Can we please talk? There's an ongoing outcry over John Davidson, the Tourette syndrome campaigner portrayed with empathy by double BAFTA recipient Robert Aramayo in the movie I Swear, and his unfortunate, involuntary eruption of the most offensive racial slur when Sinners stars Michael B Jordan and…

Tourette Syndrome campaigner John Davidson has issued a statement after his racial slur at the BAFTA Film Awards dominated the aftermath of the ceremony. Read the statement in full below. In a statement released this afternoon, Davidson said he was “deeply mortified if anyone considers my…

BAFTA has released its first statement addressing last night's incident when a racial slur was used when Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage. Read the statement in full below. "We take full responsibility for putting our guests in a very difficult situation, and we apologise to…

In the build-up to the BAFTA Film Awards, Deadline revealed how the BBC was desperate to avoid repeating the Glastonbury Festival meltdown that followed Bob Vylan's "death to the IDF" chant. A few days on, and the British national broadcaster finds itself firefighting an issue that has echoes of…

Delroy Lindo told Vanity Fair magazine, following the BAFTA Film Awards, that he wishes a representative for the awards body had reached out to him and Michael B. Jordan after the N-word was shouted out as they presented an award on stage at Sunday night’s ceremony. Speaking about the incident…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has joined a chorus of congratulatory messages for the team behind coming of age-of-tale Boong for its BAFTA win in the Children and Family category on Sunday evening. "Congratulations to all those associated with this film. This is indeed a moment of immense…

The BBC has apologized and removed from iPlayer the BAFTA Film Awards after initially failing to cut a racial slur involuntarily shouted by an audience member with Tourette syndrome. During the event, Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson, who is the subject of biopic I Swear, shouted involuntary…

Sinners production designer Hannah Beachler has criticized Alan Cumming’s on-stage apology after the N-word was shouted by a Tourette’s campaigner during the BAFTA Film Awards. Cumming briefly paused the ceremony twice to acknowledge the involuntary shouting from Tourette syndrome campaigner…

My Father's Shadow filmmakers Wale Davies and Akinola Davies Jr. won the BAFTA Film Award for outstanding British debut on Sunday, but the BBC cut a section of their acceptance speech. Davies Jr.’s closed his winner’s remarks by dedicating the Outstanding Debut for a British Writer, Director or…

The one very predictable thing about the just-ended BAFTA Film Awards in London is that Paul Thomas Anderson simply cannot be beat. Starting with the Gothams and continuing through every other awards ceremony, at least the ones you have heard of, at the…

While Robert Aramayo’s BAFTA Best Actor win for I, Swear surprised many, there was discussion before the awards that it could come to pass. Marty Supreme pitching a record-equalling shutout was another surprise, but there was a clear path for it happening. However, on a night when BAFTA…

Robert Aramayo proved to be the surprise package of the BAFTA Film Awards, stealing the thunder of Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet to win Best Leading Actor. The English actor, who stars in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, won the prize for his portrayal of Tourette syndrome…