Awards

Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln is in the frame for 10 awards at this year’s Baftas, including best film and best actor for Daniel Day-Lewis. Skyfall, the latest James Bond film, has eight nominations including Outstanding British Film and Best Supporting Actress. Other films up for awards include Les Misérables and Life of Pi, which are each…

Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch has joined the jury for this year’s BAFTA EE Rising Star Award – formally the Orange Rising Star Award. Other jurists include Pippa Harris, Deputy Chairman of BAFTA’s Film Committee and producing partner of Sam Mendes, Scottish director Kevin Macdonald, film critic Mark Kermode, casting director Nina Gold and film publicist…

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced its annual film awards is to be renamed following the merger of Orange and T-Mobile. The two mobile networks are now owned by EE, which recently changed its named from Everything Everywhere and now offers the UK’s first 4G mobile data services. Following the launch…

Despite enforcing huge cutbacks on programme budgets and axing thousands of lower paid jobs, top managers at the BBC have cut their expenses by just 9%. In the face of a less than generous licence fee settlement budgets are being slashed by 20% with valued services such as local radio being dramatically scaled back. Meanwhile…