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FOUND: 3 - What They Never Told You

Sinners star says Baftas Tourettes debacle cast a ‘shadow’ over her award win

‘We’d been told that it was a family-friendly show at 7pm - So how could it possibly have been left in?’ says the actor after a racial slur was included in the broadcast of the ceremony

The Independent UK

Wunmi Mosaku: ‘It’s been very difficult’ since incident at Bafta film awards

The actress said that the events around the awards ceremony have cast a ‘shadow’ over her win.

Evening Standard

Years Later, Ariana DeBose Reflected On Jamie Lee Curtis Defending Her Viral BAFTAs Rap

Jamie Lee, you really are all of us.

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Oscars 2026: Who will win, who should win, and who shoulda had a look-in

OSCARS 2026: Are we set for a ‘Sinners’ sweep? Or is ‘One Battle After Another’ going to win the war? Has Jessie Buckley’s anti-cat crusade ruined her chances? Or have we all been thinking about the Oscars too long? Adam White predicts who will reign supreme in the show’s major…

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BBC chief tells MPs he ‘profoundly regrets’ Baftas slur airing

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BBC’s outgoing director-general ‘profoundly regrets’ Bafta racial slur incident

‘I’d like to make clear: although the racial slur was symptomatic of a disability and an involuntary tic, it should never have been broadcast,’ says Tim Davie

The Independent UK

Tim Davie says the BBC ‘profoundly regrets’ racial slur incident at Baftas

The incident happened during the award ceremony on February 22.

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‘Did I just hear what I thought I heard?’: Sinners’ Delroy Lindo on Bafta N-word controversy

The actor says he had only ‘a nanosecond’ to process the racial slur shouted during the Baftas as the BBC described the errors that led to its broadcast

The Guardian - UK

(Fur)balls: Jessie Buckley sparks purr-fect storm over cat story

A recently resurfaced interview saw the ‘Hamnet’ star admit to making her husband rehome his pets

The Independent UK

Delroy Lindo shares what he thought for ‘nanosecond’ after hearing Baftas racial slur

‘Sinners’ actor was presenting an award when Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson experienced a tic

The Independent UK

I Swear to Materialists: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

The brilliant film about Tourette syndrome that got lost in the recent Baftas fallout, and Dakota Johnson gets caught up in a love triangle between Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal

The Guardian - UK

Delroy Lindo breaks silence on BAFTA n-word controversy

After being confronted with the racial slur while presenting an honour at the film award ceremony, actor Delroy Lindo has told how he processed the BAFTA n-word incident in a “nanosecond”.

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Who will win at the Oscars? AP’s film writers make their predictions

The Oscar race has tightened after surprise wins at the Actor Awards, and Associated Press Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle say the top prizes now look less settled

The Independent UK

Emma Stone's BAFTA Slim Look Sparks Ozempic Speculation, Comparisons to Ariana Grande, Demi Moore

When Stone appeared on the red carpet at the 2026 BAFTA Awards, her appearance quickly became a talking point online.

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Alan Cumming Takes on the BAFTAs Controversy: “We were all let down by decisions made”

The event's host is speaking out.

The Independent UK

Game of Thrones movie reportedly in the works with Star Wars writer onboard

‘House of Cards’ showrunner Beau Willimon, who also wrote for Star Wars series ‘Andor,’ has reportedly written the script

The Guardian - UK

Baftas host Alan Cumming criticises BBC for ‘broadcasting slurs and censoring free speech’

‘What should have been an evening celebrating diversity and inclusion turned into a trauma-triggering shitshow,’ says host after racial epithet was left in the broadcast

Evening Standard

Alan Cumming apologises after BAFTA racial slur broadcast by BBC: 'Trauma triggering s***show'

‘I’m so sorry for all the pain Black people have felt at hearing that word echoed around the world’

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The Independent UK

Alan Cumming apologises for Bafta’s ‘trauma-triggering’ racial slur debacle

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Alan Cumming apologises for 'trauma triggering' BAFTAs

BAFTAs host Alan Cumming has issued an apology for the ceremony turning into a "trauma triggering s***show" after Tourette's campaigner John Davidson involuntarily blurted out the N-word while Sinners co-stars Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan were onstage presenting a prize.

The Independent UK

‘We were all let down’: Baftas host Alan Cumming criticises BBC for airing racial slur

‘We were all let down by decisions made,’ actor and ‘Traitors US’ presenter says

Evening Standard

Alan Cumming on ‘trauma triggering’ Bafta film awards – ‘We were all let down’

The BBC and Bafta have apologised for the incident at the film ceremony.

The Guardian - UK

What the Baftas N-word controversy revealed about disability and race

Letters: Readers on the Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson’s tic during the awards ceremony and the aftermath

Evening Standard

SNL faces backlash over ‘shameful’ Tourette’s sketch inspired by Baftas slur incident

‘This is honestly gross and punching down in the worst possible way’, said one critic

The Guardian - UK

Sinners star Wunmi Mosaku says Baftas win was ‘tainted’ by N-word incident

Actor has ‘no hard feeling’ towards Tourette activist John Davidson, but says BBC’s failure to edit out slurs kept her awake at night and brought tears to her eyes

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