Before Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” became a 2024 viral hit thanks to Saltburn, it was a major European hit in 2002. And before it was a 2002 hit, it was merely a demo, scribbled out partially by its co-writer, Gregg Alexander — who originally wrote the lyrics “I’m gonna make us hit the Hague/ Once you hit the bong.”
Alexander, who was also the frontman and songwriter for New Radicals, best known for their hit “You Get What You Give,” revealed the origins of “Murder on the Dancefloor” in a new interview with The Guardian. He unearthed the song’s original demo, which he wrote in his Mustang in the mid ’90s while living in Detroit.
“I had a moment of annoyance that I couldn’t go to the house clubs in Detroit,” Alexander told The Guardian, sharing that he originally had written the song for his band before it...
Alexander, who was also the frontman and songwriter for New Radicals, best known for their hit “You Get What You Give,” revealed the origins of “Murder on the Dancefloor” in a new interview with The Guardian. He unearthed the song’s original demo, which he wrote in his Mustang in the mid ’90s while living in Detroit.
“I had a moment of annoyance that I couldn’t go to the house clubs in Detroit,” Alexander told The Guardian, sharing that he originally had written the song for his band before it...
- 3/5/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
“Murder on the Dancefloor” once had lyrics about bong hits and the Hague, with co-writer Gregg Alexander (of the New Radicals) sharing part of the old demo for the future Sophie Ellis-Bextor hit with The Guardian.
Alexander wrote “Murder on the Dancefloor” in the mid-90s, and the demo snippet definitely bears some hallmarks of the era. Though it still has the big, bright synth stabs and riffs essential to Ellis-Bextor’s version, it’s more pop-rock than disco pastiche, cut with hits of rave and hip-hop that feel very of that moment.
Alexander wrote “Murder on the Dancefloor” in the mid-90s, and the demo snippet definitely bears some hallmarks of the era. Though it still has the big, bright synth stabs and riffs essential to Ellis-Bextor’s version, it’s more pop-rock than disco pastiche, cut with hits of rave and hip-hop that feel very of that moment.
- 3/5/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Adored by the Obamas and worshipped by Joni Mitchell, songwriter Gregg Alexander looks back at Murder on the Dancefloor, given a new life by Saltburn, and his other smash, You Get What You Give
In 1994, Gregg Alexander got into his blue Ford Mustang to go out clubbing, but the old car wouldn’t start. “I had a moment of annoyance that I couldn’t go to the house clubs in Detroit,” he remembers. So he reached for the acoustic guitar in the back, channelling his emotion into a song beginning “It’s murder on the dancefloor, but you’d better not kill the groove.”
“You know how Paul McCartney originally sang about scrambled eggs in Yesterday?” he chuckles. “‘Murder on the dancefloor’ wasn’t anything deep from my subconscious. It was just a dummy lyric that was kind of sung for fun, but then I couldn’t better it.”
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In 1994, Gregg Alexander got into his blue Ford Mustang to go out clubbing, but the old car wouldn’t start. “I had a moment of annoyance that I couldn’t go to the house clubs in Detroit,” he remembers. So he reached for the acoustic guitar in the back, channelling his emotion into a song beginning “It’s murder on the dancefloor, but you’d better not kill the groove.”
“You know how Paul McCartney originally sang about scrambled eggs in Yesterday?” he chuckles. “‘Murder on the dancefloor’ wasn’t anything deep from my subconscious. It was just a dummy lyric that was kind of sung for fun, but then I couldn’t better it.”
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- 3/4/2024
- by Dave Simpson
- The Guardian - Film News
Peter Bradshaw surveys the new wave of film-makers arriving at the film’s stately location, channelling Barry Keoghan’s Big Energy and capturing their granny’s reaction to the bathwater slurp
So often, the radical cheek of TikTokers makes mainstream media look pretty dull, and so it has proved once again, with the explosion of uproarious Saltburn TikToks. These are reportedly causing deep pain to Mr Charles Stopford Sackville, owner of the 700-year-old Drayton House in Northamptonshire, which plays the stately home in question, through which Barry Keoghan finally does his groovy nude dance to Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Murder on the Dancefloor.
Stopford Sackville got a generous fee for letting them film there and knows the parents of director Emerald Fennell, but is still now miffed at TikTokers killing his groove by straying off the public footpath close to his estate, insolently filming and telling other commoners how to get there and gawp.
