Sheen to host Britannia Awards
Event to be held at the Hyatt on November 1
Michael Sheen will host the 16th annual BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel on November 1.
Event to be held at the Hyatt on November 1
Michael Sheen will host the 16th annual BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel on November 1.
BAFTA honors Richard Curtis
Writer/director recognized for humanitarian work
Screenwriter Richard Curtis will be honored with the humanitarian nod at the annual BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards, to be held Nov. 1.
Writer/director recognized for humanitarian work
Screenwriter Richard Curtis will be honored with the humanitarian nod at the annual BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards, to be held Nov. 1.
Britannia Awards shoot for Nov. 1
BAFTA/LA honors Kate Winslet, Michael Lynne
BAFTA/LA will honor Kate Winslet, Martin Campbell, Denzel Washington and New Line co-chairmen Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne at its 16th Britannia Awards set to take place Nov. 1 at the Century Plaza Hotel.
BAFTA/LA honors Kate Winslet, Michael Lynne
BAFTA/LA will honor Kate Winslet, Martin Campbell, Denzel Washington and New Line co-chairmen Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne at its 16th Britannia Awards set to take place Nov. 1 at the Century Plaza Hotel.
BAFTA honors Denzel Washington
Actor to receive Kubrick Britannia Award
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los Angeles will honor Denzel Washington with its Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film at the 2007 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards.
Actor to receive Kubrick Britannia Award
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los Angeles will honor Denzel Washington with its Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film at the 2007 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards.
Deconstructing Harry
Stanley Kubrick Award: From Westerns to war movies, Eastwood bucks myths
Clint Eastwood will have no truck with heroes, and it's hard not to think that such lack of faith stems to some degree from his experience as America's single most iconic actor. Having launched his career as Leone's fabled Man With No Name, he seems to be on a single-minded mission to restore the names of others -- or, at the very least, to ensure that we know that these people did have names, fears, foibles.
Stanley Kubrick Award: From Westerns to war movies, Eastwood bucks myths
Clint Eastwood will have no truck with heroes, and it's hard not to think that such lack of faith stems to some degree from his experience as America's single most iconic actor. Having launched his career as Leone's fabled Man With No Name, he seems to be on a single-minded mission to restore the names of others -- or, at the very least, to ensure that we know that these people did have names, fears, foibles.
Inner-city screening series opens eyes in Helen Keller Park
BAFTA/LA unspools free new-release movies in South Central Los Angeles
Growing up, Marquise Ortiz, 15, of South Central Los Angeles, saw his local Helen Keller Park as gang property. Murders were the norm. Kids, keep out. Ortiz's after-school options were nil -- the closest movie theater was 30-plus miles away. In eighth grade, his negative attitude hit an all-time low, and his grandmother worried, "What now?"
BAFTA/LA unspools free new-release movies in South Central Los Angeles
Growing up, Marquise Ortiz, 15, of South Central Los Angeles, saw his local Helen Keller Park as gang property. Murders were the norm. Kids, keep out. Ortiz's after-school options were nil -- the closest movie theater was 30-plus miles away. In eighth grade, his negative attitude hit an all-time low, and his grandmother worried, "What now?"
Sorry, but Brits do it better, host says
Fry fries American, Blighty kudofests
After hosting the BAFTA Awards in London for the past six years, British actor-writer-director-comedian Stephen Fry travels to Los Angeles to emcee the org's American show. In light of his experience, Variety invited Fry to reflect on the key differences between British and American kudofests.
Fry fries American, Blighty kudofests
After hosting the BAFTA Awards in London for the past six years, British actor-writer-director-comedian Stephen Fry travels to Los Angeles to emcee the org's American show. In light of his experience, Variety invited Fry to reflect on the key differences between British and American kudofests.
Poitier's field of dreams
Award for Lifetime Contributions to Film: Activism trumps acting in civil-rights pioneer's endeavors
As an Oscar-winning actor, film director and fervent civil-rights advocate, Sidney Poitier boasts a distinguished and justly lauded resume. What fans of the celebrated "Lilies of the Field" star might not realize, however, is that before his unofficial retirement from the screen, and increasingly in the years following, Poitier has devoted himself to the lower-profile pursuit of philanthropic and cultural missions around the globe.
