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London [UK], January 18 (ANI): The nominations for the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards have been announced. And as expected, Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ led nominations, securing 13 nods. Yorgos Lanthimos’ black-comedy science fantasy Poor Things also grabbed the top spot in the list as it earned 11 nods. As per The Hollywood Reporter, ‘Oppenheimer’, which had earned 15 mentions on the BAFTA longlists unveiled earlier this month, is competing for British Academy honors in such categories as best film, director (for Nolan), adapted screenplay, as well as for best leading actor (Cillian Murphy), best-supporting actress (Emily Blunt) and best-supporting actor (Robert Downey Jr.), among others.Poor Things is nominated for such honors as Best Film, outstanding British Film (for Lanthimos and others), Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as Best Leading Actress (Emma Stone). Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’, one of the highest-grossing films of 2023, fell short. It secured nomination in only five categories.

The final winners will be unveiled and presented with their awards at the 77th BAFTA Film Awards ceremony, set to take place Sunday, February 18, at London’s Royal Festival Hall, which serves as the ceremony’s venue for the second year in a row after several years at Royal Albert Hall. In India, the awards will be streaming live on Lionsgate Play. Scottish actor David Tennant (Doctor Who, Inside Man) will host this year’s awards ceremony. See the full list of nominations for the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards below.

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER”Blue Bag Life” — Lisa Selby (Director), Rebecca Lloyd-Evans (Director, Producer), Alex Fry (Producer)”Bobi Wine: The People’s President” — Christopher Sharp (Director) [also directed Moses Bwayo]”Earth Mama” — Savanah Leaf (Writer, Director, Producer), Shirley O’Connor (Producer), Medb Riordan (Producer)”How to Have Sex” — Molly Manning Walker (Writer, Director)”Is There Anybody Out There?” — Ella Glendining (Director)ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY”Anatomy of a Fall” — Justine Triet, Arthur Harari”Barbie” — Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach”The Holdovers” — David Hemingson”Maestro” — Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer”Past Lives” — Celine SongADAPTED SCREENPLAY”All of Us Strangers,” Andrew Haigh”American Fiction,” Cord Jefferson”Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan”Poor Things,” Tony McNamara”The Zone of Interest,” Jonathan GlazerFILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE”20 Days in Mariupol” — Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson Rath”Anatomy of a Fall” — Justine Triet, Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion”Past Lives” — Celine Song, David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon”Society of the Snow” — J.A. Bayona, Belen Atienza”The Zone of Interest” — Jonathan GlazerANIMATED FILM”The Boy and the Heron” — Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki”Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” — Sam Fell, Leyla Hobart, Steve Pegram”Elemental” — Peter Sohn, Denise Ream”Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” — Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Avi Arad, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Christina SteinbergDIRECTOR”All of Us Strangers,” Andrew Haigh”Anatomy of a Fall,” Justine Triet”The Holdovers,” Alexander Payne”Maestro,” Bradley Cooper”Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan”The Zone of Interest,” Jonathan GlazerSUPPORTING ACTRESSEmily Blunt, “Oppenheimer”Danielle Brooks, “The Color Purple”Claire Foy, “All of Us Strangers”Sandra Huller, “The Zone of Interest,”Rosamund Pike, “Saltburn”Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”SUPPORTING ACTORRobert De Niro, “Killers of the Flower Moon”Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer”Jacob Elordi, “Saltburn”Ryan Gosling, “Barbie”Paul Mescal, “All of Us Strangers”Dominic Sessa, “The Holdovers”LEADING ACTRESSFantasia Barrino, “The Color Purple”Sandra Huller, “Anatomy of a Fall”Carey Mulligan, “Maestro”Vivian Oparah, “Rye Lane”Margot Robbie, “Barbie”Emma Stone, “Poor Things”LEADING ACTORBradley Cooper, “Maestro”Colman Domingo, “Rustin”Paul Giamatti, “The Holdovers”Barry Keoghan, “Saltburn”Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”Teo Yoo, “Past Lives”OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM”All of Us Strangers” — Andrew Haigh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Sarah Harvey”How to Have Sex” — Molly Manning Walker, Emily Leo, Ivana MacKinnon, Konstantinos Kontovrakis”Napoleon” — Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam, Kevin J. Walsh, David Scarpa”The Old Oak” — Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty”Poor Things” — Yorgos Lanthimos, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone, Tony McNamara”Rye Lane” — Raine Allen-Miller, Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Damian Jones, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia”Saltburn” — Emerald Fennell, Josey McNamara, Margot Robbie”Scrapper” — Charlotte Regan, Theo Barrowclough”Wonka” — Paul King, Alexandra Derbyshire, David Heyman, Simon Farnaby”The Zone of Interest” — Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson, Ewa PuszczynskaBEST FILM”Anatomy of a Fall” — Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion”The Holdovers” — Mark Johnson”Killers of the Flower Moon” — Dan Friedkin, Daniel Lupi, Martin Scorsese, Bradley Thomas”Oppenheimer” — Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas”Poor Things” — Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrew Lowe, Emma StoneDOCUMENTARY”20 Days in Mariupol” — Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson Rath”American Symphony” — Matthew Heineman, Lauren Domino, Joedan Okun”Beyond Utopia” — Madeleine Gavin, Rachel Cohen, Jana Edelbaum”Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” — Davis Guggenheim, Jonathan King, Annetta Marion”Wham!” — Chris SmithCASTING”All of Us Strangers” — Kahleen Crawford”Anatomy of a Fall” — Cynthia Arra”The Holdovers” — Susan Shopmaker”How to Have Sex” — Isabella Odoffin”Killers of the Flower Moon” — Ellen Lewis, Rene HaynesCINEMATOGRAPHY”Killers of the Flower Moon,” Rodrigo Prieto”Maestro,” Matthew Libatique”Oppenheimer,” Hoyte van Hoytema”Poor Things,” Robbie Ryan”The Zone of Interest,” Lukasz ZalEDITING”Anatomy of a Fall,” Laurent Senechal”Killers of the Flower Moon,” Thelma Schoonmaker”Oppenheimer,” Jennifer Lame”Poor Things,” Yorgos Mavropsaridis”The Zone of Interest,” Paul WattsCOSTUME DESIGN”Barbie,” Jacqueline Durran”Killers of the Flower Moon,” Jacqueline West”Napoleon,” Dave Crossman, Janty Yates”Oppenheimer,” Ellen Mirojnick”Poor Things,” Holly WaddingtonMAKE UPHAIR”Killers of the Flower Moon” — Kay Georgiou, Thomas Nellen”Maestro” — Sian Grigg, Kay Georgiou, Kazu Hiro, Lori McCoy-Bell”Napoleon” — Jana Carboni, Francesco Pegoretti, Satinder Chumber, Julia Vernon”Oppenheimer” — Luisa Abel, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Jason Hamer, Ahou Mofid”Poor Things” — Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, Josh WestonORIGINAL SCORE”Killers of the Flower Moon,” Robbie Robertson”Oppenheimer,” Ludwig Goransson”Poor Things,” Jerskin Fendrix”Saltburn,” Anthony Willis”Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” Daniel PembertonPRODUCTION DESIGN”Barbie” — Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer”Killers of the Flower Moon” — Jack Fisk, Adam Willis”Oppenheimer” — Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman”Poor Things” — Shona Heath, James Price, Zsuzsa Mihalek”The Zone of Interest” — Chris Oddy, Joanna Maria Kus, Katarzyna SikoraSOUND”Ferrari” — Angelo Bonanni, Tony Lamberti, Andy Nelson, Lee Orloff, Bernard Weiser”Maestro” — Richard King, Steve Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder, Dean Zupancic”Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” — Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Chris Munro, Mark Taylor”Oppenheimer” — Willie Burton, Richard King, Kevin O’Connell, Gary A. Rizzo”The Zone of Interest” — Johnnie Burn, Tarn WillersSPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS”The Creator” — Jonathan Bullock, Charmaine Chan, Ian Comley, Jay Cooper”Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3″ — Theo Bialek, Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams”Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” — Neil Corbould, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, Alex Wuttke”Napoleon” — Henry Badgett, Neil Corbould, Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet”Poor Things” — Simon HughesBRITISH SHORT ANIMATION”Crab Day” — Ross Stringer, Bartosz Stanislawek, Aleksandra Sykulak”Visible Mending” — Samantha Moore, Tilley Bancroft”Wild Summon” — Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Jay WoolleyBRITISH SHORT FILM”Festival of Slaps” — Abdou Cisse, Cheri Darbon, George Telfer”Gorka” — Joe Weiland, Alex Jefferson”Jellyfish and Lobster” — Yasmin Afifi, Elizabeth Rufai”Such a Lovely Day” — Simon Woods, Polly Stokes, Emma Norton, Kate Phibbs”Yellow” — Elham Ehsas, Dina Mousawi, Azeem Bhati, Yiannis ManolopoulosEE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)Phoebe DynevorAyo EdebiriJacob ElordiMia McKenna-BruceSophie Wilde (ANI)

