Awards
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SAG Awards 2019 preview
The beauty of the Screen Actors Guild Awards is that it is actors lauding actors in both motion pictures and television. Not only do they honour individual achievement but there’s also the prestigious ensemble honour which takes note that the work the actors do also is a collaborative art. And this year, SAG’s 2018 Life…
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Oscars 2018: The Shape of Water wins Best Picture, Best Director
Mexican director Guillermo Del Toro was the big winner of this year’s 90th Academy Awards, making a splash with wins for Best Picture, Best Director, Original Score and Production Design. As widely predicted, Frances McDormand won Best Actress for her role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Gary Oldman won Best Actor in Darkest Hour,…
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Oscars 2018: Our final predictions
With the 90th Academy Awards taking place later this evening/tomorrow morning, the time-honoured tradition of speculating on the winners is now upon us. This year, the Academy will be pulled in two directions: the #MeToo movement as well as fresh memories of #OscarsSoWhite will put pressure on the judges to widen their traditionally conservative choices.…
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Oscars 2018: The latest odds
Bust out the proverbial popcorn because it’s that time of year again. Yes – you know what we’re talking about. The Academy Awards are almost here. On Sunday 4 March, the red carpet will roll out at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. The Oscars ceremony is always entertaining. Even if is sometimes bitter-sweet –…
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Baftas 2018: Three Billboards wins Best Film, Guillermo del Toro is Best Director
Hosted by Joanna Lumley, tonight’s Baftas ceremony saw – as predicted – a reasonably even spread of winners. Best Film went to Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, while The Shape of Water helmer Guillermo del Toro received the award for Best Director. Best Actress went to Frances McDormand (Three Billboards), Best Actor to Gary…
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Baftas 2018: Our predictions
With the UK’s most prestigious film and television awards taking place later today (18 February), it’s time to enter into a round of foolproof – or is that foolhardy? – predictions on who will win at the 71st British Academy Film Awards. To add an extra level of frisson, the Baftas are historically seen as…
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Oscars 2018: The Shape of Water top with 13 nominations
This year’s Academy Awards nominations were revealed earlier this afternoon. Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water picked up the most nominations on 13, closely followed by Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk and Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The 90th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will take place at the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, on…
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Oscars 2017: Moonlight wins surprise Best Picture
Damien Chazelle’s La La Land was ousted by Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight right at the death last night as the latter claimed Best Picture in controversial circumstances due to an error on the cards. Chazelle has previously won Best Director, adding to the film’s wins in the Best Song and Best Score categories, as well as…
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Oscars 2016: DiCaprio wins first Oscar
Diversity may have been the word on everyone’s lips at this year’s Academy Awards but there was only one headline by the end of the night: Leonardo DiCaprio winning his first Oscar for his role in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant. Predictable wins for Brie Larson (Best Actress) and Alicia Vikander (Best Supporting Actress) preceded…
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Baftas 2016: The Revenant wins big three
Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s The Revenant scooped three of the biggest awards at tonight’s Baftas including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for its lead star Leonardo DiCaprio. The film took a total of four accolades on the night, putting it level with George Miller’s technical category-dominating Mad Max: Fury Road. Elsewhere, Brie Larson won…