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Brit Honors to Day-Lewis, Atonement & Coen Brothers

Step closer to Oscar at BAFTA

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 11, 2008 4:30 AM CST

(Newser) – In what many see as a prologue to the Oscars, Atonement was named best film at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards yesterday, and Daniel Day-Lewis won the best actor award for his power performance in There Will Be Blood, reports Variety.... Read full story »

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