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Last night celebs of the silver screen convened at the Royal Opera House in London, England to attend the 2010 British Academy Film Awards which are, essentially, the British Oscars. It THRILLS me beyond belief to pass along the news that The Hurt Locker took home the top prize, pretty much shutting out Avatar from all the big trophies. Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the BAFTA Best Director award and her film won 6 of its 8 nominations. Not too shabby, right? Here are a few photos from the red carpet arrivals and some deets about who won what at last night’s BAFTAs:

The inevitability of a major Oscar-night skirmish between Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” and James Cameron’s “Avatar” continued to grow over the weekend. The Iraq war film won six of the eight categories in which it was nominated at Sunday night’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards. Cameron’s 3-D fantasia was shut out of the major categories, as ex-wife Bigelow became the first woman to take the BAFTAs’ Best Director honor.” The film about a bomb-disposal unit in Iraq also won Best Picture, Cinematography, Editing, Sound and Original Screenplay (for screenwriter Mark Boal). Bigelow dismissed talk of a rivalry with Cameron, saying she was “real honored” to be nominated alongside her former husband. Cameron shouldn’t feel bad, also swept in the major categories was Quentin Tarantino, whose Nazi drama “Inglourious Basterds” got blanked with the exception of a Best Supporting Actor win for the amazing Christoph Waltz. “Avatar” did manage to notch wins for Best Production Design and Special Visual Effects. Jason Reitman’s downsizing drama “Up in the Air” won for Best Adapted Screenplay, beating out such serious competition as “District 9,” “An Education,” “In the Loop” and “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.” English actors had a good night, with Colin Firth winning Leading Actor honors (over “Crazy Heart” strummer Jeff Bridges) for his role in “A Single Man” as a college professor struggling to find the meaning of life after the death of his longtime partner. Newcomer Carey Mulligan took home the Leading Actress prize for her lauded breakout role in “An Education.” Both drew healthy applause, but one of the loudest ovations on the red carpet came for Kristen Stewart of “Twilight” fame. The Los Angeles native took home the night’s only audience-voted award, the Orange Rising Star prize, in which she aced out Mulligan, Jesse Eisenberg (“Zombieland”), Nicholas Hoult (“A Single Man”) and Tahar Rahim (“A Prophet”). Continuing a string of pre-Oscar wins, Mo’Nique won the Best Supporting Actress award for her harrowing work as a harsh mother in “Precious.” Duncan Jones, the son of British rock icon David Bowie, won the award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for his trippy space film “Moon,” and “Up” won the trophy for Best Animated Film and Best Score for Michael Giacchino.

Damn!! This is amazing news for Bigelow and The Hurt Locker! I knew that the film would do well at the BAFTAs but I did not expect it to practically pull off a clean sweep. I truly hope this bodes well for the film’s performance at the Academy Awards here in Hollywood, CA next month. Wow … just … wow. After the jump, check out some photos from the BAFTA press room and see some photos of some of the winners with their coveted awards …

The 2009 British Academy Film Awards (the “UK Oscars“) were handed out at the The Royal Opera House in London, England last night and, to no one’s real surprise, Slumdog Millionaire (the awards show darling this season) took home the award for Best Film (along with 6 other awards) … beating out The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Milk and others. The good news for Benjamin Button is that the film did win two awards (Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects and Best Production Design) but Brad Pitt and his pseudo-wife Angelina Jolie went home empty handed … yet again. Here are a few photos from the red carpet arrivals last night:

Poor Brangelina … they both looked so lost on the red carpet … wandering around like that … methinks the couple may have indulged a bit too much of the bubbly in the limo ride to the awards before they hit the red carpet. Tsk Tsk. I don’t even know what to say about Goldie Hawn … she looked frightfully bad. I mean, yeesh! Penélope Cruz looked beautiful as did Freida Pinto … for the most part, the folks on the red carpet looked stunning … well, except for Goldie. Again, I say, yeesh! After the jump, check out a bunch of photos from the BAFTA press room and find out who won what at last night’s award show …

The next round of Award Season nominations have been announced this morning as the British Film Academy released its list of contenders for the 2009 BAFTAs. Indie darling Slumdog Millionaire garnered 11 nominations (including Best Picture) as did big-name Hollywood champ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (which also secured a nom for Best Picture). These films and others will compete for BAFTAs when the award ceremony takes place in the UK on February 8:

“Slumdog Millionaire,” the rags-to-riches tale of an Indian game show winner, scooped 11 nominations for the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) on Thursday, days after leading the way at the Golden Globes. The movie is a contender for categories including best film, best director for Danny Boyle, best leading actor for Dev Patel and best supporting actress for Freida Pinto. The BAFTAs are Britain’s leading film and television awards and the ceremony will take place on February 8, hosted by television presenter Jonathan Ross. Ross is currently suspended from the BBC after a row over lewd telephone calls to actor Andrew Sachs but his television chat show is due to return next week. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald and starring Cate Blanchett, also received 11 nominations, including best film and best director for David Fincher. Among other leading contenders were “The Dark Knight” — the latest Batman movie starring the late Heath Ledger as the Joker — with nine nominations, and “Changeling,” directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie, with eight. Kate Winslet, who made a highly emotional acceptance speech at the Golden Globes after winning two gongs, is nominated twice in the BAFTA leading actress category, for “Revolutionary Road” and “The Reader.” “Slumdog Millionaire” won four awards at the Golden Globes earlier this month, leading to predictions of success at next month’s Oscars.

It’s kinda brills that little Dev Patel (who stars in Slumdog and played Anwar in Skins) is going head to head with überstar Brad Pitt. Love it! It looks like we’re getting a pretty clear picture of which films will be showing up again when the Academy Award nominations are announced next week. Slumdog Millionaire stole my heart, so I’ll be rootin’ for that film. I cannot believe that a little Indian film can not only go head-to-head with an overbloated Hollywood production but also stands a real chance of coming out on top. It also looks like it’s going to be a very good year for Kate Winslet. Her performances in both The Reader and Revolutionary Road seem to be resonating well with award voters. I suspect she’ll be bringing home at least one more trophy in the coming weeks. Next up, the Oscar noms … will there be any surprises? My guess is no but we’ll have to wait until the 22nd to find out.

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