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Nominations voting is from January 8-17, 2025, with official Oscar nominations announced January 23, 2025. Final voting is February 11-18, 2025. And finally, the 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2 and air live on ABC at 7:00 p.m. Et/ 4:00 p.m. Pt. We update our picks through awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions.

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Whoever is 100 percent certain about their Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination predictions is lying. The precursors have been way too all over the place to provide any certainty. Sometimes “Emilia Pérez” star Selena Gomez makes the cut, sometimes she doesn’t. Just when things finally look up for Monica Barbaro, earning a SAG Award nomination for her performance as Joan Baez in “A Complete Unknown,” she does not make the cut at BAFTA Awards, even though that group has six nomination slots.

Currently, it feels almost...

After Jean Smart posted on Instagram that Hollywood needs to scrap awards shows and figure out how to generate revenue for fire victims instead, former lead stage manager Debbie Williams had a few choice words for the Hacks star via Facebook.

“Dearest Jean Smart,” began Williams, a veteran of such shows as American Idol, the Oscars and the Grammys. “You are a wonderful actress and I’m sure your heart is in the right place … wanting to cancel all awards shows and taking the revenue and donating it to Fire Relief …. However there is no revenue if there is no show and frankly, the workers who do the shows…the below the line production workers … truly need the work in an industry that has been suffering. These are normal crew and staff that rely on these jobs to feed their families. So be like Jamie Lee Curtis, who just donated 1 million dollars to the cause…...

Hot Bench is saying goodbye to its longest-serving judge, Michael Corriero, as he hangs up his gavel and robe at the end of Season 11.

“At the beginning of this past year, after almost nine years on Hot Bench, I made it clear to everyone that this would be my final season,” Corriero said in a statement to Deadline. “It was time to pass the torch or, should I say, the gavel. I will miss the challenge, my beloved colleagues and the entire Hot Bench team.”

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President Donald Trump wasted no time in outlining his new policies in his inauguration speech.

On Monday, Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States (he previously served as the 45th president as well, with Joe Biden succeeding him as 46th).

Among the plans he addressed in his speech: “This week, I will also end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life. We will forge a society that is color-blind and merit-based. As of today, It will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female.”

The following day, early on Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union responded with a statement.

“Our advocates have been preparing for this moment and overnight have already begun to fight the administration’s extreme agenda,” the ACLU told The Hollywood Reporter.

With the 2025 Oscar nominations days away, no other category is more difficult to predict than Best Actress. This race has been consistently fluid as new contenders pick up steam, and the expected lineup today looks vastly different from July, when Gold Derby opened our Oscars predictions. So who are the current locks, on-the-bubble contenders, and long shots to hear their names called on Thursday? Read on for our Best Actress Oscar nomination breakdown.

Locks

Mikey Madison (Anora) — 37/10 odds

For playing the titular Brooklyn sex worker who marries into the wrong family, this 25-year-old has led the Best Actress race since early September. That’s when she officially took the No. 1 spot from Amy Adams (Nightbitch), who has tumbled to 20th place in our rankings. Madison has accrued all of the relevant precursor nominations a frontrunner would expect to have, plus she prevailed with dozens of critics’ groups either as a lead or a breakthrough,...

Two comedies. Two difficult productions. One flat-out classic. The stories of The Producers and Fierce Creatures are explored in this episode.

When it comes to making your feature directorial debut, The Producers isn’t a bad way to get off the mark! But Mel Brooks’ now much-loved comedy faced a bumpy path to the screen, not least the struggle to write it in the first place. That, and the kind of subject matter that Hollywood studios didn’t have much desire to go near.

Plus, it turned out that the fate of the film owed a bit of a debt to Peter Sellers.

After the success of A Fish Called Wanda meanwhile, the question was asked: would John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Palin and Kevin Kline come back for a sequel? Well, not quite: and despite Fierce Creatures being billed as an ‘equal not a sequel’, the comedy had a very,...

The Bear makes better use of its celebrity cameos and guest stars than most other TV shows — but there’s one glaring exception that sticks out like a sore thumb. A-list guest stars can be an exciting addition to a TV episode, but not if it draws too much attention to their star power, or they don’t fit in with the rest of the cast. The Simpsons used to have hilarious cameos from guest stars, but the show has since devolved into celebrity worship, with entire episodes dedicated to praising guest stars like Lady Gaga and Elon Musk.

A poorly placed celebrity cameo can actually break the audience’s immersion. Game of Thrones viewers were reminded they were watching a TV show when a smirking Ed Sheeran appeared around the campfire. Paris Hilton’s stunt casting ruined an early episode of Veronica Mars. For the most part, The Bear...

