After honoring the late filmmaker Rob Reiner, Chelsea Handler gave a fashionable shout out to the late actress Diane Keaton while hosting the Critics Choice Awards for the fourth consecutive time on Sunday night. The blonde comedian – turning 51 next month – donned a black double-breasted pantsuit with a white blouse and black necktie just like the eccentric tastemaker donned at the Golden Globes in 2014.
‘This little outfit is my nod to Diane Keaton, another person I think we should be remembering tonight,’ Handler said onstage the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.
‘[She’s] somebody who made a big contribution to all of us and all the people in the room here.’
Similar to screen legend Katharine Hepburn, Keaton (born Hall) gave women license to rock menswear as far back as her Oscar-winning performance in her ex-boyfriend Woody Allen‘s 1977 satirical rom-com, Annie Hall.
Backstage, The Feeling producer-star’s stylist Molly Levin revealed she ‘hates diamonds’ while getting her glam in a gorgeous gown, scoffing: ‘I can never get her to wear bling.’
After honoring the late filmmaker Rob Reiner, Chelsea Handler gave a fashionable shout out to the late actress Diane Keaton while hosting the Critics Choice Awards for the fourth consecutive time on Sunday night
The blonde comedian – turning 51 next month – donned a black double-breasted pantsuit with a white blouse and black necktie just like the eccentric tastemaker donned at the Golden Globes in 2014
‘It’s true. I find it to be a bit much,’ Handler agreed.
‘But, you know what? I am willing to make an exception because I’m a little princess!’
The I’ll Have What She’s Having author shared several behind-the-scenes snaps of herself with similarly suited celebs like Wicked: For Good star Jeff Goldblum.
During her opening monologue, Handler skewered stars like Leonardo DiCaprio for being on a St. Barts yacht with Jeff Bezos, Kevin Costner’s temperament on the Yellowstone set, and ‘vampire’ Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav.
The New Jersey-born funnywoman is next scheduled to perform January 31 at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas as part of her Chelsea at The Chelsea residency.
Handler will then kick off her 30-date The High and Mighty Tour on February 13 at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC.
Last month, Keaton was honored by her The Other Sister castmate Sarah Paulson at the All’s Fair LA premiere and her First Wives Club castmate Goldie Hawn at the Women in Entertainment Gala.
The two-time Golden Globe winner was reportedly cremated three days after her October 11 death from primary bacterial pneumonia after struggling with illness for a while.
Keaton was said to have left behind a $100 million fortune and she’s survived by her two adult children – daughter Dexter, 29; and son Duke, 25 – whom she adopted in 1996 and 2001.
‘This little outfit is my nod to Diane Keaton, another person I think we should be remembering tonight,’ Handler said onstage the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica
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She added: ‘[She’s] somebody who made a big contribution to all of us and all the people in the room here’
Similar to screen legend Katharine Hepburn, Keaton gave women license to rock menswear as far back as her Oscar-winning performance in her ex-boyfriend Woody Allen’s (R) 1977 satirical rom-com, Annie Hall
Backstage, The Feeling producer-star shared several behind-the-scenes snaps of herself with similarly suited celebs like Wicked: For Good star Jeff Goldblum
Keaton was reportedly cremated three days after her October 11 death from primary bacterial pneumonia after struggling with illness for a while (pictured in 2024)
The two-time Golden Globe winner was said to have left behind a $100 million fortune and she’s survived by her two adult children – daughter Dexter, 29; and son Duke, 25 – whom she adopted in 1996 and 2001 (pictured in 2022)
Keaton was all smiles beside her beloved Golden Retriever Reggie in her final Instagram post uploaded April 11 in honor of National Pet Day
But the First Christmas singer hadn’t made a public appearance since April 2024 when she glammed up alongside Thom Browne (L) at his Mr. Chow event in Beverly Hills
Keaton’s final screen appearance was portraying Nora opposite Kathy Bates (M) and Alfre Woodard (R) in Castille Landon’s 2024 senior comedy Summer Camp, which was poorly received and flopped at the box office by only earning $2.5M
The First Christmas singer was all smiles beside her beloved Golden Retriever Reggie in her final Instagram post uploaded April 11 in honor of National Pet Day.
But Keaton hadn’t made a public appearance since April 2024 when she glammed up alongside Thom Browne at his Mr. Chow event in Beverly Hills.
The Keaton Red winemaker’s final screen appearance was portraying Nora opposite Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard in Castille Landon’s 2024 senior comedy Summer Camp, which was poorly received and flopped at the box office by only earning $2.5M.
Keaton starred in eight total Woody Allen movies, but she first found fame playing Michael Corleone’s (Al Pacino) second wife Kay Adams in The Godfather trilogy (1972-1990).
