Ben Affleck received "consolation prize"

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

American film academics ignored him shamelessly. But at the US Film Critics Association awards ceremony yesterday, fairness has triumphed to some extent. Ben Affleck, who, to the surprise of the audience, was not among the Oscar nominees, received the Best Director award, and his film Operation Argo was recognized as the best film of 2012.

Ben looked great at the ceremony. But the celebrity is clearly offended. In his speech after receiving the award for best director, Affleck quipped, “I would like to thank the academy. I was played, yes, played. Counts.

As the tabloids clarify, the Film Critics Association, the largest professional union uniting about 200 masters of this workshop, is in many ways considered a barometer of the mood of the members of the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts, which will present the Oscars on February 24. However, Affleck was not among the nominees for the award, judging by the shortlist released yesterday.

Last night turned out to be another triumph for the young actress Jennifer Lawrence. The girl received two awards at once: "Best Action Movie Actress" and "Best Comedic Actress". On the red carpet, Jen shone in a dress from Prabal Gurung.

The title of "Best Actress" went to Jessica Chastain, and the best actor was named Daniel Day-Lewis, who played in the film "Lincoln".

French actress Marion Cotillard also shone on the red carpet in an original and even funny dress from Zuhair Murad, Anne Hathaway in an outfit from Oscar de la Renta (the star received the award as "Best Supporting Actress"), Eva Logoria (Eva Longoria) in the toilet by Monique Lhuillier. But the biggest impression on fashion reviewers was made by Naomi Watts in a black dress from Emilio Pucci with a flirty sheer insert in the neckline.