Sunday night brings the BAFTA film awards, Britain’s only answer to the Oscars that isn’t a product of ITV’s marketing department. With any luck the BAFTAs will offer up different winners to the American awards as the nominations were certainly more inclusive of smaller films.
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This years Oscar ceremony will have twice as many speeches, though luckily only half will be on stage. With the intention of reducing the length of acceptance speeches and eliminating long lists of thanks the producers are introducing the “Thank You Cam”. Read more »
Oscar nominations were announced early this afternoon (or this morning in the US) and were mostly predictable, nominations for In The Loop and District 9 being the only gladly received surprise nominations. Below are my predictions, marked (p), and hopes, marked (h), for the Oscars. In some categories it was a hard choice as some of my favourites of the past year go head to head. Read more »
Last night the Golden Globes succeeded in giving out some well deserved, if unexpected, TV awards. Glee, Dexter, Big Love and United States of Tara all got awards that I had hoped for but not expected, putting me in a very good mood to begin with. Read more »
Below are my hopes, not necessarily predictions, for tonight’s Golden Globes. I have removed a couple of categories where I know none of the nominees. Read more »
