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Alan Cumming Returns to Host BAFTA's 2012 Britannia Awards

BAFTA Los Angeles announces Alan Cumming will return for the fourth time to host the 2012 Britannia Awards on November 7 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Among the gala event's presenters are Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford and Josh Gad...

Britannia Awards Welcome Back Host Alan Cumming for a Fourth Time

Alan Cumming is set to return as host for the annual Britannia Awards, this year celebrating its 25th anniversary. This marks the actor's fourth time hosting the gig. "I'm so happy to be back hosting my 4th Britannia Awards,” said Alan Cumming in a statement released by BAFTA...

BAFTA LA Britannias to Honor Day-Lewis with Stanley Kubrick Award

The BAFTA LA 2012 Britannia Awards (November 11) will honor "Lincoln" star Daniel Day-Lewis with the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for excellence in film. The pre-selected awards, which this year also honor Daniel Craig, Quentin Tarantino, Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Will Wright, provide a BAFTA O...

BAFTA LA Honors Tarantino, Craig, Parker and Stone

One vital component of the award season is the British contingent, repped in large part by the BAFTA Awards. And BAFTA LA also mounts an annual award ceremony. This November 7 BAFTA LA returns to the Beverly Hilton to present awards to the current James Bond, Brit Daniel Craig, American auteur Quent...

Will BAFTA's Trim to Two Voting Rounds Oscarize Awards?

BAFTA announced today a major reworking of its 2013 British Academy Awards votings system. The most radical difference is that there will now be two rounds of polling, as opposed to three.

Berkeley Student goes to Cannes to serve as a Jurist and Critic

As the recipient of a College to Cannes award from the San Francisco Film Society and French Consulate, Ryan Lattanzio, freshly graduated from UC Berkeley, will take an all-expenses-paid trip to be a jurist and critic at the Cannes Film Festival wher he will share an apartment with three other stude...

BAFTA Los Angeles Inaugurates An Enhanced 3-Year Scholarship Program

To celebrate it's 25th anniversary, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles® (BAFTA Los Angeles) has announced a new three-year scholarship program for graduate students studying in the U.S. The annual program will grant a scholarship of $15,000, with a runner-up receiving $5,000...

BAFTA Los Angeles Introduces Three-Year Scholarship Program

As a way of celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversay, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles has announced a new scholarship program for British graduate students studying in the United States. The annual program will grant one winner a scholarship of $15,000, a runner-up $5,00...

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