How to watch the 2012 BAFTA Awards live-streaming online? Well, if you’re in the United Kingdom, you might want to check out BBC3 at 7:30 p.m. London time for the red carpet arrivals (featuring a Louis Vuitton-clad Miss Piggy), and BBC1 at 9:00 p.m. London time for the actual BAFTA ceremony at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. If you’re elsewhere, things get more complicated. [Update: The BAFTA ceremony can be watched here right now. Watch BAFTA 2012 online live-streaming red carpet arrivals here, and later check out BAFTA 2012 winners.]
There’s also the BAFTA Awards online YouTube channel, though it’s unclear whether they’ll provide live coverage of the red carpet/awards ceremony or if clips will be posted there (however shortly) after the fact. Right now, all the BAFTA YouTube page says is the following: “The Orange British Academy Film Awards are on 12 February 2012. Watch our exclusive coverage right here, in the build up and on the night.” Additionally, Stephen Fry provides some added tips on the video clip below (please scroll down). [Addendum: No live coverage at either site so far, as the red carpet arrivals have already begun.]
Else, other possibilities for watching the BAFTAs 2012 online are sites such as UStream, TV.com, livestream.com, and Justin.tv, which may offer user-generated streams showing the ceremony.
Presenters at the 2012 BAFTAs include Slumdog Millionaire‘s Anil Kapoor, Skyfall‘s Bérénice Marlohe and Naomie Harris, Sling Blade‘s Billy Bob Thornton, Bridesmaids’ Chris O’Dowd,Bel Ami‘s Christina Ricci and Holliday Grainger, The King’s Speech‘s Colin Firth, and Red Tails’ Cuba Gooding Jr.
Also, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2/The Woman in Black‘s Daniel Radcliffe, Johnny English Reborn‘s Gillian Anderson, Captain America: The First Avenger‘s Hayley Atwell, Alice in Wonderland‘s Helena Bonham Carter, Man of Steel/The Immortals’ Henry Cavill, War Horse‘s Jeremy Irvine, Albatross’ Jessica Brown Findlay, and Mad Men‘s Christina Hendricks and Jon Hamm.
Plus The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo/Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ Noomi Rapace, Priest/Margin Call‘s Paul Bettany, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides/To Rome with Love‘s Penélope Cruz, Real Steel‘s Hugh Jackman, and Robin Hood/Gladiator‘s Russell Crowe.
BAFTA 2012 nominees include Moneyball‘s Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy‘s Gary Oldman and Tomas Alfredson, The Descendants’ George Clooney and Alexander Payne, Coriolanus’ Ralph Fiennes, Bridesmaids’ Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy, and The Iron Lady‘s Meryl Streep and Jim Broadbent.
Also, Beginners’ Christopher Plummer, The Ides of March‘s Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Guard‘s John Michael Donagh, Midnight in Paris’ Woody Allen, Hugo‘s Martin Scorsese, Shame‘s Michael Fassbender, and We Need to Talk About Kevin‘s Tilda Swinton and Lynne Ramsay.
And finally, The Help‘s Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Tate Taylor, and Octavia Spencer; The Artist‘s Bérénice Bejo, Michel Hazanavicius, and Jean Dujardin; My Week with Marilyn‘s Michelle Williams, Judi Dench, and Kenneth Branagh; Drive‘s Ryan Gosling, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Carey Mulligan;and Orange Rising Star nominees Adam Deacon, Chris Hemsworth, Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, and the aforementioned Chris O’Dowd.
BAFTA mask photo: British Academy of Film and Television
Watch BAFTAs Online Red Carpet here
This live feed for the 2012 BAFTA Awards red carpet (please scroll down) seems to be working. So, you should be able to watch at least the BAFTA 2012 red carpet arrivals online. If you’re in the United Kingdom, you might also want to check out BBC3 at 7:30 p.m. London time for the red carpet arrivals (featuring Miss Piggy), and BBC1 at 9:00 p.m. London time for the actual BAFTA ceremony at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. [BAFTA 2012 winners.]
Presenters at the 2012 BAFTAs include Slumdog Millionaire‘s Anil Kapoor, Skyfall‘s Bérénice Marlohe and Naomie Harris, Sling Blade‘s Billy Bob Thornton, Bridesmaids’ Chris O’Dowd,Bel Ami‘s Christina Ricci and Holliday Grainger, The King’s Speech/A Single Man‘s Colin Firth, and Red Tails/Jerry Maguire’ Cuba Gooding Jr.
