Kenneth Branagh to Receive BAFTA’s Highest Honor
Kenneth Branagh is picking up the Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment for all his work in the film and television industries over the course of his career.
Kenneth Branagh is picking up the Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment for all his work in the film and television industries over the course of his career.
The Scottish actor, who has won a BAFTA TV Award on three previous occasions for his work on “Cracker”, is up for the Leading Actor category.
In this week’s Casting News, our “Potter” cast tells us a variety of tales: the little Christmas carrot who could, a comic book villain brought to life through motion capture, a new (maybe?) character appears in the “Star Wars” franchise, and finally someone puts Aunt Petunia out of her misery! All that and more in this week’s MuggleNet Role Call!
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Welcome back to MuggleNet’s weekly Casting News column! This week, we continue to adore David Tennant in all his geeky glory, get our first bit of news surrounding the return of “Peaky Blinders”, and go on a prehistoric adventure with Eddie Redmayne. All that and more in this week’s Role Call!
This week has been full of interesting projects and appearances from our favorite “Potter” alumni. So interesting, in fact, that for the first time, Justin Bieber’s name is in this article. Want to see why? That and more in this week’s Role Call!
We’re certainly in the thick of awards season at the moment – just yesterday, we learned about the Producers Award nominees, and today it’s the turn of BAFTA, the British Academy Film and Television Awards. The nominations were announced this morning by Stephen Fry (British audiobooks) and actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw (“Belle”, featuring Tom Felton).
In this week’s Casting News, Kenneth Branagh experiences a huge success with his theatre company, Domhnall Gleeson is given an unconventional title, and Stephen Fry is celebrated. All that and more in MuggleNet’s Role Call!
Check out what the “Potter” cast and crew are up to! We’ve got zombies, a sea witch, and an Irish love triangle to keep you occupied.
BAFTA is currently auctioning 17 images from their exclusive “BAFTA, Backstage” photography collection. These photographs provide viewers with a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the British Academy Film Awards and include images of actors from the “Harry Potter” universe!
Cedric Diggory
Mary Lou Barebone
Madam Hooch
Viktor Krum
Pomona Sprout
Lily Potter
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