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Lincoln leads Bafta shortlists with ten nominations | |
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Lincoln leads this year's Baftas with ten nominations including best film and best actor for Daniel Day-Lewis. | Lincoln leads this year's Baftas with ten nominations including best film and best actor for Daniel Day-Lewis. |
Day-Lewis's co-stars Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Field are in the running for best supporting actor and actress. | Day-Lewis's co-stars Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Field are in the running for best supporting actor and actress. |
Musical adaptation Les Miserables and Ang Lee's Life of Pi have both received nine nominations. | Musical adaptation Les Miserables and Ang Lee's Life of Pi have both received nine nominations. |
Bond film Skyfall is close behind with eight nominations, including best British film and best supporting actor for Javier Bardem. | Bond film Skyfall is close behind with eight nominations, including best British film and best supporting actor for Javier Bardem. |
It will battle it out with four other titles to be named outstanding British film at the awards ceremony on 10 February. | It will battle it out with four other titles to be named outstanding British film at the awards ceremony on 10 February. |
They are Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Anna Karenina, Les Miserables, and Seven Psychopaths. | They are Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Anna Karenina, Les Miserables, and Seven Psychopaths. |
The nominations were announced by Alice Eve and Jeremy Irvine at the The British Academy of Film and Television Arts headquarters in London on Wednesday. | The nominations were announced by Alice Eve and Jeremy Irvine at the The British Academy of Film and Television Arts headquarters in London on Wednesday. |
Tom Hooper's screen adaptation of Les Miserables has nods for Anne Hathaway as best actress and Hugh Jackman for best actor. | |
Ben Affleck's Argo has received seven nominations with Affleck in the running for best director and best actor. | |
Other American movies to feature in the shortlist for this year's Bafta awards are The Master and Zero Dark Thirty. | |
Dame Helen Mirren has been nominated for best actress for her role as Alfred Hitchcock's wife in Hitchcock. | |
There were some notable exclusions with the Oscar-winning British director of The King's Speech, Tom Hooper, missing a director's nod for Les Miserables and another British Oscar-winner, Sam Mendes, also missing out in the same category for Skyfall. | |
Bond star Daniel Craig, who was nominated for his role as the suave spy in the film Casino Royale, also missed out on the acting category. | |
Though the film is in the running for best British film, it means the Bond series is still looking for its first ever nomination for best film. | |
There were just three technical nominations for The Hobbit. | |
The nominees for this year's rising star award were announced on Monday with four out of the five contenders female. | The nominees for this year's rising star award were announced on Monday with four out of the five contenders female. |
Juno Temple, Andrea Riseborough, Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander and Life of Pi actor Suraj Sharma have all been tipped as the future stars of cinema. | Juno Temple, Andrea Riseborough, Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander and Life of Pi actor Suraj Sharma have all been tipped as the future stars of cinema. |
Previous winners include James McAvoy, Kristen Stewart and Tom Hardy. | Previous winners include James McAvoy, Kristen Stewart and Tom Hardy. |
It is the only accolade at the annual awards ceremony to be voted for by the public. | It is the only accolade at the annual awards ceremony to be voted for by the public. |
The winners will be announced at the ceremony which takes place for the seventh year running at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London, hosted by Stephen Fry. | The winners will be announced at the ceremony which takes place for the seventh year running at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London, hosted by Stephen Fry. |