#guardian vol 3 special edition

[tazzy-ace]

Now that I'm out of tunnel vision of reading vol 3 of Guardian, I wanted to share pics of the goodies that came along with the special edition of the novel!

Along with this gorgeous book, the special edition included a sticker sheet, 2 posters, 6 postcards, and a bookmark w/ art on both sides! Click below the break to see all this gorgeous art.

First off the sticker sheet! This art was done by Niroku

They're all so cute! It took me a second to figure out Lin Jing jsksj bc he's bald monk in my mind, but his bun is also very cute. Also we got Ghost face! Aka Mianmian according to @meluci-fer jsksj So pretty and grumpy, get this man (or all of these men jsksjsjs) into therapy

The bookmark is absolutely gorgeous and nicely sturdy with a gloss finish. This art was done by Ruthie/kkcoocool

Past and present, two sides of the same... bookmark jsksj

Next we have the posters! The art for both was done by Butchinelle

These are decent sized posters (10x15 in or about 25.5x38cm) and ah so many gorgeous details. We have Shen San and Wei! And also a fun little swan boat date with Yunlan and Shen Wei (god that hair and those ripped jeans! Yunlan is so hot). I can't wait to hang these both on my walls

Last but not least, postcards! There is the front art of the cards and chibi style art on the back. The front art is the cover art for the 3 volumes and the 3 pieces of color art that have been at the front of each volume. I'll share the front art first and then the chibi art (I didn't notice any in connection between the art on the front and the chibi art on the back but I can post which are on what cards if anyone is curious)

The following art was done by Marmaladica

Thanks to Bai Yu, I always imagine Yunlan with facial hair jsksjs and because of @sagittariusdarkarrow 's amazing editing work he's done of adding little beards, my brain gets confused when first looking at the art like "hmmm, something is missing" 😂

And I'm closing in on the picture limit so I'll add the rest in a reblog!

[dragoncityinteriordesign]

"My coworkers!" I exclaimed aloud as I pulled out the sticker sheet.

Anyway, if you're wondering if the special edition of Guardian vol. 3 with all the extra stuff is worth it, the answer is yes. And if you're wondering if I'm going to put these up around my workspace like the dignified professional I am, the answer is also yes.

[dual-domination]

Guardian vol 3 Special Edition 💚💚💚

[bylightofdawn]

My Guardian Vol. 3 special edition came in today and I am OBSESSED with the extra merch. That sticker sheet is calling my damned name, I just have no room on my laptop for anymore stickers.

Obviously it's time for me to get an ipad so I can start putting stickers all over it. :P

So you get 6 post cards, three of which are the covers and then three other ones. 2 miniposters which are ehhhh 11x17ish in size.

And then a very pretty bookmark which I will be using the heck out of.

The book ALSO includes PRIEST's various short coda stories which makes me so bloody happy. I've read some translations of some of them but not all.

UH YEAH I totally recommend picking up the deluxe edition if you can. It was 20 bucks on US amazon.

[mcondance]

a comprehensive and living list of all the physical media i own

cds

moodswings in this order by dpr ian

moodswings in to order by dpr ian

dear insanity by dpr ian

off the wall by michael jackson

thriller40 by michael jackson

bad by michael jackson (original)

dangerous by michael jackson (original)

superunknown by soundgarden

down on the upside by soundgarden (original)

hozier by hozier (original)

wasteland, baby by hozier (original)

unreal unearth by hozier

grace by jeff buckley (original)

love deluxe by sade

ten by pearl jam (original)

vinyl

bad by michael jackson (original pressing)

thriller by michael jackson

baduizm by erykah badu

down on the upside by soundgarden (original pressing)

wasteland, baby! (special edition) by hozier

unreal unearth by hozier

gemini rights by steve lacy

love in the future (expanded edition) by john legend

narrated for you by alec benjamin

dvds

monk, the complete series box set with the list of all his phobias

slc punk (original)

the lego movie

the temptations

fat albert

hook (original)

the perks of being a wallflower

the amazing spider-man

starstruck

saltburn

lemonade mouth

wandavision steelbook

guardians of the galaxy vol. 3

wakanda forever

doctor strange steelbook

earth to echo

they cloned tyrone

michael jackson’s ghosts

michael jackson’s captain eo

sharkboy and lavagirl

halloween l and 11

vhs

slc punk (original)

hook (original)

the wiz (original)

michael jackson: video greatest hits (original)

the curve / dead man’s curve (original)

scream 1996 blue variant, courtney cox version

[rebeccalouisaferguson]

The Saturns, which honor the best in genre entertainment across film and television, are organized by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Winners will be announced February 4, 2024 in a ceremony at the LA Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel and will stream live on ElectricNow.

