[Sasha here again – yes, Jeff is fine but occupied at the moment]

William Hurt has died at 71 years old of “natural causes,” Variety reports. 

Hurt is fantastic in Lawrence Kasdan’s Body Heat, in which he plays a hapless lawyer in over his head:

[This is actually Sasha Stone posting for Jeff, who is not at his desk at the moment]

Netflix Dominated Awards Weekend, with Jane Campion winning at the DGA, Mitchells and the Machines winning at the Annies and the Power of the Dog topping the BAFTAS, though Dune won the most with five BAFTAs. While Nomadland won Picture and Director last year before going on to win at the Oscars, their recent track record for Best Picture in the era of the expanded ballot hasn’t been that great:

2020-Nomadland/Nomadland
2019-1917/Parasite
2018-Roma/Green Book
2017-Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri/The Shape of Water
2016-La La Land/Moonlight
2015-The Revenant/Spotlight
2014-Boyhood/Birdman
2013-12 Years a Slave/12 Years a Slave
2012-Argo/Argo
2011-The Artist/The Artist
2010-The King’s Speech/The King’s Speech

CODA was a bit of an upset in the Adapted Screenplay category and Licorice Pizza won for Original Screenplay. Will Smith took Best Actor and in the Best Actress category, Joanna Scanlon won for After Love (none of the committee-selected Best Actress contenders were nominated for the Oscar).

The Critics Choice is the next awards show of the weekend, which will be held this evening.

Here are the BAFTA winners:

BEST PICTURE
The Power of the Dog

DIRECTOR
The Power Of The Dog – Jane Campion

LEADING ACTRESS
Joanna Scanlan – After Love

LEADING ACTOR
Will Smith – King Richard

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Belfast

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Drive My Car – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Teruhisa Yamamoto

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Troy Kotsur – CODA

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CODA – Siân Heder