Joanna Lumley's opening monologue at the 2019 Baftas has been criticised online, with many viewers taking issue with the Absolutely Fabulous actor’s joke about the Ku Klux Klan. Welcoming the team behind BlacKkKlansman, director Spike Lee and star Adam Driver, to the ceremony, Lumley said: “It’s an incredible film, it has already won many awards. “I’m surprised it did so well at the Klan Film Festival.” She also joked about the current state of the Oscars – the American awards ceremony will have no official host for the first time in 30 years, after Kevin Hart stepped down after a number of old tweets resurfaced in which the comedian expressed homophobic views. “Thank goodness Bafta has a host,” she said, “though I suspect that has to do with the fact that I’m not on Twitter.” Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Show all 71 1 /71 Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners The Best Years of our Lives (1946) This 1946 directed by William Wyler follows three United States servicemen who readjust to civilian life after coming home from the Second World War. Rex Features Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Hamlet (1948) Hamlet was Laurence Olivier's second film as director and is the Shakespeare adaptation to have earned the most accolades in awards history. Getty Images Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Bicycle Thieves (1948) Italian filmmaker Vittorio De Sica's drama follows a poor father searching post-World War II Rome for his stolen bicycle, without which he will lose the job which was to be the salvation of his young family. Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners All About Eve (1950) The film stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, a highly regarded but ageing Broadway star, whose world collides with Eve Harrington, an ambitious young fan who insinuates herself into Channing's life, ultimately threatening her career and personal relationships. Getty Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners La Ronde (1950) Max Ophüls's French film La Ronde shows ten amorous encounters across the social spectrum, from a street prostitute to a nobleman, with each scene involving one character from the previous episode. Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners The Sound Barrier (1952) Before his epics, David Lean directed this drama – following test pilots's attempts to break the sound barrier – to Bafta success Getty Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Forbidden Games (1952) René Clément's adaptation of François Boyer's war novel Jeux Interdits wasn't a hit in France, but achieved acclaim overseas. AFP/Getty Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners The Wages of Fear (1953) Henri-Georges Clouzot's thriller brought him such attention that he was permitted to direct Les Diaboliques. Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Richard III (1955) The only one of Laurence Olivier's three Shakespearean plays to not be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. Not that he minded – he won the main prize at the Baftas. London Films Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Gervaise (1956) Three years after winning his first Bafta, French director René Clément took home another for this drama. Les Films Corona Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) David Lean's epic swept the board at both the Oscars and the Baftas. Columbia Pictures/AP Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Room at the Top (1959) Jack Clayton's film charts the rise of an ambitious young man (played by Laurence Harvey) in post-war Britain British Lion Films Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Ben-Hur (1959) William Wyler's biblical epic Ben-Hur had the largest budget of any film produced at the time, and was rewarded with award wins aplenty. TCM Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners The Apartment (1960) This charming Billy Wilder comedy, starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley Maclaine, was an awards favourite. Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Ballad of a Soldier (1961) /The Hustler (1961) There has only ever been one tie for the Best Film award when, in 1962, Ballad of a Soldier tied with The Hustler. Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Yet another David Lean epic to win the main prize. Getty Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Tom Jones (1963) Tom Jones – the film, not the singer – won three Bafta awards in all. Getty Images Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Dr Strangelove (1964) A film directed by Stanley Kubrick never won a single Oscar, but Dr Strangelove received the main prize at the Baftas. Getty Images Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners My Fair Lady (1964) The first musical to win the main prize at the Baftas. Getty Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) It may have not won Best Picture at the Oscars, but the Bafta voting body gave Mike Nichols's superior black comedy its biggest accolade. Getty Images Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners A Man for All Seasons (1966) This historical film depicts the final years of Sir Thomas More, the 16th-century Lord Chancellor of England who refused to sign a letter asking Pope Clement VII to annul King Henry VIII of England's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Getty Images Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners The Graduate (1967) Mike Nichols's next Bafta success arrived with The Graduate, another film that failed to win Best Picture at the Oscars. Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Midnight Cowboy (1969) The next year saw yet another Dustin Hoffman film score big success. Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Based loosely on fact, the film tells the story of Wild West outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker, known as Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman), and his partner Harry Longabaugh, the "Sundance Kid" (Robert Redford), who are on the run from a crack US posse following a string of train robberies. Getty Images Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) Midnight Cowboy director John Schlesinger won another Bafta for this drama film starring Murray Head, Glenda Jackson and Peter Finch. Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Cabaret (1972) Bob Fosse's musical Cabaret proved a Bafta favourite. Getty Images Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Day for Night (1973) François Truffaut's comedy rightly won the main prize at the Baftas. It didn't even receive a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars. Warner Bros Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Lacombe Lucien (1974) Louis Malle's drama follows a French teenage boy during the German occupation of France in the Second World War. Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) Martin Scorsese had to wait until 2006 to win an Oscar, but Bafta were ahead of the curve, awarding him Best Film for this Ellen Burstyn film. Warner Bros Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Miloš Forman's acclaimed drama – starring Jack Nicholson – swept the board at the Oscars and did the same at the Baftas. Getty Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Annie Hall (1977) The first of Woody Allen's three Bafta wins arrived with Annie Hall. United Artists Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Julia (1977) Fred Zinneman's holocaust drama was the next in a long line of war films to reign supreme at the Baftas. Bafta Best Film Award – all of the winners Manhattan (1979) Woody Allen won his second Bafta for the black-and-white romantic comedy Manhattan.<doc-sep>Jackson Maine, a soulful Americana rocker who's not quite as famous as he once was. After a show, Jackson discovers Ally (Lady Gaga) performing in a drag bar, and knows in an instant she could be a star. As she becomes more famous, their relationship becomes strained What are Cooper's chances? Well, isn't that the question. Cooper's performance as Jackson Maine is a wonder. First, there's the commitment to actually embodying Jackson, which Cooper loves speaking about in detail — how he trained with a voice coach for hours a day to drop his voice an octave, how he learned to play guitar. Cooper did all this , on top of producing, directing, and writing it. He was the architect of the film. But the performance is more magnificent than the sum of its difficulties. When he stares at Ally, he's really staring. Even though it's fictional, the movie feels real. But are voters sold on the move's emotional realism?Notably, unlike all of the other roles nominated for Best Actor, Jackson Maine is a purely fictional character. The other four nominated characters based on real people (all of whom, aside Vincent van Gogh, were captured on camera). Are Oscar voters more likely to reward a performance for "accuracy," as opposed to making us believe that a fictional person is close to life? A Star Is Born may not win Best Picture, but awarding Bradley Cooper Best Actor would nearly be the same honor.<doc-sep>Spoiler alert: Bradley Cooper won't be at the Grammy Awards—or on the arm of Lady Gaga—tonight. Womp, womp. But the director/star of A Star Is Born has a good reason for skipping out. He's actually across the pond accepting the award for Best Original Music—and hobnobbing with Will and Kate—at the BAFTAs. (That's the British Academy of Film and Television Awards, for anyone who's a newbie.) Don't worry: He's still got Gaga on his mind. Cooper thanked her profusely in his acceptance speech on stage, per the Daily Mail: “I got to fulfill a dream I never thought would happen,” he said. “I share this with Lady Gaga tonight, the music was the heartbeat of this film.” Aw. He also shouted out to the other leading lady of his life, girlfriend Irina Shayk, adding: “I also need to thank Irina for putting up with me while I was trying to make music in our basement for a year.” Um, small price to pay to hear a hunky Cooper test out tracks for an album that's been nominated for literally everything—the BAFTAs, Grammys and an Oscar too. RELATED: Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper Performed 'Shallow' Live for the First Time Ever<doc-sep>
Lady Gaga is expected to win four Grammy Awards on Sunday (February 10), including her first in the prestigious general field. She is predicted to take home both Record and Song of the Year Grammys for “Shallow,” the love ballad she sings with Bradley Cooper in their hit film “A Star is Born.” The budding actress had a decision to make as to where to go on Sunday as she is also nominated at the British Academy Awards. She opted to skip that ceremony in London to attend the Grammys in Los Angeles. She must have taken a look at our racetrack odds for both events. While we have her out front to win those four Grammys, she is at the back of the pack in the Best Actress race at the BAFTAs. Cooper, who is nominated alongside Gaga for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, will be representing the film at the BAFTA Awards. His movie contends in seven categories, with Cooper a nominee in five of those for directing, acting, writing, producing and music. However, as with his leading lady, we are predicting he will lose all of those races. Indeed, “A Star is Born” is likely to be shut out of the BAFTAs despite reaping a seemingly lucky seven nominations. SEE BAFTA Awards predictions: ‘The Favourite’ will win 7 including Best Picture, ‘Roma’ to take 3, ‘First Man’ 2 The BAFTAs do not give out an award for Best Original Song but the Oscars do. And Lady Gaga is all but certain to claim that award for “Shallow.” While Cooper will not share in that win as he did not write the song, he is set to perform the tune with Lady Gaga on the Oscars, which air live on ABC on February 24. PREDICT the Oscar winners now; change them until February 24 Be sure to check out how our experts rank this year’s Oscar contenders. Then take a look at the most up-to-date combined odds before you make your own 2019 Oscar predictions. Don’t be afraid to jump in now since you can keep changing your predictions until just before winners are announced on February 24. SIGN UP for Gold Derby’s free newsletter with latest predictions