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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDavid Tennant divided viewers with his opening monologue at the Baftas.As Jo Koy’s disastrous turn at the Golden Globes proved last month, successfully hosting an awards show is no easy feat, but Tennant has managed to win over at least some viewers. The 77th British academy film awards took place on Sunday evening (18 February) at Royal Festival Hall in London, with Hollywood stars…

Baftas 2024 host David Tennant hailed the simultaneous releases of Barbie and Oppenheimer as a turning point for cinema.The two films both came out in the UK on 21 January 2023, prompting the widespread use of the portmanteau to refer to the cultural phenomenon surrounding their release.Barbie and Oppenheimer have since grossed $1.44bn and $954m respectively.Speaking from the red carpet ahead of Sunday’s (18 February) ceremony, the Doctor Who star, 52, said: “It almost marked a return to going out... we had those very odd…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDavid Tennant is about to host one of the most-watched award shows in Britain, but he shouldn’t be too worried. Expectations for this Sunday’s Baftas are low – a faint echo of last year’s mortifying Ariana DeBose female empowerment rap, is still likely haunting your ears. That said, Tennant – tall, Scottish, your favourite Doctor if you’re a Whovian of quality – is a steady yet…

The doctor knows it best! David Tennant is keeping a track on things he should be joking about as he gears up to host the Bafta film awards this weekend. Speaking with Variety ahead of the ceremony on February 18, the Doctor Who actor shared that he is definitely not making a joke on singer Taylor Swift, which is a lesson he learnt from the recent stir created at the Golden Globes. (Also read: Taylor Swift likely made an early exit from Golden Globes post award loss and Jo Koy joke, fans say ‘she’s so real')…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDavid Tennant has revealed one of the biggest hosting no-nos he gleaned from Jo Koy’s Golden Globes presenting disaster. The Doctor Who star, 52, will host the 77th annual British Academy Film Awards on Sunday (18 February) from London’s Royal Festival Hall.When asked if he had any nerves about the forthcoming gig – especially given Koy’s poorly received performance at the January…

How do you face the challenge of being this year’s Bafta host? practicalpanicI don’t currently feel particularly challenged because everything’s written down for me and I don’t have to worry about winning – or not winning – an award. If it was the first night of a play, I’d be curled up in a corner in the foetal position. But the fact that it’s not my day job certainly feels liberating. Who knows why they asked me; I must have been pretty far down the list. Expectations are pretty much zero. I don’t have anything to…

Screenshot: BBCDavid Tennant is the most popular actor to play the Doctor of the modern era—arguably, brushing up against Tom Baker’s fourth incarnation to be the most popular of them all, full stop—so it’s no surprise that he’s kept slowly but surely returning as Doctor Who celebrates its big birthdays over the last decade. But after coming back as an entirely new Doctor last year, Tennant seems to be very much entering his Retirement Lord era.Why Bitcoin won’t reach $1,000,000 “The door is not any more open than it ever…

The high point of the British film industry’s year, the Bafta film awards, returns on Sunday 18 February. The longlist has already been announced, with Killers of the Flower Moon, Barbie and Oppenheimer leading the count, and the contenders for the rising star award have also been revealed.Hosting the event is a plum job, with Jonathan Ross and Stephen Fry having had the longest stints, dominating most of the 00s and 10s. But everyone from Terry Wogan (minus his Blankety Blank microphone on a stick) to (raises an eyebrow)…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDavid Tennant has been announced as the host of the 2024 Baftas ceremony to be held in London next month. The Baftas will return to the Royal Festival Hall at London’s Southbank Centre on Sunday 18 February. This year’s ceremony will mark the 52-year-old Doctor Who star’s first time hosting the prestigious awards show, which was presented by Richard E Grant and Alison Hammond last…

David Tennant has been named as the new host of the Baftas in his first high-profile hosting engagement.The actor, best known for his work on the TV series Doctor Who, Good Omens and Broadchurch, will take the stage at the Royal Festival Hall for the ceremony on 18 February.After lengthy stints by Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross, the film awards of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts have been hosted by a variety of presenters over the past six years, including Joanna Lumley, Rebel Wilson and, last year, Richard…