Mark your calendars, Oscars fans, because the 97th Academy Awards will air on Sunday, March 2, 2025 on ABC. The annual star-studded ceremony will honor movies released in theaters within the 2024 calendar year of eligibility. AMPAS members will vote on the Oscar winners in 23 categories, including Best Supporting Actress. But who will win? Here at Gold Derby, thousands of users have been making and updating their 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Supporting Actress, so let’s take a look at all of the top contenders in our photo gallery below.

These 25 Best Supporting Actress hopefuls are listed in order of their racetrack odds, which are derived from the combined forecasts of four unique groups: experts we’ve polled from major media outlets, editors who cover awards year-round for this website, top 24 users who had the best accuracy scores last year, and the mass of users who make up our biggest predictions bloc.

The...

Singer-Actresses Ariana Grande and Selena Gomez might compete for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Both Grande and Gomez have leveled up their acting careers with two notable roles this year. These two are included in our predictions for the category, alongside some of the other best performances of the year.

Ariana Grande as Galinda Upland in Wicked | Credits: Universal Pictures

FandomWire’s other nominees include an Oscar winner in the category, a rising star in dramatic roles, and a Star Wars actress. Fans will also see a surprising snub in here and we have the right reason to believe that Academy voters aren’t too keen to nominate her.

FandomWire’s predicted nominees for Best Supporting Actress Selena Gomez in a still from Emilia Pérez | Credits: Netflix

At the 82nd Golden Globes Awards, the Best Supporting Actress award went to Zoe Saldaña. However, we predict that the actress will be absent from the nominees,...

The Best Film Ensemble category at the Screen Actors Guild Awards can occasionally be a tough one to predict. Gold Derby’s pundits erroneously thought that 2019’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood would prevail over Parasite, while 2016’s Hidden Figures was correctly chosen by only one of the editors, experts, or top 24 users — combined. Well, this year’s top race looks to be less of a head-scratcher and more of a coronation, as Gold Derby’s 2025 SAG Awards predictions overwhelmingly favor Wicked to win with 17/10 odds. Talk about popular!

The SAG nominations were announced on Jan. 8, with Wicked leading all other films with five bids: Best Ensemble, Best Actress (Cynthia Erivo), Best Supporting Actress (Ariana Grande), Best Supporting Actor (Jonathan Bailey), and Best Stunt Ensemble. Universal Pictures’ big-budget adaptation of the beloved Broadway stage musical is not expected to win any other trophies with the acting guild, though that’s par for the course,...

Just as we were about to record this week’s “Screen Talk,” we found out that one of our favorite auteurs, David Lynch, had succumbed to emphysema at age 78. In this episode, we explore his legacy, catch up with awards news from the PGA and BAFTAs to the WGA, and report on a new development in the Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni case.

Plus, we each picked five must-see films at Sundance, which launches January 23, the same day as the Oscar nominations are announced, after some postponements. Co-host Ryan Lattanzio interviewed Robert Schwartzman, who runs Utopia distribution with Cole Harper. The company partnered with Lionsgate on “Megalopolis,” from Schwartzman’s uncle Francis Ford Coppola, and hawked sales for Gia Coppola’s “The Last Showgirl” back at Cannes. That movie is out now from Roadside Attractions. But Utopia has also released indies from rising directors we know now, including Jane Schoenbrun...

The Weeknd is opening his wallet for wildfire relief.

The global superstar has committed $1 million for efforts, funds that will be spread across the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, GoFundMe’s Wildfire Relief Fund and the L.A. Regional Food Bank in partnership with World Food Program USA and The Weeknd’s Xo Humanitarian Fund. The donations are meant to support firefighters and efforts to help displaced residents in the wake of catastrophic blazes across the city, the most devastating of which were the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire.

The news comes on the heels of The Weeknd postponing a planned album release on Jan. 24 for “Hurry Up Tomorrow” and subsequent concert at the famed Rose Bowl stadium. The stadium concert, which was set for Jan. 25 in Pasadena, Calif., had been billed as a unique experience with a stage that took over the entire floor of the stadium. The...

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Back in Action is an action comedy film directed by Seth Gordon, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Brendan O’Brien. The Netflix film follows Emily and Matt, two former CIA spies who give up their life of danger to raise a family, but when their secret identities are revealed, they must go on a dangerous road trip to get their idyllic lives back. Back in Action stars Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Glenn Close, Kyle Chandler, Andrew Scott, Jamie Demetriou, McKenna Roberts, and Rylan Jackson. So, if you loved the fun action, charming leads, and espionage thrills in Back in Action, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

The Family Plan (Apple TV+ & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Apple TV+

The Family Plan is an action comedy film directed by Simon Cellan Jones from a screenplay by David Coggeshall.

A Different Man, The Substance, Wolf Man… Body horror films have seen a sudden surge in Hollywood. We take a look at why that might be.

The human body has long been violated, penetrated and torn apart on the silver screen. Horror has always thrived on gore and the multiple ways you can make people suffer, especially physically. The early 2000s even saw the rise of ‘torture porn’, a genre which focuses primarily on extensive, almost silly gore.

2024 was a particularly strong year for body horror with both The Substance and A Different Man making their ways into UK cinemas. The Substance, which we awarded the full five stars in our review, is a strong contender at this year’s Oscars, especially after Demi Moore took home one of the Best Actress awards at the Golden Globes. A Different Man’s Sebastian Stan also took home Best Actor in Musical Or Comedy,...

Taylor Swift is once again trying to make the world a better place.

In this latest instance, the artist is trying to make the world around her a better place.

Taylor Swift looks on prior to a game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Denver Broncos at Geha Field at Arrowhead Stadium on November 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

In a post shared to her Instagram story on Thursday afternoon, Swift wrote the following:

“The fires in California have devastated so many families, and it’s been heartbreaking to see these stories unfold. So much suffering, loss, and destruction.”

Added the beloved artist:

“As so many people embark on some of the most challenging times of their lives, there are also many amazing organizations and groups banding together to help these communities rebuild.

“These are the organizations I’ve donated to. If you feel compelled or able to donate,...

The glut of movies released in time to be in the running for award season means one thing: Every small theater in every studio, guild, hotel, and club around Los Angeles and New York (and sometimes London) is likely to be booked solid with screenings for potential voters (or members of the press). But with so many screenings every week, how does any strategist get their clients’ films to stand out?

Send in the celebrities!

In an increasingly common move, A-listers are turning out to host, moderate, and otherwise sponsor key award season screenings. Whether it’s Christopher Nolan stepping up to help out Ridley Scott with Gladiator II, Jane Fonda backing Kate Winslet with Lee, or Guillermo del Toro backing … well, it seems like everyone else, celebs who have no stake in a film’s current award success are routinely turning up on invitations to these events.

Additionally, some...

Conclave Leads Nominations (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Hollywood’s award season has already warmed up the new year; the Golden Globes successfully separated favorites from potential surprises, and nominations for SAG and Critics Choice Awards have already been unveiled. Now, the British Academy Film Awards have followed suit.

While Hollywood is fighting the cataclysmic California wildfires, postponing forthcoming ceremonies and extending Academy Awards submission dates, fortunately, all the way across the Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles face no such threat. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced nominees across 26 categories, recognizing outstanding contributions to cinema.

Doctor Who actor David Tennant, last year’s host, will return to lead the ceremony. This year marks one of the most competitive lineups, with no clear frontrunners and several close races. Conclave leads with 12 nominations, followed closely by Emilia Pérez with 11. Anora director Sean Baker achieved a historic six individual nods,...

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Ya se conocen los nominados a los Premios BAFTA 2025. Los ganadores se anunciarán el 16 de febrero. Aquí os dejamos con la lista de los nominados de esta edición:

Mejor PELÍCULA

Anora

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Emilia Pérez

Cónclave

Mejor PELÍCULA BRITÁNICA

Bird

Blitz

Cónclave

Gladiator II

Hard Truths

Knecap

Lee

Love Lies Bleeding

The Outrun

Wallace y Gromit: La venganzase sirve con plumas

Mejor debut de un escritor, director o productor británico

Hoard

Kneecap

Monkey Man

Santosh

Sister Midnight

Mejor PELÍCULA Familiar

Flow

Kensuke’s Kingdom

Wallace y Gromit: La venganzase sirve con plumas

The Wild Robot

Mejor PELÍCULA De Habla No Inglesa

All We Imagine as Light

Emilia Pérez

I’m Still Here

Kneecap

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Mejor PELÍCULA Documental

Black Box Diaries

Daughters

No Other Land

Super/Man: The...

Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’ (Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024)

Conclave emerged the favorite among the 2025 Ee BAFTA Film Awards voters, scoring 12 nominations including Best Film, Director, Leading Actor, and Supporting Actress. Emilia Pérez was close behind with 11 nominations, followed by The Brutalist with nine and Anora, Dune: Part Two, and Wicked with seven.

Overall, 42 films earned BAFTA Film Awards nominations, and 14 of the 24 performance nominees are BAFTA Awards first-timers.

Winners will be announced on February 16th.

“From a total of 235 films entered, we are delighted to announce 42 extraordinary and creatively ambitious films that have been nominated. The skills on display from creative and technical practitioners across the board are phenomenal. I look forward to celebrating the many talented people in front of and behind the camera at the Ee BAFTA Film Awards 2025 ceremony on 16 February,” stated Sara Putt, Chair of BAFTA.