Also, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2/The Woman in Black‘s Daniel Radcliffe, Johnny English Reborn/The X Files’ Gillian Anderson, Captain America: The First Avenger‘s Hayley Atwell, Alice in Wonderland/The Wings of the Dove‘s Helena Bonham Carter, Man of Steel/The Immortals’ Henry Cavill, War Horse‘s Jeremy Irvine, Albatross’ Jessica Brown Findlay, and Mad Men‘s Christina Hendricks and Jon Hamm.
Plus The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo/Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ Noomi Rapace, Priest/Margin Call‘s Paul Bettany, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides/To Rome with Love‘s Penélope Cruz, Real Steel/X-Men Origins: Wolverine‘s Hugh Jackman, and Robin Hood/Gladiator‘s Russell Crowe.
BAFTA 2012 nominees include Moneyball‘s Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy‘s Gary Oldman and Tomas Alfredson, The Descendants’ George Clooney and Alexander Payne, Coriolanus’ Ralph Fiennes, Bridesmaids’ Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy, and The Iron Lady‘s Meryl Streep and Jim Broadbent.
Also, Beginners’ Christopher Plummer, The Ides of March‘s Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Guard‘s John Michael Donagh, Midnight in Paris’ Woody Allen, Hugo‘s Martin Scorsese, Shame‘s Michael Fassbender, and We Need to Talk About Kevin‘s Tilda Swinton and Lynne Ramsay.
And finally, The Help‘s Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Tate Taylor, and Octavia Spencer; The Artist‘s Bérénice Bejo, Michel Hazanavicius, and Jean Dujardin; My Week with Marilyn‘s Michelle Williams, Judi Dench, and Kenneth Branagh; Drive‘s Ryan Gosling, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Carey Mulligan;and Orange Rising Star nominees Adam Deacon, Chris Hemsworth, Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, and the aforementioned Chris O’Dowd.
BAFTA mask photo: British Academy of Film and Television
Daniel Radcliffe & Meryl Streep: BAFTA Red Carpet
Bits from the BAFTA 2012 red carpet, included Best Supporting Actress presenter Daniel Radcliffe (photo) declaring “you can’t always have favorites, but I’d be delighted if she [Drive‘s Carey Mulligan] wins.” Radcliffe, of course, is the star of The Woman in Black and the Harry Potter movies – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 was the biggest worldwide blockbuster of 2011.
When asked how he’d like people to see Denis Thatcher as portrayed in The Iron Lady, BAFTA Best Supporting Actor nominee Jim Broadbent remarked: “That he was a loving husband and supportive of a very remarkable woman.” The “very remarkable woman” is Margaret Thatcher, played by Meryl Streep.
When asked, “Do you follow politics?” Broadbent responded: “I’m not an activist of any sort, but I follow politics. One has to.” He then added he’s rooting for Nicolas Winding Refn’s thriller Drive, starring Ryan Gosling and the aforementioned Carey Mulligan.
The Artist‘s Michel Hazanavicius, answering a question as to why his silent, black-and-white film has been such a success: “The way the story is told is like a new experience … I wouldn’t say it’s like Avatar, but it’s a new experience.”
Thor‘s Chris Hemsworth said his favorite movie of 2011 was Moneyball, which stars BAFTA nominees Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill. Moneyball is up for a Best Picture Oscar, but it failed to make the BAFTA shortlist.
No news on Prince William showing up on the red carpet, but one of the announcers remarked that Tom Jones is in attendance. Yet, the red carpet’s biggest OMG moment occurred when The Help‘s Best Actress nominee Viola Davis snagged her dress.
And finally, a last-minute in memoriam film clip has been added: Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard, a major box office hit co-starring Kevin Costner.
Gene Simmons wrapped up the red-carpet proceedings, reminding viewers that there’ll be more coverage after the ceremony is over.
Daniel Radcliffe, BAFTA 2012
In this BAFTA 2012 red carpet clip, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and The Woman in Black‘s Daniel Radcliffe says he doesn’t have a favorite for the Best Supporting Actress category – which he’s presenting – though he has worked with nominee Carey Mulligan (Drive) before. Elsewhere on the red carpet, Radcliffe said: you can’t always have favorites, but I’d be delighted if [Mulligan] wins.”
Radcliffe added that Bennett Miller’s Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, starring his friend and “inspiration” Gary Oldman, were two of his favorite movies of 2011. Oldman, a Best Actor nominee, appeared in several Harry Potter movies, e.g., Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 was nominated for four BAFTAs: Best Production Design, Best Make-Up and Hair, Best Sound, and Best Visual Effects. As expected, Deathly Hallows 2 won for its visual effects.
