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Race to the Oscars Speeds Up With the Critics Choice Awards | Carmen Roberts Reports

(Jan 11) More Hollywood Awards and this time it’s the critics’ turn.  Fox’s Carmen Roberts reports.

The race to the Oscars picked up speed as the Critics Choice Awards handed out trophies and actors kept up the role of empowering women. The big winner in film – “The Shape of Water.”

The creature-feature love story by Guillermo del Toro leading the way with four awards. The standout on the TV side “Big Little Lies” also with four awards. One of them going to Nicole Kidman for Best Actress.

The men also raising the torch high. Kumail Nanjiani, a Pakistani-American, accepting Best Comedy for his film “The Big Sick.”

The blizzard’s over. Now airlines are trying to get planes back in the air after canceling thousands of flights. The deep freeze will continue through the weekend. Parts of the Northeast may see wind chills of 40 below. The bitter cold killing sharks off of Massachusetts and freezing iguanas in Florida.
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The Gadsden, Alabama home of a woman who accused former Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct mysteriously burns down this week. Tina Johnson lost everything. The fire appears to be arson.

Blizzard warnings extended for Maine until 7 this morning. Other states are digging out or drying out, and now the deep freeze.
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Oscar voting starts today.
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Dow futures point to higher open after the DJIA closed above 25K for the first time.

A legal battle may be brewing over who will act as interim head of the country’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.