The Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni beef is going big time … getting roasted during the opening monologue at the Critics Choice Awards.

Chelsea Handler is hosting tonight’s award show at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica and she poked fun of the “It Ends With Us” costars and their legal war.

The comedian started by thanking Blake and Justin for providing a distraction for lots of folks who have had a tough start to their year.

The biggest stars in movies and TV are arriving in droves for the Critics Choice Awards … and ya gotta see what they’re wearing.

Orlando Bloom is looking dapper, Angelina Jolie is popping on camera with bright red lipstick and nails, and Lupita Nyong’o is looking beautiful.

Colin Farrell and Chase Stokes are also repping for the fellas … Colin’s looking nothing like his work on the HBO hit series “The Penguin,” for which he’s nominated.

Nicole Kidman and Kate Hudson are holding it down for ladies … and these two are like fine way, only getting better with age.

Hollywood practically can’t have an award show this season without the stars from “Wicked” … and this time, we’ve got Ariana Grande and Bowen Yang holding it down for the blockbuster musical. They’re looking wicked good.

The Critics Choice Awards are going down right now at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica … and if it feels weird to have the show on a Friday night that’s because it’s never been done before.

This years CCA was twice delayed by the Los Angeles wildfires … but the show must go on in this town, and now it’s time to hand out some hardware!!!

A$AP Rocky has at least one secret he does NOT want coming out in his assault trial … so much so, he tried to stop his pal A$AP Twelvyy from answering a question on the stand!

Prosecutors grilled Twelvyy during Friday’s court proceedings, showing him a photo of Rocky’s bed with the letters “AWGE” emblazoned on the furniture, and asked what the letters mean — but before Twelvyy could respond, Rocky yelled out, “Don’t say!”

The outburst created some chaos … Twelvyy would only say, “It means AWGE,” which pissed off the prosecutor, who asked the judge to force the witness to be more forthcoming. When Twelvyy kept stonewalling, Rocky’s attorney, Joe Tacopina, asked for a sidebar with the judge.

Aaaand, just as that was going down, Rihanna was strolling into the courtroom — talk about dramatic entrances! She was mum outside the courthouse, but once inside she met Rocky in the hallway, gave him a hug … and they went back inside as court resumed.

RiRi, rocking a gray suit jacket and pants with a yellow scarf, watched as prosecutors pressed Twelvyy even more — but things got even more heated.