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It was a star-studded evening at this year’s BAFTA Film Awards, packed with the actors and creatives behind some of the last year’s best films.

All Quiet On The Western Front, The Banshees Of Inisherin, and Elvis all won top prizes, while Austin Butler, Cate Blanchett and rising star Emma Mackey were among the celebrities heading home with a golden-mask statuette.

You can read our full story on the stars and movies who impressed on the night here, and scroll down for the full list of winners.

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BEST FILM
All Quiet On The Western Front – Malte Grunert

The Banshees Of Inisherin – Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
Elvis – Gail Berman, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Patrick McCormick, Schuyler Weiss
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang
Tar – Todd Field, Scott Lambert, Alexandra Milchan

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
The Banshees Of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin
Aftersun – Charlotte Wells
Brian and Charles – Jim Archer, Rupert Majendie, David Earl, Chris Hayward
Empire Of Light – Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande – Sophie Hyde, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski, Katy Brand
Living – Oliver Hermanus, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Kazuo Ishiguro
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical – Matthew Warchus, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jon Finn, Luke Kelly, Dennis Kelly
See How They Run – Tom George, Gina Carter, Damian Jones, Mark Chappell
The Swimmers – Sally El Hosaini, Jack ThorneThe Wonder – Sebastian Lelio, Ed Guiney, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Aftersun – Charlotte Wells (writer/director)
Blue Jean – Georgia Oakley (writer/director), Helene Sifre (producer)
Electric Malady – Marie Liden (director)
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande – Katy Brand (writer)
Rebellion – Maia Kenworthy (director)

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
All Quiet On The Western Front – Edward Berger, Malte Grunert
Argentina – 1985 Santiago Mitre
Corsage – Marie Kreutzer
Decision To Leave – Park Chan-wook, Ko Dae-seok
The Quiet Girl – Colm Bairead, Cleona Ni Chrualaoi

DOCUMENTARY
Navalny – Daniel Roher, Diane Becker, Shane Boris, Melanie Miller, Odessa Rae
All That Breathers – Shaunak Sen, Teddy Leifer, Aman Mann
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John Lyons
Fire Of Love – Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, Ina Fichman
Moonage Daydream – Brett Morgan

ANIMATED FILM
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio – Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On – Dean Fleisher Camp, Andrew Goldman, Elisabeth Holm, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish – Joel Crawford, Mark Swift
Turning Red – Domee Shi, Lindsey Collins

DIRECTOR
All Quiet On The Western Front – Edward Berger
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 – Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans – Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg
Tar – Todd Field
Triangle Of Sadness – Ruben Ostlund

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
All Quiet On The Western Front – Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell
Living – Kazuo Ishiguro
The Quiet Girl – Colm Bairead
She Said – Rebecca Lenkiewicz
The Whale – Samuel D Hunter

LEADING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – Tar
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

LEADING ACTOR
Austin Butler – Elvis
Colin Farrell The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Daryl McCormack – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Paul Mescal – Aftersun
Bill Nighy – Living

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau – The Whale
Dolly De Leon – Triangle of Sadness
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Carey Mulligan – She Said

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
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

ORIGINAL SCORE
All Quiet On The Western Front – Volker Bertelmann
Babylon – Justin Hurwitz
The Banshees Of Inisherin – Carter Burwell
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Son Lux
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio – Alexandre Desplat

CASTING
Elvis – Nikki Barrett, Denise Chamian
Aftersun – Lucy Pardee
All Quiet On The Western Front – Simone Bar
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Sarah Halley Finn
Triangle Of Sadness – Pauline Hansson

EDITING
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Paul Rogers
All Quiet On The Western Front – Sven Budelmann
The Banshees Of Inisherin – Mikkel EG Nielsen
Elvis – Jonathan Redmond, Matt Villa
Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton

CINEMATOGRAPHY
All Quiet On The Western Front – James Friend
The Batman – Greig Fraser
Elvis – Mandy Walker
Empire Of Light – Roger Deakins
Top Gun: Maverick – Claudio Miranda

MAKE UP & HAIR
Elvis – Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulston, Shane Thomas
All Quiet On The Western Front – Heike Merker
The Batman – Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, Zoe Tahir
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical – Naomi Donne, Barrie Gower, Sharon Martin
The Whale – Anne Marie Bradley, Judy Chin, Adrien Morot

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Babylon – Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino
All Quiet On The Western Front – Christian M Goldbreck, Ernestine Hipper
The Batman – James Chinlund, Lee Sandales
Elvis – Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio – Curt Enderle, Guy Davis

COSTUME DESIGN
Elvis – Catherine Martin
All Quiet On The Western Front – Lisy Christl
Amsterdam – JR Hawbaker, Albert Wolsky
Babylon – Mary Zophres
Mrs Harris Goes To Paris – Jenny Beavan

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: The Way Of Water – Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon
All Quiet On The Western Front – Markus Frank, Kamil Jafar, Viktor Muller, Frank Petzoid
The Batman – Russell Earl, Dan Lemmon, Anders Langlands, Dominic Tuohy
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Benjamin Brewer, Ethan Feldbau, Jonathan Kombrinck, Zak Stoltz
Top Gun: Maverick – Seth Hill, Scott R Fisher, Bryan Litson, Ryan Tudhope

SOUND
All Quiet On The Western Front – Lars Ginzsel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prasil, Markus Stemler
Avatar: The Way Of Water – Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Julian Howarth, Gary Summers, Gwendoyln Yates Whittle
Elvis – Michael Keller, David Lee, Andy Nelson, Wayne Pashley
Tar – Deb Adair, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Steve Single, Roland Winke
Top Gun: Maverick – Chris Burdon, James H Mather, Al Nelson, Mark Taylor, Mark Weingarten

RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public
Emma Mackey
Aimee Lou Wood
Daryl McCormack
Naomi Ackie
Sheila Atim

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse – Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy, Cara Speller, Hannah Minghella
Middle Watch – John Stevenson, Aiesha Penwarden, Giles Healy
Your Mountain Is Waiting – Hannah Jacobs, Zoe Muslim, Harriet Gillian

BRITISH SHORT FILM
An Irish Goodbye – Tom Berkeley, Ross White
The Ballad Of Olive Morris – Alex Kayode-Kay
Bazigaga – Jo Ingabire Moys, Stephanie Charmail
Bus Girl – Jessica Henwick, Louise Palmkvist Hansen
A Drifting Up – Jacob Lee

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‘The heartbeat of Blondie’: Drummer Clem Burke dies aged 70

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Blondie drummer Clem Burke has died at the age of 70

The band said Blurke had been diagnosed with cancer, and described his death as a “profound loss”.

He featured on all the Debbie Harry-fronted group’s studio albums since joining a year after their formation in 1975.

Blurke was with the band from their self-titled debut, through their 1978 classic Parallel Lines, to 2017’s Pollinator.

Drummer Clem Burke.
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Drummer Burke.
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In a statement on Blondie’s Instagram, Harry and the band’s guitarist, Chris Stein, said: “It is with profound sadness that we relay news of the passing of our beloved friend and bandmate Clem Burke following a private battle with cancer.

“Clem was not just a drummer, he was the heartbeat of Blondie.

“His talent, energy, and passion for music were unmatched, and his contributions to our sound and success are immeasurable.

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“Beyond his musicianship, Clem was a source of inspiration both on and off the stage. His vibrant spirit, infectious enthusiasm and rock solid work ethic touched everyone who had the privilege of knowing him.

“Clem’s influence extended far beyond Blondie, a self-proclaimed ‘rock and roll survivalist’, he played and collaborated with numerous iconic artists.”

Clem Burke drummer of the band Blondie in his performance at Festival Estereo Picnic 2023.
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Burke in his performance at Festival Estereo Picnic 2023.
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Burke featured on Iggy Pop’s 1982 album Zombie Birdhouse and also performed with Bob Dylan, The Ramones, The Who guitarist Pete Townshend and Joan Jett.

The statement went on to say Burke had left an “indelible mark on every project he was part of”.

It added: “We extend our deepest condolences to Clem’s family, friends, and fans around the world. His legacy will live on through the tremendous amount of music he created and the countless lives he touched.”

Burke, who performed on classic tracks such as Call Me, Heart Of Glass and One Way Or Another, made his final live appearance with Blondie last year.

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Blondie performs during Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Sunday, June 25, 2023.  
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Blondie performing during Glastonbury Festival in 2023.
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Among those paying tribute to him was Kinks guitarist Dave Davies, who said: “I feel saddened that Clem Burke was taken from us so soon.

“May he rest in peace, spectacular drumming, we were friends.”

Nancy Sinatra said: “My heart is shattered. Clem became an icon as a member of Blondie, but he was also an important part of my band, the K.A.B. I was blessed to call him my friend.

“If I ever needed him, he was there. Always. Sending healing prayers and comfort to his widow, Ellen, his family, and all who loved him.”

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Olivier Awards: US actor says ‘special relationship firmly intact’ despite Trump’s tariffs

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British star Lesley Manville and American actor John Lithgow have won the acting categories at this year’s Olivier Awards, which recognise excellence in London theatre.

Lithgow, 79, played Roald Dahl in Giant, which is about the children’s author wondering whether to make a public apology.

While accepting his award he appeared to reference the current controversy over Donald Trump’s second term as US president.

The Conclave star quipped: “It’s not always easy to welcome an American into your midst, and at this particular moment, it’s probably a little more complicated than usual.”

He also told the audience at the Royal Albert Hall that the “special relationship is still firmly intact”, despite Mr Trump imposing tariffs on British exports to the US.

His co-star, English actor Elliot Levey, took best actor in a supporting role.

Giant was also named best new play.

