BAFTA-related stories
Posted Aug 19th 2009 11:03AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: TV Royalty, OpEd, Video, Awards, Reality-Free

BAFTA (The British Academy of Film and Television Arts)
will be honoring Monty Python on the group's 40th anniversary. The surviving members of Monty Python will receive a special award for outstanding contribution to film and television in October. The event will be co-hosted by the Independent Film Channel and take place in New York.
Excuse me. What? An awards event hosted by a British organization for a British group is taking place in New York? Isn't that somewhat counter-intuitive? Unless IFC is picking up the whole check (which is a distinct possibility), this should be moved to London.
Continue reading BAFTA to honor Monty Python
Posted Jul 6th 2009 5:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Lost, Reality-Free
Lost begins its sixth and final season early next year (filming starts the end of August), and producers
Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof revealed at a BAFTA event that the show will have a definite ending with all of the questions answered, but it won't necessarily be a happy ending. While the ending will be "fair," they say it will also be "bittersweet." We'll have to wait until the new season to see exactly what they mean, but how do you want the show to end?