Sinead O’Connor admitted to hospital for depression
UK Today News: Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has been admitted to hospital following some recent incidences of her on and off marriage. The singer has been admitted for the treatment of her depression.
O’Connor said that she expects to spend at least two weeks with the doctors with a view to get back smiling . The singer showed confidence in the team under whom she is being treated and says that they will put her back together.
Sinead has been married to her fourth husband for two months and had almost given up her marriage with Barry Herridge. The singer revealed that her marriage to Barry ran in to trouble just three hours after the wedding.
O’Connor has always been open about talking about her mental health problems and once asked for referrals to a psychiatrist on Twitter. Reports say that the “Jump in the River” singer had even attempted suicide earlier this month. The singer has always expressed her every emotion on the social networking site.
On January 17, 2012 Sinead revealed that she is going off radar while she seeks treatment and that it was the right decision to call hospital. O’Connor is also due to release her long anticipated ninth studio album ‘How About I BE Me (And You Be You) on February 20, 2012.
BAFTA 2012 – The Artist, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy grab maximum nominations
UK Today News: The nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) have been announced on January 17, 2012. BAFTA awards have been seen as the British equivalent of the Academy Awards due to which they are certainly of great importance in the UK and every film wants to be a winner of these gongs.
The already popular silent film ‘The Artist’ has grabbed the maximum of 12 nominations this year, which includes the Best Picture. This year’s BAFTA nominations have got some surprises too with ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ receiving 11 nominations which include Best Leading actor, Best Picture and Best director.
‘Drive’ has been included in the Best Picture category. Actress Carey Mulligan has also been nominated for the Best Supporting actress for ‘Drive’.
Martin Scorsese has been nominated for Best director for ‘Hugo’. The film maker has also been nominated for his work in the documentary ‘George Harrison: Living In The Material World’. Scorsese will also be receiving the BAFTA’s Academy Fellowship, which is no less than a lifetime achievement award. It will also be interesting to see if that will affect his chances to win the Best Director’s trophy. But this year ‘The Artist’ is surely going to dominate the award ceremony.
The BAFTA Award ceremony will be held on February 12, 2012, which is just two weeks before the 2012 Academy Awards event.
The complete list of the BAFTA Film Award nominations in 2011. (Courtesy: Bafta.org press release)
BEST FILM
THE ARTIST Thomas Langmann
THE DESCENDANTS Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
DRIVE Marc Platt, Adam Siegel
THE HELP Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Simon Curtis, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, Adrian Hodges
SENNA Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Manish Pandey
SHAME Steve McQueen, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Abi Morgan
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Tomas Alfredson, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo,
Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Lynne Ramsay, Luc Roeg, Jennifer Fox, Robert Salerno,
Rory Stewart Kinnear
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
ATTACK THE BLOCK Joe Cornish (Director/Writer)
BLACK POND Will Sharpe (Director/Writer), Tom Kingsley (Director), Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer)
CORIOLANUS Ralph Fiennes (Director)
SUBMARINE Richard Ayoade (Director/Writer)
TYRANNOSAUR Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
INCENDIES Denis Villeneuve, Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
PINA Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel
POTICHE François Ozon, Eric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer
A SEPARATION Asghar Farhadi
THE SKIN I LIVE IN Pedro Almodóvar, Agustin Almodóvar
DOCUMENTARY
GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD Martin Scorsese
PROJECT NIM James Marsh, Simon Chinn
SENNA Asif Kapadia
ANIMATED FILM
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN Steven Spielberg
ARTHUR CHRISTMAS Sarah Smith
RANGO Gore Verbinski
DIRECTOR
THE ARTIST Michel Hazanavicius
DRIVE Nicolas Winding Refn
