BAFTA 2021 EE Rising Star Award nominations are revealed

The nominations for BAFTAs 2021 EE Rising Star award were revealed on Wednesday. George McKay revealed the all-British line-up in a special virtual event, and named Bukky Bakray, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Morfydd Clark, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, and Conrad Khan as the nominees. Bukky, 16, was shortlisted for her incredible turn as Olushola ‘Rocks’ in Rocks, while Kingsley, 35, … Read more

Alicia Vikander, Jo Hartley and Naomi Ackie join BAFTA EE Rising Star Award jury

Alicia Vikander, Jo Hartley and Naomi Ackie join BAFTA EE Rising Star Award panel to select the 2021 shortlist By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 11:10 GMT, 20 January 2021 | Updated: 13:04 GMT, 20 January 2021 A trio of actresses have been added to the BAFTA EE Rising Star Award panel to select the … Read more

Cynthia Nixon stands out from the crowd as she shops in purple quilted jacket in NYC

Nixon, 54, wrapped a long black scarf several times around her neck to keep warm as she shopped in Lower Manhattan.

Christina Aguilera dons plaid pantsuit to perform on Late Night… 4 days before her 40th birthday

The five-time Grammy winner performed The Christmas Song, which was featured on her 2000 holiday album My Kind of Christmas

Bafta to announce plan to improve diversity of UK film industry backed by Prince William

Prince William has helped push through a staggering 120 innovations to increase diversity at Bafta. The ‘watershed’ new moves are related to an impassioned speech the Prince made during the televised British Academy Film Awards in February where the visibly angered royal attacked the overwhelming ‘whiteness and maleness’ of the prestigious awards. Plans were introduced … Read more

Princess Anne is pictured awarding a BAFTA to Sean Connery

Anne’s fabulous 40s! Royal Family continue their countdown to the princess’s 70th with a celebration of the decade that saw her present a BAFTA and marry Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence Royal Family’s Instagram is honouring Princess Royal ahead of her 70th birthday The account’s story today is dedicated to Princess Anne in the 1990s … Read more

End Of The F***ing World producer told he can’t buy a BAFTA trophy despite his show’s big win

BAFTA’s decision-making process has been called into question by the producer of End Of The F***ing World, after he was denied the chance to buy a trophy. The Channel 4 and Netflix show scooped the coveted best drama series prize at the BAFTA TV Awards last month, while Naomie Ackie won for best supporting actress. … Read more

BAFTA Television Craft Awards 2020: Stephen Mangan impersonates Holly and Phil in digital ceremony

For the first time ever, this year’s BAFTA Television Craft Awards take place as a digital-only ceremony after the coronavirus pandemic scuppered plans for the original event. However, the changes haven’t stopped host Stephen Mangan from bringing the laughs as he and fellow comedian Rachel Parris hilariously impersonate This Morning presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly … Read more

BAFTA Television Awards 2020 nominations: Chernobyl sweeps the board with 14 nods

The nominations for the BAFTA Television Awards and Television Craft Awards 2020 have been announced. Explosive HBO show Chernobyl leads the nods with a staggering 14 nominations across the two awards, while The Crown and Fleabag have racked up a respectable seven and six nominations.     Chernobyl is the explosive HBO show that has taken the … Read more