The Critics Choice Awards named Everything Everywhere All At Once, Better Call Saul and Abbott Elementary as big winners on Sunday night, in a ceremony that took place at Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
India's RRR also took home the awards for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Song for Naatu Naatu.
Films that have done well in other awards ceremonies this season, including the Golden Globes, haven't fared quite as well at this one, including The Banshees of Inisherin, which has gone home with nothing despite nine nominations, and Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans, which had 11 nods but took only one win.
British and Irish talent in general went home empty-handed on the night, except for Daniel Radcliffe, who won Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television, for his performance in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.
The annual ceremony had A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once leading film nominations at 14, while ABC’s Abbott Elementary lead television nominations with six.
Chelsea Handler hosted the broadcast and special awards were presented to Janelle Monae and Jeff Bridges, who was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Here's a full list of winners on the night:
Best Picture
WINNER: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
RRR
Tar
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking
Best Actress
WINNER: Cate Blanchett – Tár
Viola Davis – The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler – Till
Margot Robbie – Babylon
Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Actor
WINNER: Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Austin Butler – Elvis
Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Paul Mescal – Aftersun
Bill Nighy – Living
Best Director
WINNER: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
James Cameron – Avatar: The Way of Water
Damien Chazelle – Babylon
Todd Field – Tár
Baz Luhrmann – Elvis
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Sarah Polley – Women Talking
Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King
S S Rajamouli – RRR
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans
Best Limited Series
WINNER: The Dropout
Gaslit
The Girl from Plainville
The Offer
Pam & Tommy
Station Eleven
This Is Going to Hurt
Under the Banner of Heaven
Best Drama Series
WINNER: Better Call Saul
Andor
Bad Sisters
The Crown
Euphoria
The Good Fight
House of the Dragon
Severance
Yellowstone
Best Young Actor/Actress
WINNER: Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Jalyn Hall – Till
Bella Ramsey – Catherine Called Birdy
Banks Repeta – Armageddon Time
Sadie Sink – The Whale
Best Comedy
WINNER: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Banshees of Inisherin
Bros
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Triangle of Sadness
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Best Acting Ensemble
WINNER: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
The Woman King
Women Talking
Best Talk Show
WINNER: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Amber Ruffin Show
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Best Comedy Special
WINNER: Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special
Fortune Feimster: Good Fortune
Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel
Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual
Nikki Glaser: Good Clean Filth
Would It Kill You to Laugh? Starring Kate Berlant & John Early
Best Foreign Language Series
WINNER: Pachinko
1899
Borgen
Extraordinary Attorney Woo
Garcia!
The Kingdom Exodus
Kleo
My Brilliant Friend
Tehran
Best Animated Series
WINNER: Harley Quinn
Bluey
Bob’s Burgers
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Undone
Best Movie Made for Television
WINNER: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Fresh
Prey
Ray Donovan: The Movie
The Survivor
Three Months
Best Actress in a Drama Series
WINNER: Zendaya – Euphoria
Christine Baranski – The Good Fight
Sharon Horgan – Bad Sisters
Laura Linney – Ozark
Mandy Moore – This Is Us
Kelly Reilly – Yellowstone
Best Actor in a Drama Series
WINNER: Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
Jeff Bridges – The Old Man
Sterling K Brown – This Is Us
Diego Luna – Andor
Adam Scott – Severance
Antony Starr – The Boys
Best Hair and Makeup
WINNER: Elvis
Babylon
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Whale
Best Visual Effects
WINNER: Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Everything Everywhere All at Once
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Editing
WINNER: Paul Rogers – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephen Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, James Cameron – Avatar: The Way of Water
Tom Cross – Babylon
Matt Villa, Jonathan Redmond – Elvis
Monika Willi – Tár
Eddie Hamilton – Top Gun: Maverick
Best Production Design
WINNER: Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino – Babylon
Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, Vanessa Cole – Avatar: The Way of Water
Hannah Beachler, Lisa K. Sessions – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn – Elvis
Jason Kisvarday, Kelsi Ephraim – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Rick Carter, Karen O’Hara – The Fabelmans
