The Best Photos From Inside the 2026 Critics Choice Awards

It’s always fun to curl up on the couch and catch up on what all your favorite celebrities are up to at the Critics Choice Awards—the official start to the Oscars race—but there’s something even better than that: taking a look at what’s actually going on inside the award show.

This was plenty of star wattage to bask in at this year’s fête, from Ariana Grande laughing it up with Jeff Goldblum and Noah Wyle—consider us jealous!—to Hannah Einbinder queening out with her Hacks costars Megan Stalter and Paul W. Downs, who nailed their Timmy-and-Kylie sartorial ode on the red carpet. But that’s certainly not all: See all the best photos from inside the 2026 Critics Choice Awards right here.