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The 2026 Critics' Choice Awards is on this Sunday, celebrating some of the best new entertainment available to blast into your eyeballs. Here are all the winners.

SEE ALSO: Critics Choice Awards nominations 2026: 'Sinners' and 'One Battle After Another' take a commanding lead

Hosted by Chelsea Handler for the fourth year in a row, this year's Critics' Choice Awards ceremony is once again being held at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica Airport, California.

Sinners was poised to win big in the film categories, with 17 nominations including Best Picture and Best Director. Also competing in the Best Picture category was One Battle After Another with 14 nominations, as well as Hamnet and Frankenstein with 11 nominations each.

Meanwhile, Netflix dominated the television nominations, boasting 31 spread across various series. This included the two most nominated series, with drama Adolescence up for six awards and comedy Nobody Wants This up for five. HBO Max followed close behind at 27 nominations, Hacks and medical drama The Pitt each accounting for four. 

Here is the full list of nominees and winners at the 31st annual Critics' Choice Awards. This article is being updated live, with winners bolded as they are announced. You can watch the Critics' Choice Awards live on E! and USA Network from 7:00 p.m. ET/4:00 p.m. PT.

2026 Critics' Choice Awards Film Winners

Best Picture

  • Bugonia 

  • Frankenstein

  • Hamnet 

  • Jay Kelly

  • Marty Supreme 

  • One Battle After Another 

  • Sentimental Value 

  • Sinners 

  • Train Dreams 

  • Wicked: For Good

Best Actor

  • Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)

  • Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)

  • Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams)

  • Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)

  • Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)

  • Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)

Best Actress 

  • Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)

  • Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)

  • Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)

  • Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)

  • Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee)

  • Emma Stone (Bugonia)

Best Supporting Actor

  • Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)

  • Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)

  • Paul Mescal (Hamnet)

  • Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)

  • Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)

  • Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)

Best Supporting Actress

  • Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)

  • Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)

  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)

  • Amy Madigan (Weapons)

  • Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)

  • Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)

Best Young Actor/Actress

  • Everett Blunck (The Plague)

  • Miles Caton (Sinners)

  • Cary Christopher (Weapons)

  • Shannon Mahina Gorman (Rental Family)

  • Jacobi Jupe (Hamnet)

  • Nina Ye (Left-Handed Girl)

Best Director

  • Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)

  • Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

  • Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein)

  • Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)

  • Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)

  • Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)

Best Original Screenplay 

  • Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer (Jay Kelly)

  • Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)

  • Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

  • Zach Cregger (Weapons)

  • Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)

  • Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)

Best Adapted Screenplay  

  • Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)

  • Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar (Train Dreams)

  • Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, and Jahye Lee (No Other Choice)

  • Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein)

  • Will Tracy (Bugonia)

  • Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell (Hamnet)

Best Casting and Ensemble

  • Nina Gold (Hamnet)

  • Douglas Aibel and Nina Gold (Jay Kelly)

  • Jennifer Venditti (Marty Supreme)

  • Cassandra Kulukundis (One Battle After Another)

  • Francine Maisler (Sinners)

  • Tiffany Little Canfield and Bernard Telsey (Wicked: For Good)

Best Cinematography

  • Claudio Miranda (F1)

  • Dan Laustsen (Frankenstein)

  • Łukasz Żal (Hamnet)

  • Michael Bauman (One Battle After Another)

  • Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Sinners)

  • Adolpho Veloso (Train Dreams)

Best Production Design

  • Kasra Farahani and Jille Azis (The Fantastic Four: First Steps)

  • Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau (Frankenstein)

  • Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton (Hamnet)

  • Jack Fisk and Adam Willis (Marty Supreme)

  • Hannah Beachler and Monique Champagne (Sinners)

  • Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales (Wicked: For Good)

Best Editing

  • Kirk Baxter (A House of Dynamite)

  • Stephen Mirrione (F1)

  • Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)

  • Andy Jurgensen (One Battle After Another)

  • Viridiana Lieberman (The Perfect Neighbor)

  • Michael P. Shawver (Sinners)

Best Costume Design

  • Kate Hawley (Frankenstein)

  • Malgosia Turzanska (Hamnet)

  • Lindsay Pugh (Hedda)

  • Colleen Atwood and Christine Cantella (Kiss of the Spider Woman)

  • Ruth E. Carter (Sinners)

