Sacha Baron Cohenin wheelchair stunt as he is honoured at the BAFTA-LA’s Britannia Awards, while Rob Brydon shines as the host of the film awards.
The British film community in Los Angeles kicked off this year’s awards season with BAFTA-LA’s Britannia Awards which featured some of Britain and America’s leading stars.
Hosted by Rob Brydon, who boosted his chances of a Hollywood career by having 1,500 guests at the Beverly Hilton Hotel roaring with laughter, and televised on BBC America, the light-hearted Britannia Awards have established themselves as one of the foremost award shows before the Golden Globes in January and the Oscars in March.
Wine flowed throughout the evening, which started with a VIP party and reception, and the comic tone of the night was set by Brydon with impersonations of how Richard Burton, Anthony Hopkins and Michael Caine would have handled the George Clooney role in Gravity.
The top award, the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for excellence in film, went to George Clooney, who was introduced by Julia Roberts. She said she was chosen for the job because a) Brad Pitt was out of town and b) Matt Damon was in town but unavailable. She described Clooney, with whom she co-starred in the Oceans Eleven films, as “one helluva guy.”
(Credit; Telegraph)
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