I Am A Swede

Winners at the BAFTA last night:

Best film: Oppenheimer

Leading actress: Emma Stone - Poor Things

Leading actor: Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer

Supporting actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers

Supporting actor: Robert Downey Jr - Oppenheimer

Director: Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer

Outstanding British film: The Zone of Interest

Film not in the English Language: The Zone of Interest

Animated film: The Boy and the Heron

Documentary: 20 Days in Mariupol

Original screenplay: Anatomy of a Fall

Adapted screenplay: American Fiction

Original score: Oppenheimer

Make-up and hair: Poor Things

Costume design: Poor Things

Production design: Poor Things

Sound: The Zone of Interest

Cinematography: Oppenheimer

Editing: Oppenheimer

Casting: The Holdovers

Special visual effects: Poor Things

full list here: Bafta Awards 2024: The complete list of winners and nominees

I never thought I'd say this because I usually like winter, but....

I'm sure no one will be surprised if the name ABBA is mentioned once or twice during this year's contest.....it being 50 years since "Waterloo".   

But for me the big story of the year is the return of Luxembourg!!   

One of the original participants and the country that has given us Eurovision-classics like "Poupée de cire, poupée de son", "L'amour est bleu" and "Après toi"!      I don't expect songs of that calibre again, but it's good to have them back.

So, after literally months, we're heading back towards Sheila vs Steffy again?  Brad Bell seriously needs to step down as headwriter if he wants this show to survive. He has lost all creativity and just keeps circling round and round.

Anyone surprised? 

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny dead, says prison service

The story with Brooke and Ridge was even worse than this, because Brooke, who was taking some medication at the time, actually said no and told Ridge to leave but he didn't listen and had sex with her anyway. And yet they still didn't call it rape....  

12 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

This can almost have a place in the "Best acting moments" thread as well. That KKL managed to keep a straight face opposite Moss and Lowder (and not get hurt by the splinters that were obviously flying around from all the scenery chewing) is worthy of admiration. 

On 2/1/2024 at 2:45 PM, Liberty City said:

Re-watching from the beginning... the changes Brooke Logan has gone through makes her a completely different character. But Katherine Kelly Lang still does some decent work in the role.

I think it's thanks to KKL that Brooke is still a somewhat viable character.

17 hours ago, Toups said:

Great cast!  But this franchise has had no luck at all.  Putting it up against Superman is interesting.  Are they hoping for a Barbenheimer Part 2? 

Aren't these two movies too similar? I thought that Barbenheimer became a thing because those two movies were so different that they attracted different audiences.

Another undisputable truth

27 minutes ago, OpportunisticSlut said:

The trolling and people baiting for drama in this forum... is getting out of control. 

It really is. I wonder why there's been such an increase recently.    It's not like there haven't been posters with.....how shall I put it.....unorthodox views before, but, apart from the most persistent one, they were usually shortlived and mostly ignored.