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Awards Video: BAFTA Winners Streep and Dujardin Campaign for Oscar, Davis and Spencer Get Real on Smiley

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Thankfully for Oscar Show ratings, while many races are seemingly locked in, the Best Actor and Best Actress race are not. This opens up an opportunity for each viral video clip, awards win, or high-profile in-depth interview to make a difference with Academy voters. Thus Meryl Streep and Jean Dujardin's BAFTA wins Sunday drove forward Oscar momentum (see below).

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February 13, 2012 12:26 PM
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BAFTA Winners, Awards Show Broadcast on BBC America -- Impact on Oscars

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I am a fan of the British Academy Awards show, or BAFTAs, which took place Sunday night in London, later edited and broadcast on BBC America. UPDATE: The full list of winners is below.

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February 13, 2012 8:23 AM
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John Hurt to Receive Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at BAFTAs

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John Hurt will receive the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at this year's BAFTAs, to be held on February 12 at London's Royal Opera House.

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January 27, 2012 1:03 PM
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BAFTA Nominations Lead by 'The Artist' and 'Tinker Tailor'; 'Drive' Gets Best Film Nod, 'Tree of Life' Shut Out

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The 2012 BAFTA nominations are led by "The Artist" (twelve nominations), "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (eleven), "Hugo" (nine), "My Week With Marilyn" (six), "The Help" and "War Horse" (five each), "Drive," "The Iron Lady," "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2" (four each), "Moneyball," "The Descendants," "We Need to Talk About Kevin," and "Senna" (three each) and two nominations each for "Shame," "The Ides of March", "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "Bridesmaids" and "The Adventures of Tintin."

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January 17, 2012 12:23 PM
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Golden Globes Weekend Party Circuit: AFI Lunch, Paramount, LA Film Critics, Film Independent, BAFTA

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The Golden Globes weekend is well under way. I love roaming a crowded party packed with Hollywood powerbrokers and talent to watch how they interact with one another. I am the ultimate voyeur. Of course I do talk to some of them occasionally.

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January 15, 2012 2:40 AM
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Golden Globes Weekend Preview: Critics Choice, AFI, BAFTA Rising Stars, Parties

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It's a busy awards weekend in Hollywood. It all starts off with Thursday night's Critics Choice Movie Awards, which happens to air live on VH1 the night before Oscar ballots are due--at 5 PM Friday. Last year the CCMA chose 18 Oscar winners out of its 20 awards. (My winners' predictions here do not reflect my actual votes.)

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January 12, 2012 9:53 AM
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What Impact Will BAFTA Nominations Have on the Oscars? Williams, Streep and Swinton Are Steady As They Go

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The race for Oscar nominations is well on its way. Thus the long list of Orange British Academy Film Awards selections--from which 6000 BAFTA members will choose their five nominations per category and finally, the winners--won't have much impact.

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January 6, 2012 12:20 PM
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Night at the Britannias: Harry Potter Gets a Push, Stiller Finally Gets His Chappy

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BAFTA LA's Britannia Awards at the Beverly Hilton were a bloody good time Wednesday night. The Brit Academy handed out pre-announced achievement awards (read: shorter show, no disappointment hanging in the air) to Warren Beatty, Helena Bonham Carter, John Lasseter, Ben Stiller and David Yates. Actor Alan Cumming ("The Good Wife"), despite his charming Scottish brogue, made for a wan host compared to such feisty presenters as Helen Mirren, Robin Williams and Robert Downey Jr..

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December 1, 2011 1:44 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA's New Guru Site Posts Video Wisdom from Likes of Swinton, Tarantino

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BAFTA has launched its "Guru" initiative, a website for aspiring TV and film producers, directors, actors and anyone else wanting inspiration and advice from some people who know a thing or two about the industry, from Quentin Tarantino to Tilda Swinton:

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November 11, 2011 3:05 PM
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How Brit Awards Impact Oscars

The British contingent of Academy voters is sizable, stateside and abroad, and can have an impact on the Academy Awards. But so can British critics and voters for the British Academy Awards, or BAFTAs. Check out the list of nominees (here and below) for the 14th British Independent Film Awards, a small group that has a large impact. Why?