BAFTA...

Leonardo DiCaprio has pledged $1 million to foundations and organizations dealing with the Los Angeles fires.

“The Los Angeles wildfires are devastating our city,” the actor wrote Wednesday on his Instagram Stories. The donation, made in partnership with Re:wild’s Rapid Response Program, will “support both urgent needs and post-fire recovery efforts.”

Among those receiving aid from the donation include the L.A. Fire Department Foundation, California Fire Foundation, World Central Kitchen, California Community Foundation, Pasadena Humane Society, and SoCal Fire Fund.

The aforementioned organizations are “on the frontlines providing much-needed...

How did Daniel Craig miss at BAFTA? Is A Complete Unknown coming on like a freight train? Gold Derby experts and editors Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng break down the 2025 BAFTA Awards nominations on Awards Magnet.

A week after scoring a surprise Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Actor for Queer, Craig was even more surprisingly Awol from BAFTA’s nominations list that has an extra sixth spot. Hugh Grant (Heretic) and Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice) made it in alongside the predicted Oscar top four of Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), and Ralph Fiennes (Conclave). How could the erstwhile Bond be excluded on home turf? That was always a possibility since Heretic is a greater box office success, and said home turf enormously liked The Apprentice, which converted three of its longlist mentions into nominations. Queer? Craig was its sole longlist showing.

British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), the UK equivalent of the Oscars, released their nominations earlier today. Although the 78th British Academy Film Award Ceremony is to be held on February 16, 2025 fans and critics alike are already taken aback.

Nicole Kidman as Romy in Babygirl | Credits: A24

The BAFTA 2025 nominations have sparked outrage and debate in the entertainment industry. Despite delivering standout performances that captivated audiences, some stars were shockingly overlooked. Here’s a closer look at the actors who were snubbed.

BAFTA Awards 2025 snubs these actors despite their brilliant performances Denzel Washington in a still from Gladiator II | Credits: Paramount Pictures

The BAFTA 2025 nominations have left fans and critics baffled as several amazing performances were snubbed. Nicole Kidman, praised for her mesmerizing role in Babygirl, wasn’t on the list for the Best Actress category. Although she wasn’t able to win at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards,...

The 2025 BAFTA nominations had its share of snubs and surprises, some less so than others (Denzel Washington missing again is just par for the course now). The final televised precursor — and an industry one to boot — made the acting categories even messier while ostensibly taking other contenders out of the running. Here’s where we’re at with all four races post-bafta nominations.

Best Actor

Golden Globe, Critics Choice, SAG and BAFTA nominations: Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)

Golden Globe, Critics Choice, and SAG nominations: Daniel Craig (Queer)

Golden Globe, Critics Choice, and BAFTA nominations: Hugh Grant (Heretic)

Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations: Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)

Assuming the top four are in — as many have all season, and the quartet has not missed a beat — that leaves one spot up for grabs. Craig has occupied that spot in the odds all season long,...

The movie Virus did not officially scuttle across screens until 1999, but its biomechanical horrors first sprang to life a bit earlier. The road to screen adaptation was not straightforward for Navy Seal turned writer Chuck Pfarrer; he first pitched his high concept to Universal Pictures, only to then have it land at Dark Horse Comics. Upon the series’ success, Pfarrer tried his luck again with Universal. This time, though, producer Gale Anne Hurd was there to help get Virus optioned as well as find a potential director.

It was in 1995 that Universal first approached John Bruno about helming Virus. Initially, the visual effects artist was hesitant about directing a feature, and Pfarrer’s screenplay was a major factor in that uncertainty; he found it to be too dense and complicated for his liking. Yet after a talk with colleague and friend James Cameron, Bruno eventually accepted the offer, providing that...

John Grisham is one of the best-selling authors worldwide whose works have been adapted into several acclaimed feature films. Known primarily for his legal thrillers, Grisham’s best novels powerfully address injustices in the legal system and force readers and audiences to confront the inherent faults and contradictions in the legal sphere. With a talent for crafting compelling three-dimensional characters and narratives that leave audiences pondering their power long after the credits have rolled, some of the greatest directors ever have adapted Grisham’s work.

All-time great actors like Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman, and Denzel Washington have starred in movies based on Grisham’s novels and provided audiences with nail-biting thrillers that have left their mark on the genre as a whole. While Grisham has also dabbled in other genres like holiday stories or coming-of-age tales of resilience, it was his writings that unpack the legal system and the nature...

