The BAFTAs, better known as the Oscars before the Oscars, take place on Sunday February 16th at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. The very UK-centric awards ceremony has been expanding over the years to recognize talent from across the pond which makes it a slightly better preview of the Academy Awards than the Golden Globes. But it’s award season and sometimes you just never know what surprises (and snubs) will make waves this time of year. To no one’s surprise, the really critically and commercially lauded films like Gravity, 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle lead the pack (receiving 11, 12 and 10 nominations respectively). Captain Phillips…
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Nominees Announced for the 2013 EE British Academy Awards
Across the pond, in the land of the Queen, high tea, James Bond, and the 2012 Olympics, some of the world’s premier and distinguished entertainers come together to celebrate the contributions the Brits have made to the world of film and television with their own awards ceremony. Not limited strictly to British thespians and filmmakers the counterpart to our own Academy Awards, The BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts), is one of many awards shows this time of year that honorsand lauds the best and brightest. The BAFTAs are quite a prestigious affair and they’ve just released their full list of nominees. Have a look below and start placing your bets now. The BAFTAs…
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Full List of Nominations for The 65th Annual BAFTA Awards
The Golden Globes are behind us, the Academy Awards just a few weeks a head of us but the one awards event filling the gap between self-congratulatory (Globes) and career defining (Oscars) are the Orange BAFTAs. The British organization just released their official list of nominations this morning and lots of this year’s great/favorite films are rightfully being recognized. There are always going to be a number of films that lead the pack in every awards ceremony but The Artist is most definitely the one to beat this year as it has 12 nominations. Right on the heel’s of Hazanavicius’ silent crowd pleaser is the slow-burn spy film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with 11 nominations…
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The 64th Annual BAFTA’s – Winners Announced
The 64th Annual BAFTA’s were this past Sunday and anyone not living in the UK (or those who don’t have an insane cable with a full BBC lineup) missed out on the action. Well it was no surprise that The King’s Speech was one of the night’s big winners. Hmm, a British film winning a majority of British awards…did not see that coming:P Some of the highlights were as follows: The King’s Speech was named Best Film at tonight’s Orange British Academy Film Awards, held at London’s Royal Opera House. The film also won six other awards:Outstanding British Film, Original Screenplay and Original Music, as well as a trio of performance awards for Geoffrey…
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The 64th Annual BAFTA's – Official Nominees Announced
As it happens every year before our own Oscar awards (Feb 27th btw), the UK has the Orange British Academy of Film and Television Awards (read: BAFTAs) which celebrates their 64th year on Sunday February 13th. Please check out the official site for all info and events prior to the BIG NIGHT! Below is a write up on the nominations from the “official press release” we received this morning (trust me we were surprised to this in our email box). For those of you short on time, scroll down to see the nominations in ballot form. For those interested in things of a verbose nature, please read on: