Cancelled premiers, job offers, contracts and nominations: is this part of the legacy of #MeToo?
If you think #MeToo is old news, just look closely at what’s been going on under the surface of Hollywood in the run-up
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Awards favourite The Favourite leads 2019 Film BAFTA nominations
The Favourite – a biting satire about two women vying to become the favourite of Queen Anne in the early 18th Century –
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Stars from Black Panther, Get Out, Widows, Dunkirk and Beast on BAFTA Rising Star shortlist
BAFTA has announced the nominees for its annual Rising Star award, to be handed out at next month’s film awards ceremony. Members of
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Peaky Blinders wins Best Drama Series at 2018 TV BAFTAs
The fourth season of Peaky Blinders was named the Best Drama series. Peaky Blinders has beaten Line of Duty and The Crown to
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Three Billboards adds some colour to BAFTAs
The long-time Awards Season favourite Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has dominated the British Academy Film Awards, despite starting the night behind The
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BFI and BAFTA clamp down on bullying and harassment across TV and Film
A group of about forty UK film and TV organisations, led by the BFI and BAFTA, have launched a new set of guidelines
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BAFTA’s 2018 Rising Star nominees announced
BAFTA has announced the five actors in contention for this year’s Rising Star award. The prize – voted for by members of the
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It’s a happy night for Happy Valley at the BAFTAs
Sarah Lancashire (second from right) with the Happy Valley team. Photo: © BAFTA In the first year that BAFTA allowed nominations from streaming
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The Crown leaves The Night Manager in its wake at TV BAFTAs
Claire Foy has earned one of The Crown’s five BAFTA nominations The Netflix drama The Crown, which chronicles the early years of the
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La La Land wins 5 BAFTAs
The hot favourite going into the British Academy Film Awards, the first original musical for decades, La La Land, has delivered on its
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La La Land leads BAFTA nominations
Fresh from its success at the Golden Globes, Damien Chazelle’s musical love-letter to Hollywood, La La Land, is leading the pack with eleven BAFTA nominations, including Best Film, Best Director and Screenplay for Chazelle, Best Actor for Ryan Gosling and Best Actress for Emma Stone.
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Superhero battling Oscar hopefuls for BAFTA’s rising star honour
BAFTA has announced its shortlist of stars in the running for its Rising Star honour, to be handed out at next month’s film
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BAFTA joins BFI’s diversity drive
Films that don’t display a strong presence of diverse talent will no longer be eligible for two of the top BAFTA film awards,
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BAFTA Film Awards to consider digital-only releases – in exceptional circumstances
BAFTA is bringing in a rule change that could make digital-only releases eligible for its Film Awards, but only in exceptional circumstances
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Wolf Hall leads BAFTA TV nominations
Mark Rylance and Claire Foy are both nominated for Wolf Hall The BBC’s Golden Globe-winning adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Tudor drama Wolf Wall
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BAFTA success nudges The Revenant closer to Oscar victory
The wilderness revenge drama The Revenant has dominated the BAFTAs, taking five awards – including three of the most influential – while Mad
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Star Wars, Fifty Shades and Kingsman actors up for Rising Star BAFTA
BAFTA has announced its shortlist for the Rising Star Award, that will be voted for by the public; clockwise from top right: Brie Larson, John Boyega, Bel Powley, Taron Egerton, Dakota Johnson
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BAFTA turbocharges “Breakthrough Brits”
A group of seventeen up and coming British creatives from the fields of film, television and gaming have been named as BAFTA’s first
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