Best Action / Adventure Film

Bullet Train (Sony Pictures) The Equalizer 3 (Sony Pictures) Fast X (Universal Pictures) John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate Films) Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Paramount Pictures) The Woman King (TriStar Pictures)

Best Film Screenwriting

Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron and Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver (Walt Disney/Lightstorm) Barbie, Noah Baumbach & Greta Gerwig (Warner Bros. Pictures) The Menu, Seth Reiss & Will Tracy (Searchlight Films) Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Erik Jendresen & Christopher McQuarrie (Paramount Pictures) Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan (Universal Pictures) Pearl, Ti West & Mia Goth (A24)

Best Film Editing

Avatar: The Way of Water, Stephen Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, James Cameron (Walt Disney/Lightstorm) Fast X, Dylan Highsmith, Kelly Matsumoto, Corbin Mehl, Laura Yanovich (Universal Pictures) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker, Dirk Westervelt (Lucasfilm/Paramount/Disney) John Wick: Chapter 4, Nathan Orloff (Lionsgate Films) Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Eddie Hamilton (Paramount Pictures) Oppenheimer, Jennifer Lane (Universal Pictures)

Best Film Visual / Special Effects

Avatar: The Way of Water, Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett (Walt Disney/Lightstorm) The Creator, Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts, Neil Corbould (20th Century Studios) Guardians of the Galaxy-Vol. 3, Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Andrew Whitehurst, Kathy Siegel, Robert Weaver, Alistair Williams (Lucasfilm/Paramount/Disney) Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, Neil Corbould (Paramount Pictures) Oppenheimer, Andrew Jackson, Giacomo Mineo, Scott Fisher, Dave Drzewiecki (Universal Pictures)

Best Science Fiction Television Series

Andor (Lucasfilm/Disney+) Foundation (Apple TV+) The Mandalorian (Lucasfilm/Disney+) The Peripheral (Amazon) Silo (Apple TV+) Star Trek: Picard (Paramount+/CBS) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+/CBS)

Best New Genre Television Series

Andor (Lucasfilm/Disney+) The Ark (Electric Entertainment/Syfy) The Last of Us (HBO/Max) Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power (Amazon) Silo (Apple TV+) The Walking Dead: Dead City (AMC) Wednesday (Netflix)

Best Actress in a Television Series

Caitriona Balfe, Outlander (Starz) Lauren Cohan, The Walking Dead: Dead City (AMC) Emma D’Arcy, House of the Dragon (HBO/Max) Rebecca Ferguson, Silo (Apple TV+) Tatiana Maslany, She-Hulk: Attorney-at-Law (Marvel/Disney+) Rose McIver, Ghosts (CBS) Elizabeth Tulloch, Superman & Lois (Warner Bros. Television)

[unforth]

Alright so my Press planned a meet up, and one of the people came is a friend who lives in Beijing most of the year and was in North America anyway. She knows I love danmei so she made me one heck of an offer: if I put together a Taobao shopping list, she'd be my danmei mule - order it for me and carry the stuff to the US so I could pay just cost, no mark up or shipping.

Needless to say I jumped on this like whoa and asked for more than she was physically capable of bringing me. 🤣 (I was very clear she could say "no" whenever, and she did.) As it is she went so fricken above and beyond...

Top to bottom, it's vol. 1 of the Global Examination manhua, a vol. of Daomu Biji, I Ship My Rival x Me, the TGCF revision (wanting that like whoa is what triggered all this), Those Years in Quest of Honor Mine, Mo Du, Little Mushroom, The Fourteenth Year of Chenghua, and the Global Examination special edition (I had. No idea this one would be this big. Oops.)

There are so many extras. So many. I laid everything out on my bed last night and in my head I just kinda flopped mentally atop it all and basked like a content cat, lmao.

