![]() ![]() It was abundantly clear that BAFTA LA doesn’t want franchise finale “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” to slip through the cracks in this season of awards ramp-up. But they also have something else in common: heart.” If you could invent a way to animate George Lucas, you would win a Nobel Prize.” He then presented Lasseter’s clip reel, calling it “Pixar’s pixilated progeny,” and mentioned: “The one thing that all these films have in common: I’m not in them. If you were Japanese you’d be declared a national treasure. Williams opted for notes on paper over the teleprompter, and said, “I am here tonight for John Lasseter, a man I know from Napa. Broccoli Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment, presented by an appreciatively received Robin Williams. ![]() John Lasseter gets his Broccoli served to him by Robin Williamsĭisney/Pixar chief Lasseter received the newly re-named Albert R. The 13 Best Slasher Movies Ever Made, from 'Candyman' to 'Psycho'Īll the Details on 'Hunger Games' Prequel 'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' 'The Fabelmans' TIFF Premiere Changes the Course of the Best Picture Race So, um, I am available and my manager’s there at the table.” Bonham Carter was rocking her signature burlesque-Goth look with “bird’s nest hair” (Mirren’s words!), and credited her father’s motto to her drive and success as an actress: “KBO – which means ‘Keep Buggering On.'” In Bonham Carter’s witty, rambling acceptance speech, she’s “lucky to still be employed,” she said, “particularly at an age when they kind of put you out to pasture,” and, gesturing to a table in the audience: “I do want to carry on acting. It doesn’t get much more badass than Dame Mirren and Bonham Carter onstage together, complimenting one another on their mutual “don’t-give-a-fuckdom.” Mirren presented her “Where Angels Fear to Tread” co-star with the award for British Artist of the Year. Actor Alan Cumming (“The Good Wife”), despite his charming Scottish brogue, made for a wan host compared to such feisty presenters as Helen Mirren, Robin Williams and Robert Downey Jr. The Brit Academy handed out pre-announced achievement awards (read: shorter show, no disappointment hanging in the air) to Warren Beatty, Helena Bonham Carter, John Lasseter, Ben Stiller and David Yates. BAFTA LA’s Britannia Awards at the Beverly Hilton were a bloody good time Wednesday night. ![]()
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