Baftas 2024 – reside: Hollywood stars descend upon London as movie awards ceremony approaches

Australian natives Jacob Elordi (Saltburn) and Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me) are competing in opposition to one another for the Bafta Rising Star class, alongside The Bear breakout Ayo Edebiri and Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor.

Should both Elordi or Wilde win, they’d turn out to be the primary Australian actor to earn the award.

Should the Dublin-born Keoghan or the Cork-born Murphy triumph within the Best Actor in a Leading Role class, they’d turn out to be the primary Irish-born actor to take residence the trophy.

Keoghan is nominated for his efficiency in Saltburn, and Murphy landed a nod for his position in Oppenheimer.

The Poor Things star might additionally turn out to be the primary particular person ever to win Best Actress in a Leading Role as nicely as Outstanding British Film in a single evening ought to she take each classes.

Stone is credited as a producer on the Yorgos Lanthimos drama, which might imply she too would earn the win for Outstanding British Film.

The solely different particular person to earn the same victory is Nomadland’s star and producer Frances McDormand, who received Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Film on the 2021 ceremony.

Both Mulligan and Stone might be a part of an unique membership of solely 15 different feminine actors who’ve received Best Actress in a Leading Role two instances or extra, ought to one in all them win the class.

Mulligan, who has been nominated for Maestro, received the honour again in 2009 for An Education, whereas Stone, who obtained the brand new nod for Poor Things, took the class in 2016 for La La Land.

In the entire (77-year) historical past of the Baftas, no particular person of color has ever received Best Actress in a Leading Role.

However, if The Color Purple’s Fantasia Barrino or Rye Lane’s Vivian Oparah wins the trophy, they may make historical past. They are up in opposition to Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall), Carey Mulligan (Maestro), Margot Robbie (Barbie), and Emma Stone (Poor Things).

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The 45-year-old German actor has landed two Bafta nominations: Best Actress in a Leading Role for her highly effective and beautiful efficiency within the Oscar-nominated courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall as nicely as Best Actress in a Support Role for her efficiency within the Oscar-nominated historic drama The Zone of Interest.

Should she win each classes, Hüller would obtain a feat that’s by no means been completed within the historical past of the Baftas.

Read The Independent’s interview with the “Murder on the Dancefloor” hitmaker:

To all these in attendance, as nicely as these having fun with the published/reside stream, put together to get your dancing footwear on.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor can be performing her 24-year-old monitor “Murder on the Dancefloor”.

In an interview final month with The Independent, Ellis-Bextor reacted to the renewed love for her music.

“It’s been pretty wild actually, but I’m definitely here for it,” she mentioned. “I’ve always loved the fact that I’m not really in control of what happens to me and my music for a lot of the time, and I’ve always just been open to these new adventures and seeing what can happen.”

Bafta has offered a glimpse behind the scenes, revealing which Hollywood stars can be in attendance at this yr’s ceremony.

A behind-the-scenes photograph shared on the organisation’s official Twitter web page reveals off the seating association for Sunday’s ceremony.

Sat on the entrance row alongside each other can be Cate Blanchett, Ayo Edebiri, Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Margot Robbie.

Scattered behind them can be, amongst others, Greta Gerwig, Emily Blunt,Bradley Cooper, Ryan Gosling, Rye Lane nominee Vivian Oparah, Paul Mescal and Carey Mulligan.

Meanwhile, different stars who’ll be current embrace Christopher Nolan, Rosamund Pike, Hugh Grant, singer Dua Lipa – and, for good measure, David Beckham.

The Bafta awards received’t be televised reside, and can begin round 4pm on Sunday (16 February).

But there will be pink carpet protection – and, in fact, an edited model can be proven on Sunday night.

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