“Thanks, thank you, thank you,” she wrote on her Instagram Narrative, “@criticschoice for this acknowledgement and for including me in this exquisite community of performances. i cherished these movies, i like these women folk. i am deeply honored.”

In the interim, Teyana gushed over her nomination with a string of coronary heart, thoughts blown, happy dash and rose emojis.

One other important particular person feeling the happy tears used to be One Battle After One other's Slither Infiniti, who wrote alongside the emoji on her Narrative, “OH MY GOD. So incredibly grateful.”

Web hosting this yr’s ceremony—which airs live to divulge the story Jan. 4 all thru E! and USA Network—for the fourth yr in a row is comic Chelsea Handler, who’s greater than ready to reprise her characteristic.

“Kicking off the yr with the Critics Alternative Awards feels correct,” she acknowledged in a Nov. 17 announcement. “Nothing says ‘modern beginnings’ like a room pudgy of critics ready to notify you the plot you did final yr.”

Whereas the 31st annual Critics Alternative Awards will proceed its format of honoring all that TV, film and streaming has to provide in a single night, there are additionally four bright modern categories becoming a member of subsequent yr’s checklist: Easiest Diversity Sequence, Easiest Stunt Manufacture, Easiest Casting/Ensemble and Easiest Sound.

So don't race over the Critics Alternative Awards 2026 broadcasting live to divulge the story E! and USA on Sunday, Jan. 4 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

And for a understand aid at the many stars in attendance at final yr's ceremony, read on.