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Baftas 2025 live: David Tennant, Jeff Goldblum and Gwendoline Christie walk the red carpet

Baftas 2025 live: David Tennant, Jeff Goldblum and Gwendoline Christie walk the red carpet

Yahoo16-02-2025

The 2025 Baftas, hosted by Doctor Who star David Tennant, are being held at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall in central London on 16 February, 2025, and guests have already started to arrive including Jeff Goldblum and Gwendoline Christie.
The EE BAFTA Film Awards are the UK equivalent of the Oscars, honouring the best cinema of 2024, with Conclave leading the pack with 12 nominations in total. Netflix's musical Emilia Pérez is also one of the big contenders on the night with 11 nominations, while historical epic The Brutalist is up for nine awards.
Pop icons Take That will perform Greatest Day from the soundtrack of Sean Baker's seven-time nominated Anora, while Wicked star Jeff Goldblum is set to perform on the piano during the In Memoriam section.
Star Wars legend Warwick Davis will be awarded the Bafta Fellowship, while Marisa Abela, Jharrel Jerome, David Jonsson, Mikey Madison, and Nabhaan Rizwan will be keeping their fingers' crossed as they hope to win the public-voted EE Rising Star Award.
Bafta timetable
2:00pm - 4:00pm: Red carpet arrivals
7:00pm - 9:05pm: Bafta Film Awards 2025 air on BBC One
Follow along with all the action with our live blog below.
Adam Pearson, who starred alongside Sebastian Stan in 2024's acclaimed A Different Man, has arrived at the Bafta Film Awards. Last night he reunited with his co-star at the nominees party held at the National Gallery. Stan has been nominated for best Leading Actor in The Apprentice in which he plays Donald Trump.
New Zealand actor Thomasin McKenzie showed off her bold new haircut on the Bafta red carpet. The star of Last Night In Soho and Joy usually has long shoulder-length hair, but appears to have had a drastic buzzcut in recent weeks.
The 24-year-old is presenting an award at tonight's Bafta Film Awards.
Big Brother host AJ Ododu appeared to be channeling Can't Get You Out of My Head era Kylie with her hooded white gown on the Bafta red car
Watch along as Bafta red carpet hosts Clara Amfo and Alex Zane meet and greet the guests arriving at the 2025 Bafta Film Awards.
Nominees expected to attend include Ariana Grande, Timothée Chalamet, Cynthia Erivo, Demi Moore, Kieran Culkin, Selena Gomez, Sebastian Stan and many more.
Emilia Perez stars Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez are to present prizes at Sunday's Bafta awards, with actress Karla Sofia Gascon not confirmed among those attending the event amid criticism over a number of tweets.
The 52-year-old is nominated for best leading actress at the awards, but has stepped back from promoting the film after the X posts, made between 2019 and 2024, about Islam, the death of George Floyd and diversity at the Oscars resurfaced following the musical's release.
Read more on PA.
Earlier this week Bafta confirmed the full list of presenters at tonight's Bafta Film Awards, and it's a veritable who's who of showbiz.
Adam Pearson, Adam Scott, Anna Kendrick, Camila Cabello, Celia Imrie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colman Domingo, Gwendoline Christie, Hannah John-Kamen, Isabella Rossellini, James McAvoy, James Norton, Jessie Eisenberg, Joe Alwyn, Letitia Wright, Leo Woodall, Lupita Nyong'o, Marisa Abela, Marisa Tomei, Mark Hamill, Michelle Monaghan, Naomi Ackie, Orlando Bloom, Pamela Anderson, Ralph Fiennes, Simon Pegg, Selena Gomez, Shazad Latif, Stephen Merchant, Thomasin McKenzie, Vanessa Kirby, Vanessa Williams, Will Poulter, Will Sharpe, Tom Felton, Wunmi Mosaku, Zoe Saldaña.
Read more on The Hollywood Reporter.
Jeff Goldblum and David Tennant are among the early arrivals at this year's Bafta film awards.
Scottish actor and Doctor Who star Tennant arrived on the red carpet wearing a sparkly black suit before he hosts the ceremony for the second year running at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday.