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Emirates Dubai 7s 2026: Tickets on sale as festival returns with bigger family zone

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Emirates Dubai 7s is returning to The Sevens Stadium from November 27 to 29, with tickets now on sale for the three-day sports and entertainment festival.

The 2026 edition will bring together international rugby, amateur sports, live music and family entertainment, with organisers promising a bigger programme than previous years.

The festival attracted more than 88,000 visitors in 2025 and will again take place during the final weekend of the Dubai Fitness Challenge.

Ticket prices

Ticket prices for General Admission and Hospitality have stayed the same for a third consecutive year.

Three-day General Admission tickets cost Dh595 per person, while the three-day Family Pass is Dh1,136 for two adults and two children.

Other ticket options

  • Group pass: Dh446 per person for four or more adults
  • Saturday or Sunday: Dh455
  • Friday: Dh75
  • Under 15s: Free
  • People of Determination + carer: Dh375

Tickets can be purchased through the Emirates Dubai 7s website and app.

Bigger family attractions

Family entertainment will get a major boost this year as the UAE celebrates the Year of the Family.

The festival will feature its biggest-ever Kids’ Zone, including the UAE’s largest inflatable kids’ zone, along with a Ferris wheel and zipline. More attractions are expected to be announced ahead of the event.

Six sports and top rugby action

Alongside elite rugby, visitors can watch or take part in competitions across six sports — rugby, netball, cricket, WODON3 fitness, Rebound padel and Gaelic Football.

Gaelic Football will join the festival for the first time in 2026.

The Sevens Stadium will also host the opening round of the HSBC SVNS Series 2027, bringing the world’s leading rugby sevens players to Dubai.

The WODON3 Elite final will take place on Pitch 1 between HSBC SVNS matches, with competitors potentially performing in front of crowds of up to 20,000.

Music all weekend

Live entertainment will run throughout the festival, with local and international artists performing across three days.

Last year’s line-up included Tinie Tempah, Sean Paul and Fisher, while the 2026 headline acts will be announced later.

For a premium experience, The Sunroom returns with all-inclusive food and drinks, shaded seating, prime sporting views and dedicated access. Packages start from Dh1,925 per person.

With sport, music and family attractions packed into one weekend, Emirates Dubai 7s is gearing up for another big Dubai event.

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Dubai launches ‘Dubai+’ family streaming platform to boost digital media and creative economy

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Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Second Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, has approved the launch of Dubai+, a new family-oriented digital media platform, reinforcing Dubai’s ambition to become a global hub for digital media and the creative economy.

