The exciting world of screen certainly doesn’t grind to a halt following The Oscars. Next up, albeit on a perhaps less publicised level, are the 2013 Empire Awards (24th March), where Judi Dench and Daniel Craig for their performances in Skyfall have been nominated for Best Actress and Best Actor, respectively. The hugely successful film has been nominated for a total of six awards, but it will face stiff competition.
Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Lawrence, Golden Globe actress Jessica Chastain and Naomi Watts complete the line-up for Best Actress, while others nominated for Best Actor include Robert Downey Jr. and Martin Freeman.
The first Empire Awards ceremony was held in 1996 and has continued to develop as a prestigious set of awards for those judged to be outstanding in the film industry. The awards are voted for by readers of Empire Magazine, and have been sponsored by Sony Ericsson and, more recently, Jameson Irish Whiskey.
On a different note, the British Film Institute’s 27th annual Lesbian and Gay Film Festival will be held in London over 11 days from 14 to 24 March. At least 21,000 people attended the event last year, and it’s expected that as many will go this year too.
More than 100 films will be on show, including a Canadian drama entitled Margarita, which tells the story of a Mexican nanny’s complicated lesbian love life. Another fascinating feature is Intersexion, a documentary about people who are born with no fixed gender. Kylie Minogue features in Jack & Diane.
Harry Potter fans and lovers of Daniel Radcliffe alike will be excited to know that Radcliffe will possibly be starring as Igor in a revisionist take on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. First played by Dwight Frye in the 1931 film, Igor is infamously Frankenstein’s hunchback lab assistant. He actually did not appear as a character in Shelley’s novel but has now regularly featured in screen adaptations.
Fellow Harry Potter star Emma Watson looks set to play Cinderella in a live action movie version, to be directed by Kenneth Branagh. Cate Blanchett will also star as the wicked stepmother. Watson has recently starred in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Noah and This is the End. Other possible contenders for the role of Cinderella have been rumoured to include Imogen Poots, Gabriella Wilde and Alicia Vikander.
Conor Byrne, Senior Screen Reporter
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