The red carpet is ready, A-list stars are getting glammed up and Richard E Grant and Alison Hammond are good to go. The EE Baftas awards ceremony is taking place on Sunday, February 19, airing on BBC1 and BBC iPlayer at 7pm.
Making their way across the pond, Hollywood's finest have touched down in London to celebrate one of the industry's most celebrated nights of the year with names like Ana de Armas, Angela Bassett, Austin Butler, Baz Luhrmann, Colin Farrell, Paul Mescal, Eddie Redmayne, Emma Thompson, Bill Nighy, Brendan Fraser, Carey Mulligan, Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, Sam Mendes, Viola Davis and the Prince and Princess of Wales - among others - setting foot in Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall (as opposed to its usual spot at the Royal Albert Hall).
And that's just the guests. The presenters of the 25 categories - including best actor and actress, best costume design, best cinematography - are equally as spectacular with names including Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cynthia Erivo, Jamie Dornan, Lily James, Layshana Lynch, Taron Egerton, Martin Freeman and Sir Patrick Stewart.This year, the format of the 76th Bafta Awards is going to be unlike any other: while the first part of the ceremony will be pre-recorded a few hours before it airs on BBC1 at 7pm, the final four categories - EE Rising Star, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Film - will be broadcast live on air.
With film nominations including Elvis (nine), All Quiet on the Western Front (fourteen), Aftersun, The Batman, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Top Gun: Maverick and The Whale (all of which have four nominations) and acting nods for Ana De Armas, Angela Bassett, Austin Butler, Paul Mescal and Colin Farrell (to name a new), it's set to be