Critics Choice Awards 2023, Stars Having A Blast Behind The Scenes

The 28th yearly Critics’ Choice Awards went off without a drawback Sunday night … and while celebrities were takin’ house gold all night long, they were having loads of enjoyable when the cams WEREN’T rolling,

Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan hugged it out behind the scenes, marking another psychological party for the 2 considering that last interacting in 1992’s “Encino Man.” They both were winners of the night — Brendan for “The Whale” and Ke for “Everything Everywhere All At Once.”

Award season frontrunners Austin Butler and Cate Blanchett — who won for Best Actress — buddied up for the electronic camera backstage, too!

Angela Bassett, who took house the award for Best Supporting Actress for her operate in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” was all smiles at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in L.A.

It was a ‘Big Lebowski’ reunion, too — as great buds John Goodman and Jeff Bridges were cheesin’ difficult together … as you understand, John had the honor of providing Jeff with this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

ICYMI — Brendan offered an exceptionally psychological approval speech for his win, breaking down while informing the crowd he was just recently “in the wilderness,” and is grateful to have actually been found. What followed those remarks was simply as effective.