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‘I just wanted to make sure she was OK’: Angela Bassett contacted Ariana DeBose after viral Baftas rap

‘West Side Story’ star’s performance went viral – for good and bad reasons

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AP News Digest 5:30 a.m.

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan.

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Angela Bassett, 'Wakanda Forever' top NAACP Image Awards

Angela Bassett won entertainer of the year at Saturday’s NAACP Image Awards on a night that also saw her take home a television acting trophy for “9-1-1.”

The Independent UK

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43 best movies on Disney Plus to watch now (January 2025)

We've gone through Disney Plus to pull the very best of the best from the House of Mouse. Here are the best movies on Disney Plus.

Tom’s Guide

Nominees list: Critics Choice Super Awards reveal best action, sci-fi and superhero movies and shows of the year

The best action, science fiction and superhero movies of the year have been announced as the Critics Choice Association releases its nominees for the Super Awards. See the full list.

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Scots schoolgirl leaves Colin Farrell giggling after quizzing him on BAFTA red carpet

Poppy won a competition with EE which saw her on the red carpet interviewing the stars.

Daily Record

The 2023 Oscar nominations in full

Every nominated movie in one place – from ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once‘ to ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

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Is Bafta’s work to increase diversity in danger of being undone?

No nominees of colour won a Bafta in the main awards this year – just three years on from the #BaftasSoWhite backlash that prompted an organisational overhaul. But is there more than meets the eye to Sunday’s whitewash?

The Guardian - UK

Bafta’s all-white winners lineup is shocking – it needs to learn diversity is more than just statistics

These awards are capable of celebrating Britain’s incredible filmmaking talent, but only when they face up to the question of whose art we value, and why, says writer and critic Leila Latif

The Guardian - UK

‘Electric Malady? Marie, girl, what a slay’: deconstructing Ariana DeBose’s personalised Bafta rap

The West Side Story star put in one of the all-time great berserk musical performances with a bespoke song celebrating, by name, many of this year’s female nominees

The Guardian - UK

‘Angela Bassett did the thing:’ Ariana DeBose’s personalised Baftas musical rap goes viral

‘Ariana DeBose, you’re an Oscar winner you don’t have to do this,’ wrote one person

The Independent UK

BAFTA sparks fury among 'appalled' viewers who complain all winners are white

BAFTA viewers took to Twitter using the #BAFTASsowhite hashtag after many complained the show on Sunday did not represent the diverse range of talent nominated

Daily Mirror

The best bits of The Bafta Film Awards 2023

All Quiet On The Western Front claimed seven awards at the Baftas, including best film. The Netflix anti-war epic, directed by German filmmaker Edward Berger and based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque, also claimed wins in categories including best director, sound and original…

Evening Standard

Stars wear blue ribbons on Baftas red carpet in solidarity with refugees

Cate Blanchett, Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis were among the stars wearing a blue ribbon at the Bafta film awards to show their solidarity and support for refugees and displaced people around the world.Colin Farrell, Daryl McCormack, Paul Mescal, Bill Nighy and Angela Bassett were also among the nominees…

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Cate Blanchett, Paul Mescal and stars wear touching tribute to displaced refugees at BAFTAs

Celebrities have begun arriving at the EE BAFTA Film Awards in London this evening for the awards ceremony, with some guests having been spotted sporting a blue ribbon on the red carpet

Manchester Evening News

Baftas 2023: Full list of nominations including best films, actor, actress and director

All Quiet on the Western Front, The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once have lead the pack at this year’s awards

The Guardian - UK

Streaming: where to watch the best 2023 Bafta contenders

Ahead of this weekend’s awards ceremony, here’s our guide to the runners and riders – from All Quiet on the Western Front to The Quiet Girl – as well as the greatest best film winners of the past

The Independent UK

Oscar nominations 2023 – the complete list in full

Every nominated movie in one place – from ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once‘ to ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

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Los Angeles Times

Angela Bassett: 'I did what I came to do. And I did it well'

LOS ANGELES — Moments after the credits started rolling at the premiere of "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," Angela Bassett's son, Slater, leaned over and whispered in his mom's ear: "Oscar." Months later, Bassett laughs at the memory because her immediate response, at least in her head, was "Aaaaaw, you're my…

The Independent UK

Angela Bassett ‘sorry for’ Anthony Hopkins after actor criticises Marvel green screen experience

‘I had it much better than Anthony Hopkins,’ says the ‘Black Panther’ star

The Independent UK

Oscars response to Smith slap inadequate, academy head says

Motion picture academy president Janet Yang told a room full of Oscar nominees that the organization's response to Will Smith's onstage slap of Chris Rock during last year's ceremony was inadequate

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m on the right side of history’: Spike Lee on speaking truth to power – and why Beyoncé was robbed

As the BlacKkKlansman film-maker picks up the British Film Institute’s top honour, he talks about being accused of provoking race riots, why his Malcolm X biopic will endure – and the problem with awards

The New Daily

February streaming guide: Black Panther, Kings Cross ‘royalty’, V-Day romcoms and Star Trek too

Oscar-nominated movies, original and renewed TV series, Valentine's Day rom-coms and the premiere of Last King of the Cross

Los Angeles Times

The jeweler behind 'Black Panther 2' reveals one last Easter egg you might've missed

"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" received five Academy Award nominations last month, including one for costume designer Ruth Carter and her team, which includes Douriean Fletcher, a jeweler who created the metalwork seen on the Dora Milaje as well as signature pieces that adorn Oscar nominee Angela Bassett's Queen Ramonda and…

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Charlotte Crosby’s surprisingly soothing reality show

A new documentary series visits the former Geordie Shore star at home. Plus: Sort Your Life Out With Stacey Solomon. Here’s what to watch this evening

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