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Morfydd Clark and Kingsley Ben-Adir among all-British list of nominees for BAFTA’s EE Rising Star Award

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Saint Maud star Morfydd Clark and Kingsley Ben-Adir, who plays Malcolm X in Regina King’s One Night in Miami, are among the all-British nominees for the EE Rising Star Award at this year’s BAFTAs. They will compete against His House and Gangs of London star Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù, County Lines actor Conrad Khan, and Bukky Bakray, […]

2021 Golden Globe Awards: Borat, Nomadland, The Crown and The Queen’s Gambit win big

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The pandemic may have played havoc with film and TV schedules over the past year, but that hasn’t prevented the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for celebrating the past twelve months of entertainment with last night’s 78th annual – and 1st virtual – Golden Globe Awards. Taking home the top honours on the film front were  […]

Rocks leads winners of 2020 British Independent Film Awards

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Director Sarah Gavron’s coming of age drama Rocks was named Best British Independent Film during Thursday’s 2020 BIFA Awards, with the film picking up a further four awards in Best Supporting Actress (Kosar Ali), Most Promising Newcomer (Ali), Best Supporting Actor (D’Angelou Osei Kissiedu) and Best Casting. Netflix’s British horror His House received the awards […]

Mank nabs 12 nominations as 2021 Critics’ Choice Awards nominees announced

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While it may not be gaining insane nominations anywhere else, the Critics Choice Association has awarded Mank with 12 nominations at their upcoming award show. Between the film and television nominations, Netflix leads with a total of 72 possible wins here. Also, Amazon Studios expands its total to 18 with today’s film additions. Other films […]

Michaela Coel gets deserved recognition as The Crown dominates 2021 SAG Awards TV nominations

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After the shocking, yet not surprising by their standards, snub of Michaela Coel at the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild Awards is here to clean up the mess. The television nominations for the 2021 SAG Awards are here, and the line-up features some fresh faces, expected favorites, and a lot of The Crown. Disney+ […]

Chadwick Boseman makes history with 2021 Screen Actors Guild Awards film nominations

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The award season is underway, and we are already making history this year. We knew Chadwick Boseman would be a front-runner in many categories, but 2021’s Screen Actors Guild Awards sees the late actor make history with his nominations. Boseman becomes the first person with four SAG nominations in one year. He received solo nominations […]

Netflix dominates the nominations for the 2021 Golden Globe Awards

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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the nominations for this year’s 78th annual Golden Globe Awards, with streaming giant Netflix dominating across both film and television with a grand total of 42 nominations (22 for film and 20 for TV). Leading the motion picture field is David Fincher’s Mank with seventh nominations, followed closely […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival announces its award winners

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As the 2021 Sundance Film Festival comes to a close, we begin the next era in film. After six days of the virtual film festival and over 70 feature films on display, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival’s Awards Ceremony took place last night. One of the biggest winners of the evening, and the whole festival, […]

Never Rarely Sometimes Always leads nominations for 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards

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The nominations for the 36th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards have been announced today, with Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always leading the pack with seven nominations in total including Best Feature, Best Director (Hittman) and Best Female Lead (Sidney Flanigan). Nominated alongside Never Rarely Sometimes Always for Best Feature are Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow […]