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Viewers have hit out at last night’s ‘awkward’ Baftas after a number of ‘cringe’ moments left viewers reeling.
Those tuning into the awards ceremony were left baffled by Ariana DeBose’s ‘cheesy’ opening rap, ‘flat jokes’ by Richard E Grant and Alison Hammond’s ’embarrassing’ daytime TV interviews.
Some also criticised luvvies ‘virtue signalling’ as many wore blue ribbons on the red carpet in solidarity with refguees and displaced people around the world.
The 76th EE British Academy Film Awards saw stars from the acting world gather at the Royal Festival Hall to celebrate the year’s best films.
But those watching at home criticised the show, with some questioning why the awards ‘feel so painful to watch this year’, pointing to the ‘unexciting’ nominations and ‘curiously flat’ format.
Richard E Grant and Alison Hammond hosted last night’s Baftas at the Royal Festival Hall
West Side Story star Ariana DeBose opened the awards with a song dedicated to celebrating women, but many were quick to brand the performance ‘painful’ and ‘awkward’
An awkward mix-up also saw Carey Mulligan get up for the Best Supporting Actress award when the winner was Kerry Condon
Some viewers questioned why the awards ‘feel so painful to watch this year’, pointing to the ‘unexciting’ nominations and ‘curiously flat’ format
Some viewers slammed the choice of presenters for this year’s Bafta awards
West Side Story star Ariana DeBose opened the awards with a song dedicated to celebrating women, but many were quick to brand the performance ‘painful’ and ‘awkward’ with one asking: ‘Why did this happen?’.
They also aimed fire at this year’s hosts, This Morning presenter Alison Hammond 48, who had been picked to host the star-studded bash, along with ‘nervous’ Richard E Grant, 65.
While some viewers heaped praise on ‘stunning’ Hammond for her ‘utterly fabulous’ hosting skills, saying she made the show ‘easy to watch’.
However, others complained Hammond ‘did not suit the event’ while others said the co-host pairing was like ‘chalk and cheese’, with Grant’s jokes ‘falling flat’.
Richard E Grant and Alison Hammond on stage during the Baftas
One viewer commented: ‘Alison Hammond made we switch off. Utterly pointless daytime TV warbling from someone with no relevant acting heritage.’
Another said: ‘Which woke visionary luvvie put Hammond and Grant together to present last night’s BAFTAS? Cringe-making television .. a complete turn-off – who produced it?
At points during the ceremony, Hammond was sat in an off-stage studio where she interviewed stars including Austin Butler, Emma Thompson and Dame Helen Mirren.
Viewers give their verdict on last night’s show: Some said it was ‘just cringe’
Some blasted the choice of presenters, saying it made the show ‘cringe’ and ‘painful to watch’ this year
During one poignant moment, Dame Helen paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II, who she portrayed in the 2006 biographical drama The Queen.
Afterwards she spoke to Hammond backstage, but some viewers were less than impressed with the ‘awful and embarrassing’ interview.
While chatting, Hammond asked Dame Helen: ‘Are we going out tonight by the way? Are we going to an after party?’ but she responded: ‘No, I have to get up at six o’clock in the morning.’
‘No parties tonight?’: Some viewers slammed Alison Hammond’s interview with Dame Helen Mirren after she asked her where she would be celebrating
Hammond pressed: ‘So, no parties tonight?’, to which the award-winning actress replied: ‘No I have to go to Berlin.’
After the interaction, one person tweeting: ‘Can Alison Hammond actually let people speak? What a waste of Helen Mirren. These ‘interviews’ are infuriating.’
Another said: ‘I don’t understand why we needed those pointless segments with Alison, they were so awkward, Helen Mirren actually looked a bit peed off and I don’t understand why she’s come back on stage to present for just four awards.’
Viewers also were left aghast over Ariana DeBose’s ‘cheesy’ rap that celebrated female 2023 Bafta nominees during the opening of the awards.
No thanks: The star, who scooped the Best Supporting Actress gong at last year’s ceremony for West Side Story, took to the stage with a rap about the female nominees
The 32-year-old, who scooped the Best Supporting Actress gong at last year’s ceremony for West Side Story, took to the stage with a rap about the female nominees.
The perfomance began with a song as she was joined by dancers who tore off her skirt in impressive scenes, before going on to name check members of the star-studded audience including Michelle Yeoh, Viola Davis and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Following Ariana’s perfomance one viewer wrote: ‘P***ing myself laughing at Ariana DeBose’s BAFTA song, why did this happen?’.
With another adding: ‘Absolutely awful she wouldn’t get a ingle turn on [talent show] The Voice’.
More agreed writing: ‘It was awful’ and ‘God-awful’.
Another said: ‘Got a lot of time for the celebs who smiled charmingly and awkwardly during Ariana DeBose’s painful BAFTA rap’.
And: ‘Ariana DeBose doing an absurd rap about the women up for things. She is, however such a pro (non more pro) so hardly matters’.
Little Simz later performed her single Heart On Fire before music legend Joan Armatrading joined her on guitar in a surprise appearance.
Fans gushed over the duo writing: ‘Electrifying performance from Little Simz and Joan Armatrading’.
With another adding: ‘Little Simz and Joan Armatrading? That’s more like it!’ and ‘Joan Armatrading is a legend’.
Cringe: Racing to Twitter fans brandished the performance ‘painful’ and ‘awkward’ with one asking: ‘Why did this happen?’
Stage: The perfomance began with a song as she was joined by dancers who tore off her skirt in impressive scenes, before going on to name check members of the star-studded audience
With a fifth adding: ‘Joan Armatrading playing the guitar and I’m immediately a lot more interested.
In another excruciating moment, Carey Mulligan was incorrectly named the Best Supporting Actress winner at the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2023 and was halfway to the stage before the mistake was corrected.
The pregnant star, 37, looked ‘visibly shocked’ when the gaffe was made by a sign language interpreter but managed to laugh off the blunder.
Last year’s recipient, CODA star Troy Kotsur, 54, had presented the award using sign language, however the slip-up was edited out of the BBC One broadcast, which was delayed by 30 minutes.
Hilarious: After Kerry accepted the gong, host Richard E Grant joked: ‘A defibrillator needed for Carey Mulligan’
A source in the audience told MailOnline: ‘Carey was a really good sport and laughing about the mix up. She looked visibly shocked when her name was announced.’
Troy had correctly signed that Kerry Condon had won for her role in Banshees of Inisherin, while Carey had been in the running for her Me Too film, She Said.
During the awards, Elvis star Austin Butler was awarded Best Actor at the awards, beating out favourite Colin Farrell in a shock upset.
The actor fought back tears as he paid tribute to the Presley family while accepting the honour, after portraying the late King Of Rock in the Baz Lurhmann biopic.
Thanking all of the crew and team he worked with on the film, Austin admitted he was ‘just trying to take it all in,’ as he fought back tears while accepting the honour.
‘This means the world to me,’ Butler told the ceremony, still using the Elvis drawl that he learned for Baz Luhrmann’s movie.
He also paid tribute to the Presley family who offered insight into Elvis’ life for the biopic, adding he ‘hopes he made them proud.’
Cate Blanchett was also awarded Best Leading Actress for her performance in the biopic Tar, the film’s only big win of the night.
Tearfully, she accepted the gong as she thanked her mother and director Todd Field, adding that Blanchett also said that 2022 had been an ‘extraordinary year for women’.
Loving it: However later in the show Little Simz (left) impressed audiences with her ‘electrifying’ perfomance as she took to the stage with Joan Armatrading (right)
She added that it had broken down that women’s experience is not ‘monolithic’, and that her role as Lydia Tar ‘was a dangerous and career-ending potential undertaking’.
Netflix’s German war epic All Quiet On The Western Front was the big winner of the night with a total of seven gongs, including Best Film, while The Banshees of Inisherin was close behind with five, including Best British Film and Best Supporting Actor and Actress respectively.
The film, which is based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque, equals Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2001) as the film which is not spoken in the English language with the most nominations in BAFTA’s history.
Directed by Edward Berger, it stars Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Brühl, Sebastian Hülk, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanovic and Devid Striesow.
During his opening monologue, Richard referenced Will Smith’s infamous slap at last year’s Oscars, telling audiences that ‘on my watch no one gets slapped tonight’.
Smith stormed onto the stage during the 94th annual Academy Awards in March and slapped presenter Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
The actor, who went on to win the coveted best actor Oscar moments later, was later banned from all Academy events for the next 10 years and resigned from the organisation.
Speaking at the Baftas, Grant said that the only slaps being received on Sunday would be ‘on the back’.
‘What a great year to be hosting the Baftas,’ he said.
‘In 2022, movie audiences were well and truly back and there has never been a better time to go to the cinema until right now.’
He added: ‘Well, not right now, I’m trying my best and nobody on my watch gets slapped tonight… except on the back.’