Bafta has announced the nominations for the Ee British Academy Film Awards in 2025, celebrating the very best in film of the past year. Bafta winner Will Sharpe and former Ee Rising Star winner Mia McKenna-Bruce hosted the announcement via global livestream from the arts charity’s headquarters at 195 Piccadilly, London. The Ee Bafta Film Awards, hosted by David Tennant, will be broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer from London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 16 February. In addition, the Ee Bafta Film Awards will be available across BritBox in North America, the Nordics and Australia, as well as a host of further international broadcasters to be announced. Viewers at home will also have front row seats to the red-carpet arrivals, which will be streamed live on Bafta’s YouTube, featuring interviews with nominees and other special guests. Voting for the Ee Rising Star Award is now open at ee.co.

This afternoon, Will Sharpe and Mia McKenna-Bruce announced the list of lucky nominees for 2025’s Ee BAFTA Awards.

This year nominations see 12 nominations for ‘Conclave,’ 11 nominations for ‘Emilia Pérez,’ While ‘The Brutalist’ received 9 nominations. 7 nominations for ‘Anora,’ ‘Dune: Part Two’ and ‘Wicked.’

14 out of 24 nominees in the performance categories have received their first BAFTA Film nomination, including Yura Borisov (Anora), Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Ariana Grande (Wicked), Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez), Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing), Mikey Madison (Anora), Demi Moore (The Substance), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave), Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez), Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice) and Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice).

The Ee BAFTA Film Awards ceremony will once again be held at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in central London, and broadcast on Sunday 16 February 2025 on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK.

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Roll up, awards buffs: shiny trophy season is hotting up, with BAFTA having announced its nominees for this year’s ceremony. And fittingly, it seems BAFTA members might have gathered in robes to submit their votes on little white slips of paper: papal thriller Conclave is the most-nominated film this year, receiving 12 nods including Best Film, Director for Edward Berger, Leading Actor for Ralph Fiennes, Supporting Actress for Isabella Rossellini, Adapted Screenplay and more. Send up the white smoke, people.

Hot on Conclave’s heels is Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard’s genre-defying crime-thriller-musical-character-drama, in which a cartel boss undergoes gender-reassignment surgery to begin her new life. The film is nominated in 11 categories. Audiard is nominated for Director, while the film itself is up for Best Film, Adapted Screenplay, Film Not In The English Language. Emilia herself, Karla Sofía Gascón, is up for Leading Actress, with Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña...

The nominations for the 2025 BAFTAs are here!

This year, Conclave scored the most nominations with 12 total. Emilia Pérez is in second with 11 nominations this year.

This year’s ceremony is set to take place on Sunday (February 16) live from London, England with Doctor Who‘s David Tennant returning to host.

Just Jared will be live updating throughout the event, so stay tuned!

Keep reading to find out more…

Scroll down for the full list of nominees…

Best Film

“Anora” — Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker

“The Brutalist”

“A Complete Unknown”

“Conclave”

“Emilia Pérez”

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,...

Wicked, Kneecap, Gladiator II star Denzel Washington, Sing Sing breakout Clarence Maclin, Queer lead Daniel Craig, and The Substance star Margaret Qualley were among the biggest snubs and surprises after the 78th annual BAFTA Awards nominations were announced on Wednesday.

Conclave and Emilia Pérez led all films with 12 and 11 nominations, respectively. Most of the expected Oscar contenders also landed predicted bids with British Academy of Film and Television Arts voters (the complete list of nominees is here). However, the BAFTA Awards snubs and surprises were slightly scooped by the BAFTA Awards themselves. Earlier this month, the BAFTA Awards revealed this year’s longlists in each category, with Netflix’s Emilia Pérez and Focus Features’ Conclave pacing the field with, respectively, 15 and 14 longlist mentions. Other contenders that performed well on the longlists included The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, and The Substance. Films and performers excluded from the longlists in key categories included Angelina Jolie,...

The nominees for the 78th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) are here, setting up even more showdowns in the 2025 awards season.

Check out this year’s nominees for the 2025 Baftas below:

Best Film:

Anora

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Outstanding British Film:

Bird

Blitz

Conclave

Gladiator II

Hard Truths

Kneecap

Lee

Love Lies Bleeding

The Outrun

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Best Director:

Anora Sean Baker

The Brutalist Brady Corbet

Conclave Edward Berger

Dune: Part Two Denis Villeneuve

Emilia Pérez Jacques Audiard

The Substance Coralie Fargeat

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

Cynthia Erivo Wicked

Karla Sofia Gascon Emilia Pérez

Marianne Jean-Baptiste Hard Truths

Mikey Madison Anora

Demi Moore The Substance

Saoirse Ronan The Outrun

Best Actor in a Leading Role:

Adrien Brody The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet A Complete Unknown

Colman Domingo Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes Conclave

Hugh Grant Heretic

Sebastian Stan The Apprentice...

