Earlier today the nominees of the 2020 Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards were announced. Good Omens got a nomination for Special, Visual & Graphic Effects. See the other nominees:
Ben Turner, Chris Reynolds, Asa Shoul – The Crown – Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television/Netflix
Framestore, Painting Practice, Real SFX, Russel Russel Dodgson – His Dark Materials – Bad Wolf, BBC Studios/HBO/BBC One
Lindsay McFarlane, Claudius Christian Rauch, Jean-Clément Soret, DNE – Chernobyl – Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games/Sky Atlantic
Milk Visual Effects, Gareth Spensley, Real SFX – Good Omens – Amazon Studios, BBC Studios, Narrativia, The Blank Corporation/Amazon Prime Video
The winners of the British Academy Television Craft Awards, originally scheduled for Sunday April 26, will be revealed on Friday July 17. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the ceremony will take place as a closed studio, socially-distanced show, with nominees invited to accept their awards virtually. Hosted by Stephen Mangan, the ceremony, will be broadcast on the BAFTA YouTube chanel.
Michael Sheen was invited to announce the winner of the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize, “one of the UK’s most prestigious literary prizes as well as the world’s largest literary prize for young writers. Awarded for the best published literary work in the English language, written by an author aged 39 or under, the Prize celebrates the international world of fiction in all its forms including poetry, novels, short stories and drama.”
The winner was Bryan Washington, 27, for his debut short story collection LOT, for which he won £30,000. More about his work here.
Watch the virtual ceremony in the video below:
The BBC and Amazon series adaption of Terry Pratchett and New Gaiman’s book was selected one of the “60 nominees that represent the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and digital media during 2019”.
See below the other nominees in the “Entertainment” category:
Chernobyl;
David Makes Man;
Dickinson;
Fleabag;
Float;
Good Omens;
Our Boys;
Ramy;
Stranger Things;
Succession;
Unbelievable;
Watchmen;
When They See Us.
The awards ceremory, originally set to happen in June, is yet to be announced.
Congratulations to everyone involved in Good Omens!
EDIT: Update on the awards ceremony date as published on Deadline website:
The Peabody Awards, which had to postpone its scheduled June 18 winners ceremony in what was to be its first time held in Los Angeles, said Thursday it is now canceling the event. Winners instead will be announced next week and be accepted via video.
The plan calls for the Peabodys to reveal the recipient of its Career Achievement Award on June 8, with winners to be announced June 10.
The second volume from the ‘Book of Dust’ series, written by Philip Pullman and narrated by Michael Sheen, was shortlisted in the British Book Awards 2020 as audiobook of the year. Check out the other nominees:
According to organization:
The awards night will now be taking place on 29th June 2020. The awards have moved from their original date of 18th May 2020 as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, which has disrupted many events and public gatherings.
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Last night (January 12) Michael Sheen and his Prodigal Son co-star Tom Payne took the stage at the 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards to present the Best Actress in a Comedy Show award, which was handed to Fleabag creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge. See the photos on the photo gallery:
The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced yesterday the list of presenters who will take the stage during the 25th Critics’ Choice Awards tomorrow (January 12). Michael was one of the names announced, along with his Prodigal Son co-star Tom Payne and Kate Beckinsale. The ceremony will be hosted by Taye Diggs and will be joined by the following stars:
Kate Beckinsale
Alison Brie
Kelly Clarkson
Brian Cox
Ted Danson (to presente Kristen Bell with the #SeeHer Award)
Adam Devine
Sara Gilbert
Walton Goggins
Lucy Hale
Chris Hardwick
Anne Hathaway
Sam Heughan
Keegan-Michael Key (to present Eddie Murphy the Critics’ Choice Lifetime Achievement Award)
Nick Kroll
Eugene Levy
John Lithgow
Sebastian Maniscalco
Caleb McLaughlin
Kennedy McMann
Seth Meyers
Ashleigh Murray
Niecy Nash
Desus Nice and The Kid Mero
Lupita Nyong’o
Catherine O’Hara
Edi Patterson
Tom Payne
Michael Sheen
JB Smoove
Bradley Whitford
Scott Wolf
The actor has been honoured by his work in this year’s Homeless World Cup that took place in Cardiff, Wales. Read the full announcement:
Wales Arts Review announces our Person of the Year 2019, the individual figure we believe has offered a great contribution to the arts and culture of Wales, who has moved to shape and drive the most important issues of our time.
For 2019, the Wales Arts Review Person of the Year is actor and activist Michael Sheen. In 2019, Sheen was central in bringing the 17th Homeless Football World Cup to Cardiff, putting a substantial amount of his own money into the tournament to ensure it took place at all. It was played between over 500 players from 50 countries for a week in July. Shortly before it all kicked off, Sheen told The Observer newspaper, “Although it does help to a degree to have an actor’s name attached to something, I wanted to be more involved”, in reference to his decision to split his time between acting and activism. Sheen also said how “it’s about getting more support for people at risk. Those who have come out of the army or prison. We should also be going into schools, where you can often spot those who may be on the edge of homelessness, then support them earlier. The point of crisis is not the only place to offer help.” The tournament in Cardiff proved a huge inspiration to players and public alike. (For more stories of inspiration from the Homeless World Cup visit the Street Soccer website).
WALES ARTS REVIEW PERSON OF THE YEAR 2019
MICHAEL SHEEN
“FOR ACTIVISM ON THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES OF INEQUALITY AND BRINGING THE HOMELESS WORLD CUP TO WALES”
The British Film Institute (BFI) curators made a list of their favorite TV shows of 2019 and Good Omens was one of the productions picked by them. Check out what Lisa Kerrigan said about the Amazon/BBC mini-series:
Ler maisWhat could possibly go wrong in a world where Frances McDormand is the voice of God? As it turns out, quite a lot. Good and evil tussle and tango together in this adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s beloved novel. The antichrist is coming of age in Oxfordshire, and he’s about to set off the apocalypse by accident, so demonic Crowley (David Tennant) and angelic Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) race to save the world, because they’ve grown quite fond of it.
The starry cast is clearly having a ball, and the delightful production design and music make the series zip along at a jaunty pace. Acting as showrunner, Gaiman teases out the essential theme, which is really a powerful argument for nurture against nature, and the idea that our relationships define our existence. It’s only a pity that he can’t write the script for real life as well.
The 2019 edition of Homeless World Cup, which took place in Cardiff, Wales, last July, won as the Great Sport Story of the Year 2019 in the Wales Sport Awards. In this video below, Michael talks about “one of the proudest moments of his life”:
Read more about the event’s win:
One of the proudest moments of Michael Sheen’s life …
Here’s why the Homeless World Cup (Cardiff) is winner of the Great Sport Story of the Year 2019.
It starts with street football charities around the world encouraging people furthest away from mainstream support to play football for their country.
It’s football but it’s more than sport.
It often provides the first step on the path away from homelessness and back to social inclusion.
The Homeless World Cup is an annual tournament that provides these charities with a focus.
It helps give players who really engage with football a chance for something bigger.
They wear their nation’s shirt, sing their national anthem, represent their country.
When the Cup came to Cardiff this Summer, it welcomed over 500 players from nearly 50 nations for a 7-day festival of football. 23,000 visitors visited the event at Bute Park.
It leaves behind a legacy.
Tim Deacon, who was part of the organising team, said: “I can’t think of a better example of something that demonstrates the power of sport: to provide an opportunity that changes the course of someone’s life; to change people’s perceptions and to be the driving force for change. We’re absolutely delighted that all those who were involved have been recognised and rewarded in this way.”
Michael has been honored for his outstanding contribution to housing in Wales in the Welsh Housing Awards by Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru (CHI). You can watch below his acceptance speech (recorded by his partner Anna Lundberg, who was holding their daughter Lyra):
He also shared a deleted scene on his Twitter:
