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Nicole Byer and Taye Diggs onstage during the 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Fairmont Belize WhatsApp Number Century Plaza on March 13, 2022, in Los Angeles. Photo Courtesy Amy SussmanGetty Images for Critics Choice AssociationThe Oscars are less than two weeks away and with them comes the end of awards season. I’ve been quite vocal about how simply exhausting this time of the year is, between watching all the prospective nominated titles and staying on top of who has more chances of winning what. This year I added a new chore to the list of being an entertainment writer during awards season attending an actual trophy ceremony. And let me tell you, that sounds much more glamorous than it really is.





As a member of the Critics Choice Association CCA, I was invited to the 27th Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles this past Sunday, March 13. I started stressing out when I realized the event was black tie and there wouldn’t be an entourage of the Critics Choice Awards started at 4 p.m., we arrived at the Fairmont hotel, where the event was taking place, around 230 p.m. fearing the valet parking of the event would be a mess. It wasn’t. And just when we were being checked in, someone was making sure we were on the list and cleared for COVID, and someone else was taking away the car, I realized there was a crowd of