As the ceremony got underway, Carey Mulligan was incorrectly announced as the winner of the Supporting Actress award after a translation gaffe while deaf actor Troy Kotsur was presenting.
Oscar-winner Kotsur was delivering the announcement by sign language before a miscommunication resulted in Mulligan’s name being called for her performance in She Said.
The announcer quickly corrected the call and announced The Banshees Of Inisherin star Kerry Condon as the winner.
Barry Keoghan won Supporting Actor for The Banshees Of Inisherin, and the 30-year-old Irish actor said he ‘should have planned this, really’ before thanking his co-stars and Ireland.
BAFTA FILM AWARDS 2023: THE WINNERS
BEST FILM
Acclaim: Netflix anti-war epic All Quiet On The Western Front
All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Tar
BEST ACTRESS
First nomination: Ana de Armas is up for Leading Actress
Cate Blanchett (Tar) – WINNER
Viola Davis (The Woman King)
Danielle Deadwyler (Till)
Ana de Armas (Blonde)
Emma Thompson (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande)
Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once
BEST ACTOR
In the running: Austin Butler is up for Best Actor for his portrayal of Elvis
Austin Butler (Elvis) – WINNER
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
Daryl McCormack (Good Luck To You, Leo Grande)
Paul Mescal (Aftersun)
Bill Nighy (Living)
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Aftersun
The Banshees Of Inisherin – WINNER
Brian and Charles
Empire of Light
Good Luck to You Leo Grande
Living
Roald Dahl’s Matilda
See How They Run
The Swimmers
The Wonder
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Aftersun (Charlotte Wells) – WINNER
Blue Jean (Georgia Oakley, Helene Sifre)
Electric Malady (Marie Liden)
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande (Katy Brand)
Rebellion (Maia Kenworthy)
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FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
Argentina, 1985
Corsage
Decision To Leave
The Quiet Girl
DOCUMENTARY
All The Breathes
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
Fire Of Love
Moonage Daydream
Navalny – WINNER
ANIMATED FILM
Pinocchio – WINNER
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
DIRECTOR
Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Qua in Everything Everywhere All At Once
All Quiet On The Western Front, Edward Berger – WINNER
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Decision To Leave, Park Chan-wook
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Tar, Todd Field
The Woman King, Gina Prince-Bythewood
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Banshees of Inisherin – WINNER
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Tar
Triangle of Sadness
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
Living
The Quiet Girl
She Said
The Whale
SOUND
All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
Avatar: The Way Of Water
Elvis
Tar
Top Gun: Maverick
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse – WINNER
Middle Watch
Your Mountain Is Waiting
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Angela Bassett (Wakanda Forever)
Hong Chau (The Whale)
Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin) – WINNER
Dolly De Leon (Triangle of Sadness)
Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
Carey Mulligan (She Said)
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Shortlisted: Eddie Redmayne is up for Supporting Actor in The Good Nurse
Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
Barry Keoghan (The Banshees Of Inisherin) – WINNER
Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse)
Albrecht Schuch (All Quiet On The Western Front)
Micheal Ward (Empire Of Light)
CASTING
Triangle of Sadness got a nod in the Casting category
Aftersun
All Quiet On The Western Front
Elvis – WINNER
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Triangle Of Sadness
CINEMATOGRAPHY
All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
The Batman
Elvis
Empire Of Light
Top Gun: Maverick
COSTUME DESIGN
Costume Design: Margot Robbie in Babylon
All Quiet On The Western Front
Amsterdam
Babylon
Elvis – WINNER
Mrs Harris Goes To Paris
EDITING
Sequel: Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick
All Quiet On The Western Front
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once – WINNER
Top Gun: Maverick
MAKE UP & HAIR
All Quiet On The Western Front
The Batman
Elvis – WINNER
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
The Whale
ORIGINAL SCORE
All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Pinocchio
PRODUCTION DESIGN
All Quiet On The Western Front
Babylon – WINNER
The Batman
Elvis
Pinocchio
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: The Way Of Water is up for Special Visual Effects
All Quiet On The Western Front
Avatar: The Way Of Water – WINNER
The Batman
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun: Maverick
BRITISH SHORT FILM
The Ballad Of Olive Morris
Bazigaga
Bus Girl
A Drifting Up
An Irish Goodbye – WINNER
EE RISING STAR
Happy: Nominees Sheila, Naomi and Daryl
Emma Mackey (Sex Education) – WINNER
Naomie Ackie (Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody)
Sheila Atim (The Woman King)
Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education)
Daryl McCormack (Good Luck To You)
