Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Land BAFTA Nods
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been nominated for major prizes at the British equivalent of the Oscars: the Orange British Academy Film Awards. Jolie has been nominated as best leading actress for her role in director Clint Eastwood's Changeling. She'll go up against Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road and The Reader); Kristin Scott Thomas (I've Loved You Too Long); and Meryl Streep (Doubt).read more

Kate Winslet's BAFTA double
Kate Winslet, 'Slumdog Millionaire' and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' lead the 2009 BAFTA Award nominations. The actress follows her double Golden Globe win with two nominations in the Leading Actress category for 'Revolutionary Road' and 'The Reader' - in which she plays a Nazi prison guard. Thanks for BAFTA suggestions. Will whittle them down to a top three then slip one in. 'Slumdog Millionaire' and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' are the films with the most nominati

BAFTA Nominations Announced
The BAFTA Awards, the British equivalent of the Oscars, announced this years’ nominees and our fave, Slumdog Millionaire, got mad love with eleven nominations including one for our boy Dev Patel as Best Actor. Kate Winslet was bestowed a double nomination once again for The Reader and Revolutionary Road, and so was Brad Pitt who got the nod for both The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Burn After Reading. A complete list of BAFTA nominees is below:read more

'Slumdog' leads field for British Academy awards - Yahoo! News
AP – In this image released by Paramount Pictures, Brad Pitt is shown in a scene from, 'The Curious Case of … LONDON – Underdog-turned-favorite " Slumdog Millionaire " picked

British Academy Award Nominations Couldn't Care Less About The British [Awards]
As we navigate the jaded doldrums of mid-awards season, let's pause a moment to give the BAFTAs some credit for spiking its 2008 awards nominations with some counterintuitive, even self-loathing surprise.Sure, Slumdog Millionairecoasted to 11 nods, sharing the lead with fellow Best Picture and Director nominee Benjamin Button, and sure, The Reader is shockingly well-represented with nominations for Picture, Actress and Director. (Kate Winslet is also nominated for Revolutionary Road.) But the trade-off is t

News Bites: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Nominated for British Oscars
have both been nominated for the British equivalent of Oscars. The nominations for the British Academy Awards were announced yesterday, and Pitt's performance in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Angelina's in Changeling were both recognized, according to Us . Other nominees included Kate Winslet for Revolutionary Road and The Reader , Meryl Streep for Doubt , Sean Penn for Milk and Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler. Gossip Girl creators and producers Josh Schwart

'Slumdog Millionaire And 'Benjamin Button' Lead The British BAFTAs With 11 Nominations Each
The BAFTAnominations are in. They're obviously the equivalent of the British Oscars, if you happen to be living under a rock. Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" and David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" lead the nominees with eleven nods each. The British love their own, expect Boyle to sweep, but as one astute commenter reminds us, "If the British love their own, where is Sally Hawkins?" Hmm, indeed. Consider her a major snub. "The Dark Knight" was also snubbed in the major categories outs

Slumdog Millionaire Briton Dev Patel v Brad Pitt in battle for Bafta glory | Mail Online
Dev Patel, the 18-year-old star of British film Slumdog Millionaire is up against Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt after being nominated for a Bafta award As well as Pitt, Patel faces competition from Sean Penn and Mickey Rourke. The film is about a young man from the Mumbai slums who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Directed by Trainspotting’s Danny Boyle, it is nominated for a total of 11 categories. Lancashire-born Boyle is up for best director alongside Clint

Kate Winslet - Winslet To Star In Vivienne Westwood Biopic
British actress Kate Winslet is to portray fashion designer Vivienne Westwood in an upcoming movie of her life. The Little Children star has been cast to play British ...

Kate Winslet to Star in Vivienne Westwood Biopic
Kate Winslet is set to portray British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood on the big screen. The actress, 32, has reportedly been cast to play the flame haired fashion icon in the Universal film, which will document Westwood's rise to fame in the 1970s to the present day. The Titanic star will meet with the designer once the script has been completed to discuss ideas for the film. Confirming the casting, a spokesperson for Westwood says, "The script is going well and Kate will play Vivienne. It has been

Kate Winslet out and about in New York
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Kate Winslet to star in Vivienne Westwood Biopic
The film will document her rise to fame and will also talk about her life in the present day. It will chronicle her life from the early 70s till present day. Kate will meet the designer once the script has been completed to discuss ideas for the film. Kate has been on some sort of roll lately. Two of her movies will be vying for the Oscars this year. We have also got confirmation that “The script is going well and Kate will play Vivienne. It has been a long time in the planning but we’re very excit

Winslet gets double BAFTA nod
Two-time Golden Globe winner Kate Winslet is set for more glory - she is nominated twice in the best actress category at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards (BAFTAs). " />

BAFTA predictions
The BAFTA nominations drop tomorrow, and while I hardly covered myself in glory with my

BAFTA 2009 Full List Of Nominees
The BAFTA longlists included 15 contenders in each category, from which the five nominees were chosen in the second round of voting. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “Frost/Nixon” led in the British Academy Film Awards’ longlists revealed last week, with 14 mentions each. But the full list of nominees announced and Danny Boyle’s [...]

The BAFTA Nominations for 2008 and The Madhouse Act of 1828
Trivia Time! It's been 180 years since an Act of the British Parliament allowed for the building of mental asylums. The first ever built was the 1st Middlesex County Asylum in West London which opened its doors in 1831. The British invented insane asylums! Who knew? And yet it all makes sense...177 years later, ancestors of those first Middlesex patients voted on the nominations for the British Academy Film Awards (or BAFTA or "The Orange Film Awards" --make up your minds!) honoring the films of 2008. Gemma

Kate Winslet - Winslet Gets Double Bafta Nod
Two-time Golden Globe winner Kate Winslet is set for more glory - she is nominated twice in the best actress category at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts ...

BAFTA Nominations Announced
The BAFTA nominations were announced today in London. Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire led the noms with 11 apiece. The Dark Knight followed with nine nominations, including another posthumous nom for Heath Ledger, while Clint Eastwood's Changeling got eight nominations. The five best film nominations were Slumdog, Button, The Reader, Frost/Nixon and Milk. The Awards will be handed out February 8th in a ceremony hosted by Jonathan Ross. Source: Variety Next Showing: Link | Posted

Two Bafta nods for Kate Winslet
Double Golden Globe winner Kate Winslet has two nominations for best actress at the British Academy Film Awards. Read more

Kate Winslet Set to Play Vivienne Westwood in Film
It’s always good to meet up with a couple of friends to have a good time :)  Actress Kate Winslet was spotted in downtown New York City earlier today looking happy and shocked to hear some news her friends had to bear. In other news Kate is set to play designer Vivienne Westwood in a film documenting the fashion mogul’s long journey in the industry. A spokesman for the film said, “The script is going well and Kate will play Vivienne. It has been a long time in the planning but we’

BAFTA Awards Unveil 2009 Nominees
'Slumdog Millionaire' and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' lead the fields with eleven nods each following the announcement of 2009 Orange British Academy Film Awards nominees.

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Nominated at BAFTA’s
Looks like we’ll definitely be seeing Brad and Angelina at the BAFTA’s, as they’ve both been nominated in a number of categories! This was a busy year for them both, as you can tell by all of the different nominations that keep popping up! Most of these are for nominations that we’ve already seen Brad [...]

Now Kate Winslet set for Bafta success (and more tears) after receiving two nominations for best actress
Kate Winslet looks set to repeat her Golden Globes success after receiving two Orange British Academy Film Award nominations today. Following her US awards success, Kate, 33, had two nominations in the leading actress category - one for The Reader and one for Revolutionary Road. Trainspotting director Danny Boyle's film Slumdog Millionaire tied with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, as each received 11 nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards today.

'Slumdog,' 'Button' lead BAFA noms
-- but no Sally Hawkins or Anne Hathaway. Three big acting noms for "Doubt," but no Viola Davis and no love for the period drama itself. Newcomer Dev Patel alongside A-list kings Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, Frank Langella and Mickey Rourke, but Leonardo DiCaprio is nowhere to be found. "Milk" as a best picture contender but Gus Van Sant left off the best director list. The opposite's true for Clint Eastwood and his "Changeling." If it weren't for Winslet's d

Brendan Gleeson named on BAFTA shortlist
Irish actor Brendan Gleeson has been nominated for a BAFTA in the Best Supporting Actor category, for his role in 'In Bruges'. 'Slumdog Millionaire' and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' lead this year's BAFTA shortlist with 11 nominations each. Actress Kate Winslet received two nominations in the Best Actress category, for 'The Reader' and 'Revolutionary Road'.