All this adds to my existing collection (SVSSS in traditional, MDZS vol. 1 to 3 in traditional, TGCF vol. 1 to 4 in traditional, Thousand Autumns, Golden Stage, Guardian, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, TGCF manhua vol. 1 and 2, and The Husky and His White Cat Shizun vol. 1 to 3).

Anyway, now goals are to REALLY step up getting "reading ready" on my studying. Part of why I got I Ship My Rival x Me (...outside of "the manhua releases too slow and I want to know what happens") is I thought something modern and fluffy would hopefully be a bit simpler for me to read? And it's also a lot shorter than the others. So, after I read all the manhua (I'm way behind on posting TGCF vol. 1 cause this summer is kicking my ass, but I've read about half of it) I'm gonna sit my ass down with ISMM and see if just maybe I can't make my way through an actual damn book, and then if I can, use the vocabulary building that'll surely result in to springboard me into some other book (I'd been thinking Thousand Autumns but after seeing that post about "distinct character usage" stats for cnovels, uh, maybe not Thousand Autumns lmao, idk, I could try Fourteenth Year of Chenghua, that might be a "simpler" choice for historical vocabulary building but their both Meng Xi Shi so they might both be hard...maybe I should just do TGCF, heck knows I know the story which always helps...sorry, I'm just babbling cause I'm excited about my books and procrastinating taking a shower 🤣🤣🤣)

Anyway.

So many shinies.

So many EXTRAS.

I'll try to post pics as I go through everything.

(I've also got ShanGo pre-orders for Legend of Exorcism manhua vol. 1 and...something else my brain is crickets...and fuck I just realized I missed yesterday's ShanGo cut off, I'll have to get TGCF manhua vol. 3 and Erha vol. 4 some other way, and yes I really am this rambly scattered dumb rn, sorry not sorry, the point is. BOOKS. AH. SO MANY BOOKS. )

[firstprince-history-huh]

Tag Game!

Thank your for the tag @ladytessa74 ❤💕

Favorite color: Black

Currently reading: Red White & Royal Blue (Special edition) & a whole lot of fanfic

Last song: History by One Direction

Last movie: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (I didn't expect to cry. But I did)

Last series: 911 Lone Star

Sweet, savory, or spicy: Spicy always

Craving: A veggie burger from this one particular place in my town

Tea or Coffee: Coffee ALWAYS!

Currently working on: Nothing much apart from the stuff I do at work

No pressure tagging: @actuallysara @actual-sleeping-beauty @bubblesandroses8 @beautifulhigh @detective-giggles @first-kanaphan @sarnagati @chaotictarlos @goodways @welcometololaland @paperstorm @rmd-writes @thisbuildinghasfeelings @heartstringsduet @carlos-in-glasses & anyone who wants to participate!

[satoshi-mochida]

Some games on the PSN Black Friday sale. Full list here, ends November 27th.

AI: The Somnium Files

Alternate Jake Hunter: Daedalus The Awakening of Golden Jazz

A Way Out

Azure Striker Gunvolt 3

Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack

Back 4 Blood

Batman: Arkham Knight

Batman: Return to Arkham

Blaster Master Zero

Blaster Master Zero 2

Blaster Master Zero 3

Blazblue Cross Tag Battle

Bloodborne

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Chaos Code

Crash Bandicoot 4

Crash + Spyro Triple Play Bundle

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reuinion

Cuphead

Danganronpa 1-2 Reload

Danganronpa V3

Dark Souls Remastered

Dark Souls 3

Devil May Cry HD Collection + 4 Special Edition Bundle

Disgaea 6 Complete

Disgaea 7

Dragon Ball FighterZ

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

Dragon Marked for Death

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

Earth Defense Force 4.1

Earth Defense Force 5

Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain

Earth Defense Force: World Brothers

Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising

Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force

Fallout 4

Final Fantasy VII Remake

Fire Pro Wrestlng World

Forspoken

Ghostrunner

Ghostwire: Tokyo

Gleamlight

God of War(PS4)