Award for Lifetime Contributions to Film: Activism trumps acting in civil-rights pioneer's endeavors
As an Oscar-winning actor, film director and fervent civil-rights advocate, Sidney Poitier boasts a distinguished and justly lauded resume. What fans of the celebrated "Lilies of the Field" star might not realize, however, is that before his unofficial retirement from the screen, and increasingly in the years following, Poitier has devoted himself to the lower-profile pursuit of philanthropic and cultural missions around the globe.
Idol Weisz
Artist of the Year: 'Fountain' star draws allure from Golden Era well
Sometimes mere physical presence is enough to hold our attention. Rachel Weisz -- with her raven hair, striking hazel eyes and cameo-soft features -- is captivating, sometimes in spite of the material she's given to work with.
Artist of the Year: 'Fountain' star draws allure from Golden Era well
Sometimes mere physical presence is enough to hold our attention. Rachel Weisz -- with her raven hair, striking hazel eyes and cameo-soft features -- is captivating, sometimes in spite of the material she's given to work with.
'Breaking' talent
John Schlesinger Directing Award: Adaptation maestro Anthony Minghella returns to original screenwriting
After re-creating WWII Africa, midcentury European high society and Civil War America, Anthony Minghella's latest project, "Breaking and Entering," marks a break from a decade of epic literary adaptations and a return to original, more personal storytelling.
John Schlesinger Directing Award: Adaptation maestro Anthony Minghella returns to original screenwriting
After re-creating WWII Africa, midcentury European high society and Civil War America, Anthony Minghella's latest project, "Breaking and Entering," marks a break from a decade of epic literary adaptations and a return to original, more personal storytelling.
Poitier rules Britannias
Kudos to be handed out on Nov. 2
Sidney Poitier, Anthony Minghella and Rachel Weisz are the recipients of the Britannia Awards, to be bestowed Nov. 2 in Los Angeles by the local chapter of the British Academy of Film & Television Arts.
Kudos to be handed out on Nov. 2
Sidney Poitier, Anthony Minghella and Rachel Weisz are the recipients of the Britannia Awards, to be bestowed Nov. 2 in Los Angeles by the local chapter of the British Academy of Film & Television Arts.
Majority report
Thesp defies chatter, puts focus on movie matters
For the second straight year, the British Academy of Film & Television Arts/Los Angeles will present its prestigious Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award to a billion-dollar box-office thesp named Tom.
Thesp defies chatter, puts focus on movie matters
For the second straight year, the British Academy of Film & Television Arts/Los Angeles will present its prestigious Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award to a billion-dollar box-office thesp named Tom.
Longtime renter looks for L.A. home
Members seek clubhouse and screening room
The organization behind the Britannia Awards, the Los Angeles affiliate of the British Academy of Film & Television Arts, has ambitious plans on the horizon. Aside from mounting an even bigger kudo celebration this year -- thanks to new sponsor Cunard Line -- high up on BAFTA/LA's agenda is a permanent home.
Members seek clubhouse and screening room
The organization behind the Britannia Awards, the Los Angeles affiliate of the British Academy of Film & Television Arts, has ambitious plans on the horizon. Aside from mounting an even bigger kudo celebration this year -- thanks to new sponsor Cunard Line -- high up on BAFTA/LA's agenda is a permanent home.
Org's ship comes in
Cunard Line floats Britannia with $1.2 million sponsorship
BAFTA/LA's sponsor ship has come in this year thanks to a three-year tie-up with luxury ocean cruise company Cunard Line worth around $1.2 million. It's the org's biggest sponsorship deal, and it couldn't have come at a better time.
Cunard Line floats Britannia with $1.2 million sponsorship
BAFTA/LA's sponsor ship has come in this year thanks to a three-year tie-up with luxury ocean cruise company Cunard Line worth around $1.2 million. It's the org's biggest sponsorship deal, and it couldn't have come at a better time.
Top U.K. talent savor bawdy roasts
Speeches usually irreverent, slightly off-beat
BAFTA/LA's list of Britannia honorees might be short, but there's never a shortage of A-list talent ready to toast and roast their colleagues at the relaxed gala dinner.
Speeches usually irreverent, slightly off-beat
BAFTA/LA's list of Britannia honorees might be short, but there's never a shortage of A-list talent ready to toast and roast their colleagues at the relaxed gala dinner.
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