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Stars begin arriving for Baftas | |
(40 minutes later) | |
Stars are braving the cold weather to grace the red carpet for the biggest event on the UK movie calendar, the British Academy Film Awards. | |
Michael Sheen, Dominic Cooper and Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle have all arrived at the Royal Opera House in London. | |
Bookmakers have made Boyle's movie, set in Mumbai, favourite to win the prestigious best film award. | |
Kate Winslet, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are among nominees also expected. | |
Slumdog Millionaire has 11 nominations, as has Pitt's effects-packed fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. | |
Jonathan Ross will host the ceremony, to be broadcast on BBC Two and BBC One from 2000 GMT. | Jonathan Ross will host the ceremony, to be broadcast on BBC Two and BBC One from 2000 GMT. |
TV presenter Claudia Winkleman will be reporting from the red carpet on what is expected to be a glittering, if chilly evening. | TV presenter Claudia Winkleman will be reporting from the red carpet on what is expected to be a glittering, if chilly evening. |
Behind the scenes on the Bafta red carpet | Behind the scenes on the Bafta red carpet |
Accolade | Accolade |
Winslet's two nominations in the best actress category make her firm favourite to land the second Bafta of her career. | Winslet's two nominations in the best actress category make her firm favourite to land the second Bafta of her career. |
Mickey Rourke, meanwhile, is many people's choice to scoop the male equivalent for his role in The Wrestler. | Mickey Rourke, meanwhile, is many people's choice to scoop the male equivalent for his role in The Wrestler. |
Monty Python member turned acclaimed film-maker Terry Gilliam will receive the Bafta fellowship - the British Academy of Film and Television Arts' highest accolade. | Monty Python member turned acclaimed film-maker Terry Gilliam will receive the Bafta fellowship - the British Academy of Film and Television Arts' highest accolade. |
Pinewood and Shepperton film studios will be the recipients of a special award for outstanding British contribution to cinema. | Pinewood and Shepperton film studios will be the recipients of a special award for outstanding British contribution to cinema. |
Winslet previously received a Bafta in 1996 for Sense and SensibilityHeld two weeks before the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, the Baftas are one of the key events of the so-called film awards season. | Winslet previously received a Bafta in 1996 for Sense and SensibilityHeld two weeks before the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, the Baftas are one of the key events of the so-called film awards season. |
All four of last year's Bafta-winning actors went on to receive the same awards on Oscar night. | All four of last year's Bafta-winning actors went on to receive the same awards on Oscar night. |
Landing one of Bafta's golden masks, however, is not a cast-iron guarantee of further prizes. | Landing one of Bafta's golden masks, however, is not a cast-iron guarantee of further prizes. |
Last year, Keira Knightley's Atonement was named best film at the Baftas only to be trumped at the Oscars by the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men. | Last year, Keira Knightley's Atonement was named best film at the Baftas only to be trumped at the Oscars by the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men. |