STELLA STEVENS DIES AT 84: Entertainment Tonight reports that Poseidon Adventure actress Stella Stevens passed away Friday (February 17th) in Los Angeles, following a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was 84 years old. Stevens starred in Girls! Girls! Girls! alongside Elvis Presley, The Nutty Professor alongside Jerry Lewis, and The Silencers alongside Dean Martin. She also won a Golden Globe for New Star of the Year in 1960 for her role in Say One For Me. Her television appearances included shows such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Bonanza, The Love Boat, Hart to Hart, and Murder, She Wrote.
SIMU LIU CRITICIZES CELEBRITY LOOK-ALIKE BIT DURING NBA ALL-STAR GAME: Simu Liu had a “great time” during the 2023 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game Friday (February 17th), but he didn’t appreciate the celebrity look-alike segment—during which the camera panned to an audience member who appeared to be of Asian descent. “I had a great time but this wasn’t cool,” he wrote on Twitter after the game. In a follow-up tweet, the Barbie actor said, “To be perfectly clear the entire org and ops team surrounding all-star have been nothing but absolutely stellar to myself and all my friends. This was just one person with a camera. and no disrespect to my man in the videotron either! he’s gorgeous we just don’t look alike.”
EMMA MACKEY TO LEAVE ‘SEX EDUCATION’ AFTER FOURTH SEASON: Sex Education fans will be disappointed to learn that Emma Mackey is leaving the Netflix series after the show’s fourth season. Mackey told RadioTimes recently, “Season 5? I’ve just finished the fourth one last week! No, I don’t think I’ll be in season 5. I’ve said goodbye to Maeve.”
‘ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT’ WINS BIG AT THE 2023 BAFTA AWARDS: Deadline reports that All Quiet on the Western Front was the big winner at the BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday (February 19th). The film took home seven awards in total, including Best Film and Best Director. The Banshees of Inisherin and Elvis both took home four awards, with Austin Butler winning Best Actor. Cate Blanchett won Best Actress for her role in Tar. As for the biggest snub of the evening, despite the success Everything Everywhere All at Once has seen in the U.S., the film only took home one award for Best Editing.
See the full list of winners below:
BEST FILM
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT; Malte Grunert
LEADING ACTRESS
CATE BLANCHETT; Tár
LEADING ACTOR
AUSTIN BUTLER; Elvis
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
EMMA MACKEY
MAKE UP & HAIR
ELVIS; Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulston, Shane Thomas
DIRECTOR
EDWARD BERGER; All Quiet on the Western Front
PRODUCTION DESIGN
BABYLON; Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN; Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE; Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy, Cara Speller, Hannah Minghella
BRITISH SHORT FILM
AN IRISH GOODBYE; Tom Berkeley, Ross White
COSTUME DESIGN
ELVIS; Catherine Martin
SOUND
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT; Lars Ginzsel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil, Markus Stemler
ORIGINAL SCORE
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT; Volker Bertelmann
DOCUMENTARY
NAVALNY; Daniel Roher, Diane Becker, Shane Boris, Melanie Miller, Odessa Rae
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER; Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN; Martin McDonagh
ANIMATED FILM
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO; Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
AFTERSUN; Charlotte Wells (Writer/Director)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT; James Friend
EDITING
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE; Paul Rogers
CASTING
ELVIS; Nikki Barrett, Denise Chamian
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT; Edward Berger, Malte Grunert
SUPPORTING ACTOR
BARRY KEOGHAN; The Banshees of Inisherin
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
KERRY CONDON; The Banshees of Inisherin
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT; Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell