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Joanna Scanlan on the death of her childhood friend: ‘At boarding school, emotions were packed into a small, tidy box’

Joanna Scanlan on the death of her childhood friend: ‘At boarding school, emotions were packed into a small, tidy box’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Joanna Scanlan was just 14 when she experienced major grief for the first time. Her childhood friend Sarah, to whom she’d been joined at the hip since they were small, was 15 and just on the cusp of womanhood when she was hit by a car and killed. “I had to accept that Sarah wasn’t actually just around the corner or gone to Australia on holiday,” she said. “The shock of that lasted a long time.” Scanlan, Bafta-winning star of The Thick of It and After Love, is speaking about Sarah’s death publicly for the first time, 50 years on. She is one of 11 actors and poets, also including Alison Steadman, Ophelia Lovibond and Lemn Sissay, who are reading poems in memory of their loved ones to commemorate Celebration Day, an annual moment dedicated to remembering those who have died. …

‘Sinners’ Star Jayme Lawson Speaks Out on BAFTA Tourette Incident

‘Sinners’ Star Jayme Lawson Speaks Out on BAFTA Tourette Incident

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sinners actress Jayme Lawson candidly shared her thoughts on last weekend’s incident at the BAFTA Awards while speaking with The Hollywood Reporter on the NAACP Image Awards red carpet last night. “I’ll first say a big shout-out to Mike and Delroy; let’s continue to honor them for how they handled that in real time,” Lawson said about Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo having the N-word shouted at them by guest John Davidson, who has Tourette Syndrome, while they were onstage to present at the British awards ceremony. “The grace and the dignity that they exercised and the whole home team, everybody that was out there really carried themselves well. “I think the events this weekend exposed a couple of things,” Lawson continued. “Institutionally, we still don’t understand what inclusion means. Just because you invite someone into a space, but you don’t provide the necessary resources to keep them and everyone else in that room safe by them being there, that’s not inclusivity. That’s exploitation.” That man’s disability got exploited that night, and it led to …

Delroy Lindo Speaks on BAFTA Tourette’s Fiasco at NAACP Image Awards

Delroy Lindo Speaks on BAFTA Tourette’s Fiasco at NAACP Image Awards

Published by Daniella Wilson

At the end of the week that saw the 2026 BAFTA Awards descend into controversy after guest John Davidson, who has Tourette Syndrome, shouted the N-word while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented an award, the 2026 NAACP Image Awards offered numerous opportunities for those affected by the incident to express their support for Jordan and Lindo. And Lindo himself offered his first public comments on the incident, taking the stage with his Sinners writer-director Ryan Coogler a little over an hour into the ceremony to loud applause at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. “I’d just like to officially say, I appreciate, we appreciate all the support and love we have been shown in the aftermath of what happened last weekend. It means a lot to us,” Lindo said. He added the moment is a “classic case of something that could be very negative becoming very positive” and reflected on the “honor” of being at the NAACP Image Awards. BAFTA has since offered a full apology for the incident, which reached a wider audience when …

Outcry Roils BAFTAs After Guest With Tourette Syndrome Shouts N-word at Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo

Outcry Roils BAFTAs After Guest With Tourette Syndrome Shouts N-word at Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo

Published by Sam Flores

At Sunday night’s BAFTA Awards, John Davidson—the real-life inspiration for the celebrated British film I Swear—shouted the N-word at Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo while the Sinners stars were presenting the award for best visual effects. The outburst followed an opening monologue from host Alan Cumming during which Davidson, who has Tourette syndrome, was involuntarily ticking. The audience had been informed of Davidson’s condition before the show began—but it was only after he said the racial slur that Cumming openly addressed the issue. “You may have noticed some strong language in the background. This can be part of how Tourette’s syndrome shows up for some people as the film explores that experience,” Cumming explained from the stage. “Thanks for your understanding and for helping create a respectful space for everyone.” After the incident, Davidson appeared to remove himself from the theater, according to Variety. At the Warner Bros. after-party following the ceremony, Lindo told Vanity Fair that he and Jordan “did what we had to do” while presenting—but that he also wished “someone from …

Where to Watch BAFTA Awards 2026 Free Online in the U.S. Live Stream

Where to Watch BAFTA Awards 2026 Free Online in the U.S. Live Stream

Published by Daniella Wilson

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Hosted by Alan Cumming at London’s Royal Festival Hall, the 79th BAFTA Film Awards will, for the first time ever, be broadcast in the U.S. on cable TV. The ceremony airs on Sunday, Feb. 22, at 8 p.m. PT/ET on E!, meaning cord-cutters can watch on any live TV streaming service that carries the network, including DirecTV (with a five-day free trial), Sling and Hulu + Live TV. At a Glance: How to Watch 2026 BAFTA Awards Online Since select streamers are offering free trials and limited-time discounts, viewers can catch the star-studded evening at no cost; keep reading to learn more about each option, and scroll down for this year’s nominees, performers and presenters. Where to Watch BAFTA Awards 2026: Air Date and Time, Stream Free Online in the U.S. The 79th BAFTA Film Awards air in the U.S. on Sunday, Feb. 22, at 8 p.m. PT/ET, on E!, which can …