The 2025 Ee BAFTA Film Awards nominations are in, with 42 films receiving nods on Wednesday morning. Leading the crop of nominees are “Conclave” with 12, “Emilia Pérez” with 11, and “The Brutalist” with nine. “Anora,” “Dune: Part Two,” and “Wicked” all received seven nominations, even though “Wicked” was shut out from the Best Film category. Ireland’s Oscar entry “Kneecap,” which is on the Academy shortlist, made a strong showing with six nominations. Same with “A Complete Unknown.” “Nosferatu” and “The Substance,” meanwhile, both earned five nominations.

Shut-outs and also-rans included “Challengers,” which received zero nominations; Denzel Washington from the Best Supporting Actor category for his work in “Gladiator II”; Nicole Kidman, out for her work in “Babygirl”; and Daniel Craig, the English actor snubbed for his work in “Queer.” “Sing Sing” did well with three nominations including for Best Actor Colman Domingo and Best Supporting Actor Clarence Maclin. Selena Gomez is in for “Emilia Pérez,...

“Conclave” leads the pack of 2025 BAFTA Film Awards nominees with 12 nods, one more than “Emilia Pérez,” which had appeared on the most BAFTA longlists (15) when they were announced on Jan. 3.

Mia McKenna-Bruce and Will Sharpe announced the 2025 nominees live on Wednesday in London.

The British academy nominated “Conclave” for best film, outstanding British film, best director (for Edward Berger), lead actor (Ralph Fiennes), supporting actress (Isabella Rossellini), and adapted screenplay (Peter Straughan). “Emilia Pérez” picked up nods for best film, director (Jacques Audiard), lead actress (Karla Sofía Gascón), supporting actress (Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña) and adapted screenplay (Audiard).

“The Brutalist,” meanwhile, received nine nominations, including best film, director (Brady Corbet) and actor (Adrien Brody), followed by seven each for “Anora,” “Dune: Part Two” and “Wicked.” Of those three, only “Anora” made the cut for best film and director (Sean Baker). Coralie Fargeat landed the last spot in the director category,...

The 2025 BAFTA Film Awards nominations are in – here’s a look at the snubs and the snub-ies.

With A Real Pain star Will Sharpe and last year’s Rising Star Award winner Mia McKenna Bruce taking on hosting duties, the results are in for the films BAFTA’s 8,100 film awards voters consider the best of 2024.

It’s a lovely afternoon for Conclave and Emilia Pérez, leading the awards with 12 and 11 nominations respectively, and a slightly less lovely afternoon for Daniel Craig (who missed out on a Best Actor nod for Queer) and Denzel Washington, who holds onto his title as a no-time BAFTA-nominee after Gladiator II failed to register with voters.

Among the biggest surprises is the addition of Hugh Grant in the Best Actor category for his creepy-man role in Heretic – together with the three nominations for Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, 2025 is already showing the horror genre much more love than previous years.

Timothée Chalamet, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, and Demi Moore are among the nominees for the 2025 Ee BAFTA Film Awards, set for Feb. 16 in London. The awards ceremony will stream in the U.S. on BritBox.

The Best Film nominees include Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, and Emilia Pérez, while Emilia Pérez was also nominated for Film Not in the English language. Erivo was nominated for Leading Actress for her role in Wicked and Moore for The Substance alongside Mikey Madison for Anora, Saoirse Ronan for The Outrun, Karla Sofía Gascón for Emilia Pérez,...

Blessed be Edward Berger, whose Vatican drama Conclave is now officially the front-runner in this year’s BAFTA Film Awards nominations.

The Ralph Fiennes- and Stanley Tucci-starring film, based on the novel by Robert Harris, leads the way with 12 BAFTA nominations — ahead of Emilia Pérez‘s 11 and The Brutalist‘s nine, as unveiled by actors Will Sharpe and Mia McKenna-Bruce from the British Academy’s headquarters in London mid-day on Wednesday.

Among others, Conclave is in the running for best film, outstanding British film, best director for Oscar winner Berger, leading actor for Fiennes and adapted screenplay for Peter Straughan. Isabella Rossellini is also nominated in the supporting actress category.

In 2023, Berger’s World War I drama All Quiet on the Western Front picked up 14 BAFTA nominations, equaling the record for a non-English-language film first set by Ang Lee’s wuxia masterpiece Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It also ended up with seven wins,...

“Conclave” and “Emilia Pérez” lead this year’s BAFTA Film Awards nominations, heading up a diverse mix of talent and titles in a competition where, for the first time in years, there’s no clear favorite in any of the major categories.

“The Brutalist,” “Anora,” “Dune: Part Two” “Wicked” and “A Complete Unknown” are also very much in contention, while the likes of Demi Moore (“The Substance”), Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”), Jeremy Strong (“The Apprentice”), Ariana Grande (“Wicked”), Selena Gomez (“Emilia Pérez”), Mikey Madison (“Anora”), Kieran Culkin (“A Real Pain”), Yura Borisov (“Anora”), Isabella Rossellini (“Conclave”), Zoe Saldaña (“Emilia Pérez”) and Guy Pearce (“The Brutalist”) are among the 12 of 24 nominated performers — both established and rising — getting their very first BAFTA nod.

Elsewhere, there’s space for BAFTA regulars, such as Saoirse Ronan (“The Outrun”), Hugh Grant (“Heretic”) and Jamie Lee Curtis (“The Last Showgirl”), yet the ongoing quest for BAFTA to...

On Wednesday, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced its 78th annual BAFTA Awards nominees, with expected contenders Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, and Emilia Pérez nominated for Best Film.

Conclave led all films with 12 nominations, including bids for Best Film, Best British Film, Best Director for Edward Berger, Best Adapted Screenplay for Peter Straughan, Best Actor for Ralph Fiennes, and Best Supporting Actress for Isabella Rossellini. It’s the second time BAFTA voters have widely embraced a Berger feature in three years after giving All Quiet on the Western Front 14 nominations in 2023.

In second, just behind the nominations leader, was Emilia Pérez. Netflix’s top contender landed 11 BAFTA Award nominations, including Best Film, Best Film Not in English Language, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Jacques Audiard, Best Actress for Karla Sofia Gascón, and Best Supporting Actress for Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña.

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In the span of a few days, Paris Hilton and her nonprofit, 11:11 Media Impact, have put together $800,000 to put toward Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts, Deadline has confirmed. Already, she’s assigned $150,000 to GoFundMe’s Wildfire Relief Fund, with an eye toward providing 150 displaced Altadena families with immediate cash assistance.

“Cash assistance provides dignity and choice,” Hilton wrote Tuesday in an Instagram story. “Families know best what they need right now — whether it’s clothes, shelter, or medicine. Together, we’re helping families rebuild on their own terms and gain stability during this devastating time.”

Hilton knows well what it is to lose a home, having lost one herself just last week. This was her Malibu home shared with husband Carter Reum, which she announced January 9 was lost to the fires. “Heartbroken beyond words,” she wrote on Instagram. “Sitting with my family, watching the news and seeing our home...

Pamela Anderson's critically acclaimed documentary is the perfect follow-up to her latest Oscar-contending film, The Last Showgirl. Directed by Gia Coppola, The Last Showgirl follows a seasoned showgirl who must plan for her future after her show suddenly ends after three decades. Pamela Anderson leads the cast of The Last Showgirl which also features Brenda Song, Kiernan Shipka, Dave Bautista, and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Anderson received a career-first Golden Globe nomination for her leading role as Shelly in The Last Showgirl. The film also received a Best Original Song Golden Globe nomination for Miley Cyrus's "Beautiful That Way." The Last Showgirl received strong reviews ahead of its January 8, 2025 theatrical release date, earning a Rotten Tomatoes critic score of 81%. Anderson is in great shape to earn her first career Oscar nomination for her lead role as Shelly Gardner.

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She gained fame as a “scream queen” over 40 years ago, but in the four decades since has proven her versatility in a range of genres. Award-winning activist, author and daughter of two film icons, Jamie Lee Curtis has built an impressive resume over several mediums. And 2022 was an especially wonderful year for her with an acclaimed performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once” that brought her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

Curtis was born in Santa Monica on November 22, 1958 to actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. After finishing school, she briefly pursued an education in law, but decided to follow in her parents’ footsteps instead. In 1977, she was given a small role in an episode of “Quincy M.E.,” followed by several more small parts and a role in the short-lived “Operation Petticoat,” based on the film which had starred her father. Then she received a part in a low-budget...

The last few years have seen Pamela Anderson making headlines for her makeup-free looks but this Awards season has been all about the star’s turn in Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl. Playing an aging Vegas showgirl, there are plenty of parallels between Anderson’s own life and the character she’s portraying. It allows her to pull from experience and really bring forth a heartbreaking performance (even if it’s probably not quite good enough to be winning any awards). You can check out Alex’s review Here.

I was able to talk to the stars of the film, Kiernan Shipka and Brenda Song, to discuss the whirlwind of The Last Showgirl. With the generational theme of the movie, it was interesting to hear their takeaways and what hard truths they had to face. The set really seemed like there was a lot of female empowerment going on,...