Goldblum plays the Wizard in the The Wizard Of Oz prequel musical, which tells the story of the early years of the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba, played by British star Cynthia Erivo.
Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie will present an award.
Chief executive of Bafta Jane Millichip said it has been an amazing year for British film.
Speaking to the PA news agency on the red carpet Ms Millichip said: "If you look at the best British category this year, it's an amazing array of really small character pieces. Its an extraordinary category with films like Bird, Blitz and Gladiator 2.'
She added that it was "incredibly important" to have films not in the English language like Kneecap and Emilia Perez.
"It's fantastic to have a film in the Irish language like Kneecap."
Wallace, Gromit, and Norbot, the stars of the Bafta-nominated Wallace & Gromit: A Vengeance Most Fowl have hit the red carpet ahead of the 2025 Baftas.
The Aardman Animation movie is nominated for Outstanding British Film, Animated Film, and Children's and Family Film.
'The Wild Robot's Roz welcomes guests to the #BAFTAs at London's Royal Festival Hall pic.twitter.com/0LkXyrS5FF
— Deadline (@DEADLINE) February 16, 2025
Roz the Robot from the Bafta-nominated animation The Wild Robot greets arrivals at the 2025 Baftas.
Via Deadline.
This weekend, David Tennant will take to the 2025 Bafta Film Awards stage as host for the second year in a row. After a knockout debut last year, the pressure could be on, but he's making sure the jitters don't get the best of him.
"I want to keep the expectations as low as possible," he tells Yahoo UK ahead of the ceremony. However, that might be easier said than done considering how triumphantly his first hosting duties went down in 2024.
Read the full interview on Yahoo.
Wicked star Jeff Goldblum has arrived at the 2025 Baftas. Although not nominated himself, Goldblum will take to the piano for the ceremony's in memoriam section.
The US actor recently released a single with Scarlett Johansson which will feature on his forthcoming album Still Blooming. The 72-year-old has also collaborated with his Wicked co-stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande for the jazz album, made with his band The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra.
After his triumphant first stint as the host of the Baftas in 2024, Rivals star David Tennant has returned to host for a second time.
The Doctor Who actor is already something of a national treasure thanks to his contribution to the entertainment industry, but his appearance at the awards show has truly cemented his status as he stole the show at one of the glitziest nights of the year. Tennant was charming and witty, cracking jokes and delighting both the audience and viewers at home with his effusively positive attitude.
Read more about David Tennant's last Bafta stint on Yahoo.
The stars of stage and screen will walk the Baftas 2025 red carpet until it closes at around 4pm UK time.
The 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards Nominees' Party, supported by Bvlgari, took place at the National Gallery in London's Trafalgar Square last night. The event marks the start of a weekend of celebrations, honouring this year's nominees across all categories, ahead of the ceremony tonight at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall.
Those in attendance included Adrien Brody, Demi Moore, Hugh Grant, Isabella Rossellini, Jeremy Strong, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Sebastian Stan, BAFTA Fellow Warwick Davis, Yura Borisov and EE Rising Star Award-nominees David Jonsson, Jharrel Jerome, Marisa Abela, Mikey Madison and Nabhaan Rizwan, along with many more of this year's nominated talent.
Netflix has moved the location of its annual post-Bafta Film Awards party following a blaze at the original venue.
Around 100 people were forced to evacuate Chiltern Firehouse, a luxury hotel favoured by celebrities, on Valentine's Day after the fire ripped through ducting at the London establishment.
Streaming platform Netflix has now moved its after party to luxury hotel The Twenty Two in Mayfair's Grosvenor Square.
Read more on PA.
With 12 nods Edward Berger's Conclave comes in to the night with the most nominations, closely followed by Netflix's Emilia Pérez.
12 nominations for Conclave
11 nominations for Emilia Pérez
Nine nominations for The Brutalist
Seven nominations for Anora, Dune: Part Two and Wicked
Six nominations for A Complete Unknown and Kneecap
Five nominations for Nosferatu and The Substance
The biggest night on the UK showbiz calendar has arrived, with the 2025 Bafta Film Awards taking place this afternoon and evening at the Royal Festival Hall on London's Southbank.