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep is a Best Actress BAFTA nominee for her performance as Margaret Thatcher in Phyllida Lloyd’s The Iron Lady. Jim Broadbent, who plays Thatcher’s husband Denis Thatcher, is in the running for Best Supporting Actor. The above Meryl Streep photo was posted on BAFTA’s Twitter page, where they’ve posted many more red carpet images.
Streep has been nominated for 14 BAFTA Awards. She has won only once, for Karel Reisz’s The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1982*). Her other nominations were for the following: Manhattan (1980, supporting), The Deer Hunter (1980), Kramer vs. Kramer (1981), Sophie’s Choice (1984), Silkwood (1985), Out of Africa (1987), Adaptation (2003, supporting), The Hours (2003), The Manchurian Candidate (2005), The Devil Wears Prada (2007), Doubt (2009), Julie & Julia (2010).
* The years in parentheses are those of the BAFTA nomination/awards ceremony.
Meryl Streep photo: © BAFTA
Meryl Streep & Michael Fassbender: BAFTA Nominations
BEST FILM
THE ARTIST Thomas Langmann
THE DESCENDANTS Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
DRIVE Marc Platt, Adam Siegel
THE HELP Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Simon Curtis, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, Adrian Hodges
SENNA Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Manish Pandey
SHAME Steve McQueen, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Abi Morgan
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Tomas Alfredson, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo, Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Lynne Ramsay, Luc Roeg, Jennifer Fox, Robert Salerno, Rory Stewart Kinnear
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
ATTACK THE BLOCK Joe Cornish (Director/Writer)
BLACK POND Will Sharpe (Director/Writer), Tom Kingsley (Director), Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer)
CORIOLANUS Ralph Fiennes (Director)
SUBMARINE Richard Ayoade (Director/Writer)
TYRANNOSAUR Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
INCENDIES Denis Villeneuve, Luc Déry, Kim McGraw
PINA Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel
POTICHE François Ozon, Eric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer
A SEPARATION Asghar Farhadi
THE SKIN I LIVE IN Pedro Almodóvar, Agustin Almodóvar
DOCUMENTARY
GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD Martin Scorsese
PROJECT NIM James Marsh, Simon Chinn
SENNA Asif Kapadia
ANIMATED FILM
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN Steven Spielberg
ARTHUR CHRISTMAS Sarah Smith
RANGO Gore Verbinski
DIRECTOR
THE ARTIST Michel Hazanavicius
DRIVE Nicolas Winding Refn
HUGO Martin Scorsese
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Tomas Alfredson
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Lynne Ramsay
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE ARTIST Michel Hazanavicius
BRIDESMAIDS Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
THE GUARD John Michael McDonagh
THE IRON LADY Abi Morgan
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Woody Allen
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE DESCENDANTS Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
THE HELP Tate Taylor
THE IDES OF MARCH George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
MONEYBALL Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan
LEADING ACTOR
BRAD PITT Moneyball
GARY OLDMAN Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
GEORGE CLOONEY The Descendants
JEAN DUJARDIN The Artist
MICHAEL FASSBENDER Shame
LEADING ACTRESS
BÉRÉNICE BEJO The Artist
MERYL STREEP The Iron Lady
MICHELLE WILLIAMS My Week with Marilyn
TILDA SWINTON We Need to Talk About Kevin
VIOLA DAVIS The Help
SUPPORTING ACTOR
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER Beginners
JIM BROADBENT The Iron Lady
JONAH HILL Moneyball
KENNETH BRANAGH My Week with Marilyn
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN The Ides of March
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
CAREY MULLIGAN Drive
JESSICA CHASTAIN The Help
JUDI DENCH My Week with Marilyn
MELISSA MCCARTHY Bridesmaids
OCTAVIA SPENCER The Help
ORIGINAL MUSIC
THE ARTIST Ludovic Bource
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
HUGO Howard Shore
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Alberto Iglesias
WAR HORSE John Williams
CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE ARTIST Guillaume Schiffman
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Jeff Cronenweth
HUGO Robert Richardson
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Hoyte van Hoytema
WAR HORSE Janusz Kaminski
EDITING
THE ARTIST Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
DRIVE Mat Newman
HUGO Thelma Schoonmaker
SENNA Gregers Sall, Chris King
TINKER TAILOR SOLIDER SPY Dino Jonsater
PRODUCTION DESIGN
THE ARTIST Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
HUGO Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald
WAR HORSE Rick Carter, Lee Sandales
COSTUME DESIGN
THE ARTIST Mark Bridges
HUGO Sandy Powell
JANE EYRE Michael O’Connor
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Jill Taylor
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Jacqueline Durran
