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It's awards season and coming up on Sunday the 13th of February 2011 we welcome the BAFTAs to our television screens. It's funny because I was actually asked how I felt about that BAFTAs today in my French conversation lesson and the question took me completely off guard, I mean I'd never really thought about it. What I can say is it's a very glamorous and expensive event. Tensions run high as some of the world's most famous actors and actresses compete for those kind-of-creepy-looking awards. My friend said that it was all a waste of time and money and was altogether a very vain event but I disagree. There are some films that are truly inspirational, for example, 127 hours and the King's Speech, they are true stories, surely it's not a waste of time to congratulate the actor's on their exquisite performances? In my opinion at the BAFTAs those not-so-good-movies-but-boy-is-that-actor-hot movies are separated from the truly brilliant. So some people tune in just to see what all the celebs are wearing but for those of you who are actually interested in which movies were actually the best here are some of the nominees:

BEST FILM

BLACK SWAN - Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin

INCEPTION - Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan

THE KING’S SPEECH - Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin

THE SOCIAL NETWORK - Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Céan Chaffin

TRUE GRIT - Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM 127 HOURS - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, Christian Colson, John Smithson ANOTHER YEAR - Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe FOUR LIONS - Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Mark Herbert, Derrin Schlesinger THE KING’S SPEECH - Tom Hooper, David Seidler, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, MADE IN DAGENHAM - Nigel Cole, William Ivory, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley DIRECTOR 127 HOURS - Danny Boyle BLACK SWAN - Darren Aronofsky INCEPTION - Christopher Nolan THE KING’S SPEECH - Tom Hooper THE SOCIAL NETWORK - David Fincher   LEADING ACTOR JAVIER BARDEM - Biutiful JEFF BRIDGES - True Grit JESSE EISENBERG - The Social Network COLIN FIRTH - The King’s Speech JAMES FRANCO - 127 Hours LEADING ACTRESS ANNETTE BENING - The Kids Are All Right JULIANNE MOORE - The Kids Are All Right NATALIE PORTMAN - Black Swan NOOMI RAPACE - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo HAILEE STEINFELD - True Grit SUPPORTING ACTOR CHRISTIAN BALE - The Fighter ANDREW GARFIELD - The Social Network PETE POSTLETHWAITE - The Town MARK RUFFALO - The Kids Are All Right GEOFFREY RUSH - The King’s Speech SUPPORTING ACTRESS AMY ADAMS - The Fighter HELENA BONHAM CARTER - The King’s Speech BARBARA HERSHEY - Black Swan LESLEY MANVILLE - Another Year MIRANDA RICHARDSON - Made in Dagenham SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS ALICE IN WONDERLAND BLACK SWAN HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 INCEPTION TOY STORY 3 ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD GEMMA ARTERTON ANDREW GARFIELD TOM HARDY AARON JOHNSON EMMA STONE Anyone seeing a recurring theme? Hmm... Seems like 127 hours, Black Swan, Incepetion and The King's Speech are the ones to look out for. Let's not forget about TV! Ok so I haven't actually researched which shows are up for nomination yet but I'm disappointed every year when Home and Away doesn't win an award. I genuinely think it's the best soap out there. It's a lot more child-friendly and less disturbing than British soaps such as Eastenders and Hollyoaks (have to say at some point or another I have been drawn in to watching those too) and I really want them to win an award here in the UK!