Chalamet and Buckley boost Oscar bids with Critics Choice acting wins

Timothée Chalamet and Jessie Buckley have surged into serious contention for the Oscars after winning the top acting prizes at the Critics Choice awards on Sunday, for Marty Supreme and Hamnet respectively. Chalamet, who has been on a highly visible promotional tour for Marty Supreme, defeated Oscar favourite Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), as well as Michael B Jordan (Sinners) and Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon).

He plays a wannabe table‑tennis champ in the early 1950s and in his acceptance speech thanked Kylie Jenner, saying: "Thank you to my partner for three years … I love you. I couldn’t do this without you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart." Buckley, who played William Shakespeare’s wife Agnes opposite Paul Mescal, was already a leading contender for best actress and here defeated Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value), Emma Stone (Bugonia) and Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee).

In her speech she paid tribute to Mescal, saying: "Paul, I bloody love you man. And I know loads of other women do in this room too, but tough shit … I could drink you like water working with you every single day.

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