BAFTA Unveils Diversity Review Results: Expanded Membership, Longlisting, Bolstering British Talent

North Manchester General Hospital and Salford Royal Hospital, along with 38 other hospitals across the UK, will benefit from a share of £3.7 billion.

The British Academy on Thursday published its extensive new rules governing eligibility for the 2021 BAFTA awards. Most of the 120 wide-ranging changes — which overhaul diversity requirements, alter the nomination process, and significantly expand BAFTA membership to include more people from under-represented groups — were previously announced and have been already beendiscussed in detail.

Charlotte Hawkins has given an unseen look inside her living room at the home she shares with her husband Mark Herbert and their daughter Ella Rose in Surrey.The Good Morning Britain newsreader took to Instagram with a split screen photo of herself and fellow presenter Piers Morgan as they recorded a new episode of Charlotte's podcast Last Past Blast.SEE: Inside Charlotte Hawkins' beautiful family homeA post shared by Charlotte Hawkins (@charlottehawkins1) on Charlotte joined the call from the

Janet W. Lee British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced this year’s recipients of financial aid to support studies in film, television and games.The 26 awardees include the first-ever recipient of the Fulbright-BAFTA scholarship, Lily Freeston, who will pursue an MFA in documentary filmmaking at Northwestern University.

Piers Morgan has unveiled his Spitting Image puppet – saying it looks nothing like him.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorHappy Friday and welcome to the latest edition of International Insider. Jake Kanter here, bringing you everything that’s worth knowing about the past week in global film and TV.Déjà vu: If there was any lingering optimism that the UK could avoid a second wave of coronavirus, events this week will surely have washed away these hopes.

Manori Ravindran International EditorA major awards overhaul by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is being heralded by the U.K. industry as a “bold plan” that may finally spark enduring change.In an interview with Variety, BAFTA chair Krishnendu Majumdar described the new rules as a “wholesale cultural change” that has been in the works for seven months.

The British Academy has announced more than 120 significant and wide-ranging changes across its voting, membership and campaigning process aimed at addressing the lack of diversity in the BAFTA Awards.

Bafta has announced a raft of changes to its film awards – including expanding the nominations for director, actor and actress from five to six – in response to a lack of diversity at this year’s ceremony.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorBAFTA today revealed over 120 changes to its voting, membership and campaigning processes as it published the findings of an in-depth seven-month Awards Review. The British org began the review to address diversity standards after controversy erupted earlier this year over its 2020 BAFTA Film Awards nominations, which featured zero non-white acting contenders and an all-male directing field.

Schitt’s Creek was the night’s biggest winner, taking home nine prizes the comedy categories, including gongs for all four of its main stars Eugene and Daniel Levy, Catherine O’Hara and Annie Murphy. Watchmen and Succession also picked up multiple gongs, with Watchmen’s Regina King accepting her award for Lead Actress In A Limited Series wearing a T-shirt honouring Breonna Taylor. Elsewhere, it was a huge night for Zendaya, who made Emmys history as the youngest Lead Actress In A Drama Series

Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli recently debuted his new “silver fox” grey hair.The star appeared on Good Morning Britain for an interview with Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid, and admitted Phillip Schofield was one of the influences for his new look.The 64 year old spoke to viewers via video link that from Los Angeles, where he has been spending the lockdown.