Bonjour! Due to wordpress being a tad odd, you’ll have to press F5 every now again to refresh for the latest update wit and brilliance from me *cough*. But in all seriousness I’ll be updating you all of the winner’s and losers and so forth and so forth.
23:00
And with that we say Goodnight to the 2013 Baftas. Other awards go to:
- Animation – Brave
- Cinematography – Life of Pi
- Original music – Skyfall
- Production Design – Les Miserables
- Editing – Argo
- Costume Design – Anna Karenina
- Make-up and hair – Les Miserables
- Sound – Les Miserables
- Short animation – The Making of Longbird
- Short film – Swimmer
22:52
The double Oscar and Bafta winning star Kevin Spacey is ready to award the Fellowship to Sir Alan Parker. Awarded last year to Christopher Lee, this award is a lifetime achievement award. Famous movie titles under Sir Alan’s belt include:
- Evita
- Mississippi Burning
- Fame
- Bugsy Malone
- Midnight Express
22:47
Samuel L Jackson is ready to announce the winner of Best Film with sass and wit typical of ‘ole Jackson.
A reminder of those up for it: Life of Pi, Lincoln, Les Mis, Zero Dark Thirty and Argo
And the Bafta goes to Argo(!)
(little Argo fact, the first Google search result for Argo is Argos.co.uk)
22:41
Sarah Jessica Parker (in an Elie Saab jumpsuit!) is awarding Leading Actor.
Nominations: Ben Affleck in Argo, Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook, Daniel Day Lewis in Lincoln, Joaquin Phoenix in The Master and Hugh Jackman in Les Miserables.
Winner: Daniel Day Lewis (I wrote it before they even said it, I mean come on.)
22:37
Jeremy Renner looks dashing (especially for 40 years old) and is presenting the award for Leading Actress.
Nominations: Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook, Marion Cotillard in Rust and Bone, Helen Mirren in Hitchcock, Emmanuelle Riva in Amour and Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty.
Winner: Emmanuelle Riva (well that’s…what? Sorry, what?)
22:32
The fantabulous Ian McKellan is now awarding Best Director
Nominations: Ang Lee for Life of Pi, Ben Affleck for Argo, Michael Haneke for Amour, Kathryn Bigelow and Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained
Winner: Ben Affleck for Argo (So bloody deserved. Go watch it for God’s sake)
22:29
Best Film Highlights: Les Miserables
22:25
Presenting the award for Best Documentary, Henry Cavill and Martin Freeman. I think Henry Cavill genuinely is Clark Kent…just look at him. His face.
Nominations: Marley, The Imposter, Searching for Sugar Man, West of Memphis and McCullin
Winner: Searching for Sugar Man
22:18
Wreck-it Ralph’s John C Reilly and Sarah Silverman are presenting the award for EE Rising Star.
Nominations: Juno Temple, Elizabeth Olsen, Suraj Sharma, Alicia Vikander and Andrea Riseborough.
Winner: Juno Temple
22:13
Film not in the English Language presented by Tim Roth and Gemma Arteton.
Nominations: Headhunters, Amour, Rust & Bone, The Hunt and Untouchable.
Winner: Amour
22:10
(As Stephen Fry’s grandmother says, “Cop a load of this bitches”)
Best Film Highlights: Lincoln
22:07
Danny Boyle is presenting the award for Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema.
Winner: Lead Producer at Film 4, Tessa Ross
21:58
Simon Pegg and Jennifer Garner presenting the award for Adapted Screenplay.
Nominations: Silver Linings Playbook, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Life of Pi, Lincoln and Argo.
Winner: Silver Linings Playbook
Speech: Almost forgot the actual author of the book and Bradley Cooper cried a little bit.
21:56
Best Film Highlights: Zero Dark Thirty
21:50
Here comes George Clooney, herecomes George Clooney. Awarding Best Supporting Actress.
Nominations: Amy Adams in The Master, Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables, Helen Hunt in The Sessions, Sally field in Lincoln and Judi Dench in Skyfall.
Winner: Anne Hathaway (Obviously)
Speech: So genuinely appreciative. Rather out of breath…Bless. So. many. names. mentioned.
21:46
Good Evening Chris Tucker, presenting the award for best Special Visual Effects
Nominations: The Dark Knight Rises, Marvel Avengers Assemble, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Prometheus and Life of Pi
Winner: Life Of Pi
21:43
Best Film Highlights: Life Of Pi
21:37
An un-aged Billy Connolly presenting the award for Outstanding Debut (writer, producer, director etc.).
Nominations: (They went too quickly, scroll down for the nominations this time)
Winner: Bart Layton and Dimitri Doganis (Producer and Director of The Imposter)
Speech: Lots of women that were part of the crew, friends and so forth.
21:32
Jennifer Lawrence looking awesome in Dior for Best Supporting Actor
Nominations: Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained, Alan Arkin in Argo, Phillip Seymour Hoffman in The Master, Javier Bardem in Skyfall and Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln.
Winner: Christoph Waltz (Yes – win)
Speech: Thanks “for this immense honour”. Thanks to Tarantino, Actors, Weinstein and Pascal. Big thanks to Tarantino.
21:28
Best Film Highlights: Argo
21:23
Sally Field looks lovely and poor Eddie Redmayne is throwing up (poor sausage). Sally Field is presenting the Best Original Screenplay award.
