Selena Gomez narrowly avoids a presenting gaffe
No presenter desires a John Travolta “Adele Dazeem” second or, worse, a Faye Dunaway “La La Land” flap, and you can see the wheels handing over Gomez’s head as she regarded on the card for the debut by a British author, director or producer award. “I don’t know how to say,” she mentioned quietly from stage, her co-star and co-presenter, Zoe Saldaña, earlier than trying additional down on the cardboard. “Oh, ‘Kneecap,’” she mentioned, quietly including, “Rich” and easily avoiding the writer-director’s final title, Peppiatt.
Jesse Eisenberg’s candy, humorous tribute to his spouse
Jesse Eisenberg began off his greatest screenplay win for “A Real Pain” with some signature, self-deprecating jokes about how neither he, his spouse nor the one that sat him thought he was going to win. The viewers laughed loudly when he mentioned that’s why his spouse didn’t attend the ceremony. However he rapidly turned honest, providing a touching tribute to his spouse, Anna Strout, whom he credited with serving to him be taught in regards to the world round him. “You’ve put every worthwhile thought into my head over the last 20 years,” Eisenberg mentioned. “I love you so much.”
Zoe Saldaña’s teary, fierce speech
Maybe Saldaña was feeling the stress of “Emilia Pérez’s” diminished Oscar desires two days earlier than voting closes. Or perhaps she was simply actually overwhelmed to win the perfect supporting actress BAFTA. Regardless, she let her feelings present in a teary and intense speech, during which she poked enjoyable at her personal incapacity to do an excellent British accent, shouted out her make-up artist as her closest confidant and made a case for the movie.
“Films are supposed to change hearts and challenge minds, and I hope, I hope that ‘Emilia Pérez’ did something like this,” she mentioned. “Voices need to be heard, just not my English accent. Bye, guys.”