Best Cinematography
WINNER: Claudio Miranda – Top Gun: Maverick
Russell Carpenter – Avatar: The Way of Water
Linus Sandgren – Babylon
Roger Deakins – Empire of Light
Janusz Kaminski – The Fabelmans
Florian Hoffmeister – Tár
Best Comedy Series
WINNER: Abbott Elementary
Barry
The Bear
Better Things
Ghosts
Hacks
Reboot
Reservation Dogs
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
WINNER: Jean Smart – Hacks
Christina Applegate – Dead to Me
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant
Renee Elise Goldsberry – Girls5eva
Devery Jacobs – Reservation Dogs
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
WINNER: Jeremy Allen White – The Bear
Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows
Bill Hader – Barry
Keegan-Michael Key – Reboot
Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building
D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – Reservation Dogs
#SeeHer Award
Janelle Monae
Lifetime Achievement Award
Jeff Bridges
Best Animated Feature
WINNER: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Wendell & Wild
Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
WINNER: Daniel Radcliffe – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Ben Foster – The Survivor
Andrew Garfield – Under the Banner of Heaven
Samuel L Jackson – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Sebastian Stan – Pam & Tommy
Ben Whishaw – This is Going to Hurt
Best Costume Design
WINNER: Ruth E Carter – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Mary Zophres – Babylon
Catherine Martin – Elvis
Shirley Kurata – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jenny Eagan – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Gersha Phillips – The Woman King
Best Song
WINNER: Naatu Naatu – RRR
Lift Me Up – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ciao Papa – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Hold My Hand – Top Gun: Maverick
Carolina – Where the Crawdads Sing
New Body Rhumba – White Noise
Best Score
WINNER: Hildur Gudnadottir – Tar
Michael Giacchino – The Batman
Justin Hurwitz – Babylon
John Williams – The Fabelmans
Alexandre Desplat – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Hildur Gudnadottir – Women Talking
Best Original Screenplay
WINNER: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner – The Fabelmans
Todd Field – Tar
Best Adapted Screenplay
WINNER: Sarah Polley – Women Talking
Rian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Kazuo Ishiguro – Living
Rebecca Lenkiewicz – She Said
Samuel D Hunter – The Whale
Best Supporting Actress
WINNER: Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Jessie Buckley – Women Talking
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Janelle Monae – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Best Supporting Actor
WINNER: Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Paul Dano – The Fabelmans
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
WINNER: Henry Winkler – Barry
Brandon Scott Jones – Ghosts
Leslie Jordan – Call Me Kat
James Marsden – Dead to Me
Chris Perfetti – Abbott Elementary
Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
WINNER: Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary
Paulina Alexis – Reservation Dogs
Ayo Edebiri – The Bear
Marcia Gay Harden – Uncoupled
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
Annie Potts – Young Sheldon
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
WINNER: Paul Walter Hauser – Black Bird
Murray Bartlett – Welcome to Chippendales
Domhnall Gleeson – The Patient
Matthew Goode – The Offer
Ray Liotta – Black Bird
Shea Whigham – Gaslit
Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
WINNER: Niecy Nash-Betts – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Claire Danes – Fleishman Is in Trouble
Dominique Fishback – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Betty Gilpin – Gaslit
Melanie Lynskey – Candy
Juno Temple – The Offer
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
WINNER: Giancarlo Esposito – Better Call Saul
Andre Braugher – The Good Fight
Ismael Cruz Cordova – The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Michael Emerson – Evil
John Lithgow – The Old Man
Matt Smith – House of the Dragon
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
WINNER: Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus
Milly Alcock – House of the Dragon
Carol Burnett – Better Call Saul
Julia Garner – Ozark
Audra McDonald – The Good Fight
Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul
Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER: RRR
All Quiet on the Western Front
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Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
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Decision to Leave
Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made For Television
WINNER: Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout
Julia Garner – Inventing Anna
Lily James – Pam & Tommy
Amber Midthunder – Prey
Julia Roberts – Gaslit
Michelle Pfeiffer – The First Lady
Dubai Bling season three
Cast: Loujain Adada, Zeina Khoury, Farhana Bodi, Ebraheem Al Samadi, Mona Kattan, and couples Safa & Fahad Siddiqui and DJ Bliss & Danya Mohammed
Rating: 1/5
What is blockchain?
