Chalamet stakes Oscar bid after Critics Choice crown
LOS ANGELES: Timothée Chalamet’s campaign for Oscar glory received a major boost this week as he won best actor at the 31st Critics’ Choice Awards for his performance in “Marty Supreme,” the first big gala of Hollywood’s 2026 awards season. The 30-year-old actor, already a two-time Oscar nominee, beat off stiff competition from Leonardo DiCaprio, whose politically charged thriller “One Battle After Another” dominated the night, taking home best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson. In “Marty Supreme” – a film loosely inspired by the life of Marty Reisman – Chalamet embodies a 1950s ping-pong












