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All Quiet On The Western Front was the big winner at the 2023 BAFTAs.READ MORE: All the winners from the 2023 BAFTAsThe German-language film was heavily inspired by the anti-war novel of the same name by former German World War One soldier Erich Maria Remarque. It was nominated for fourteen BAFTAs at the 2023 ceremony and ended up winning seven of them.All Quiet On The Western Front won the BAFTA for Film Not In The English Language, Cinematography, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Director, Sound and the biggest award of the night – Best Film.This run of awards makes All Quiet On The Western Front the first foreign language film to win more than four BAFTAs.“It’s just incredible,” said producer Malte Grunert while picking up the Best Film prize before talking about how the story of a generation “poisoned by right-wing propaganda into thinking war is an adventure” was as relevant today as it was almost 100 years ago.All Quiet On The Western Front was released last October on Netflix and is still available to watch on the streaming platform.A synopsis for the film reads: “All Quiet on the Western Front tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I.

German language film All Quiet On The Western Front was the big winner at the EE BAFTAs, scooping a total of seven prizes.The Netflix anti-war epic, directed by German filmmaker Edward Berger and based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque, scooped top gongs including best film and best director. It broke the record for the highest number of Baftas for a foreign language film previously held by Italian coming-of-age drama Cinema Paradiso, which claimed five in 1988.Taking to the stage at the climax of the event at London’s Royal Festival Hall, cinematographer James Friend said the film showed how a generation of young German men were “poisoned by right-wing nationalistic propaganda” and he stressed that the film’s message remains “relevant” nearly a century on.

All Quiet on the Western Front became the big winner tonight at BAFTA, taking not just the awards for Best Film and Best Director, but a total of 7 prizes out of its 14 nominations.

BAFTA Awards in London on Sunday night with a record-breaking seven wins, including for Best Director, Best Film and Best Film Not in the English Language. The tally means the World War One epic now holds the record for a film not in the English language. The previous record was held by 1988 film “Cinema Paradiso,” which won five BAFTAs. Meanwhile Colin Farrell starrer “The Banshees Of Inisherin” won the second largest number of awards of the night, including both supporting actor categories with wins for Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon (who emerged as the correct winner after fellow nominee Carey Mulligan’s name was initially called in error.) Writer and director Martin Mcdonagh also won for Original Screenplay and Outstanding British Film, although his swipe at the film’s producer Searchlight – when he quipped that he had landed an award for the script without any notes from the studio – prompted a mixed response from the audience, with some possibly perceiving the comment as arrogant. The director quickly made it clear he wasn’t being serious, saying “kidding, kidding.”

Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away on Sept. 8 after reigning for over 70 years.“Bafta’s relationship with Her Majesty was longstanding and Bafta would not be what it is today without her loyal support,” Mirren said during the ceremony.

The Directors Guild had their award season say on Saturday night, but a little over 12 hours later the BAFTA Film Awards handed out their 2023 honors. Broadcast in the U.S.

A UK-based Iranian TV channel has had to stop broadcasting from its headquarters in London, after British police warned staff that it could not protect them on UK soil. 

Jay Ellis opened up about his past as an underwear model and shooting a shirtless scene for Top Gun: Maverick.

Colm Bairéad’s appearance at Deadline’s Contenders: The Nominees event marks a year since his film The Quiet Girl first debuted at the Berlin Film Festival. A dual release in the UK and Ireland followed in May, and a slow international rollout has kept the director busy ever since. Indeed, as the film’s Oscar campaign enters the final stretch, The Quiet Girl is only now going wide across America: not bad going for a film with no stars that’s shot almost entirely in Irish, a language spoken by fewer than 2 million people worldwide.

“I was always a big fan of the original movie, but I did feel while watching subsequent American or British war films that is a question of perspective that I can’t tell,” All Quiet on the Western Front director Edward Berger said of his motivation in finally bringing a German version of the iconic World War I tale to the big screen. 

Todd Gilchrist editor Collaboration is vital to filmmaking — no one can make one completely alone. For many of 2022’s screenplay nominees, that process began on the page with a team of individuals whose efforts completed and complemented one another’s to ensure that the story being told was as thoughtful, fully realized and emotionally evocative as possible. But even though “The Fabelmans” cowriter Tony Kushner had previously partnered with Steven Spielberg three times, starting with 2005’s “Munich,” the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright says he was initially unsure how well the duo would work together as co-authors as opposed to handing over a finished script Spielberg would bring to life on the screen.

