The star-studded National Board of Review gala, held Wednesday at midtown Manhattan’s Cipriani 42nd, honored A-listers like Brad Pitt for best supporting actor (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”), Renee Zellweger for best actress (“Judy”), Quentin Tarantino for best director (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”) and Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino for best film (“The Irishman”).But the toast of the evening was arguably the team behind “Uncut Gems”: Directors Josh and Benny Safdie and their star Adam Sandler, drawing praise from the likes of Pitt and Drew Barrymore, who presented Sandler with his best actor trophy.Even Sandler, who received one of the night’s few standing ovations, might admit he was surprised to take home an acting statute from an awards ceremony that’s not the Razzies.“If you are one of the wise few who took the three-million-to-one odds that Vegas
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