Demi Moore, Pamela Anderson and a host of Wicked stars are among the A-listers set to grace the Bafta red carpet.
Moore, 62, is nominated in the leading actress category and has already picked up gongs at the Critics Choice Awards and Golden Globes for her role in body horror film The Substance. Baywatch star Anderson, 57, who was snubbed for her role in drama The Last Showgirl, is to present an award at the ceremony, which is being hosted by Scottish actor David Tennant for the second year running.
Read more on PA.
EE Bafta Film Awards 2025 nominations
Best Film
Anora - Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker
The Brutalist - TBD
A Complete Unknown - Fred Berger, Alex Heineman, James Mangold
Conclave - Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman
Emilia Pérez - TBD
Outstanding British Film
Bird - Andrea Arnold, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Lee Groombridge
Blitz - Steve Mcqueen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anita Overland
Conclave - Edward Berger, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, Peter Straughan
Gladiator II - Ridley Scott, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Michael Pruss, David Scarpa, Peter Craig
Hard Truths - Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe
Kneecap - Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh,
Jj Ó Dochartaigh
Lee - Ellen Kuras, Kate Solomon, Kate Winslet, Liz Hannah, Marion Hume, John Collee, Lem Dobbs
Love Lies Bleeding - Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman, Wereonika Tofilska
The Outrun - Nora Fingscheidt, Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan, Amy Liptrot
Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek,
Mark Burton
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Hoard - Luna Carmoon (Director, Writer)
Kneecap - Rich Peppiatt (Director, Writer)
Monkey Man - Dev Patel (Director)
Santosh - Sandhya Suri (Director, Writer), James Bowsher (Producer), Balthazar De Ganay
(Producer) [Also Produced By Mike Goodridge, Alan Mcalex]
Sister Midnight - Karan Kandhari (Director, Writer)
Film Not In The English Language
All We Imagine As Light - Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim
Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard, Tbd
I'm Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui) - Walter Salles, Tbd
Kneecap - Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig - Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei
Documentary
Black Box Diaries - Shiori Ito, Hanna Aqvilin, Eric Nyari
Daughters - Natalie Rae, Angela Patton, Tbd
No Other Land- Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story - Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gilliett, Robert Ford
Will & Harper - Josh Greenbaum, Rafael Marmor, Christopher Leggett, Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum
Animated Film
Flow - Gints Zibalodis, Matīss Kaža
Inside Out 2 - Kelsey Mann, Mark Nielsen
Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
The Wild Robot - Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann
Children's & Family Film
Flow - Gints Zibalodis, Matīss Kaža
Kensuke's Kingdom - Kirk Hendry, Neil Boyle, Camilla Deakin
Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
The Wild Robot - Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann
Director
Anora - Sean Baker
The Brutalist - Brady Corbet
Conclave - Edward Berger
Dune: Part Two - Denis Villeneuve
Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard
The Substance - Coralie Fargeat
Original Screenplay
Anora - Written By Sean Baker
The Brutalist - Written By Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
Kneecap - Writer Rich Peppiatt, Story By Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó
Hannaidh, Jj Ó Dochartaigh
A Real Pain - Written By Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance - Written By Coralie Fargeat
Adapted Screenplay
A Complete Unknown - Screenplay By James Mangold And Jay Cocks
Conclave - Screenplay By Peter Straughan
Emilia Pérez - Written By Jacques Audiard
Nickel Boys - Screenplay By Ramell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing - Screenplay By Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Story By Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar,
Clarence Maclin, John 'Divine G' Whitfield
Leading Actress
Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hard Truths
Mikey Madison - Anora
Demi Moore - The Substance
Saoirse Ronan - The Outrun
Leading Actor
Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
Hugh Grant - Heretic
Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice
Supporting Actress
Selena Gomez - Emilia Pérez
Ariana Grande - Wicked
Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
Jamie Lee Curtis - The Last Showgirl
Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez
Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov - Anora
Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin - Sing Sing
Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice
Casting
Anora - Sean Baker, Samantha Quan
The Apprentice - Stephanie Gorin, Carmen Cuba
A Complete Unknown - Yesi Ramirez
Conclave - Nina Gold, Martin Ware
Kneecap - Carla Stronge
Cinematography
The Brutalist - Lol Crawley
Conclave - Stéphane Fontaine
Dune: Part Two - Greig Fraser
Emilia Pérez - Paul Guilhaume
Nosferatu - Jarin Blaschke
Editing
Anora - Sean Baker
Conclave - Nick Emerson
Dune: Part Two - Joe Walker
Emilia Pérez - Juliette Welfling
Kneecap - Julian Ulrichs, Chris Gill
Costume Design
Blitz - Jacqueline Durran
A Complete Unknown - Arianne Phillips
Conclave - Lisy Christl
Nosferatu - Linda Muir
Wicked - Paul Tazewell
Make Up & Hair
Dune: Part Two - Love Larson, Eva Von Bahr
Emilia Pérez - Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, Romain
Marietti
Nosferatu - David White, Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton
The Substance - Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Marilyne Scarselli
Wicked - Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth
Original Score
The Brutalist - Daniel Blumberg
Conclave - Volker Bertelmann
Emilia Pérez - Camille, Clément Ducol
Nosferatu - Robin Carolan
The Wild Robot - Kris Bowers
Production Design
The Brutalist - Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia
Conclave - Suzie Davies, Cynthia Sleiter
Dune: Part Two - Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau
Nosferatu - Craig Lathrop
Wicked - Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales
Sound
Blitz - John Casali, Paul Cotterell, James Harrison
Dune: Part Two - Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King
Gladiator II - Stéphane Bucher, Matthew Collinge, Paul Massey Danny Sheehan
The Substance - Valérie Deloof, Victor Fleurant, Victor Praud, Stéphane Thiébaut, Emmanuelle
Villard
Wicked - Robin Baynton, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, Nancy Nugent Title
Special Visual Effects
Better Man - Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs
Dune: Part Two - Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe
Gladiator II - Mark Bakowski, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny, Pietro Ponti
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes - Erik Winquist, Rodney Burke, Paul Story, Stephen Unterfranz
Wicked - Pablo Helman, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Anthony Smith
British Short Animation
Adiós - José Prats, Natalia Kyriacou, Bernardo Angeletti
Mog's Christmas - Robin Shaw, Joanna Harrison, Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding
Wander To Wonder - Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Maarten Swart
British Short Film
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing - Theo Panagopoulos, Marissa Keating
Marion - Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine, Marija Djikic
Milk - Miranda Stern, Ashionye Ogene
Rock, Paper, Scissors- Franz Böhm, Ivan, Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer
Stomach Bug - Matty Crawford, Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou
EE Rising Star Award (Voted For By The Public)
Marisa Abela
Jharrel Jerome
David Jonsson
Mikey Madison
Nabhaan Rizwan
The ten films with the most nominations are:
12 nominations for Conclave
11 nominations for Emilia Pérez
Nine nominations for The Brutalist
Seven nominations for Anora, Dune: Part Two and Wicked
Six nominations for A Complete Unknown and Kneecap
Five nominations for Nosferatu and The Substance
The following films also nominated include:
Three nominations for The Apprentice, Blitz, Gladiator II, Sing Sing, Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and The Wild Robot
Two nominations for Flow, Hard Truths, The Outrun and A Real Pain
One nomination for each of the following: All We Imagine As Light, Better Man, Bird, Black Box Diaries, Daughters, Heretic, Hoard, I'm Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui), Inside Out 2, Kensuke's Kingdom, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, The Last Showgirl, Lee, Love Lies Bleeding, Monkey Man, Nickel Boys, No Other Land, Santosh, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Sister Midnight, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story and Will & Harper
· The following British shorts were nominated: Adiós, The Flowers Stand Silently Witnessing, Marion, Milk, Mog's Christmas, Rock Paper Scissors, Stomach Bug and Wander To Wonder
Adam Pearson, who starred alongside Sebastian Stan in 2024's acclaimed A Different Man, has arrived at the Bafta Film Awards. Last night he reunited with his co-star at the nominees party held at the National Gallery. Stan has been nominated for best Leading Actor in The Apprentice in which he plays Donald Trump.
New Zealand actor Thomasin McKenzie showed off her bold new haircut on the Bafta red carpet. The star of Last Night In Soho and Joy usually has long shoulder-length hair, but appears to have had a drastic buzzcut in recent weeks.
The 24-year-old is presenting an award at tonight's Bafta Film Awards.
Big Brother host AJ Ododu appeared to be channeling Can't Get You Out of My Head era Kylie with her hooded white gown on the Bafta red car
Watch along as Bafta red carpet hosts Clara Amfo and Alex Zane meet and greet the guests arriving at the 2025 Bafta Film Awards.
Nominees expected to attend include Ariana Grande, Timothée Chalamet, Cynthia Erivo, Demi Moore, Kieran Culkin, Selena Gomez, Sebastian Stan and many more.
Emilia Perez stars Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez are to present prizes at Sunday's Bafta awards, with actress Karla Sofia Gascon not confirmed among those attending the event amid criticism over a number of tweets.
The 52-year-old is nominated for best leading actress at the awards, but has stepped back from promoting the film after the X posts, made between 2019 and 2024, about Islam, the death of George Floyd and diversity at the Oscars resurfaced following the musical's release.
Read more on PA.
Earlier this week Bafta confirmed the full list of presenters at tonight's Bafta Film Awards, and it's a veritable who's who of showbiz.
Adam Pearson, Adam Scott, Anna Kendrick, Camila Cabello, Celia Imrie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colman Domingo, Gwendoline Christie, Hannah John-Kamen, Isabella Rossellini, James McAvoy, James Norton, Jessie Eisenberg, Joe Alwyn, Letitia Wright, Leo Woodall, Lupita Nyong'o, Marisa Abela, Marisa Tomei, Mark Hamill, Michelle Monaghan, Naomi Ackie, Orlando Bloom, Pamela Anderson, Ralph Fiennes, Simon Pegg, Selena Gomez, Shazad Latif, Stephen Merchant, Thomasin McKenzie, Vanessa Kirby, Vanessa Williams, Will Poulter, Will Sharpe, Tom Felton, Wunmi Mosaku, Zoe Saldaña.
Read more on The Hollywood Reporter.
Jeff Goldblum and David Tennant are among the early arrivals at this year's Bafta film awards.
Scottish actor and Doctor Who star Tennant arrived on the red carpet wearing a sparkly black suit before he hosts the ceremony for the second year running at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday.
Goldblum plays the Wizard in the The Wizard Of Oz prequel musical, which tells the story of the early years of the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba, played by British star Cynthia Erivo.
Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie will present an award.
Chief executive of Bafta Jane Millichip said it has been an amazing year for British film.
Speaking to the PA news agency on the red carpet Ms Millichip said: "If you look at the best British category this year, it's an amazing array of really small character pieces. Its an extraordinary category with films like Bird, Blitz and Gladiator 2.'
She added that it was "incredibly important" to have films not in the English language like Kneecap and Emilia Perez.
"It's fantastic to have a film in the Irish language like Kneecap."
Wallace, Gromit, and Norbot, the stars of the Bafta-nominated Wallace & Gromit: A Vengeance Most Fowl have hit the red carpet ahead of the 2025 Baftas.
The Aardman Animation movie is nominated for Outstanding British Film, Animated Film, and Children's and Family Film.
'The Wild Robot's Roz welcomes guests to the #BAFTAs at London's Royal Festival Hall pic.twitter.com/0LkXyrS5FF
— Deadline (@DEADLINE) February 16, 2025
Roz the Robot from the Bafta-nominated animation The Wild Robot greets arrivals at the 2025 Baftas.
Via Deadline.
This weekend, David Tennant will take to the 2025 Bafta Film Awards stage as host for the second year in a row. After a knockout debut last year, the pressure could be on, but he's making sure the jitters don't get the best of him.