James Bond to Star Wars have been filmed, has been given permission for an £800million expansion.Buckinghamshire Council has signed off on the studios’ proposals to build 21 new stages, a training hub and a publicly accessible nature reserve. According to Pinewood Group,  the expansion would make it the “biggest studio complex in the world” and create 8,000 jobs.

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“RRR” in the United States, called out Twitter on Thursday for blocking its FYC ads for the film and its Oscar-nominated song “Naatu Naatu” because Telugu isn’t an approved language for marketing on the social-media platform. In a tweet that tagged Twitter CEO Elon Musk and Twitter’s support account, Variance claims that it is unable to post a video encouraging Academy voters to pick “RRR” for the Best Original Song Oscar, a category in which the film became the first Indian production to earn a nomination with its song “Naatu Naatu.” “Telugu, spoken by over 81 million people, isn’t an ‘approved language’ for ads, so you’ve blocked us from advertising entirely for trying to promote a subtitled clip?” Variance tweeted.

Argentina 1985” because the story is a reminder, “that if we don’t create a memory with our art, chances are this will happen again.” Alonso was speaking as part of Variety’s FYC Fest: The Producers. She was joined by fellow producers Malte Grunert of “All Quiet on the Western Front” and Cleona Ní Chrualaoí from “The Quiet Girl.” “Argentina 1985” focuses on the true story of how a public prosecutor, a young lawyer and their legal team set out to prosecute the heads of Argentina’s bloody military dictatorship. “This was an important legacy to do beyond the fact that it is about your everyday superheroes,” Alonso said.

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Christie Brinkley is back at one of her favorite places on earth – and she is feeling the love, and getting a tan.The veteran supermodel is currently vacationing at her beloved Lucky House, her home in Turks and Caicos' Parrot Cay.She spent Valentine's Day soaking up the sun, and dressed for the occasion as she hit the beach on the romantic holiday.WATCH: Christie Brinkley goes makeup free as she shows her beauty routineMORE: Kelly Ripa wows in skin-tight green wetsuit in honor of Philadelphia Eagles for Super BowlChristie took to Instagram to share her Valentine's Day themed bikini look, posing by the water in a red-hot triangle bikini.The famous blonde knew just how to dress on theme, and accessorized with more red, a printed red jacket with blue embroidery, posing with her tanned, toned legs in full display, making a heart shape with her hands.MORE: Was Rihanna's son at Super Bowl 2023? Her family life revealedShe posted several photos from her Valentine's Day out on the beach, including another one in which she is candidly caught mid laugh, plus a video of a sweet Valentine's message she left written on the sand.A post shared by Christie Brinkley (@christiebrinkley)The star looks phenomenal in red"Happy Valentine's!" she wrote in cursive handwriting, making the dot on the exclamation point a little heart. In her caption, she added: "Hope everyone is feeling the LOVE."MORE: Travis and Jason Kelce's sad family history revealed ahead of Super BowlMORE: Goldie Hawn looks tiny alongside supertall grandson for family reunionShe was quickly flooded with compliments from fans, as well as from her youngest kids, Sailor, 24, and Jack, 27, who she shares with her ex-husband Peter Cook.

and tend to take up most space, whereas shoes end up being more of an afterthought…until the foot aches and back pain set in.)Foot pain typically arises in the second or third trimester. “The feet take a huge impact and absorb a lot of stress during pregnancy, which could lead to a multitude of changes such as increasing in size, swelling, arch pain, heel pain and over-pronation, or flatter feet,” says , a podiatrist in Silver Springs, MD who’s currently pregnant with her third child.There’s no one thing to blame here—rather, it’s a combination of hormones, weight gain, and swelling that create a fun little domino effect.

Nine leading members of the Labour Party in Bolton have quit their roles after accusing a ‘London clique’ of dictating the selection process for a Parliamentary candidate. The members were all part of the Bolton North East branch of the party and formed the selection committee for the Parliamentary constituency.

For his first single of 2023 – ‘E1’ – R&B artist Latir has penned an ode to Bethnal Green in East London, capturing the dark and light of the area over a distorted bassline.“I moved to Bethnal Green in East London in 2020 after growing up in North London and this song details all the chaos I’ve witnessed on this side of the city”, he says. “I want people to feel a sense of nostalgia listening to this, and as though they can relate to this crazy side of London, from a somewhat dark, gritty place, but also somewhat romanticised as it’s home”.“[Producer] Tev’n and I wrote this song in East London in a studio on the very canal I wrote about”, he goes on.