Blockchain is a form of distributed ledger technology, a digital system in which data is recorded across multiple places at the same time. Unlike traditional databases, DLTs have no central administrator or centralised data storage. They are transparent because the data is visible and, because they are automatically replicated and impossible to be tampered with, they are secure.
The main difference between blockchain and other forms of DLT is the way data is stored as ‘blocks’ – new transactions are added to the existing ‘chain’ of past transactions, hence the name ‘blockchain’. It is impossible to delete or modify information on the chain due to the replication of blocks across various locations.
Blockchain is mostly associated with cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Due to the inability to tamper with transactions, advocates say this makes the currency more secure and safer than traditional systems. It is maintained by a network of people referred to as ‘miners’, who receive rewards for solving complex mathematical equations that enable transactions to go through.
However, one of the major problems that has come to light has been the presence of illicit material buried in the Bitcoin blockchain, linking it to the dark web.
Other blockchain platforms can offer things like smart contracts, which are automatically implemented when specific conditions from all interested parties are reached, cutting the time involved and the risk of mistakes. Another use could be storing medical records, as patients can be confident their information cannot be changed. The technology can also be used in supply chains, voting and has the potential to used for storing property records.
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Green ambitions
- Trees: 1,500 to be planted, replacing 300 felled ones, with veteran oaks protected
- Lake: Brown's centrepiece to be cleaned of silt that makes it as shallow as 2.5cm
- Biodiversity: Bat cave to be added and habitats designed for kingfishers and little grebes
- Flood risk: Longer grass, deeper lake, restored ponds and absorbent paths all meant to siphon off water
Your Guide to the Home
- Level 1 has a valet service if you choose not to park in the basement level. This level houses all the kitchenware, including covetable brand French Bull, along with a wide array of outdoor furnishings, lamps and lighting solutions, textiles like curtains, towels, cushions and bedding, and plenty of other home accessories.
- Level 2 features curated inspiration zones and solutions for bedrooms, living rooms and dining spaces. This is also where you’d go to customise your sofas and beds, and pick and choose from more than a dozen mattress options.
- Level 3 features The Home’s “man cave” set-up and a display of industrial and rustic furnishings. This level also has a mother’s room, a play area for children with staff to watch over the kids, furniture for nurseries and children’s rooms, and the store’s design studio.
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Ten tax points to be aware of in 2026
1. Domestic VAT refund amendments: request your refund within five years
If a business does not apply for the refund on time, they lose their credit.
2. E-invoicing in the UAE
Businesses should continue preparing for the implementation of e-invoicing in the UAE, with 2026 a preparation and transition period ahead of phased mandatory adoption.
3. More tax audits
Tax authorities are increasingly using data already available across multiple filings to identify audit risks.
4. More beneficial VAT and excise tax penalty regime
Tax disputes are expected to become more frequent and more structured, with clearer administrative objection and appeal processes. The UAE has adopted a new penalty regime for VAT and excise disputes, which now mirrors the penalty regime for corporate tax.
5. Greater emphasis on statutory audit
There is a greater need for the accuracy of financial statements. The International Financial Reporting Standards standards need to be strictly adhered to and, as a result, the quality of the audits will need to increase.
6. Further transfer pricing enforcement
Transfer pricing enforcement, which refers to the practice of establishing prices for internal transactions between related entities, is expected to broaden in scope. The UAE will shortly open the possibility to negotiate advance pricing agreements, or essentially rulings for transfer pricing purposes.
