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| Stars begin arriving for Baftas | Stars begin arriving for Baftas |
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| 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. | 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. |
| Penelope Cruz, Dominic Cooper and director Ron Howard have all arrived at the Royal Opera House in London. | |
| Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel, who is up for best actor, revealed he was surprised at being nominated, saying "someone slap me" on the red carpet. | |
| Patel's movie is favourite to win the prestigious best film award. | |
| Kate Winslet, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are among the nominees also expected to attend. | |
| Slumdog Millionaire has 11 nominations, as has Pitt's effects-packed fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. | Slumdog Millionaire has 11 nominations, as has Pitt's effects-packed fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. |
| Jonathan Ross, who has just arrived with his wife Jane Goldman, will host the ceremony, to be broadcast on BBC Two and BBC One from 2000 GMT. | |
| TV presenter Claudia Winkleman is reporting from the red carpet. | |
| 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. |
| Actor Noel Clarke, who has been nominated for the rising star award, arrived and told the BBC he is backing Winslet all the way. | |
| Referring to the comments some critics made about her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes in January. | |
| "I think we should stop taking the mickey out of Kate Winslet and her acceptance speeches and get behind her more more," he said. | |
| 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. |