"I want to keep the expectations as low as possible," he tells Yahoo UK ahead of the ceremony. However, that might be easier said than done considering how triumphantly his first hosting duties went down in 2024.
Read the full interview on Yahoo.
Wicked star Jeff Goldblum has arrived at the 2025 Baftas. Although not nominated himself, Goldblum will take to the piano for the ceremony's in memoriam section.
The US actor recently released a single with Scarlett Johansson which will feature on his forthcoming album Still Blooming. The 72-year-old has also collaborated with his Wicked co-stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande for the jazz album, made with his band The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra.
After his triumphant first stint as the host of the Baftas in 2024, Rivals star David Tennant has returned to host for a second time.
The Doctor Who actor is already something of a national treasure thanks to his contribution to the entertainment industry, but his appearance at the awards show has truly cemented his status as he stole the show at one of the glitziest nights of the year. Tennant was charming and witty, cracking jokes and delighting both the audience and viewers at home with his effusively positive attitude.
Read more about David Tennant's last Bafta stint on Yahoo.
The stars of stage and screen will walk the Baftas 2025 red carpet until it closes at around 4pm UK time.
The 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards Nominees' Party, supported by Bvlgari, took place at the National Gallery in London's Trafalgar Square last night. The event marks the start of a weekend of celebrations, honouring this year's nominees across all categories, ahead of the ceremony tonight at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall.
Those in attendance included Adrien Brody, Demi Moore, Hugh Grant, Isabella Rossellini, Jeremy Strong, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Sebastian Stan, BAFTA Fellow Warwick Davis, Yura Borisov and EE Rising Star Award-nominees David Jonsson, Jharrel Jerome, Marisa Abela, Mikey Madison and Nabhaan Rizwan, along with many more of this year's nominated talent.
Netflix has moved the location of its annual post-Bafta Film Awards party following a blaze at the original venue.
Around 100 people were forced to evacuate Chiltern Firehouse, a luxury hotel favoured by celebrities, on Valentine's Day after the fire ripped through ducting at the London establishment.
Streaming platform Netflix has now moved its after party to luxury hotel The Twenty Two in Mayfair's Grosvenor Square.
Read more on PA.
With 12 nods Edward Berger's Conclave comes in to the night with the most nominations, closely followed by Netflix's Emilia Pérez.
12 nominations for Conclave
11 nominations for Emilia Pérez
Nine nominations for The Brutalist
Seven nominations for Anora, Dune: Part Two and Wicked
Six nominations for A Complete Unknown and Kneecap
Five nominations for Nosferatu and The Substance
The biggest night on the UK showbiz calendar has arrived, with the 2025 Bafta Film Awards taking place this afternoon and evening at the Royal Festival Hall on London's Southbank.
Demi Moore, Pamela Anderson and a host of Wicked stars are among the A-listers set to grace the Bafta red carpet.
Moore, 62, is nominated in the leading actress category and has already picked up gongs at the Critics Choice Awards and Golden Globes for her role in body horror film The Substance. Baywatch star Anderson, 57, who was snubbed for her role in drama The Last Showgirl, is to present an award at the ceremony, which is being hosted by Scottish actor David Tennant for the second year running.
Read more on PA.