7. Limited time periods for audits
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8. Pillar 2 implementation
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9. Reduced compliance obligations for imported goods and services
Businesses that apply the reverse-charge mechanism for VAT purposes in the UAE may benefit from reduced compliance obligations.
10. Substance and CbC reporting focus
Tax authorities are expected to continue strengthening the enforcement of economic substance and Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting frameworks. In the UAE, these regimes are increasingly being used as risk-assessment tools, providing tax authorities with a comprehensive view of multinational groups’ global footprints and enabling them to assess whether profits are aligned with real economic activity.
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Transmission: eight-speed automatic
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Who has been sanctioned?
Daniella Weiss and Nachala
Described as 'the grandmother of the settler movement', she has encouraged the expansion of settlements for decades. The 79 year old leads radical settler movement Nachala, whose aim is for Israel to annex Gaza and the occupied West Bank, where it helps settlers built outposts.
Harel Libi & Libi Construction and Infrastructure
Libi has been involved in threatening and perpetuating acts of aggression and violence against Palestinians. His firm has provided logistical and financial support for the establishment of illegal outposts.
Zohar Sabah
Runs a settler outpost named Zohar’s Farm and has previously faced charges of violence against Palestinians. He was indicted by Israel’s State Attorney’s Office in September for allegedly participating in a violent attack against Palestinians and activists in the West Bank village of Muarrajat.
Coco’s Farm and Neria’s Farm
These are illegal outposts in the West Bank, which are at the vanguard of the settler movement. According to the UK, they are associated with people who have been involved in enabling, inciting, promoting or providing support for activities that amount to “serious abuse”.
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Around 40,000 Russians live in the UAE
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How to apply for a drone permit
- Individuals must register on UAE Drone app or website using their UAE Pass
- Add all their personal details, including name, nationality, passport number, Emiratis ID, email and phone number
- Upload the training certificate from a centre accredited by the GCAA
- Submit their request
What are the regulations?
- Fly it within visual line of sight
- Never over populated areas
- Ensure maximum flying height of 400 feet (122 metres) above ground level is not crossed
- Users must avoid flying over restricted areas listed on the UAE Drone app
- Only fly the drone during the day, and never at night
- Should have a live feed of the drone flight
- Drones must weigh 5 kg or less
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Best Agent: Jorge Mendes
Best Club : Liverpool
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Best Men’s Player: Cristiano Ronaldo
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Date started: December 2015
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Sector: Technology and home services
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Dr Afridi's warning signs of digital addiction
Spending an excessive amount of time on the phone.
Neglecting personal, social, or academic responsibilities.
Losing interest in other activities or hobbies that were once enjoyed.
Having withdrawal symptoms like feeling anxious, restless, or upset when the technology is not available.
Experiencing sleep disturbances or changes in sleep patterns.
What are the guidelines?
Under 18 months: Avoid screen time altogether, except for video chatting with family.
Aged 18-24 months: If screens are introduced, it should be high-quality content watched with a caregiver to help the child understand what they are seeing.
Aged 2-5 years: Limit to one-hour per day of high-quality programming, with co-viewing whenever possible.
Aged 6-12 years: Set consistent limits on screen time to ensure it does not interfere with sleep, physical activity, or social interactions.
Teenagers: Encourage a balanced approach – screens should not replace sleep, exercise, or face-to-face socialisation.
Source: American Paediatric Association
The rules on fostering in the UAE
A foster couple or family must:
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- not be younger than 25 years old
- not have been convicted of offences or crimes involving moral turpitude
- be free of infectious diseases or psychological and mental disorders
- have the ability to support its members and the foster child financially
- undertake to treat and raise the child in a proper manner and take care of his or her health and well-being
- A single, divorced or widowed Muslim Emirati female, residing in the UAE may apply to foster a child if she is at least 30 years old and able to support the child financially
