The Golden Tickets: Go behind the velvet rope and take a peek inside the hautest parties of the 2014 awards season

THE CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS 

The 2014 Critics’ Choice Awards was a glamorous affair thanks to Louis XIII. The luxe cognac company honored Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy and Richard Linklater with its second annual Louis XIII Genius Award at the January 16 ceremony. The event, held at Santa Monica’s Barker Air Hangar, was attended by Yves de Launay, Vice President Prestige Brands at Remy Cointreau USA, as well as Leonardo DiCaprio, Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Jonah Hill, Sam Rockwell, Jeremy Renner, Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey, Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Seth Rogen, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Mark Wahlberg, Emma Thompson and Melissa McCarthy.