Olivia Munn set to host Critics’ Choice Awards
Actress Olivia Munn will emcee next week’s Critics’ Choice Awards, the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association announced.
Munn, whose credits include “X-Men: Apocalypse” and the upcoming “Ocean’s
8,” has become one of the most prominent film-industry voices in the #MeToo movement since coming forward in November with accusations of sexual misconduct against director Brett Ratner.
Though the awards are primarily intended to honor the best of both film and television from the past year — “The Shape of Water” leads the film field with 14 nominations — one can likely expect Munn to take aim at the sexual harassment scandals that have roiled Hollywood in recent months.
“I’m thankful that we’re in this moment where our voices actually matter,” Munn, who helped announce the Screen Actors Guild Award nominations last month, told The Times in November. “But I don’t feel like there’s actually an awakening of consciousness in Hollywood.”
“We are absolutely thrilled to have Olivia hosting this year’s ceremony, and know that she will deliver an entertaining and sharp-witted evening to everyone in the room, and the viewers at home,” Broadcast Film Critics Association President Joey Berlin said in a statement.