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Kate Winslet Nominated Twice For Best Actress At BAFTAs

January 15th, 2009 12:29pm EST  Post a comment    3 comments   Add to My News

Kate WinsletTwo-time Golden Globe winner Kate Winslet is set for more glory - she is nominated twice in the best actress category at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards (BAFTAs).

The Titanic star has been given the nod for her performances in Revolutionary Road and The Reader.

Winslet will go up against fellow Brit Kristin Scott Thomas for her role in I've Loved You Too Long, Angelina Jolie for The Changeling, and Meryl Streep for Doubt.

British director Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire - which scooped four Golden Globes this year - has been nominated in eleven categories, including best film, best British film and best director.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button also received eleven nominations, with the film's star Brad Pitt up for best actor alongside Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire), Frank Langella (Frost-Nixon), Sean Penn (Milk), and Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler).

Pitt is also nominated in the best supporting actor category for Burn After Reading alongside the late Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight), Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder), Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt).

The winners will be announced at a ceremony to be held at London's Royal Opera House on February 8.

The main nominees are as follows:

BEST FILM:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost-Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM:
Hunger
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Man on Wire
Slumdog Millionaire

ANIMATED FILM:
Persepolis
Wall-E
Waltz With Bashir

DIRECTOR:
Clint Eastwood - The Changeling
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost-NixonThe Reader
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

LEADING ACTOR:
Frank Langella - Frost-NixonDev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

LEADING ACTRESS:
Angelina Jolie - The Changeling
Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long...
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - The Reader
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Robert Downey Jr.Tropic Thunder
Brendan GleesonIn Bruges
Philip Seymour HoffmanDoubt
Heath LedgerThe Dark Knight
Brad PittBurn After Reading

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Amy AdamsDoubt
Penelope CruzVicky Cristina Barcelona
Freida PintoSlumdog Millionaire
Tilda SwintonBurn After Reading
Marisa TomeiThe Wrestler

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Burn After Reading - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
The Changeling - J. Michael Straczynski
I've Loved You So Long... - Philippe Claudel
In Bruges - Martin McDonagh
Milk - Dustin Lance Black

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth
Frost-Nixon - Peter Morgan
The Reader - David Hare
Revolutionary Road - Justin Haythe
Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy

(This news article provided by World Entertainment News Network)



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