Nominations: Django Unchained, Zero Dark Thirty, The Master, Amour and Moonrise Kingdom
Winner: Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained
Speech: Thanks to actors, Bafta, Harvey Weinstein and Amy Pascal
21:16
Opening award of the evening. Outstanding British Film. Presented by the ridiculously gorgeous Bradley Cooper and Ben Affleck.
Nominations: Skyfall, Anna Karenina, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Seven Psychopaths and Les Miserables.
Winner: Skyfall (quite rightly – I feared such a quality film wouldn’t win anything up against such competition)
21:03
It begins. And Stephen Fry is on a roll already. So much wit in just one person.
20:33
Anne Hathaway looks stunning, short hair is the best thing ever to happen to her (fashion stuff – she’s wearing Burberry)
Juno Temple looks the best she’s ever looked – very feminine but lovely (fashion stuff – Stella McCartney)
Eddie Redmayne looks like the most fabulous student ever in a (fashion stuff) Burberry tuxedo
20:01
People looking particularly fine this evening:
- Hugh Jackman
- Tom Hiddleston
- Suraj Sharma
- Marion Cotillard (poor child’s not wearing a jacket)
- Ben Affleck (turning into a silver fox)
- George Clooney (as per usual)
- Bradley Cooper
- Eddie Redmayne (haven’t seen him yet, he may not even be there – just a good guess)
- Sally Field
- Anne Hathaway (does short hair suit her or what!)
- Javier Badass, cough, I mean, Bardem (that was unfortunately genuine)
18:52
So this year, the BAFTA nominations are (drum roll please):
Best picture
Argo
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty
Best British film
Anna Karenina
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Seven Psychopaths
Skyfall
Best director
Ben Affleck, Argo
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Michael Haneke, Amour
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Best actor
Ben Affleck, Argo
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Best actress
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Best supporting actor
Alan Arkin, Argo
Javier Bardem, Skyfall
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Best supporting actress
Amy Adams, The Master
Judi Dench, Skyfall
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Best original screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom
Mark Boal Zero Dark Thirty
Michael Haneke, Amour
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Best adapted screenplay
Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Tony Kushner, Lincoln
David Magee, Life of Pi
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Chris Terrio, Argo
Best foreign
Amour: Michael Haneke, Margaret Ménégoz
Headhunters: Morten Tyldum, Marianne Gray, Asle Vatn
The Hunt Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Morten Kaufmann
Rust and Bone: Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux
Untouchable: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun
Best documentary
The Imposter: Bart Layton, Dimitri Doganis
Marley: Kevin Macdonald, Steve Bing, Charles Steel
McCullin: David Morris, Jacqui Morris
Searching for Sugar Man: Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn
West of Memphis: Amy Berg
Best animation
Brave: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
Frankenweenie: Tim Burton
ParaNorman: Sam Fell, Chris Butler
Best cinematography
Danny Cohen, Les Miserables
Roger Deakins, Skyfall
Janusz Kaminski, Lincoln
Seamus McGarvey, Anna Karenina
Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Best editing
Stuart Baird, Skyfall
William Goldenberg, Argo
Fred Raskin, Django Unchained
Tim Squyres, Life of Pi
Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg, Zero Dark Thirty
Best production design
Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer: Anna Karenina
Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson: Les Miserables
David Gropman, Anna Pinnock: Life of Pi
Rick Carter, Jim Erickson: Lincoln
Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock: Skyfall
Best costume design
Jacqueline Durran, Anna Karenina
Beatrix Aruna Pasztor, Great Expectations
Paco Delgado, Les Miserables
Joanna Johnston, Lincoln
Colleen Atwood, Snow White and the Huntsman
Best make up and hair
Ivana Primorac, Anna Karenina
Julie Hewett, Martin Samuel, Howard Berger: Hitchcock
Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Lisa Westcott, Les Miserables
Lois Burwell, Kay Georgiou: Lincoln
Best sound
Mark Ulano, Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Wylie Stateman: Django Unchained
Tony Johnson, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, Brent Burge, Chris Ward: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole, John Warhurst: Les Miserables
Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill: Life of Pi
Stuart Wilson, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers: Skyfall
Best original music
Dario Marianelli, Anna Karenina
Alexandre Desplat, Argo
Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
John Williams, Lincoln
Thomas Newman, Skyfall
Best special visual effects
Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Peter Bebb, Andrew Lockley: The Dark Knight Rises
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Trevor Wood, Paul Butterworth:Prometheus
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer: Life of Pi
Nominees TBC: Avengers Assemble
Best short animation
Here to Fall: Kris Kelly, Evelyn McGrath
I’m Fine Thanks: Eamonn O’Neill
The Making of Longbird: Will Anderson, Ainslie Henderson
Best short film
The Curse: Fyzal Boulifa, Gavin Humphries
Good Night: Muriel d’Ansembourg, Eva Sigurdardottir
Swimmer: Lynne Ramsay, Peter Carlton, Diarmid Scrimshaw
Tumult: Johnny Barrington, Rhianna Andrews
The Voorman Problem: Mark Gill, Baldwin Li
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Bart Layton (Director), Dimitri Doganis (Producer), The Imposter
David Morris (Director), Jacqui Morris (Director/Producer), McCullin
Dexter Fletcher (Director/Writer), Danny King (Writer), Wild Bill
James Bobin (Director), The Muppets
Tina Gharavi (Director/Writer), I Am Nasrine
The EE Rising Star award (voted for by public)
Elizabeth Olsen
Andrea Riseborough
Suraj Sharma
Juno Temple
Alicia Vikander