HUGO Martin Scorsese
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Tomas Alfredson
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Lynne Ramsay
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE ARTIST Michel Hazanavicius
BRIDESMAIDS Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
THE GUARD John Michael McDonagh
THE IRON LADY Abi Morgan
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Woody Allen
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE DESCENDANTS Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
THE HELP Tate Taylor
THE IDES OF MARCH George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
MONEYBALL Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan
LEADING ACTOR
BRAD PITT Moneyball
GARY OLDMAN Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
GEORGE CLOONEY The Descendants
JEAN DUJARDIN The Artist
MICHAEL FASSBENDER Shame
LEADING ACTRESS
BÉRÉNICE BEJO The Artist
MERYL STREEP The Iron Lady
MICHELLE WILLIAMS My Week with Marilyn
TILDA SWINTON We Need to Talk About Kevin
VIOLA DAVIS The Help
SUPPORTING ACTOR
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER Beginners
JIM BROADBENT The Iron Lady
JONAH HILL Moneyball
KENNETH BRANAGH My Week with Marilyn
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN The Ides of March
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
CAREY MULLIGAN Drive
JESSICA CHASTAIN The Help
JUDI DENCH My Week with Marilyn
MELISSA MCCARTHY Bridesmaids
OCTAVIA SPENCER The Help
ORIGINAL MUSIC
THE ARTIST Ludovic Bource
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
HUGO Howard Shore
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Alberto Iglesias
WAR HORSE John Williams
CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE ARTIST Guillaume Schiffman
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Jeff Cronenweth
HUGO Robert Richardson
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Hoyte van Hoytema
WAR HORSE Janusz Kaminski
EDITING
THE ARTIST Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
DRIVE Mat Newman
HUGO Thelma Schoonmaker
SENNA Gregers Sall, Chris King
TINKER TAILOR SOLIDER SPY Dino Jonsater
PRODUCTION DESIGN
THE ARTIST Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
HUGO Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald
WAR HORSE Rick Carter, Lee Sandales
COSTUME DESIGN
THE ARTIST Mark Bridges
HUGO Sandy Powell
JANE EYRE Michael O’Connor
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Jill Taylor
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Jacqueline Durran
MAKE UP & HAIR
THE ARTIST Julie Hewett, Cydney Cornell
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin
HUGO Morag Ross, Jan Archibald
THE IRON LADY Marese Langan
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Jenny Shircore
SOUND
THE ARTIST Nadine Muse, Gérard Lamps, Michael Krikorian
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 James Mather, Stuart Wilson, Stuart Hilliker, Mike Dowson, Adam Scrivener
HUGO Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY John Casali, Howard Bargroff, Doug Cooper, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley
WAR HORSE Stuart Wilson, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Richard Hymns
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN Joe Letteri
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, David Vickery
HUGO Rob Legato, Ben Grossman, Joss Williams
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White
WAR HORSE Ben Morris, Neil Corbould
SHORT ANIMATION
ABUELAS Afarin Eghbal, Kasia Malipan, Francesca Gardiner
BOBBY YEAH Robert Morgan
A MORNING STROLL Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe
SHORT FILM
CHALK Martina Amati, Gavin Emerson, James Bolton, Ilaria Bernardini
MWANSA THE GREAT Rungano Nyoni, Gabriel Gauchet
ONLY SOUND REMAINS Arash Ashtiani, Anshu Poddar
PITCH BLACK HEIST John Maclean, Gerardine O’Flynn
TWO AND TWO Babak Anvari, Kit Fraser, Gavin Cullen
THE ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
ADAM DEACON
CHRIS HEMSWORTH
CHRIS O’DOWD
EDDIE REDMAYNE
TOM HIDDLESTON
BMW recalls MINI Cooper S models in the UK
UK Today News: German luxury car maker BMW has recently called back more than 29,800 of its Mini Cooper S and Mini John Cooper Works cars in Britain. The cars have been recalled after the detection of a potential fault in an engine water pump.
The recall of the cars worldwide applies to the 2006-11 Mini Cooper S and John Cooper Works models. The cars have been recalled after the quality control checks spotted a fault with an additional water pump fitted in each vehicle.
The company released an official statement in which it mentioned that the water pump is drawing residual heat out of the turbo charger after the engine has been switched off and this prevents carbon build-up of the oil in the bearing.
In cases of high operating temperatures, an electro migration can occur at the circuit board, which is installed in the additional water pump. The statement further added that the electro migration is caused by plastic additives in conjunction with the high temperatures and can also lead to a failure of the additional water pump. Moreover, this can also lead to smouldering and the possibility of fire cannot be ruled out. The company clarified that there have been no accidents and injuries related to the issue.
Ricki Gervais says he will never host Golden Globe Awards again
UK Today News: English comedian and actor Ricki Gervais, who is the star of the 2012 Golden Globe Awards, has reportedly stated that he never wants to host the awards ceremony ever again. Gervais described his experience as a ‘parachute jump’.
The British comedian hosted the 2012 Golden Globe Awards this year for the third time. Gervais also got in to a controversy after a series of a near-the–knuckle remarks on some of the biggest names taken in Hollywood. This year, the ‘Ghost Town’ actor was criticized for not being funny enough. One of the critics also stated that his performance felt ‘forced and heavy handed’.
In response to the criticism, Gervais wrote on his blog that he had a blast, but he did not want it to do it again and has instructed his agent to never to let him be persuaded to host the Golden Globe Awards again as it is like a parachute jump. The host added that he enjoyed it in retrospect when one realises that that it was quite an amazing experience.
Ricki rose to fame as the star as well as co-creator of the BBC sitcom ‘The Office’. The actor said that the audience thought that his gags only seemed rude and nasty, but were actually not scary.
Russell Brand and Katy Perry to meet in Los Angeles
UK Today News: British comedian and actor Russell Brand, who recently announced his split from his wife Katy Perry, has flown down to Los Angeles where he will be meeting his estranged wife. Reports say that the couple is meeting to discuss the terms of their divorce, which was announced during the holiday season.
One of the close friends of the comedian said that he has agreed to meet her for the last time and wants to sort things out and finalize the divorce. The possessions of the actor have been moving out in removal trucks from the house where they lived.
Russell will now be renting a new place. The ‘Get Him To The Greek’ actor was also supposed to be in Los Angeles for the Golden Globes Awards ceremonh, so it was the ideal time to meet Perry. While Russell is determined to move on, Perry says that she still loves him and still has hopes that they might get back together.
Neither of them have made an official announcement about the meeting, but friends of the couple say that Perry’s parents contacted Russell. Perry reportedly is doing OK under the circumstances, but this has been a tough road for her. Perry’s parents sent Russell a text message telling him that he is in their thoughts and that they love him.
BAFTA hosts tea party for nominees of 2012 Golden Globe Awards
UK Today News: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) recently hosted a tea party for the nominees of the 2012 Golden Globe Awards. The 18th Annual Awards Season tea party, which has become some sort of awards ceremony ritual, was hosted by the Los Angeles branch of the BAFTA.
Neil Stiles, the chairman of the BAFTA/LA, welcomed the guests and implored them to raise their glasses and wished all those who were nominated the ‘Best of British luck’. The stars who attended the tea party included Hugo stars Sir Ben Kingsley, Asa Butterfield and Chloe Grace Moretz, The Artists stars Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo and Ideas of March star Evan Rachel Wood as well as War Horse star Emily Watson.
Kenneth Branagh, who has been nominated in the supporting actor category, said that the BAFTA tea party is a part of the road to the Golden Globes. Branagh added that one enjoys every bit of the journey that marks the way.
The actor also said that there is a little ritual for getting ready for the night and the day is a long preparation, so by the time one gets inside the room no one can help but be swept up with adrenaline.
The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 15, 2012.
Kelly Rowland shops for green babygro for Beyonce’s baby
UK Today News: American singer and song writer Kelly Rowland was recently spotted shopping for the most popular celeb baby recently born to Beyonce and hubby Jay-Z. The X-Factor judge was seen shopping for a green babygro with Bob Marley’s face on it.