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Delighted Splinter Cell fans were shown a trio of clips from the upcoming animated Deathwatch series today at Annecy as Ubisoft execs gave them a peek into the making of the highly-anticipated Netflix adaptation. The audience at a packed Salle Pierre Lamy were shown three clips featuring the first appearance of protagonist Sam Fisher, voiced by Liev Schreiber, an epic fight scene and a car chase. More from Deadline Netflix Unveils Trailer For Tyler Perry's 'Madea's Destination Wedding' Marvel Animation Unveils First Episode Of 'Eyes Of Wakanda' Opening In Ancient Crete & Setting Up 3,000-Year Search For Stolen Vibranium Artefacts Stephen Curry, Caleb McLaughlin, Gabrielle Union, & Nick Kroll Set For Voice Cast Of Sony Pictures Animation's Sports-Themed Movie 'Goat'- Annecy The creative team talked the crowd through the various influences that have had such an impact on the TV version, which fast forwards Fisher's story to 2025. One of Ubisoft's flagship franchises, the hugely popular game series follows Fisher, the highly trained agent of a fictional black-ops sub-division within the NSA, dubbed 'Third Echelon', as he overcomes his adversaries. Having first been announced in 2020, the Ubisoft series will air later this year on Netflix. Director Guillaume Dousse said he approached the immense task of helming an adaptation of one of the world's most beloved video games by melding Michael Mann and Japanese director-animator Satoshi Kon. Live action noir properties like Ghost in the Shell were also a major influence, he added. 'We took huge inspiration from live action,' he said. 'There is this element of melancholy to the mise en scène. We wanted it to be full of contrasts.' Dousse incorporated lengthier, fixed shots, a rarity for animation, as he cited the famous 17-minute scene in Steve McQueen's Hunger as an example of something he wanted to move towards. The creatives repeatedly stressed that the eight-episode show takes its time, going against the grain of super fast-paced narratives. The soundtrack was also hugely important, with Dousse citing inspirations like Ozark and Tokyo Vice. Another slightly more unlikely inspiration for the older central character was Tom Cruise in the Mission Impossible franchise, who has been making those movies for decades and has grown up with them. 'It was interesting to have this ageing character, not totally like the Tom Cruise version but more realistic, and more weathered by life,' said producer Hugo Revon. Notably, Schreiber is taking on voice duties from Michael Ironside. Ironside, who voiced Fisher in the games, has previously said he is too old to return for the show. Schreiber was 'important for the project' as he is known for live action and the show is aiming to attract a broad audience who simply enjoy a great narrative, Revon said. 'His voice comes to life,' he added of the Ray Donovan star. 'It is so natural.' The show brings the action to Europe and was described as a 'roadtrip around Europe' by Ubisoft development manager Carl Tamakloe. Fast forwarding to 2025 meant facing up to the realities of how war has changed since Splinter Cell first started out as a game. 'We were interested in hybrid warfare,' added Tamakloe. 'Fake news can destabilize a state. We wanted to be rooted in the idea that in 2025 you don't fight like you did in 2000.' Without giving too much away, Tamakloe revealed some of the show will be set around the fictional Cop 31 climate conference, drawing out themes of energy and power. The first Splinter Cell video game was released in 2002. A series of tie-in novels following Fisher on his missions as a black ops agent were published in the mid-2000s. The team were speaking on the first day of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in the south of France, which is being attended by all the big American studios. Best of Deadline 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery Tony Awards: Every Best Musical Winner Since 1949 Tony Awards: Every Best Play Winner Since 1947

Why Nicola Coughlan Is the Soul of ‘Bridgerton' and Deserves an Emmy Nomination
Why Nicola Coughlan Is the Soul of ‘Bridgerton' and Deserves an Emmy Nomination

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Why Nicola Coughlan Is the Soul of ‘Bridgerton' and Deserves an Emmy Nomination

Anyone who's seen Nicola Coughlan in 'Derry Girls' knows that she's a brilliant comedic performer. As nerdy teenager Clare Devlin, Coughlan made teenage anxiety immensely physical and palpable — firing her dialogue with all the air in her lungs, walking with so much propulsive energy she was nearly tripping over herself. In 'Bridgerton' Season 3, Coughlan similarly portrays adolescent turmoil, but through subtler and more internal means. As wallflower Penelope Featherington, who harbors a double identity as the controversial Lady Whistledown, Coughlan was tasked not just with making the ton's resident introvert a mesmerizing lead but also with bringing humanity to her character's morally ambiguous actions. More from Variety 'Last of Us' Creator Craig Mazin Reminds Angry Fans That Pedro Pascal