The approval came as Sheikh Ahmed chaired the Dubai Media Council’s first meeting of 2026 at Dubai Media, where members reviewed sector strategies and plans to strengthen content creation, innovation and local production capabilities.

What is Dubai+?

Dubai+ will offer a wide range of family-friendly content, bringing together:

  • Local and Emirati productions
  • Arab series and films
  • International entertainment

The platform reflects Dubai Media’s integrated digital ecosystem strategy, responding to shifting viewer habits and the growing demand for high-quality, on-demand digital content.

“We believe media is a strategic force that shapes awareness, supports development and builds trust,” Sheikh Ahmed said. 

Boosting Local Film and Content Production

The Council also reviewed plans to:

  • Enhance local production capabilities
  • Support cinema as a cultural and creative industry
  • Invest in programmes that drive creative and economic growth

Samr Al Marzooqi, Director of Films and Production at the Dubai Media Council, outlined upcoming initiatives aimed at showcasing Emirati and international talent while strengthening Dubai’s film sector.

Next Phase of Growth

Mona Al Marri, Vice Chairperson and Managing Director of the Dubai Media Council, said the next phase will focus on monitoring implementation and ensuring measurable outcomes across the sector.

Secretary General Nehal Badri added that priorities include encouraging private sector participation, accelerating content development, and investing in talent, advanced production technologies and future-ready capabilities.








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DP World ILT20 Crowns ‘Habibi & Habibti’ as mascot winners

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The DP World International League T20 concluded its first-of-its-kind Mascot Design Competition this week. The competition was held from 4 July to 21 September. 

The competition captured the imagination of students across the UAE. With an overwhelming number of entries, the activation demonstrated the extraordinary creativity, enthusiasm, and energy that cricket inspires among young minds, making it a truly nationwide celebration of sport, culture, and community. 

The grand mascot unveiling was held at the Sheikh Rashid Auditorium, Indian High School, Oud Metha. The winning student, Levin Veeroy Fernandes, was officially announced, and his imaginative design (Habibi and Habibti) was transformed into the official mascot of the DP World ILT20, now set to become the face of the league for seasons to come. 

The event featured an exciting reveal ceremony, with the student’s design brought to life and presented in front of a vibrant audience, celebrating not only Levin’s creativity but also the remarkable participation of schools and students across the UAE. 

The DP World ILT20 extends its heartfelt thanks to all participants whose contributions made this initiative a resounding success. Each entry brought unique ideas and perspectives, reinforcing the league’s commitment to inspiring young minds and celebrating the spirit of cricket. 

DP World ILT20 CEO David White: “On behalf of team DP World International League T20, I want to thank all the participants for their efforts. For us, all of you are winners, we are delighted with the interest that the competition created across the UAE. 

“The DP World ILT20 is all about UAE and the development of the sport amongst present and future generations of cricketers. Sport and cricket in particular has helped bring together a number of communities and nationalities across the UAE. Cricket has a four-decade long legacy in the country and with the continued growth of the league, the future of cricket not only in the UAE but across the Gulf region is bright and exciting.”  

Indian High Schools Group CEO Shri Punit MK Vasu: “Our partnership with DP World ILT20 presents a remarkable platform for our learners to witness world-class cricket in Dubai while embracing the deeper lessons the sport imparts.  

“At The Indian High Group of Schools, we uphold the belief that cricket’s enduring spirit fosters respect, discipline, leadership, resilience, teamwork, and composure under pressure, values that cultivate not only accomplished athletes, but also well-rounded, future-ready individuals prepared to lead with integrity, ethics and purpose in a global arena.” 

The DP World International League T20 Season 4 will begin on Tuesday, 2 December – UAE National Day (Eid-Al-Etihad) with a blockbuster opening, the six-team, 34-match tournament will conclude with the final on Sunday, 4 January 2026. 

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