British Independent Film Awards Go Gender Neutral for Acting Categories

British pop icon Lily Allen is making her TV debut, joining Doctor Who star Freema Agyeman in Sky comedy Dreamland from Sharon Horgan’s Merman.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the launch of the Jonas Gwangwa Music Composition Initiative, a program to help Black British musicians who are interested in developing a career in film composing.The program begins in October and is in partnership with Mercury Studios. In celebration of the late South African musician, composer and Oscar nominee Jonas Gwangwa (“Cry Freedom”), the program will provide real-world experience, one-on-one mentorship and networking opportunities.Part of the Academy’s ongoing Aperture 2025 global outreach and engagement efforts, the initiative aims to foster broader representation in film music composition, with an emphasis on Black British talent.

Scott Bryan This has been the weirdest week in British television in a long time.In the days leading up to Boris Johnson’s resignation, the number of gaffes and surreal moments captured on live television became almost impossible to track. But in many ways, these moments reflected the surreal mood of the country as the prime minister refused to step down, despite more than 50 government resignations.Take the political coverage from College Green, a public park in Westminster and a popular location for interviews with politicians.

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Labour leader Keir Starmer has shot down claims a majority of Scots voting SNP at the general election will be a mandate for independence. Starmer also repeated his insistence of no deals with the Nationalists and accused the SNP of “faux patriotism”.

British Independent Film Awards are doing away with gendered “actor” and “actress” performance categories. Following in the footsteps of other awards organizations like the Berlin Film Festival, the MTV Movie Awards and the BRITs – and in the midst of a growing insistence within some major American academies to do the same – actors of all genders will be eligible for its gender-neutral recognitions, including best lead performance and best supporting performance. Along with this shake-up, more nominees will be named for each category.

The British Independent Film Awards is making some changes for its 25th anniversary, going gender-neutral with its acting categories as it also adds new performance awards, a new debut director category for feature documentaries, and two new music prizes.

Vladimir Putin would welcome the break-up of the United Kingdom, Anas Sarwar has suggested.

Patrick Harvie has argued that votes for the Scottish Greens at the next general election should be counted as part of Nicola Sturgeon's mandate for independence.

Nicola Sturgeon laid out her plans to hold a second independence referendum on Scotland's future earlier this week.

Tessa Thompson is outing herself and revealing just why she used to use a British accent when she was abroad in the country.

PHOTOS: 15 best dressed stars on the BAFTA TV Awards 2022 red carpetHost of the charity event Peter Andre, who has his own chart topping track record in the music industry, believes music unites people. "The two things in life that break down the barriers of race, nationality, language, colour is music and food.

If Beyoncé‘s surprise return to British Voguewasn’t enough for her fans, the 40-year-old singer has more to satiate their hunger! On Friday, both Beyoncé and Vogue‘s Instagram page shared a look behind the scenes of the iconic July cover shoot, featuring the singer’s latest single as the perfect soundtrack.

Beyoncé's surprise return to British wasn't enough for her fans, the 40-year-old singer has more to satiate their hunger! On Friday, both Beyoncé and 's Instagram page shared a look behind the scenes of the iconic July cover shoot, featuring the singer's latest single as the perfect soundtrack.The video gives fans an inside look at the «vision of glittering retro-futurism» conceived by the magazine's editor-in-chief Edward Enninful, photographer Rafael Pavarotti and the superstar herself. The shoot references the tropes of club life from the mid-'80s to the millennium, with co-styling by Marni Senofonte, incorporating «everything from Harris Reed headdresses to Schiaparelli Haute Couture.»Beyoncé's interview with Enninful was the first look into what fans can expect from the singer's long-awaited seventh studio album and her first solo album in six years, Enninful shared that Beyoncé contributed the long creative process to the pandemic.

A new poll has found that more than half of people in Scotland do not want another independence referendum next year.

Greta Thunberg being read by young actors. Also among the winners was 11-year-old Alex Ribes Cooke from Edinburgh, who won Best Animation Ages 11 and Under for his animation The Lonely Polar Bear.