Beyonce donates relief money to help the victims of LA Wildfire (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Beyonce has stepped up with a staggering $2.5 million donation to the Los Angeles Fire Relief Fund as California battles relentless wildfires that have displaced thousands and claimed at least 24 lives.

Her foundation, BeyGOOD, announced the contribution, focusing on aiding families in the Altadena and Pasadena regions who have lost their homes, as well as supporting churches and community centers providing critical relief.

“Los Angeles we stand with you.

Ever since the Palisades fire erupted on Jan. 7, the Game has been waking up at 4:30 a.m. After a quick shower and change of clothes, he’s out the door and on the freeway. He gets to one of the locations he has planned for the day by 6:00 a.m., meeting with first responders across Los Angeles who are on the front lines of the fight against the blazes that have rapidly spread across the city.

Together with his longtime friends Joe Mariscal, Travis Wilson, who is also his business manager,...

Jimmy Kimmel Live halted its tapings last week as wildfires began ravaging multiple areas of Los Angeles. The show has yet to return to air, but in the meantime its Hollywood backlot is being used as a donation center to collect essential resources for those impacted by the fires.

“Fellow Angelenos – if you’re looking for a way to help those affected by the fires, we have a donation center in our backlot in Hollywood,” Kimmel shared in an Instagram post. The center opened for its first day at 6901 Hawthorn Ave.

What started out as severe winds on Tuesday, Jan. 7 quickly turned into several fires blazing across the greater Los Angeles area, with the first big one raging through the Pacific Palisades, where many celebrities have homes. The Eaton fire near Altadena and Pasadena has also taken homes from several celebrities and even some productions like Hacks, as the “side mansion” in which Jean Smart’s Deborah Vance lives was lost.

A mega-mansion from Max’s Emmy-winning show Succession was also reduced to its foundation by the Palisades Fire, according to photos published by the Daily Mail. Still other celebrities like Jamie Lee Curtis have pledged donations toward relief efforts. See all the celebrities who have lost homes in the L.A. wildfires below:

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One week after her Golden Globes triumph for I’m Still Here, Fernanda Torres is now expected to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, according to Gold Derby‘s 2025 Oscars predictions. The Brazilian actress, whose mother, Fernanda Montenegro, earned a Best Actress Oscar bid of her own for Central Station (1998), has climbed into our top five for the first time this awards season. I’m Still Here is a political thriller directed by Walter Salles that serves as Brazil’s entry in the Best International Feature contest.

More newcomers expected to receive Oscar nominations since the last update include Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown) in Best Supporting Actor, A Complete Unknown in Best Adapted Screenplay, Better Man in Best Visual Effects, and Kneecap in Best International Film.

Below, see a snapshot in time of our odds for the 97th Academy Awards in all 23 categories, updated on Jan. 13, 2025. See how the rankings...

Following the wildfires engulfing Los Angeles area homes and causing mass evacuations, Tyler Perry took to Instagram to express his frustration with home insurers that did not renew policies ahead of the natural disaster. The Madea franchise director described the “gut-wrenching” feeling of watching a daughter use a garden hose to tame a fire swallowing her 90-year-old parents’ home, after their insurance was canceled.

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Jamie Lee Curties faces backlash over her recent comment (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Jamie Lee Curtis is under fire for likening the devastation of Los Angeles wildfires to war-torn regions in the Middle East, sparking heated debate online.

“The entire Pacific Palisades looks like, you know, unfortunately, Gaza or one of these war-torn countries where awful things have happened,” the 66-year-old actress commented during a Q&a for The Last Showgirl posted on X.

Jamie Lee Curtis comments on the LA fires during ‘The Last Showgirl’ Q&a:

“The entire Pacific Palisades looks like, you know, unfortunately Gaza or one of these war-torn countries where awful things have happened.” pic.twitter.com/2qJLRjGJXW

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) January 10, 2025

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Many celebrities have donated to wildfire relief. Here is a short roundup, with more to come.

Jamie Lee Curtis has pledged to donate $1 million.

Kylie Jenner has made an unspecified donation to the California Fire Foundation Wildfire & Disaster Relief Fund.

Bethenny Frankel's charity Strong has partnered with the Global Empowerment Mission to send aid.

Paris Hilton, whose home was destroyed, has donated $100,000 through her 11:11 Media Impact nonprofit, and will match donations up to another $100,000.

Mark Zuckerberg has made an unspecified donation.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been seen visiting firefighters, and are telling people to support charities.

Halle Berry and Sharon Stone have donated clothes to those in need.

Charli Xcx is encouraging people to donate, and is urging big brands to donate.

From: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/21103-celebrities-pledge-to-wildfire-relief

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