Rowland picked the babygro at a store in New York and the same item can be found on other another store’s website . The shopkeeper was keen on wrapping the jumpsuit in pink paper while the singer looked around the store and checked out other baby stuff.
Kelly looked like she was in a hurry while leaving the store, probably she was off to see the new born baby of her former band ‘Destiny’s Child’ . Meanwhile, Beyonce was accompanied by her husband at the Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan.
To visit the new baby, Kelly will have to go through various security checks. Reports say that the new parents spent £1.3 million to seal and redecorate a whole wing at the hospital. The refurbishment of the hospital also included bullet proof doors. Already Beyonce and Jay-Z have spent £ 1 million on their daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. The new parents have also spent on a nursery, a diamond-encrusted high chair and other extravagant goodies for their newborn.
Britons aboard capsized Cruise ship Costa Concordia off Italy coast
UK Today News: Many Britain Nationals are feared to be on board the cruise ship which has ran aground away from the Italian coast. Three people are already reported as dead after the Costa Concordia hit a sandbar on January 13, 2012 near the island of Giglo.
According to the Foreign Office, it is still unclear how many Britain nationals were among the 3,200 passengers. A phone line has been set up for the people who are worried about their relatives who were on board.
Reports say that the number of Britons on board is expected to be in the tens. Some of the people even swam ashore or managed to climb the lifeboats, but still the rescue teams are still checking out the cabins.
The cruise ship also had British entertainers and dancers among the 1000 crew. Sandra Cook ‘s daughter Kristy is also said to be one of the British dancers who was working on the ship, but managed to climb one of the life boats. Fabio Costa, who was one of the workers on the ship said that all of a sudden they all felt that they hit some thing and everything started to fall and everyone started to panic and run.
Kate Winslet reunites with Leonardo DiCaprio for Titanic 3D
UK Today News: Popular and the good looking onscreen couple Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio will once again be seen promoting for the 3D version of the block buster Hollywood flick ‘Titanic’. The British actress and DiCaprio will be seen together this spring for the movie by James Cameron.
The movie ‘Titanic’ was released 15 years back and is now all set to entertain the audience with its 3D version. Winslet also played Ophelia on Kenneth Branagh’s screen version of Hamlet in the year 1996.
Since then, the actress and Branagh have been friends and now the actor has roped in the star in the movie based on Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Burrow’s best selling novel ‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. The filming of the movie is expected to start from mid march.
Kate will be seen playing the role of Juliet Ashton, who wrote columns for a magazine during the time of World War II.
On January 11, 2012, the actress saw the ‘Titanic 3D’ footage and is likely to attend the premiere of the movie in London during late March. DiCaprio has also seen the footage of the movie last year, who was then knocked out by his leading lady. The producer of ‘Titanic’ revealed that when Kate first auditioned for the movie, she sent the director a note along with a rose.
Kate Bush fan breaks in to Devon residence with engagement ring
UK Today News: British singer and song writer was recently greeted by an obsessive fan who came down from New York to UK and broke in to the house of the singer to propose her. Moreover, the fan also had an expensive £3,000 engagement ring to present it to the singer.
The incident happened on the day of Christmas and surfaced only on January 14, 2012. The alleged fan has been identified as Frank Tufaro and has been arrested by the police from the star’s residence in Devon on Boxing day.
The 53-year-old singer is best known for a string of hits in the 1970′s and the 80′s including ‘The Man With The Child In His Eyes’, ‘Wuthering Heights’ and ‘Babooshka’. Some of the reports also claimed that the fan earlier sent the singer a string of emails in which he had proposed for marriage and later turned up at her residence.
The fan flew from Exeter to London and spent £240 on a taxi while he directed the taxi driver with the help of the satellite co-ordinates that he had downloaded from the internet that were cross referenced with maps. Tufaro said that he feels so connected to her and that he feels like protecting and loving her.