  • Paul Tazewell (Wicked: For Good)

Best Hair and Makeup

  • Flora Moody and John Nolan (28 Years Later)

  • Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, and Cliona Furey (Frankenstein)

  • Siân Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, and Shunika Terry (Sinners)

  • Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox, and Mia Neal (The Smashing Machine)

  • Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat, and Jason Collins (Weapons)

  • Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, and Laura Blount (Wicked: For Good)

Best Visual Effects

  • Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett (Avatar: Fire and Ash)

  • Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price, and Keith Dawson (F1)

  • Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José Granell (Frankenstein)

  • Alex Wuttke, Ian Lowe, Jeff Sutherland, and Kirstin Hall (Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning)

  • Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, and Donnie Dean (Sinners)

  • Stephane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé, and Guy Williams (Superman)

Best Stunt Design  

  • Stephen Dunlevy, Kyle Gardiner, Jackson Spidell, Jeremy Marinas, Jan Petřina, Domonkos Párdányi, and Kinga Kósa-Gavalda (Ballerina)

  • Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta, and Craig Dolby (F1)

  • Wade Eastwood (Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning)

  • Brian Machleit (One Battle After Another)

  • Andy Gill (Sinners)

  • Giedrius Nagys (Warfare)

Best Animated Feature 

  • Arco

  • Elio

  • In Your Dreams

  • KPop Demon Hunters

  • Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

  • Zootopia 2

Best Comedy  

  • The Ballad of Wallis Island

  • Eternity

  • Friendship

  • The Naked Gun

  • The Phoenician Scheme

  • Splitsville

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Belén

  • It Was Just an Accident

  • Left-Handed Girl

  • No Other Choice

  • The Secret Agent

  • Sirāt

Best Song 

  • "Drive" — Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin (F1) 

  • "Golden" — Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy (KPop Demon Hunters) 

  • "I Lied to You" — Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson (Sinners) 

  • "Clothed by the Sun" — Daniel Blumberg (The Testament of Ann Lee)
    "Train Dreams" — Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner (Train Dreams)

  • "The Girl in the Bubble" — Stephen Schwartz (Wicked: For Good) 

Best Score  

  • Hans Zimmer (F1)

  • Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein)

  • Max Richter (Hamnet)

  • Daniel Lopatin (Marty Supreme)

  • Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another)

  • Ludwig Göransson (Sinners) 

Best Sound  

  • Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, and Gareth John (F1)

  • Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, and Greg Chapman (Frankenstein)

  • Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, and Tony Villaflor (One Battle After Another)

  • Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco, and David V. Butler (Sinners)

  • Laia Casanovas (Sirāt)

  • Mitch Low, Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, and Richard Spooner (Warfare)

2026 Critics' Choice Awards Television Winners

Best Drama Series

  • Alien: Earth

  • Andor

  • The Diplomat

  • Paradise

  • The Pitt

  • Pluribus

  • Severance

  • Task

Best Actor in a Drama Series

  • Sterling K. Brown (Paradise)

  • Diego Luna (Andor)

  • Mark Ruffalo (Task)

  • Adam Scott (Severance)

  • Billy Bob Thornton (Landman)

  • Noah Wyle (The Pitt)

Best Actress in a Drama Series

  • Kathy Bates (Matlock)

  • Carrie Coon (The Gilded Age)

  • Britt Lower (Severance)

  • Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)

  • Keri Russell (The Diplomat)

  • Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus)

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

  • Patrick Ball (The Pitt)

  • Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)

  • Ato Essandoh (The Diplomat)

  • Wood Harris (Forever)

  • Tom Pelphrey (Task)

  • Tramell Tillman (Severance)

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

  • Nicole Beharie (The Morning Show)

  • Denée Benton (The Gilded Age)

  • Allison Janney (The Diplomat)

  • Katherine LaNasa (The Pitt)

  • Greta Lee (The Morning Show)

  • Skye P. Marshall (Matlock)

Best Comedy Series

  • Abbott Elementary 

  • Elsbeth 

  • Ghosts

  • Hacks

  • Nobody Wants This 

  • Only Murders in the Building

  • The Righteous Gemstones 

  • The Studio

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

  • Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This)

  • Ted Danson (A Man on the Inside)

  • David Alan Grier (St. Denis Medical)

  • Danny McBride (The Righteous Gemstones)

  • Seth Rogen (The Studio)

  • Alexander Skarsgård (Murderbot)

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

  • Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This)

  • Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face)

  • Rose McIver (Ghosts)

  • Edi Patterson (The Righteous Gemstones)

  • Carrie Preston (Elsbeth)

  • Jean Smart (Hacks) 

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

  • Ike Barinholtz (The Studio)

  • Paul W. Downs (Hacks)

  • Asher Grodman (Ghosts)

  • Oscar Nuñez (The Paper)

  • Chris Perfetti (Abbott Elementary)

  • Timothy Simons (Nobody Wants This)

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

  • Danielle Brooks (Peacemaker)

  • Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)

  • Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)

  • Justine Lupe (Nobody Wants This)

  • Ego Nwodim (Saturday Night Live)

  • Rebecca Wisocky (Ghosts)  

Best Limited Series

  • Adolescence 

  • All Her Fault 

  • Chief of War 

  • Death by Lightning 

  • Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy 

  • Dope Thief

  • Dying for Sex 

  • The Girlfriend 

Best Movie Made for Television

  • Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

  • Deep Cover

  • The Gorge

  • Mountainhead

  • Nonnas

  • Summer of '69

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

  • Michael Chernus (Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy)

  • Stephen Graham (Adolescence)

  • Brian Tyree Henry (Dope Thief)

  • Charlie Hunnam (Monster: The Ed Gein Story)

  • Matthew Rhys (The Beast in Me)

  • Michael Shannon (Death by Lightning)

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

  • Jessica Biel (The Better Sister)

  • Meghann Fahy (Sirens)

  • Sarah Snook (All Her Fault)

  • Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex)

  • Robin Wright (The Girlfriend)

  • Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy)

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

  • Owen Cooper (Adolescence)

  • Wagner Moura (Dope Thief)

  • Nick Offerman (Death by Lightning)

  • Michael Peña (All Her Fault)

  • Ashley Walters (Adolescence)

  • Ramy Youssef (Mountainhead)

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

  • Erin Doherty (Adolescence)

  • Betty Gilpin (Death by Lightning)

  • Marin Ireland (Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy)

  • Sophia Lillis (All Her Fault)

  • Julianne Moore (Sirens)

  • Christine Tremarco (Adolescence)

Best Foreign Language Series

  • Acapulco

  • Last Samurai Standing

  • Mussolini: Son of the Century 

  • Red Alert

  • Squid Game

  • When No One Sees Us

Best Animated Series

  • Bob’s Burgers

  • Harley Quinn

  • Long Story Short

  • Marvel Zombies

  • South Park

  • Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

Best Talk Show

  • The Daily Show

  • Hot Ones

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Best Variety Series

  • Conan O’Brien Must Go

  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

  • Saturday Night Live

Best Comedy Special

  • Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life

  • Caleb Hearon: Model Comedian

  • Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things

  • Marc Maron: Panicked

  • Sarah Silverman: PostMortem

  • SNL50: The Anniversary Special



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Move over Kindle, a new bombshell has entered the e-reader field. DuRoBo's Krono e-reader is coming to the United States and European markets in 2026, and it's all kicking off at CES.

The Krono e-reader — or, as DuRoBo calls it, an ePaper Focus Hub — is a power-packed device coming with a lot more power than you're used to. Measuring 6.1 inches, it's a nearly pocket-sized device, smaller than even the basic Kindle.

All of its controls are housed in its smart dial, which, in addition to letting you navigate menus and adjust settings, also records voice notes on your command. It features a Carta 1200 HD display with 300 ppi resolution, notably the same resolution you'll find on Kindles.

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What really stands out about the Krono e-reader is its 128GB of storage space. We're used to seeing e-readers max out at 32GB, and now the Krono is quadrupling that. But with its open Android operating system, you'll need that storage space for apps, as you can download Spotify, Reddit, Gmail, Google Drive, and plenty more to the device. It also has a built-in speaker in addition to Bluetooth connectivity, offering flexibility if you want to listen out loud or on a pair of wireless headphones.

The Krono won't be for everyone, as many e-reader users choose the devices for their distraction-free design. However, it bridges the gap between a tablet and e-reader and, with black and white displays, potentially makes it less tempting to scroll.

The Krono e-paper device will be on display at CES 2026, and is arriving to United States and European markets in late January. It will retail for $279.99 and will be available for purchase on DuRoBo's site.



