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Film Academy, BAFTA, Grammys Heads on Diversity Progress, AI, and Modernizing Awards Shows
How to handle and regulate AI, how to continue making awards shows more appealing to a broader audience, and how key improving diversity is to ensuring relevance and revenue were just some of the questions discussed by the heads of the organizations behind the Oscars, BAFTA Awards and Grammys in Toronto on Sunday morning. Bill […]
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New Children’s and Family Film Category Among Changes for Upcoming BAFTA 2025 Film Awards
The British Academy has unveiled the latest annual changes and tweaks to its rules for the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards. Among the additions is a new award for children’s and family films, an expansion of theatrical requirements for best film, and a new points system for the outstanding British film category. Previously presented at the […]
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WBD U.K. Top Executive Touts Benefits of Streaming Bundles, Calls Netflix Their “Mainstay”
The reinvention of the streaming model was in focus at a London conference on Tuesday, with Andrew Georgiou, president and managing director of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) U.K. & Ireland and WBD Sports Europe, Amazon’s Prime Video U.K. managing director Chris Bird, Roku country manager Richard Halton, and Arqiva CEO Shuja Khan joining a panel […]
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BAFTA TV Awards: ‘Top Boy,’ ‘Happy Valley’ Win Two Each as ‘The Crown,’ ‘Black Mirror’ Miss Out
Happy Valley and Top Boy shared the BAFTA love on Sunday night at the British Academy’s prestigious Television Awards in London’s Royal Festival Hall. Sarah Lancashire took home the top prize for her performance in Sally Wainwright’s Yorkshire-based police thriller, and fellow Briton Timothy Spall beat Succession‘s Brian Cox to win the equivalent award, best […]
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BAFTA TV Craft Awards: ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘The Last of Us,’ ‘Slow Horses’ Among Winners
Black Mirror, The Last of Us, and Slow Horses were among the winners of the BAFTA Television Craft Awards 2024, which were handed out in London on Sunday. Silo, The Witcher, coverage of the coronation of King Charles III and the Eurovision Song Contest were also among the winners. The craft award for best drama […]
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BAFTA Confirms Date for 2025 Awards
BAFTA has confirmed the date for next year’s film awards ceremony, which will be held Sunday, February 16, 2025. The date means the BAFTAs will come exactly two weeks before the 2025 Oscars, set for March 2. Once again, the British awards will take place smack in the middle of the Berlin Film Festival, which […]
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BAFTA Games Awards: ‘Baldur’s Gate 3,’ ‘Super Mario Bros. Wonder’ Lead Winners
Baldur’s Gate 3 led the winners at the 20th BAFTA Games Awards unveiled on Thursday evening in London with five honors. Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Viewfinder and Alan Wake 2 won two awards each. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Baldur’s Gate 3 led the nominations with nine and 10 nods, respectively. Nadji Jeter won the BAFTA for best performer in […]
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BAFTA TV Awards: ‘The Crown,’ ‘Black Mirror’ Lead Nominations
The Crown and Black Mirror are among the TV series leading the nominations for the 2024 BAFTA Television Awards, unveiled on Wednesday, earning eight and seven noms, respectively. They are followed by Happy Valley, Slow Horses, and The Sixth Commandment with six each. Getting five nominations each were The Last of Us, The Long Shadow, and […]
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BBC’s BAFTAs Red Carpet Interview With Andrew Scott Receives Criticism After Going Viral
Andrew Scott stepped away from a red carpet interview with BBC News at the BAFTAs after he was asked inappropriate questions about Saltburn star and BAFTA nominee Barry Keoghan. Scott, who was in attendance alongside his All of Us Strangers co-star Paul Mescal because the movie was nominated for six awards, including outstanding British film, […]
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BAFTA Says Security Removed Prankster Who Joined ‘Oppenheimer’ Team Onstage: “We Are Taking This Very Seriously”
The BAFTAs have responded to reports that a social media prankster joined the Oppenheimer team onstage as they accepted the best film prize at Sunday’s awards. The man, whom the British Academy did not name, was “removed by security” after he took the stage with Oppenheimer writer-director-producer Christopher Nolan, producers Emma Thomas and Charles Roven […]
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BAFTA Awards: Samantha Morton Dedicates BAFTA Fellowship to “Every Child in Care” and Poverty
Samantha Morton, the British actor (She Said, The Whale, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Walking Dead), writer (I Am…Kirsty) and director (The Unloved), received the BAFTA Fellowship, the British Academy’s highest honor at the BAFTA Film Awards in London on Sunday. But the outspoken star used her moment on stage to share very emotional words about children who […]
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Christopher Nolan Breaks the BAFTA Curse With Two ‘Oppenheimer’ Trophies
Christopher Nolan finally won a BAFTA Film Awards honor on Sunday, two as a matter of fact, breaking what some admirers had lovingly described as a “curse.” After all, the director, one of the most prolific and best known British film exports, had previously lost out on picking up a BAFTA trophy. Nolan had received […]
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