Lives On, Even if His Character Doesn't: 'He's Alive and He's in Literally Everything Else' 'Severance' Creator Dan Erickson Discusses the 'Depressing' Lumon Industries - While Touring Lumen, the Actual Name for Variety's Office Building 'There Is No Feud': Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood Tell All on Their 'White Lotus' Connection, a Cut Love Scene and Yes, Why He Unfollowed Her on Instagram Coughlan nails it: the hit Netflix show's third season sees Penelope fully step into the spotlight as a romantic interest. In Penelope's evolution, Coughlan captures how a young woman's coming of age is defined as much by her own personal choices as it is by her struggle against society's expectations for women. And Coughlan makes a case for herself as an excellent dramatic lead, the kind that Emmy voters should pay attention to. That's because Coughlan has to reconcile two conflicting aspects of her character. One is the standard teenage heroine. Penelope previously existed mainly on the sidelines, a spinster-to-be. Her transformation into the center of attention is literally represented through a glow-up: there's a scene in which she enters a ballroom sporting a completely different fashion and hair and makeup. Coughlan's tentative delight as she notices the amount of eyes on her instantly makes viewers root for her. She establishes Penelope as our favorite underdog. This idea is complicated by the fact that Penelope wields actual power as the anonymous writer behind an all-knowing gossip rag that can completely make or break someone's reputation. The journey that Penelope undergoes in becoming the main character is something Lady Whistledown already pulled off; Penelope has been the main character all along; it's just that now, she must own up to that status — including the hurt she caused to attain it. It's to Coughlan's credit that these emotional threads stay together. She grounds Penelope's characterization in a fundamental sincerity. Penelope's flaws are humanizing, never outright villainous, and neither are they completely ignored. She's an intelligent young person, but she's not immune to her age. Coughlan realistically captures what it's like to be in the throes of adolescence, fumbling toward the person you want to be. Take, for instance, the scenes when Penelope tries to flirt with a gentlemen for the first time. Her awkward attempts at conversation are incredibly entertaining and charming as Coughlan leans into the cringe. For all of Penelope's brilliance as a proto-journalist, she can't help her social inexperience. Similarly, Coughlan taps into a universal feeling when Penelope asks her childhood friend and longtime crush, Colin Bridgerton, to kiss her. Having just run away from a ballroom where everyone had been talking judgmentally about her, Penelope tells Colin, 'It would not have to mean anything.' Simply, 'I do not wish to die without ever having been kissed.' Coughlan brings heart and sensitivity to Penelope's longing for romantic validation. And in Penelope's pragmatic pursuit of a husband, Coughlan translates her character's internal struggle. Penelope must secure a marriage, but she's cautious about her romantic decisions, as she prizes her independence and, of course, her work. A shot of Coughlan's serving face in the midst of scribbling is certainly memeable, but Coughlan does make the viewer understand the gravity of Penelope's intellectual endeavors and her hesitation at giving them up for love. The night before Penelope's wedding to Colin, she tells dressmaker Madame Delacroix that 'I felt like I was losing a part of myself' when she attempted to stop writing. It is her ultimate form of self-expression. That's where Lady Whistledown originated from: a young woman's desire for agency. If Penelope's approach was messy and slightly misguided, Coughlan's portrayal indicates that her actions as Lady Whistledown sometimes reflected the missteps of youth. 'You were a girl who did not know her own power,' Madame Delacroix also reminds her. And so Coughlan imbues Penelope's acceptance of accountability with the same earnestness that she treats her character's first romantic encounters. Penelope decides that going forward, she'll punch up rather than punch down. As she states at one point, 'I should've been using the column to give a voice to the other voiceless.' Despite the clichéd declaration, Coughlan makes Penelope's good intentions and activist dedication believable. The night before her wedding, Madame Delacroix tells Penelope that 'there's no such thing as true love without first embracing your true self.' By the end, we see Penelope accept who she is, wallflower and alter ego combined. It's because of Coughlan's nuanced performance that this merging of selves lands so seamlessly. Awards Circuit: Emmys Best of Variety Emmy Predictions: Documentary Programs — Nonfiction Races Spotlight Pee-wee Herman, Simone Biles and YouTube Creators 25 Hollywood Legends Who Deserve an Honorary Oscar Emmy Predictions: With One Week Until Voting Opens, Declining Submissions Create Tight Acting and Series Races

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