Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war movie "The Hurt Locker" swept the board at the BAFTA awards, winning the best film and director awards and leaving ex-husband James Cameron almost empty-handed. Bigelow picked up six gongs out of eight she was nominated for Sunday, and was the first woman to win the best director award for her movie portraying elite soldiers ...

Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war movie "The Hurt Locker" swept the board at the BAFTA awards, winning the best film and director awards and leaving ex-husband James Cameron almost empty-handed. Bigelow picked up six gongs out of eight she was nominated for Sunday, and was the first woman to win the best director award for her movie portraying elite soldiers ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran British actress Vanessa Redgrave will receive an Academy Fellowship from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) later this month in honor of a career spanning six decades. BAFTA said the fellowship was its highest honor, and Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Sean Connery, Elizabeth Taylor and Julie Christie are among the previous recipients ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran British actress Vanessa Redgrave will receive an Academy Fellowship from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) later this month in honor of a career spanning six decades. BAFTA said the fellowship was its highest honor, and Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Sean Connery, Elizabeth Taylor and Julie Christie are among the previous recipients ...

"Slumdog Millionaire", the rags-to-riches tale of a Mumbai tea boy who wins big, swept the board at the British Academy Film Awards in London with seven prizes including best film. In a star-studded ceremony, Kate Winslet also picked up the BAFTA for leading actress for her role as a former Nazi prison camp guard in "The Reader", while Mickey Rourke ...

"Slumdog Millionaire", the rags-to-riches tale of a Mumbai tea boy who wins big, swept the board at the British Academy Film Awards in London with seven prizes including best film. In a star-studded ceremony, Kate Winslet also picked up the BAFTA for leading actress for her role as a former Nazi prison camp guard in "The Reader", while Mickey Rourke ...

Quotes from Sunday's 2009 British Academy Film Awards: _"It is a nerve-racking experience ... Inside I'm shaking like Christian Bale's PA." — ceremony host Jonathan Ross "I'm a member of the RMEP, which is the movie star-rock star exchange program. Tonight Sir Ben Kingsley will be singing 'Brown Sugar ...