NBCU’s Donna Langley Says ‘Decency Is a Superpower’

NBCU’s Donna Langley Says ‘Decency Is a Superpower’

Published by Daniella Wilson

The star-studded BAFTA Film Awards 2026 ceremony in London on Sunday also put a spotlight on Donna Langley, chair of NBCUniversal Entertainment and the first British woman to run a major Hollywood studio. The top executive, born and raised on the Isle of Wight in the U.K., took to the stage to receive the British Academy’s highest honor, the BAFTA Fellowship, to a standing ovation before highlighting cinema’s power to bring people together. “We are … facing moments of change and disruption today,” Langley said. “And my hope is that those of us who help tell stories for a living continue to find inspiration to make popular art that carries over into people’s everyday lives — that helps us understand the world a bit better and to see each other a little more clearly… and reminds us that decency is a superpower.” Langley also shared that her parents helped her “see differences as a strength and not a weakness.” She continued: “As my career has progressed, I’ve come to believe that the most meaningful part of …

The Best Dressed Stars at the BAFTA Awards 2026

The Best Dressed Stars at the BAFTA Awards 2026

Published by Sam Flores

The arrival of the 2026 BAFTA Awards can only mean that we’re truly in the thick of awards season now. Stars have flown across the pond and landed in London, just as London Fashion Week starts to wind down, for the last sprint of the circuit. Next weekend folks will fly back to Los Angeles for the Actor Awards, formerly the Screen Actors Guild Awards, on March 1, and have a weekend off before the Oscars on March 15—it’s a date deeply embedded in all of our minds here at VF, because with the Academy Awards comes our annual Vanity Fair Oscars Party. The BAFTAs are fun in that their added layer of Britishness helps to shake up the crowd. Not only do you get some royal pizzazz, with Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, in attendance in coordinating ensemble—keep calm and carry on, in plum! You get some mixy categories with some undivided acting categories and both television and film celebrated on the same night. Chase Infiniti, Archie Madekwe, and Miles …

BAFTA Awards 2026 Winners List Film

BAFTA Awards 2026 Winners List Film

Published by Daniella Wilson

And the BAFTA goes to… Those words are once again the focus in London Sunday night at the 79th BAFTA Film Awards ceremony, hosted by Alan Cumming, the presenter and producer of The Traitors U.S., at London’s Royal Festival Hall. The BAFTA nominations set up a thrill ride for the British Academy honors, with Paul Thomas Anderson’s political thriller One Battle After Another earning 14 nods, narrowly edging out Ryan Coogler’s vampire film Sinners with 13, and Chloé Zhao’s Shakespearean heartbreaker Hamnet and Josh Safdie’s ping-pong caper Marty Supreme getting 11 nods each. Other top BAFTA nominees include Joachim Trier’s drama Sentimental Value and Guillermo del Toro’s gothic epic Frankenstein, which earned eight BAFTA noms each, and Yorgos Lanthimos’ black comedy Bugonia and Kirk Jones’ Tourette Syndrome advocate dramedy I Swear with five each. First-time BAFTA nominees in the performance categories include Robert Aramayo, Odessa A’zion, Rose Byrne, Chase Infiniti, Michael B. Jordan, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Stellan Skarsgård, and Teyana Taylor. Among BAFTA nomination records are Zhao’s Hamnet as the most-nominated film by a female director ever, and Coogler’s Sinners as the most-nominated film by a Black director in the British Academy’s history. At the BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Conclave (best film) and The Brutalist (best …

BAFTA Film Awards Nominations 2026: Watch the Livestream

BAFTA Film Awards Nominations 2026: Watch the Livestream

Published by Daniella Wilson

The nominees for the 2026 EE BAFTA film awards are being unveiled in London on Tuesday. David Jonsson and Aimee Lou Wood are revealing the shortlists at 12 p.m. GMT (4 a.m. PT) in a livestream from the U.K. Academy’s headquarters at 195 Piccadilly in the British capital. Earlier this month, the longlists for each category — the results of the first round of voting for the honors — were unveiled. They were led by Paul Thomas Anderson’s political thriller One Battle After Another with 16 mentions on the longlists, Chloé Zhao’s Shakespearean heartbreaker Hamnet (14), and Ryan Coogler’s vampire film Sinners (14). Also having a strong presence on the longlists: Josh Safdie’s ping-pong caper Marty Supreme (13), Yorgos Lanthimos’ black comedy Bugonia (12), and Guillermo del Toro’s gothic Frankenstein (12), plus Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value and Jon M. Chu’s Wicked: For Good appeared eight times each. Apart from Wicked, they are all in contention for best film, as are The Ballad of Wallis Island, Nuremberg and I Swear. The BAFTA winners will be presented with their awards at the 79th BAFTA film awards ceremony, set to take place Sunday, Feb. 22, at London’s Royal Festival Hall. After two years of Scottish star David Tennant (Doctor Who, Inside …