The LA native frequently collaborated with writer-director Nancy Meyers in projects like Baby Boom (1987), the Father of the Bride trilogy (1991-2020), and Something’s Gotta Give (2003).
Keaton received a career tribute at Film at Lincoln Center in 2007 and she earned the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2017.
Critics Choice Awards 2026 winners
Film
BEST PICTURE
Bugonia (Focus Features)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hamnet (Focus Features)
Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Marty Supreme (A24)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Train Dreams (Netflix)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (A24) – WINNER
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams (Netflix)
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent (Neon)
Timothee Chalamet earned best actor for Marty Supreme as he is seen posing with Kate Hudson
BEST ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Focus Features) – WINNER
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
Emma Stone – Bugonia (Focus Features)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix) – WINNER
Paul Mescal – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (Neon)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Amy Madigan – Weapons (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Amy Madigan earned Best Supporting Actress for her work in Weapons
BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS
Everett Blunck – The Plague (Independent Film Company)
Miles Caton – Sinners (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
Cary Christopher – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Shannon Mahina Gorman – Rental Family (Searchlight Pictures)
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Nina Ye – Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet (Focus Features)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
Zach Cregger – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby (A24)
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value (Neon)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar – Train Dreams (Netflix)
Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar, Jahye Lee – No Other Choice (Neon)
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Will Tracy – Bugonia (Focus Features)
Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Paul Thomas Anderson won big for One Battle After Another
BEST CASTING AND ENSEMBLE
Nina Gold – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Jennifer Venditti – Marty Supreme (A24)
Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Francine Maisler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures) – WINNER
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Claudio Miranda – F1 (Apple Original Films)
Dan Laustsen – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Łukasz Żal – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Michael Bauman – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams (Netflix) – WINNER
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Kasra Farahani, Jille Azis – The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Marvel Studios)
Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Frankenstein (Netflix) – WINNER
Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Jack Fisk, Adam Willis – Marty Supreme (A24)
Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
BEST EDITING
Kirk Baxter – A House of Dynamite (Netflix)
Stephen Mirrione – F1 (Apple Original Films) – WINNER
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
Andy Jurgensen – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Viridiana Lieberman – The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
Michael P. Shawver – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Kate Hawley – Frankenstein (Netflix) – WINNER
Malgosia Turzanska – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Lindsay Pugh – Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Colleen Atwood, Christine Cantella – Kiss of the Spider Woman (Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions)
Ruth E. Carter – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Paul Tazewell – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Flora Moody, John Nolan – 28 Years Later (Sony Pictures)
Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey – Frankenstein (Netflix) – WINNER
Siân Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox, Mia Neal – The Smashing Machine (A24)
Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat, Jason Collins – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, Laura Blount – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett – Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios) – WINNER
Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price, Keith Dawson –F1 (Apple Original Films)
Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Alex Wuttke, Ian Lowe, Jeff Sutherland, Kirstin Hall – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Stephane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé, Guy Williams – Superman (Warner Bros.)
BEST STUNT DESIGN
Stephen Dunlevy, Kyle Gardiner, Jackson Spidell, Jeremy Marinas, Jan Petřina, Domonkos Párdányi, Kinga Kósa-Gavalda – Ballerina (Lionsgate)
Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta, Craig Dolby – F1 (Apple Original Films)
Wade Eastwood – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures) – WINNER
Brian Machleit – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Andy Gill – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Giedrius Nagys – Warfare (A24)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Arco (Neon)
Elio (Pixar Animation Studios)
In Your Dreams (Netflix)
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix) – WINNER
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS)
Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Animation Studios)
KPop Demon Hunters earned Best Animated Film (Ejae and Mark Sonnenblick are pictured)
BEST COMEDY
The Ballad of Wallis Island (Focus Features)
Eternity (A24)
Friendship (A24)
The Naked Gun (Paramount) – WINNER
The Phoenician Scheme (Focus Features)
Splitsville (Neon)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)
No Other Choice (Neon)
The Secret Agent (Neon) – WINNER
Sirāt (Neon)
Belén (Amazon MGM Studios)
BEST SONG
“Drive” – Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin – F1 (Apple Original Films)
“Golden” – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix) – WINNER
“I Lied to You” – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
“Clothed by the Sun” – Daniel Blumberg – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
“Train Dreams” – Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams (Netflix)
“The Girl in the Bubble” – Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
BEST SCORE
Hans Zimmer – F1 (Apple Original Films)
Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Max Richter – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Daniel Lopatin – Marty Supreme (A24)
Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
BEST SOUND
Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John – F1 (Apple Original Films) – WINNER
Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Greg Chapman – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco, David V. Butler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Laia Casanovas – Sirāt (Neon)
Mitch Low, Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner – Warfare (A24)