Rumoured to be in attendance at the Royal Opera House for the ceremony tonight: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, George Clooney and us ex-wrestler girlfriend Stacey Keibler (second thoughts, best not mess with her); Michelle Williams, up for a gong for Marilyn, and Meryl Streep, nominated for the Iron Lady.
Ff will be bringing you the best and the worst of the fashion plus all the gossip later.
Ooh – and here’s a peek at the BAFTA goodie bags to be given to the nominees and citation readers (and what’s inside):
BAFTAs goody bag
· Limited edition Anya Hindmarch bag, designed exclusively for BAFTA
· Bottle of Disaronno, famous Italian liquor
· Exclusive gift-boxed BAFTA bottle of Champagne Taittinger Brut Reserve NV
· Taupe premium leather ESCADA notebook with handmade pocket finish
· Stunning jet and sliver Hackett cufflinks
· Asprey playing cards in signature purple presentation case
· Signature dark Selection from Hotel Chocolat
· Selection of Lancôme beauty productions
· Selection of Charles Worthington hair-care products
· Exclusively designed foldable ballet pumps from Cocorose London
· Finest quality Savoy tea
· Timothy Han candle
· Exclusive stay at the Evian Royal Resort in France
· A wine tasting tour and lunch at the stunning Villa Maria winery in Auckland
BAFTA NOMINATIONS for 2012 Baftas
BEST FILM: THE ARTIST; THE DESCENDANTS; DRIVE ; THE HELP; TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM: MY WEEK WITH MARILYN; SENNA; SHAME; TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY; WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER: ATTACK THE BLOCK Joe Cornish (Director/Writer); BLACK POND Will Sharpe (Director/Writer), Tom Kingsley (Director), Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer) CORIOLANUS; Ralph Fiennes (Director); SUBMARINE Richard Ayoade (Director/Writer); TYRANNOSAUR Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: INCENDIES Denis Villeneuve, Luc Déry, Kim McCraw; PINA Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel; POTICHE François Ozon, Eric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer; A SEPARATION Asghar Farhadi; THE SKIN I LIVE IN Pedro Almodóvar, Agustin Almodóvar
DOCUMENTARY: GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD Martin Scorsese, Olivia Harrison, Nigel Sinclair PROJECT NIM James Marsh, Simon Chinn SENNA Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Manish Pandey
ANIMATED FILM: THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN Steven Spielberg ARTHUR CHRISTMAS Sarah Smith RANGO Gore Verbinski
DIRECTOR: THE ARTIST Michel Hazanavicius DRIVE Nicolas Winding Refn HUGO Martin Scorsese TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Tomas Alfredson WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Lynne Ramsay
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: THE ARTIST Michel Hazanavicius BRIDESMAIDS Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig THE GUARD John Michael McDonagh THE IRON LADY Abi Morgan MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Woody Allen
LEADING ACTOR: BRAD PITT Moneyball GARY OLDMAN Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy GEORGE CLOONEY The Descendants JEAN DUJARDIN The Artist MICHAEL FASSBENDER Shame
LEADING ACTRESS: BÉRÉNICE BEJO The Artist MERYL STREEP The Iron Lady MICHELLE WILLIAMS My Week with Marilyn TILDA SWINTON We Need to Talk About Kevin VIOLA DAVIS The Help
SUPPORTING ACTOR: CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER Beginners JIM BROADBENT The Iron Lady JONAH HILL Moneyball KENNETH BRANAGH My Week with Marilyn PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN The Ides of March
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: CAREY MULLIGAN Drive JESSICA CHASTAIN The Help JUDI DENCH My Week with Marilyn MELISSA MCCARTHY Bridesmaids OCTAVIA SPENCER The Help
ORIGINAL MUSIC: THE ARTIST Ludovic Bource THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross HUGO Howard Shore TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Alberto Iglesias WAR HORSE John Williams
CINEMATOGRAPHY: THE ARTIST Guillaume Schiffman THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Jeff Cronenweth HUGO Robert Richardson TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Hoyte van Hoytema WAR HORSE Janusz Kaminski
COSTUME DESIGN: THE ARTIST Mark Bridges HUGO Sandy Powell JANE EYRE Michael O’Connor MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Jill Taylor TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Jacqueline Durran
MAKE UP & HAIR: THE ARTIST Julie Hewett, Cydney Cornell HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin, Nick Dudman HUGO Morag Ross, Jan Archibald THE IRON LADY Marese Langan, Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Jenny Shircore
SOUND: THE ARTIST Nadine Muse, Gérard Lamps, Michael Krikorian HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 James Mather, Stuart Wilson, Stuart Hilliker, Mike Dowson, Adam Scrivener HUGO Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY John Casali, Howard Bargroff, Doug Cooper, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley WAR HORSE Stuart Wilson, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Richard Hymns
THE ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD: (voted for by the public) ADAM DEACON; CHRIS HEMSWORTH; CHRIS O’DOWD; EDDIE REDMAYNE; TOM HIDDLESTON
