The British Academy has revealed its list of nominees for the 2025 film awards. Announced on Wednesday by last year’s BAFTA Rising Star winner Mia McKenna-Bruce and Will Sharpe, star of “The White Lotus” (and also a BAFTA TV award winner in 2020),

Surprises And Snubs: Only five actors are nominated in the Oscars and Screen Actors Guild's acting categories, while the BAFTAs nominate six in each.

Holy smokes, a film that dramatizes the process to choose a Pope leads the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards. “Conclave” earned 12 nominations, beating out the musical about a drug lord getting gender affirming care, “Emilia Pérez,” which had 11. Period drama “The Brutalist” scored nine nominations.

“Conclave” leads the pack of 2025 BAFTA Film Awards nominees with 12 nods, one more than “Emilia Pérez,” which had appeared on the most longlists (15) when they were announced on Jan. 3. Mia McKenna-Bruce and Will Sharpe announced the 2025 nominees live on Wednesday in London.

Hollywood’s awards season has all but come to a rare halt as the wildfires continue to disrupt life and work in the Los Angeles area. There are near daily updates from the Hollywood guilds and organizations that put on awards shows as the industry navigates the ongoing crisis.

The Walt Disney Company was nominated for 10 BAFTA Awards, including six for "A Complete Unknown," starring Timothée Chalamet.

The Kneecap film has received six nominations in the British Film Academy Awards - including in the Outstanding British Film category.

Three wildfires continue to burn in the Los Angeles region, according to Cal Fire. The Palisades and Eaton fires have scorched nearly 40,000 acres, destroying thousands of homes and forcing tens of thousands of evacuations. The fires are 31% and 65% contained, respectively, but authorities said earlier this week that the blazes had little growth.

Nominees for the 2025 Oscars will be announced on Jan. 23 - and one category that’s notoriously difficult to forecast is Best Documentary Feature. The Academy shortlist winnowed down the potential nominees to 15 films,

Directed and produced by Dev Patel, 'Monkey Man' is an action-packed thriller about an ex-convict seeking redemption in a corrupt, chaotic world. The film also tops Rotten Tomatoes Best Reviewed movie,

Chalamet as Dylan... Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunited... and a gorgeous Alpine drama. What are you watching this weekend?