Winners cheer backstage at Critics Choice Awards
STORY: Smith, who won best actor for playing Venus and Serena Williams' father in the biopic 'King Richard', explained that he loves being able to introduce and protect actors new to the industry and that "this is the guy I want to be in the business."
New Zealand director Jane Campion posed with one of her awards, after winning both best director and best picture for 'The Power of the Dog'.
Billy Crystal won the lifetime achievement award at the ceremony. Asked about his legacy, he said he's never thought about that, quipping, "Now I'm depressed, because now I'm seeing a tombstone and things."
Jean Smart, Halle Berry, Kieran Culkin and other cast members of the series Succession also posed for photographs with their awards backstage in Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, after the event was postponed in January due to pandemic concerns.