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If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer from previous hurdles is shown, with correct and misplaced letters clearly shown.

An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses does necessarily indicate the number of times that letter appears in the final hurdle.

If you find yourself stuck at any step of today's Hurdle, don't worry! We have you covered.

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Hurdle Word 1 hint

Speed.

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Hurdle Word 1 answer

FLASH

Hurdle Word 2 hint

To torture.

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Hurdle Word 2 Answer

WRACK

Hurdle Word 3 hint

A preserved corpse.

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Hurdle Word 3 answer

MUMMY

Hurdle Word 4 hint

Unfazed.

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Hurdle Word 4 answer

STOIC

Final Hurdle hint

To give up.

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Hurdle Word 5 answer

FORGO

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If your laptop needs revolve around work, school, streaming, or general day-to-day browsing, this new-to-you MacBook Air still checks a lot of boxes. Sure, it’s a 2017 model, but it remains a dependable machine for common tasks like writing papers, answering emails, attending video calls, and managing spreadsheets.

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CES is normally a place for big tech news, but this year's show could add a dash of political intrigue to the mix.

At 11 a.m. on Thursday in Las Vegas, the annual Consumer Electronics Show will act as the venue for a "fireside chat" between Consumer Technology Association CEO Gary Shapiro, FCC chairman Brendan Carr, and FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson. Carr's involvement is key here because the FCC recently banned the sale of drones from the Chinese firm DJI, which manufactures a large majority of consumer drones on the market.

The big question here is will Carr address the DJI drone ban at CES? It would certainly be an appropriate venue for it, given the tech-focused nature of the event. However, the description of the fireside chat is incredibly vague, promising only "candid conversations on how [the FCC and FTC] are navigating the rapidly changing tech landscape." There's no mention of a Q&A or anything like that, so it's very possible that the topics of conversation will steer clear of anything potentially controversial. We will have to wait and see.

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What is the DJI ban?

In case you haven't been following the news, the momentum towards a total ban on DJI drones in the United States started last year as part of the Trump administration's trade war with China. The government required all Chinese-manufactured drones to undergo a "national security risk assessment" by late December. Unfortunately for DJI, late December came and the ban went into place.

For its part, DJI agreed to take part in audits, but apparently that wasn't enough for the FCC. Again, it's not certain if Carr will or won't address the ban at CES, but in case you're curious how he feels about it, he provided a statement at the time of the ban that might say everything you need to know.

"President Trump has been clear that his Administration will act to secure our airspace and unleash American drone dominance," Carr said.



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There's a new pair of AI-powered AR glasses on the block — the Pickle 1. According to Pickle Inc., these AR glasses use cameras, microphones, sensors, and artificial intelligence to observe, remember, and even anticipate a user's daily life. It's intended to function as part traditional wearable, part AI companion. After learning about you, the Pickle 1 glasses will then serve up real-time information, reminders, and suggestions, according to Digit.

And here's how Pickle Inc. describes its futuristic AR glasses on its website: "For a life better in every dimension, we need an intelligence that sees with you, remembers your life, and learns to understand you. A new soul."

Giving birth to a new soul is a big enough claim on its own, but the promo video for the Pickle AR glasses also shows a level of augmented reality that's far ahead of brands like Meta and Xreal, which already make AR glasses.

So, for many social media users, the early videos and concept images of the glasses simply seem too good to be true. The Pickle Glasses are reminiscent of Iron Man's AI-powered visual display, and some experts say that users should be very skeptical while the product is still in development. The Pickle website states that users can put down a $200 deposit to preorder the Pickle 1, with deliveries starting in the second quarter of 2026.

"As someone who worked in AR/VR for over a decade please listen. The @pickle glasses are not real. It’s literally just a mold of glasses made in China," one user wrote on X. "The technology for AR glasses in this form factor isn’t possible yet. Not even Meta or Apple has glasses like this. 100% fake."

"For context on how insanely fake this is: Xreal is one of the leading AR glasses companies on Earth. Their flagship glasses model (Xreal One) without any cameras, compute, or battery weigh more than Pickle claims their 'full AR' glasses with 4 cameras do," another user posted.

Whether the glasses are up to the hype or not, it might be best to wait until they come out and reviewers can get their hands on them before putting down the $200 deposit — or at least until we see an actual product demo.



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