2011 BAFTA Awards (5 posts)

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Happy Valentine's Day, fashionistas!

While lovers around the world are sending chocolate and flowers to their significant others, we just wanted to thank Thandie Newton for being a bouquet of gorgeous herself.

The British actress rocked a fabulous fuchsia floral-print Monique Lhuillier gown at the BAFTA Awards in London on Sunday—as if her clothes are saying, Here are your roses. Happy V-day!

Hey, Thandie, we heart ya right back.

PHOTOS: 2011 Grammy Awards: Fashion Police

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Too busy trying to predict Lady Gaga's Grammy outfit to catch up on this weekend's entertainment news stories? No worries. We've got all the goods from music's biggest weekend—including Gaga's egg-citing entrance (and Miley Cyrus' jokes about it) and the scoop from the hottest Grammy bashes, right here. Along with all the other headline-making news, from Gaga's alleged Madonna song stealing to Barbra Streisand's apparent Glee dissing.

First off, the Grammys...

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Another weekend, another award show. This time, it's the British Film and Television Arts Awards, which is the British equivalent of the Oscars. It's also one of the last important stops before the Academy Awards.

And just like every award show before the Oscars, the results serve as a potential predictor for the big show. Once again, all eyes were on The King's Speech, which could be cemented as the Best Picture front-runner with another big victory at the BAFTAs.

So, what can we expect at the Oscars, according to the BAFTA crystal ball?

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At this rate, Colin Firth is never gonna need that Harley Davidson.

Proving that the Brits are a bit partial to homegrown talent (and why shouldn't they be?), the awards magnet that is The King's Speech scored a field best 14 nominations from the BAFTA Awards this morning, including Best Film.

Trailing behind—but only slightly—is Black Swan, which pirouetted its way to 12 nominations. The Social Network rounded out the now-expected top trifecta with six.

But it wasn't all good news this morning—as the nominations rolled out, one very bittersweet honor emerged.

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Finally, some good news for Spider-Man fans: Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy are up for an award! Um, against each other. Geez, Spidey fans really can't catch a break, can they?

While the discerning film lovers over at BAFTA HQ are still whittling down their long list of nominees in advance of their official announcement next week, they teased Anglophile cinema-goers this morning with the unveiling of its sole finalized category: the 2011 Orange Rising Star Award, aka the award for the best hot young thing to hit our screens last year.

And the lucky talented five nominees are…

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