God of War: Ragnarok

GrimGrimoire OnceMore

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2

Hades

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Horizon Forbidden West

Immortals Fenyx Rising

Jak and Daxter Bundle

KATANA KAMI: A Way of the Samurai Story

Kowloon Highschool Chronicles

Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society

Lies of P

Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness

Mafia: Definitive Edition

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Marvel's Midnight Suns

Marvel's Spider-Man

Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Megadimension Neptunia VII

Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection

Melty Blood: Type Lumina

Metal Slug 3

Metal Slug Anthology

Metal Slug XX

Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation Code Fairy Vol. 1

Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker

Nier Rplicant

Nier Autimata

Nitroplus Blasterz

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4

One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows

Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight

Persona 5 Strikers

Persona 5: Dancingin Starlight

Puyo Puyo Tetris

Rayman Legends

Resident Evil 4 remake

Resident Evil 7

Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles

River City Girls 2

River City Melee Mach

River City Saga: Three Kingdoms

RWBY: Arrowfell

Sifu

Sol Cresta

Sonic Origins

Spyro: Reignited Trilogy

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Steins; Gate Elite

STEINS;GATE: My Darling's Embrace

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse

Super Bomberman 2

SUPERHOT

Super Neptunia RPG

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection

The Evil Within

The Evil Within 2

The Last Campfire

The Legend Nayuta: Boundless Trails

The Outer Worlds

The Quarry

The Wonderful 101: Remastered

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2

Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition

Voice of Cards 1-3

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun

Warm Snow

Wild Hearts

World End Syndrome

Yakuza: Kiwami

Yakuza: Kiwami 2

Zanki Zero

[deificdeceit-a2]

Okay here's what I've ordered and when it should release and be shipped to me. Also some of these I did just order there now since they're now available on UK Amazon... I don't have a problem promise

Heaven Officials Vol 4: Released Sep 22nd. Ran out of stock multiple times. No copies in Europe at all.

Heaven Officials Vol 5: Dec 20th. Expecting the same thing to happen again.

Heaven Officials Vol 6: May 16th 2023.

Heaven Officials Vol 7: June 20th 2023.

MDZS Vol 4: Dec 13th.

MDZS Vol 5 Special edition: May 2nd 2023. Have it ordered on Book Depository as I don't trust Amazon. Ordered on Amazon too.

Husky and His White Cat Vol 2: Jan 24th 2023.

Husky and His White Cat Vol 3: April 18th 2023.

Husky and His White Cat Vol 4: July 11th 2023.

Thousand Autumns Vol 1: Jan 10th 2023.

Thousand Autumns Vol 2: June 27th 2023.

Thousand Autumns Vol 3: Oct 31st 2023.

Stars of Chaos Vol 1: Feb 21st 2023.

Stars of Chaos Vol 2: May 30th 2023

Guardian Vol 1: May 30th 2023.

Case File Compendium Vol 1: Aug 15th 2023.

Remnants of Filth Vol 1: April 18th 2023.

Waiting to Order

Heaven Officials Vol 8 Special Edition

Guardian Vol 2

Case File Compendium Vol 2

Remnants of Filth Vol 2

Little Mushroom: Revelations Vol 2

In The Dark Vol 1

In The Dark Vol 2

[elgremiomaestro]

Juegos digitales que tengo en

Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Deluxe

GOD EATER 3

River City Girls

Syberia 3

Guardian Tales

Fall Guys

Mario Strikers™: Battle League First Kick (demo)

Crush Crush

Twitch

Cover Fire

Chocobo GP Lite

Savage Halloween

Him & Her

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Overcooked Special Edition

Resident Evil Revelations 2

Resident Evil Revelations

Resident Evil 0

Towertale

Grand Guilds

Super Animal Royale

Trove

Pokémon UNITE

Sky: Niños de la Luz

Joe Dever's Lone Wolf

CRSED: F.O.A.D.

SUPER BOMBERMAN R ONLINE

FINAL FANTASY IX

FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered

FINAL FANTASY VII

The Room

Classic Games Collection Vol.1

Animated Jigsaws: Beautiful Japanese Scenery

Unlock The King

Color Zen

Comic Coloring Book

Apex Legends

Tennis 1920s

Syberia 1 & 2

Capcom Arcade Stadium：Ghosts 'n Goblins

Capcom Arcade Stadium

Bow to Blood: Last Captain Standing

Skyforge

Drums

Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

Coloring Book

Just Dance 2021

Among Us

Físicos

Mario Odyssey

Mario Kart

Octopath Traveler

Pokemon Shield

Mario Party

The Leyend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

[thatlittlemouse]

I got the guardian vol 3 special edition and now I have so many weilans I don't know what to do with them

[moderncivilization]

Im so excited for my special edition guardian vol 3 🤓🤓🤓🤓

[sageglobalresponse]

FULL LIST: BAFTAs 2024 winners

The 77th edition of the British Academy Film Awards, popularly referred to as the BAFTA Awards, took place on Sunday, February 18, 2024.

Outstanding national and international films from 2023 were recognised at the event held at the Royal Festival Hall, situated within London’s Southbank Centre.

According to a post shared on Monday on the X handle, @BAFTA, the event was attended by the President of BAFTA, HRH, The Prince of Wales, K.G. K.T. and also the BAFTA CEO, Jane Millichip, and BAFTA chair, Sara Putt.

Below are the BAFTA Awards full lists of winners and nominees:

Best film

Oppenheimer (WINNER)

Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Poor Things

Leading actress

Emma Stone – Poor Things (WINNER)

Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple

Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall

Carey Mulligan – Maestro

Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane

Margot Robbie – Barbie

Leading actor

Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer (WINNER)

Bradley Cooper – Maestro

Colman Domingo – Rustin

Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers

Barry Keoghan – Saltburn

Teo Yoo – Past Lives

Supporting actress

Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers (WINNER)

Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple

Claire Foy – All of Us Strangers

Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest

Rosamund Pike – Saltburn

Supporting actor

Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer (WINNER)

Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon

Jacob Elordi – Saltburn

Ryan Gosling – Barbie

Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers

Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

Director

Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan (WINNER)

All of Us Strangers – Andrew Haigh

Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet

The Holdovers – Alexander Payne

Maestro – Bradley Cooper

The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

EE Bafta Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)

Mia McKenna-Bruce (WINNER)

Phoebe Dynevor

Ayo Edebiri

Jacob Elordi

Sophie Wilde

Outstanding British film

The Zone of Interest (WINNER)

All of Us Strangers

How To Have Sex

Napoleon

The Old Oak

Poor Things

Rye Lane

Saltburn

Scrapper

Wonka

Film not in the English language

The Zone of Interest (WINNER)

20 Days In Mariupol

Anatomy of a Fall

Past Lives

Society of the Snow

Animated film

The Boy and the Heron (WINNER)

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

Elemental

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Documentary

20 Days In Mariupol (WINNER)

American Symphony

Beyond Utopia

Still: A Michael J Fox Movie

Wham!

Original screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall (WINNER)

Barbie

The Holdovers

Maestro

Past Lives

Adapted screenplay

American Fiction (WINNER)

All of Us Strangers

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer

Earth Mama(WINNER)

Blue Bag Life

Bobi Wine: The People’s President

How To Have Sex

Is There Anybody Out There?

Original score

Oppenheimer (WINNER)

Killers of the Flower Moon

Poor Things

Saltburn

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Make-up and hair

Poor Things (WINNER)

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Costume design

Poor Things (WINNER)

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Production design

Poor Things (WINNER)

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

The Zone of Interest

Sound

The Zone of Interest (WINNER)

Ferrari

Maestro

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Oppenheimer

Cinematography

Oppenheimer (WINNER)

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest

Editing

Oppenheimer (WINNER)

Anatomy of a Fall

Killers of the Flower Moon

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest

Casting

The Holdovers (WINNER)

All of Us Strangers

Anatomy of a Fall

How To Have Sex

Killers of the Flower Moon

Special visual effects

Poor Things (WINNER)

The Creator

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Napoleon

British short animation

Crab Day (WINNER)

Visible Mending

Wild Summon

British short film

Jellyfish and Lobster (WINNER)

Festival of Slaps

Gorka

Such a Lovely Day

Yellow

Bafta Fellowship

Samantha Morton (WINNER)

Outstanding British contribution to cinema

June Givanni (WINNER)

The top films

7 wins – Oppenheimer

5 – Poor Things

3 – The Zone of Interest

2 – The Holdovers

BAFTA Awards…

PUNCH Online reports that the BAFTA Awards are presented in an annual ceremony by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

These awards honour outstanding achievements in the film industry, both British and international, and are considered among the most prestigious film awards globally.

The BAFTA Awards were first held in 1947, making them one of the oldest film awards ceremonies. The awards ceremony usually takes place in London, and it attracts a significant amount of attention from the film industry and the public.

On categories, BAFTA Awards are presented in various categories, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and many technical and creative categories like cinematography, editing, and costume design.

BAFTA Awards eligibility and voting…

Meanwhile, films eligible for consideration are not limited to British productions; they include international films released in the United Kingdom during the qualifying period. BAFTA also has specific categories, such as Outstanding British Film, to recognize and celebrate British cinema.

The winners are determined through a voting process involving BAFTA members, who are professionals across various branches of the film industry. The voting process is designed to ensure that the awards represent the consensus of the industry.

While the BAFTA Awards are prestigious in their own right, they are also seen as influential in the larger awards season, including the Oscars. Many films that perform well at BAFTA often go on to receive nominations and accolades at other major film festivals and awards ceremonies.

The BAFTA Awards ceremony typically takes place in February, with nominees and celebrities from the film industry attending the event. The ceremony is popular for its red-carpet arrivals, speeches, and celebrations of outstanding achievements in film.

It contributes significantly to the recognition and celebration of excellence in the film industry, providing a platform for filmmakers and artists to showcase their work and receive acknowledgment for their contributions.

[hardynwa]

2024 Grammy Awards: Full list of winners

This year’s Grammy Awards was held at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, United States on Sunday. Disappointingly, no Nigerian artiste was announced as winner at the 66th edition of the awards ceremony. David Adeleke, aka, Davido; Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy; Ahmed Ololade, aka Asake; Olamide Adedeji, aka Baddo; and Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, aka Ayra Starr; all lost out in their combined 10 nominations across different award categories. Here is the full list of winners: Best African Music Performance Amapiano – Asake and Olamide City Boys – Burna Boy Water – Tyla WINNER Unavailable – Davido Featuring Musa Keys Rush – Ayra Starr Best Melodic Rap Performance Sittin’ On Top Of The World – Burna Boy Featuring 21 Savage Attention – Doja Cat All My Life – Lil Durk Featuring J. Cole WINNER Spin Bout U – Drake & 21 Savage Low – SZA Best Global Music Album Epifanías — Susana Baca History — Bokanté I Told Them… — Burna Boy This Moment – Shakti WINNER Timeless — Davido BEST RAP ALBUM Her Loss – Drake & 21 Savage Michael – Killer Mike WINNER Heroes & Villains – Metro Boomin King’s Disease III – Nas Utopia – Travis Scott PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II Jack Antonoff – WINNER Hit Boy Metro Boomin Daniel Nigro SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL Edgar Barrera Jessie Jo Dillon Shane McAnally Theron Thomas – WINNER Justin Tranter Best Global Music Performance Shadow Forces – Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily Alone – Burna Boy Pashto – Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia WINNER FEEL – Davido Milagro Y Desastre – Silvana Estrada Abundance In Millets – Falu & Gaurav Shah (Featuring PM Narendra Modi) Best Album Notes Evenings At The Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy (Live) Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos – WINNER I Can Almost See Houston: The Complete Howdy Glenn Mogadishu’s Finest: The Al Uruba Sessions Playing For The Man At The Door: Field Recordings From The Collection Of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971 Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package The Collected Works Of Neutral Milk Hotel Gieo For The Birds: The Birdsong Project – WINNER Inside: Deluxe Box Set Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe Edition Best Music Film How I’m Feeling Now -Lewis Capaldi Live From Paris, The Big Steppers Tour – Kendrick Lamar Moonage Daydream – David Bowie WINNER I Am Everything – Little Richard Dear Mama – Tupac Shakur Best Music Video In Your Love – Tyler Childers I’m Only Sleeping – The Beatles WINNER What Was I Made For – Billie Eilish Count Me Out – Kendrick Lamar Rush – Troye Sivan Best Song Written For Visual Media Barbie World What Was I Made For? – WINNER Dance The Night I’m Just Ken Lift Me Up Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media Call Of Duty®: Modern Warfare II – Sarah Schachner Hogwarts Legacy – Peter Murray, J Scott Rakozy & Chuck E. Myers “Sea”, composers Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – Stephen Barton & Gordy Haab WINNER God Of War Ragnarök – Bear McCreary, composer Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical – Montaigne, Tripod & Austin Wintory, composers Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ludwig Göransson Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny – John Williams Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson WINNER Barbie – Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt The Fabelmans – John Williams Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media Aurora Barbie The Album – WINNER Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix, Vol. 3 Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Best Comedy Album I Wish You Would – Trevor Noah I’m An Entertainer – Wanda Sykes What’s In A Name? – Dave Chappelle – WINNER Selective Outrage – Chris Rock Someone You Love – Sarah Silverman Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Desire, I Want To Turn Into You History Jaguar II – WINNER Multitudes The Record Best Immersive Audio Album God Of War Ragnarök (Original Soundtrack) Act 3 (Immersive Edition) The Diary Of Alicia Keys – WINNER Blue Clear Sky Silence Between Songs Best Historical Album Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17 Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos – WINNER The Moaninest Moan Of Them All: The Jazz Saxophone of Loren McMurray, 1920-1922 Playing For The Man At The Door: Field Recordings From The Collection Of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971 Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe Edition Best Tropical Latin Album Voy A Ti – Luis Figueroa Siembra: 45º Aniversario (En Vivo en el Coliseo… – Rubén Blades… WINNER Niche Sinfónico – Grupo Niche Y Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia VIDA – Omara Portuondo MIMY & TONY – Tony Succar, Mimy Succar Escalona Nunca Se Había Grabado Así – Carlos Vives Best Gospel Album I Love You – Erica Campbell Hymns (Live) – Tasha Cobbs Leonard The Maverick Way – Maverick City Music All Things New: Live In Orlando – Tye Tribbett WINNER My Truth – Jonathan McReynolds Best Roots Gospel Album Tribute To The King – The Blackwood Brothers Quartet Echoes Of The South – Blind Boys Of Alabama WINNER Songs That Pulled Me Through The Tough Times – Becky Isaacs Bowman Meet Me At The Cross – Brian Free & Assurance Shine: The Darker The Night The Brighter The Light – Gaither Vocal Band Best Rap Album Her Loss – Drake & 21 Savage MICHAEL – Killer Mike WINNER HEROES & VILLIANS – Metro Boomin King’s Disease III – Nas UTOPIA – Travis Scott Best R&B Album Girls Night Out – Babyface JAGUAR II – Victoria Monét WINNER What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe) – Coco Jones Special Occasion – Emily King CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE EP – Summer Walke Best Remixed Recording Alien Love Call New Gold (Dom Dolla Remix) Reviver (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix) Wagging Tongue (Wet Leg Remix) – WINNER Workin’ Hard (Terry Hunter Remix) Read the full article

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Guardians Vol. 3 is...bad?

Had so many thoughts about Guardians Vol.3 that I felt it proper to post here too.

It's James Gunn's furry version of Katawa Shoujo with the addition of Sid from Toy Story.

When someone said that the Guardians would continue to appear in future MCU titles, I thought that James Gunn responded "not all of them" meaning that not all of them were going to make it out alive, not that I was pining for it but I set up certain expectations for its characters in order to build up each one enough to make you think "oh this one is going to die" to the point where you thought that about all of them and were kept guessing until the end. Well that didn't happen, instead what we got was Rocket out of commission to show his flashbacks for most of the movie. Nobody died. But somehow, Rocket's story was the most compelling story in here and it's not hard to see why.

His story was good but it felt unnatural which brings me to the editing. The action is brimming in the first two movies but this one has a lack of such, having the "potential" to be cool but never really hitting the mark until the final battle. This is in part due to the constant need to cut away, there's a cool fight scene with Peter and Groot? Let's cut away to Gamora. Then hey, how about we cut back to Kraglin and Cosmo arguing over who's a good or bad dog for the eleventh time? And then finally we get a cool final battle and even that's ruined, because guess what? The music selection just wasn't as good this time around and- I'm getting really sick and tired of No Sleep Til Brooklyn being in every movie, to the point that there should be a rule that you buy the film rights to music, you keep them for a specified amount of time so that nobody else can for at least over a year because what was it? March, when Mario came out? Some of the tracks are good but that just left a bad taste in my mouth. There are other Beastie Boys songs, you know!

But those characters that I expected to be built up, weren't, Rocket was the only one. I mean, what is this mess? It's a waste of practically everything it adds. The hyped up Adam Warlock that was integral to the Infinity Saga in the comics skipped the MCU's version of the Infinity Saga for this movie, so what better is he doing? Cracking jokes and petting alien dogs, that's about it. Drax was shadowed, I see the arc they put in there and it's nice but I would've liked the comics one better, this one is more like they're making an excuse for being too jokey. Mantis...what exactly is her arc? Gamora, same deal. Nebula...can keep being Queen, she can save her arc, I wouldn't mind.

Peter. Peter. Peter. WHERE'S HIS HELMET?! WHERE'S HIS ROCKET BOOTS?! STAR-LORD WHO?! "They're in his desk drawer and those boots are no more, those rocket packs are superior-" I DON'T CARE! He doesn't even USE the frickin' rocket pack and you're telling me he was in such a rush that he forgot his mask and rocket pack but not his guns? He knew there would be action, why would he not have a spare on the ship, why- Nevermind, lame excuses. Sonic Adventure is where I thought it was a little too much to have Tails and Amy have the same arc to become independent from Sonic but this movie takes that and cranks it to where most of the cast have the arc that they need to be independent from the rest (namely Star-Lord).

That's the other thing about it. When I saw the Holiday Special, I just assumed it was lower quality because it was a short little one-off but this movie just gives off a similar vibe of production value, like it's too grey or something. The CGI is fine, luckily breaking that trend that the MCU has been having lately but that's the other thing about the Holiday Special, it was really only progressive to the overall story to officiate that Peter and Mantis are siblings and solidify Mantis and Drax's friendship but it was the siblings part that I so desperately desired. And let me tell you- when I saw GOTG2, I emailed Marvel about a potential third sequel, BEGGING that they give Star-Lord a sister, I won't disclose what I said in my letter but I was shocked to see it happen. I'm not saying it was me or even that they read my fan letter but I'm just showing how happy that made me to see it actually come to fruition. With that said, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot done with it...

And then we have the kids, yes, the kids. In Thor: Love and Thunder, it felt very much like Disney execs wanted them to push it in a direction where it's about the children. Fine, it fits with the theme of the movie, made for a cheesy ending though. But then they did it again for this movie and I'm just kind of...weirded out by it, like is this supposed to be a Disney ride? Is this meant to pander to kids? Then why do they curse and- Ok, I'll let it go, just a weird choice.

With No Way Home, I liked it more as time went on but with Guardians, I've liked it less, I seen and read what others have to say after I watched it but it doesn't change how I feel. I picked up on the stuff, I just didn't like it or felt it delivered. And some people feel the need to bring up that "James Gunn had no control over what happened with Gamora in Infinity War and Endgame, she missed out on so much development." And like??? She was in Infinity War and we got all this development so that leaves Endgame, Thor, and the Holiday Special which NONE of those three were anything crazy that she missed out on in comparison to the other Guardians. Also, James Gunn KNEW about this and he was FINE with it AND he admitted that he gets more slack than anybody else so I don't know why they're putting him in this victim position, he wanted to kill Gamora in 2 and Marvel talked him out of it then Marvel turned right back around and asked to kill her in Infinity War to which Gunn agreed that it was a good choice and he'd work with that. But Gamora was never the problem for me, it just was for other people and they came up with figmented excuses. Now, it did feel like Marvel might've asked Gunn to keep the characters alive so they can milk them as much as they can (which will probably inevitably happen to Iron Man and whoever else) but apparently this was Gunn's version so I don't know. The MCU is just falling into the same pit traps that the comics have had, part of the appeal of the movies was that they didn't have that baggage, it could seem concrete and have impact and stakes but whatever.

I didn't watch any trailers or material for this movie because I've given up on that, seeing as most stuff gets spoiled anyway. But the one thing I did see was Warlock's first appearance meme and the end credits card (Legendary Star-Lord) but that end credits scene was the least hype worthy thing I could've witnessed and really put the cherry on the bottom for my already bad opinion of this movie. It didn't feel like the grand epic finale to the trilogy, it just felt like another adventure. If you want a more satisfying ending, look no further than the Telltale game, it actually has a lot of similar beats executed a little bit better in my opinion, I just wish this movie would've taken more inspiration from it because it had the potential to be even better. (though it'd be at the loss of Linda Cardellini and I'm not mentally prepared for that) It wasn't even a bad movie, it was just a bad Guardians movie and an average Marvel movie so the expectation of a preexisting franchise made me give it a slightly lower score.