Cara Delevingne is just a few months into being 30, and the actress is looking forward to the emotional growth in store for her as she navigates the next decade of her life.Delevingne recently spoke with ET's Cassie DiLaura while promoting the upcoming and long-awaited second season of , and she opened up about how it feels to be in her 30s, and how her life has changed after the milestone birthday.«I think after turning 30, there was a lot that clicked. I think my 20s were brilliant, but there were a lot of different things I wanted to focus on,» Delevingne shared.

EXCLUSIVE: Emma Roberts (Madame Web) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix franchise) have been set to star in sci-fi thriller The Astronaut, which is being produced by A Quiet Place and The Purge producer Brad Fuller.

Unions have demanded action from the Scottish Government to halt an "exodus of nursing staff" after new figures showed a 13 per cent rise in the number of employees leaving the profession.

Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” is projected to top the charts with an opening weekend of $8 million, according to industry estimates. Originally greenlit as an HBO Max exclusive film before pivoting to a theatrical release following the Warner Bros.

Reece Donnelly revealed he left The Apprentice due to health reasons. Last week’s teaser saw this year’s budding entrepreneurs jet off to Dubai for their next task – their second trip abroad after Lord Alan Sugar flew them all to Antigua in week one. Reece reportedly wasn’t able to participate in the Dubai challenge, however, and was forced to step down from the task after being notably absent for a large part of this evening's show, Thursday 9 February.

No—which is good news for football fans.The Abbott Elementary star generously lent her talent to the Super Bowl LVII Pregame, bringing down the house with a ravishing rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing." And the date made her performance all the more meaningful: According to Ralph's Instagram reel posted before the game, today marks 123 years since the hymn was first publicly performed. “It is no coincidence that I will be singing the Black National Anthem, Lift Every Voice and Sing at the Super Bowl on the same date it was first publicly performed 123 years ago (February 12, 1900),” Ralph wrote.

Up to 30,000 people are said to have ­cancelled their SNP membership in response to Nicola Sturgeon’s gender reforms and the ­stalling of independence.

LOVE Island fans were forced to say goodbye to one of the show's couples tonight. Ellie Spence and Jordan Odofin were told to pack their bags after producers served up a shock twist. The Love Island pair were among three couples deemed least compatible by the voting public.

Every Tuesday and Thursday in our CMU Approved column we introduce you to a new artist we love and hope you will too. Since the start of this year we’ve brought you new music from Slap Rash, Kate Davies, Shana Cleveland, Polinski, Pao Pestana and more – all of whom we’re very excited about.As well as giving you new tracks to listen to in each column in the Daily and on our website, everything goes into our CMU Approved playlist on Spotify.

THE Apprentice candidate Reece Donnelly was fired from the show after he got drunk on a flight to Dubai to take part in a task. Viewers and fellow competitors in the BBC1 show were told he had been forced to leave for “health reasons” but the truth was he was sacked by bosses.

LOVE Island fans were devastated tonight after the show was forced to say goodbye to one of its original stars. Tanyel Revan was sent packing back to the UK after being left single in Thursday's brutal coupling.

For All Quiet on the Western Front, director Edward Berger wanted the film to be created from a German perspective. He tasked composer Volker Bertelmann with the job of creating a score he’s never done before, giving him few insights into what he wanted for the final cut. Based on the 1928 novel of the same name, the film follows Paul Bäumer (Felix Kammerer), a young German soldier who experiences the horrific reality of serving on the front line. Bertelmann wanted to use instruments connected to that time period, so he used a refurbished harmonium passed down from his grandmother.

Martin Lewis was months away from quitting his job in financial journalism and facing his own money struggles when he got his big break in the industry.

A Twitter outage has left football fans in the dark during matches.

Ruth Wilson, star of The Affair, Luther and His Dark Materials, has performed with many leading actors, usually one at a time, but in May her endurance will be put to the test when she embarks on a marathon stage show in London playing the same scene almost nonstop for 24 hours with one hundred different men — one after the other.

A Braehead mum who was heartbroken to discover that children who rely on free school meals are going hungry over the weekends has launched a project to feed them.