The British Academy Film Awards, London’s equivalent of the Academy Awards, celebrated and spread the love among many of the year’s buzziest films Feb. 12. The 70th annual BAFTAs ceremony, hosted by Stephen Fry at the Royal Albert Hall, handed top honors to Damien Chazelle and his awards-pillaging “La La Land,” an indicator of things to come at the Oscars in two weeks’ time. Read: 12 Film Studios’ Awards Prospects Entering the BAFTAs Chazelle’s movie musical took home five out of 11 Mask statues, including best film, director, original music, cinematography, and leading actress for Emma Stone. Again triumphing over Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Natalie Portman, and Meryl Streep, the actor has cleared the final hurdle in the Oscar race, solidifying her status as the category’s front-runner. In accepting the award for best film, “La La Land” producer Jordan Horowitz said, “There’s a lot of love in this community.
- 2/12/2017
- backstage.com
The BAFTAs - The British Academy Film Awards (essentially the British Oscars) - announced its 2016 nominations this morning. BAFTA chair Anne Morrison was joined by Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Stephen Fry to announce the nominations, which follow below. Not much African diaspora representation as you'd probably expect. Of note, Idris Elba is nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for his performance in "Beasts of No Nation"; Abderrahmane Sissako's "Timbuktu" is nominated in the Best Film Not in the English Language category; and Debbie Tucker Green is nominated in the Outstanding Debut by a British Writer or Producer for her feature film...
- 1/8/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The British Academy Film Awards are following suit, doling out most of its praise to films already recognized earlier in awards season. Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” lead the evening with 11 nominations, walking away with five, including best original screenplay. “Boyhood” won best picture, best director for Richard Linklater, and best supporting actress for Patricia Arquette. Supporting actor went to J.K. Simmons for his role in “Whiplash.” Leading actress went to Julianne Moore for “Still Alice,” beating out Amy Adams (“Big Eyes”), Felicity Jones (“The Theory of Everything”), Reese Witherspoon (“Wild”), and Rosamund Pike (“Gone Girl”). Backstage cover star Eddie Redmayne won leading actor for his portrayal of physicist Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything,” which also won best British film. Redmayne won against Michael Keaton for his performance as a washed up actor trying to make a comeback on Broadway in “Birdman”; Jake Gyllenhaal in “Nightcrawler...
- 2/9/2015
- backstage.com
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