first weekend of awards season usually occupied by the Golden Globes, which will be held in Beverly Hills next weekend.<\/p>\n

Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for her tragic role as the wife of William Shakespeare in period drama Hamnet.<\/p>\n

\"JessieJessie Buckley, winner of the Best Actress Award for Hamnet. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

Jacob Elordi won Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the Monster in Frankenstein, which also won three technical awards, while Amy Madigan won Supporting Actress for a villainous turn in horror flick Weapons.<\/p>\n

Netflix\u2019s global mega-hit musical KPop Demon Hunters won Best Animated Feature and Best Song.<\/p>\n

Sinners, a period horror film also seen as a major contender for many of this season\u2019s top prizes, had to settle for best original screenplay, young actor, score, and casting and ensemble.<\/p>\n

\"DelroyDelroy Lindo, Michael B. Jordan, Francine Maisler, Wunmi Mosaku, Miles Caton and Omar Benson Miller win the Critics Choice Award for Best Casting and Ensemble for Sinners at the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

Among the television prizes, hospital saga The Pitt won best drama, Hollywood satire The Studio won best comedy, and teen murder drama Adolescence won best limited series.<\/p>\n

Best talk show winner Jimmy Kimmel joked about his spat with US President Donald Trump last year, which resulted in the late-night host being briefly taken off the air.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you, Mr President, for all the many ridiculous things you do each and every day,\u201d said Kimmel.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Fifa Peace Prize would have been better but this is nice too,\u201d Kimmel joked.<\/p>\n

\"JimmyJimmy Kimmel thanks US President Donald Trump in his speech after winning the Critics Choice Award for Best Talk Show Award for Jimmy Kimmel Live! at the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

In the show\u2019s opening monologue, host Chelsea Handler paid tribute to the late Rob Reiner, \u201cthe nicest guy in Hollywood\u201d.<\/p>\n

The beloved When Harry Met Sally director and his wife Michele were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who ever spent time with Rob Reiner knows that the minute that you met him, he felt like an old friend,\u201d she said, to emotional applause from the gathered A-listers and critics.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Agence France-Presse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cJosh, you made a story about a flawed man with a relatable dream,\u201d said Chalamet. \u201cAnd you didn\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3376,10779,3390,1040,11231,49395,1738,126079,132088,6745,13504,42610,156,1888,2082,56682,4223,661,132087,111,139,69,95086,2584,10512,132089,6926,30246,1961,126078,6027,102,1530,11587],"class_list":["post-219039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-actor","tag-awards","tag-best","tag-bid","tag-boost","tag-boosts","tag-campaign","tag-chalamet","tag-chalamets","tag-choice","tag-critics","tag-earned","tag-entertainment","tag-first","tag-for","tag-gala","tag-hollywood","tag-major","tag-marty","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-oscar","tag-oscars","tag-prize","tag-scooped","tag-season","tag-supreme","tag-this","tag-timothe","tag-win","tag-with","tag-years","tag-yesterday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}