Lesley Manville was best actress. Pic: PA
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Lesley Manville was best actress. Pic: PA

Manville, 69, was honoured for her performance in the Greek tragedy Oedipus at the Wyndham’s Theatre.

She said she felt “emotional” while accepting her statuette because it was a production she had “felt very strongly about being” in.

Manville, who played Princess Margaret in The Crown, added that she was taking an early flight to Dublin on Monday to do some filming, and would not be getting “much sleep tonight”.

Romola Garai was best actress in a supporting role. Pic: PA
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Romola Garai was best actress in a supporting role. Pic: PA

Best actress in a supporting role went to Romola Garai for her performance in The Years, based on a memoir by French writer Annie Ernaux.

Garai, whose film credits include Scoop and Atonement, was nominated in the same category for Giant.

Elliot Levey was best actor in a supporting role. Pic: PA
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Elliot Levey was best actor in a supporting role. Pic: PA

Dame Imelda Staunton won a fifth Olivier, for best actress in a musical for the London revival of classic musical Hello, Dolly!

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button won best new musical, a best actor musical award for Lark Rise To Candleford actor John Dagleish, and the outstanding musical contribution award.

The annual event was co-hosted by British singer Beverley Knight and Pose star Billy Porter.

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Pete Townshend’s Quadrophenia talked about modern masculinity before Gen Z was born 

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Despite The Who’s Quadrophenia being set over 60 years ago, Pete Townshend’s themes of identity, mental health, and modern masculinity are just as relevant today.

The album is having a renaissance as Pete Townshend’s Quadrophenia A Mod ballet is being brought to life via dance at Sadler’s Wells East, and Sky News has an exclusive first look.

As Townshend puts it, the album he wrote is “perfect” for the stage.

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“My wife Rachel did the orchestration for me, and as soon as I heard it I said to her it would make a fabulous ballet and we never really let that go,” he tells Sky News.

“Heavy percussion, concussive sequences. They’re explosive moments. They’re also romantic movement moments.”

If you identify with the demographics of Millennial, Gen Y or Gen Z, you might not be familiar with The Who and Mod culture.

But in post-war Britain the Mods were a cultural phenomenon characterised by fashion, music, and of course, scooters. The young rebels were seen as a counter-culture to the establishment and The Who, with Roger Daltry’s lead vocals and Pete Townshend’s writing, were the soundtrack.

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Quadrophenia the album is widely regarded as an essay on the British adolescent experience at the time, focusing on the life of fictional protagonist Jimmy – a young Mod struggling with his sanity, self-doubt, and alienation. 

Townshend sets the rock opera in 1965 but thinks its themes of identity, mental health, and modern masculinity are just as relevant today.

He says: “The phobias and the restrictions and the unwritten laws about how young men should behave. The ground that they broke, that we broke because I was a part of it.

“Men were letting go of [the] wartime-related, uniform-related stance that if I wear this kind of outfit it makes me look like a man.”

Paris Fitzpatrick and Pete Townshend. Pic: Johan Persson
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Paris Fitzpatrick and Pete Townshend. Pic: Johan Persson

This struggle of modern masculinity and identity appears to be echoing today as manosphere influencers like Andrew Tate, incel culture, and Netflix’s Adolescence make headlines.

For dancer Paris Fitzpatrick, who takes on the lead role of Jimmy, the story resonates.

Paris Fitzpatrick, who takes on the lead role of Jimmy in the ballet
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Paris Fitzpatrick, who takes on the lead role of Jimmy in the ballet

“I think there’s a connection massively and I think there may even be a little more revival in some way,” he tells Sky News.

“I love that myself. I love non-conforming to gender norms and typical masculinity; I think it’s great to challenge things.”

Despite the album being written before he was born, the dancer says he was familiar with the genre already.

“I actually did an art GCSE project about Mods and rockers and Quadrophenia,” he says.

“I think we’ll be able to bring it to new audiences and hopefully, maybe people will be inspired to to learn more about their music and the whole cultural movement of the early 60s.”

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In 1979, the album was adapted into a film directed by Franc Roddam starring Ray Winstone and Sting but Townshend admits because the film missed key points he is “not a big fan”.

“What it turned out to be in the movie was a story about culture, about social scenario and less about really the specifics of mental illness and how that affects young people,” he adds, also complimenting Roddam’s writing for the film.

Perhaps a testament to Pete Townshend’s creativity, Quadrophenia started as an album, was successfully adapted to film and now it will hit the stage as a contemporary ballet.

It appears that over six decades later Mod culture is still cool and their issues still relatable.

Quadrophenia, a Mod Ballet will tour to Plymouth Theatre Royal from 28 May to 1 June 2025, Edinburgh Festival Theatre from 10 to 14 June 2025 and the Mayflower, Southampton from 18 to 21 June 2025 before having its official opening at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London on 24 June running to 13 July 2025 and then visiting The Lowry, Salford from 15 to 19 July 2025.

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