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NEWS ABOUT: BAFTA

BAFTA stories: 8 news summaries

 Streep: Move Oscars 
 Before Other Awards 

Late scheduling takes the punch out of iconic awards, actor says

Jul 23, 09 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two-time Oscar winner (and 15-time nominee) Meryl Streep has a suggestion for the Academy—the ceremony should be earlier, she tells USA Today. “The Oscars should be Jan. 2,” Streep said, “before the Golden Globes, BAFTAs, the Broadcast Film Critics.” Winners are so tired of awards... More »

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Academy Awards • film • Meryl Streep • BAFTA • movie industry • acting • Oscars

 Mad Men 
 Snags BAFTA 




Branagh also among top winners

Apr 27, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mad Men was the big US winner at last night’s BAFTA television awards, beating The Wire and The Daily Show to win best international show, notes the Hollywood Reporter. X Factor, another Simon Cowell-produced talent competition, won best entertainment show, while Kenneth Branagh picked up best drama series for... More »

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entertainment • television • Simon Cowell • award show • BAFTA • Mad Men



 Winslet's 
 Oscar Bid 
 Battered by 
 Nazi Furor 


'Nazi porn' asks use to 'empathize with mass murderer'

Feb 15, 09 8:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Mounting criticism of The Reader as an apologia for the Nazis is seriously undermining Kate Winslet's chances for an Oscar, reports the Telegraph. Critics have blasted the film as "Nazi porn," and the author of a book on Hitler charged in a recent article in Slate that it... More »

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Academy Awards • Germany • concentration camp • award show • BAFTA • movies • Nazis • Kate Winslet • The Reader • films • Oscars

 Pitt-Jolie Kids 
 Run Amok in Hotel 

Unruly kids annoy guests while parents attend BAFTA ceremony

Feb 10, 09 10:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's bad night at the BAFTA awards got worse when the trophy-less pair got back to their London hotel to find four of their kids running riot, the Sun reports. Guests at the Dorchester hotel complained about the noise as the nanny struggled to keep the... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • celebrity • hotel • nanny • BAFTA • Maddox Jolie-Pitt • Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt • Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt • Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt

Slumdog, Winslet Scoop
BAFTA Honors

Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon lag
as Oscars near

Feb 9, 09 2:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Kate Winslet and Slumdog Millionaire won big at last night's BAFTA ceremony—one more sign that the actress and film are steaming toward Oscar wins, reports the Independent. Here's the line up for the British awards:
  • Winslet won Best Actress for The Reader, competing against her own second nomination
... More »

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Hollywood • film • Heath Ledger • BAFTA • Mickey Rourke • Kate Winslet • Slumdog Millionaire • Frost/Nixon

OPINION

 Winslet Embraces 
 Hot Accessory: 
 Cleavage 

Telegraph's Fashion Director speculates on Winselet's outfit for BAFTA

Feb 5, 09 2:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Kate Winslet's new approach to awards-season fashion hasn't escaped notice, Hilary Alexander writes in the Telegraph. "Ms. Winslet’s breasts have become so important they are starting to take on a life of their own," the newspaper's fashion director observes. The double Golden Globe winner (supply your own... More »

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fashion • Narciso Rodriguez • award show • BAFTA • Kate Winslet • Revolutionary Road • The Reader

Brit Honors to Day-Lewis, Atonement & Coen Brothers

Step closer to Oscar at BAFTA

Feb 11, 08 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. In a surprise win French... More »

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BAFTA • No Country for Old Men • Javier Bardem • Juno • Atonement • Joel and Ethan Coen • There Will Be Blood • Marion Cotillard • British Academy of Film and Television Arts • Daniel Day-Lewis • La Vie En Rose • movies

Sims Designer Named BAFTA Fellow

Award signals acceptance of gaming into art community

Oct 16, 07 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has awarded a fellowship to video game designer Will Wright, creator of The Sims, the best-selling computer game franchise in history. The award has been interpreted as a nod to the growing creativity of computer and video games. Previous recipients include... More »

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The Sims • Will Wright • BAFTA • video games

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