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Last night the 2011 British Academy Film and Television Awards were handed out at the The Royal Opera House in London, England and by all accounts the night belonged to the film The King’s Speech. Yes, there were other winners but The King’s Speech won all 7 awards it was nominated for including the biggest prizes of the night Best Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress and Best Film. The BAFTAs are called the Oscars of the UK and there is no question, the folks in the UK LOVE The King’s Speech.

Awards season here in the US is heating up, as we all know, but that doesn’t mean that our friends on the other side of the pond don’t want in on the action. The nominations for The British Academy Film and Television Awards were announced in the UK earlier today and it looks like it’s gonna be a dogfight to win those BAFTAs this year. Avatar, An Education and The Hurt Locker each received 8 nominations in a various categories, many of which will pit these 3 films against one another for ultimate supremacy … here are some deets about this year’s BAFTA noms:

Sci-fi adventure ‘Avatar’ – which won two Golden Globes on Sunday – is up against British hit ‘An Education’ and war movie ‘The Hurt Locker’ in the Best Film category, while all the movie’s respective creators, James Cameron, Lone Scherfig and Kathryn Bigelow, are up for Best Director. Others in the running for Best Film are ‘Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire’ and ‘Up in the Air’, while Neill Blomkamp and Quentin Tarantino are the remaining contenders in the Best Director category for ‘District 9′ and ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Meryl Streep gained her 13th BAFTA nomination after being recognised for her role in ‘Julie and Julia’ and will fight it out in the Leading Actress category alongside Carey Mulligan for ‘An Education’, ‘Coco Before Chanel’ star Audrey Tatou, Saoirse Ronan for ‘The Lovely Bones’ and Gabourey Sidibe for her portrayal of an abused teenager in ‘Precious…’. ‘Up in the Air’ star George Clooney is up for the Leading Actor prize along with Jeff Bridges for ‘Crazy Heart’, Colin Firth for ‘A Single Man’, ‘The Hurt Locker’ star Jeremy Renner and Andy Serkis for ‘Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll’. Other nominations include Alec Baldwin and Stanley Tucci in the Best Supporting Actor category for ‘It’s Complicated’ and ‘The Lovely Bones’ respectively, while Best Supporting Actress nominees included Kristin Scott Thomas for ‘Nowhere Boy’ and ‘Up in the Air’ star Anna Kendrick. The BAFTA Awards – which stands for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards – take place at London’s Royal Opera House on February 21.

Yes, these noms look familiar … which means that nomination announcements for other awards shows will look just as similar. In the case of the BAFTAs, tho, there are always a few unrecognized British films in the mix for award contention. In the animated film category, Coraline has a better chance at winning against Up considering it is roughly a British film (well, at least it was based on a distinctly British story, written by a British author). If it’s gonna win any of the big awards, I think the BAFTA is its best chance. In any event, congrats to all the nominees today. Click HERE to see a full list of 2010 BAFTA award nominations.

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British television stars made their way to the Royal Festival Hall in London, England yesterday for the 2009 British Academy of Film and Television Awards (ie. the UK Emmy Awards). Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick, Skins star Kaya Scodelario and Mischa Barton (who really had no reason to be at the awards show at all) all appeared at yesterday’s award show … as did Jennifer Saunders who, it must be said, looked Absolutely Fabulous with her short blonde hair’do:

Naturalist David Attenborough, actor Kenneth Branagh and comedy duo French and Saunders have been honoured with gongs at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) awards. In a glittering ceremony in London, Attenborough picked up the specialist factual Bafta for “Life in Cold Blood,” his series on reptiles and amphibians — the eighth time he and his wildlife programmes have been honoured here. “Our thanks, of course, go to the spitting cobras, axolotls, golden frogs, dwarf chameleons, those happy tortoises, and this (award) belongs not to me or to them but the production team,” the 82-year-old said. Actor and director Branagh, best known for his Shakespearean roles on stage and on screen, took his first Bafta for a television appearance for “Wallander,” which he produced and also stars in as a Swedish detective. Accepting the best drama award, which comes 20 years after he won a film Bafta for Henry V, Branagh thanked the BBC for commissioning the show. “They took a risk in wondering whether the world would be interested in the troubled life of a melancholy Scandinavian, but as I have spent half my life trying to make a living doing that, it wasn’t such a stretch for me,” he said, referring to his performances as the Danish prince “Hamlet.” Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, who have been cracking jokes together for the past 30 years, were jointly given the academy fellowship, which Saunders said was a “great honour.” Golden Globe-winning US drama “Mad Men,” about an advertising agency in 1960s New York, won the prize for best international programme.

Additionally, Skins took home the Philips Audience Award which is the only award voted on by the audience and honors the Best Programme of 2008. It was accepted on behalf of the show by Kaya Scodelario (who plays Effie) and Hannah Murray (who plays Cassie):

I understand that over 22,000 votes were cast and the amazing show Skins came out on top. I absolutely contend that Skins is the best TV series on the air both in the UK and here in the US … it’s really an amazing show and I’m glad to know that it has been honored in this way. Congrats!!

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