Stars wear black on red carpet at Baftas
Stars dressed all in black descended on London’s Royal Albert Hall for the Bafta film awards last night.
This year’s event echoed the dress theme seen on the United States red carpets in solidarity with anti-sexual harassment campaigns #Metoo and Time’s Up.
More than 200 leading female stars including Emma Thompson and Naomie Harris signed an open letter published yesterday calling for the eradication of sexual harassment across all industries.
Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lawrence and Kristin Scott Thomas were among the stars who wore black to last night’s British Academy Film Awards in support of the Time’s Up movement against sexual harassment and inequality.
The usually colourful red carpet at the annual film awards ceremony in London was flooded with celebrities in black gowns, as guests followed the lead set at the Golden Globes in January by adopting an all-black dress code.
Many attendees also wore Time’ s up pins to show solidarity with the initiative, which was launched in the wake of the entertainment industry’s sexual assault scandal. However there were also those who avoided the blackout, with best actress winner Frances Mcdormand and Israeli model Hofit Golan among those in a different colour.
As she picked up her prize for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Mcdormand referenced her outfit in her speech. She said: “Thank you British film people - as Martin said, I have a little trouble with compliance.” After the audience cheered, she said: “But I want you to know I stand in full solidarity with my sisters tonight in black.”
Bafta host Joanna Lumley praised anti-harassment movements as a continuation
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of the work of the Suffragettes a century ago, at the star-studded awards show. She hailed the “determination to eradicate the abuse of women the world over” as she took to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall, the place which “100 years ago hosted an historic event celebrating the first group of British women to win the vote”.
Stars including Margot Robbie and Timothee Chalamet graced the red carpet in black in support of the #Metoo and Time’s Up campaigns.
Naomie Harris, Gemma Arterton and EE Rising Star nominee Tessa Thompson were among actresses accomlinked panied by activists calling for an end to sexual harassment and abuse of power across all industries.
A feminist group wearing “Time’s Up Theresa” t-shirts stormed the Bafta red carpet to protest against the Government’s Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill.
The Sisters Uncut demonstrators – whose customised t-shirts referenced the entertainment industry’s battle against gender inequality – arms and lined up along the carpet.
More than 200 leading female stars, including Emma Thompson and Naomie Harris, signed an open letter published in a Sunday newspaper calling for the eradication of sexual harassment across all industries. The letter called on the stars to “use our power as communicators and connectors to shift the way society sees and treats us”.
Gary Oldman won best actor for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. Sam Rockwell won the best supporting actor gong for his role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Coming-of-age drama Call Me By Your Name took the adapted screenplay award, while Martin Mcdonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was also named outstanding British film.
Get Out star Daniel Kaluuya won the EE Rising Star award, as voted for by the public.
“I have a little trouble with compliance... But Iwantyoutoknowi stand in full solidarity with my sisters tonight in black”