MAKE UP & HAIR
THE ARTIST Julie Hewett, Cydney Cornell
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin
HUGO Morag Ross, Jan Archibald
THE IRON LADY Marese Langan
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Jenny Shircore
SOUND
THE ARTIST Nadine Muse, Gérard Lamps, Michael Krikorian
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 James Mather, Stuart Wilson, Stuart Hilliker, Mike Dowson, Adam Scrivener
HUGO Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY John Casali, Howard Bargroff, Doug Cooper, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley
WAR HORSE Stuart Wilson, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Richard Hymns
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN Joe Letteri
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, David Vickery
HUGO Rob Legato, Ben Grossman, Joss Williams
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White
WAR HORSE Ben Morris, Neil Corbould
SHORT ANIMATION
ABUELAS Afarin Eghbal, Kasia Malipan, Francesca Gardiner
BOBBY YEAH Robert Morgan
A MORNING STROLL Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe
SHORT FILM
CHALK Martina Amati, Gavin Emerson, James Bolton, Ilaria Bernardini
MWANSA THE GREAT Rungano Nyoni, Gabriel Gauchet
ONLY SOUND REMAINS Arash Ashtiani, Anshu Poddar
PITCH BLACK HEIST John Maclean, Gerardine O’Flynn
TWO AND TWO Babak Anvari, Kit Fraser, Gavin Cullen
THE ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
ADAM DEACON
CHRIS HEMSWORTH
CHRIS O’DOWD
EDDIE REDMAYNE
TOM HIDDLESTON
Grammy Awards Movies
The Grammy 2012 winners in the “visual media” categories have already been announced. The winner for Best Song Written for Visual Media was Diane Warren’s “Born to Be Somebody,” from the Justin Bieber documentary Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, sung by Justin Bieber himself (photo).
The other contenders were Family Guy‘s “Christmastime Is Killing Us” by Ron Jones, Seth MacFarlane, and Danny Smith; Tangled‘s “I See the Light” by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, and sung by Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi; Winnie the Pooh‘s “So Long” by Zooey Deschanel, and sung by Deschanel and M. Ward; Footloose‘s “Where the River Goes” by Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Drew Pearson, and Anne Preven, and sung by Brown; and another Diane Warren ditty, Burlesque‘s “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me,” sung by Cher.
The Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media was Alexandre Desplat for Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech, starring Best Actor Oscar winner Colin Firth. The other nominees were Alexandre Desplat for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Clint Mansell for Black Swan, Daft Punk for TRON: Legacy, and Ryan Shore forThe Shrine. [Correction: We had initially – and erroneously – posted that Clint Mansell had won for Black Swan.]
The Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media went to “Boardwalk Empire Volume 1,” featuring various artists. The other nominees in that category were “Burlesque” (Christina Aguilera), “Glee: The Music, Volume 4” (the Glee cast), the soundtrack for the animated feature Tangled (various artists), and “True Blood Volume 3” (various artists).
The Grammy Awards ceremony/pre-ceremony is currently being held at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. The evening will feature a Jennifer Hudson-led tribute to singer Whitney Houston, who died yesterday at age 48.
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never pic: Paramount Pictures
Whitney Houston Tribute: Jennifer Hudson at Grammy Awards
Jennifer Hudson, who won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Bill Condon’s Dreamgirls, and Chaka Khan will pay tribute to Whitney Houston at the Grammy Awards ceremony this evening at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. When Hudson won a Grammy in 2009, Houston was the one who handed her the trophy. Yesterday, Whitney Houston, age 48, was found dead at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Also receiving a posthumous tribute at the 2012 Grammys is singer Etta James. Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt will present the homage.
In addition to Hudson, Khan, Keys, and Raitt, other presenters at the this year’s Grammy Awards ceremony include Marc Anthony, Dierks Bentley, Jack Black, Reba McEntire, Drake, Fergie, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Academy Award winner Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love), Best Actress Academy Award nominee Diana Ross (Lady Sings the Blues), Ryan Seacrest, Ringo Starr, and Amir “Questlove” Thompson.
Scheduled performers at the Grammys’ main telecast include Adele, Jason Aldean, Kelly Clarkson, The Beach Boys, Tony Bennett, Carrie Underwood, Chris Brown, Deadmau5, Foo Fighters, David Guetta, Lil Wayne, Glen Campbell, The Band Perry, Blake Shelton, The Civil Wars, Coldplay, Rihanna, Foo Fighters, Diana Krall, Bruno Mars, Paul McCartney, Nicki Minaj, Maceo Parker, Katy Perry, Bruce Springsteen, The E Street Band, Taylor Swift, Joe Walsh, Foster the People, and Maroon 5.