So often, the radical cheek of TikTokers makes mainstream media look pretty dull, and so it has proved once again, with the explosion of uproarious Saltburn TikToks. These are reportedly causing deep pain to Mr Charles Stopford Sackville, owner of the 700-year-old Drayton House in Northamptonshire, which plays the stately home in question, through which Barry Keoghan finally does his groovy nude dance to Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Murder on the Dancefloor.
Stopford Sackville got a generous fee for letting them film there and knows the parents of director Emerald Fennell, but is still now miffed at TikTokers killing his groove by straying off the public footpath close to his estate, insolently filming and telling other commoners how to get there and gawp.
- 2/26/2024
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
“I never envisaged the amount of interest there would be,” says the owner of the stately home used in Emerald Fennell’s saucy streaming hit, Saltburn.
In a leafy tract of Northamptonshire countryside, the owner of a vast stately home shudders behind his curtains as the sound of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Murder On The Dancefloor drifts in from the garden.
It’s a curious situation triggered by Emerald Fennell’s drama-thriller Saltburn, which, thanks in no small part to some of its saucier moments, has emerged as one of the most talked-about films of 2023. And as the film’s fame has spread, so too has interest in the huge stately home in which the bulk of its drama takes place.
Called Saltburn in the film, the 700 year-old pile is in reality Drayton House, located in the village of Lowick near the A14.
The ancestral home of its owner, Charles Stopford Sackville,...
In a leafy tract of Northamptonshire countryside, the owner of a vast stately home shudders behind his curtains as the sound of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Murder On The Dancefloor drifts in from the garden.
It’s a curious situation triggered by Emerald Fennell’s drama-thriller Saltburn, which, thanks in no small part to some of its saucier moments, has emerged as one of the most talked-about films of 2023. And as the film’s fame has spread, so too has interest in the huge stately home in which the bulk of its drama takes place.
Called Saltburn in the film, the 700 year-old pile is in reality Drayton House, located in the village of Lowick near the A14.
The ancestral home of its owner, Charles Stopford Sackville,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
While the house in Saltburn may seem compelling, its real-life owner Charles Stopford Sackville would like fans of Emerald Fennell’s hit film to stop trespassing on his property. Sackville, who owns Drayton House, told the Mail on Sunday that the success of Saltburn has caused an influx of tourists and influencers appearing on the stately house’s grounds.
“I never envisaged the amount of interest there would be,” Sackville said. “It’s quite weird. I don’t take it as flattering. How would you feel if people were taking pictures outside your house?...
“I never envisaged the amount of interest there would be,” Sackville said. “It’s quite weird. I don’t take it as flattering. How would you feel if people were taking pictures outside your house?...
- 2/26/2024
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Sophie Ellis-Bextor performed “Murder on the Dancefloor during the BAFTAs, the British Academy Film and Television Arts Awards, on Sunday.
Dressed in a black gown with a vibrant, colorful overlay draping the skirt, Ellis-Bextor strutted across the stage backed by a bevy of dancers as she performed her 2001 number, which has been everywhere since it got a second life with the success of Saltburn, which features the track during a pivotal scene.
Ellis-Bextor nabbed her first Hot 100 hit with the song in January, and made her U.S. television debut...
Dressed in a black gown with a vibrant, colorful overlay draping the skirt, Ellis-Bextor strutted across the stage backed by a bevy of dancers as she performed her 2001 number, which has been everywhere since it got a second life with the success of Saltburn, which features the track during a pivotal scene.
Ellis-Bextor nabbed her first Hot 100 hit with the song in January, and made her U.S. television debut...
- 2/19/2024
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
After a few years in limbo, the BAFTAs finally found a host to replace the much-missed Stephen Fry in David Tennant. The Doctor Who actor proved an amiable and funny emcee, although much of his humor would have gone way over the non-Brits in the audience, starting with a lengthy filmed skit riffing on his BBC TV series Staged, co-starring Michael Sheen. (You can watch it above.)
It was a night of surprises, not especially pleasant ones for the teams behind Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon, and there were no egregious upsets. Neither were there any of the usual technical nightmares that have plagued the event in the past.
Instead, there were lots of low-key but memorable moments, like Oppenheimer’s Robert Downey Jr., dressed in a gray tail suit to collect his Best Supporting Actor award recalling his life in 30 seconds.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph was similarly charming on accepting her Best Supporting Actress award, swooning over presenter Chiwetel Ejiofor and bringing her Holdovers co-star Paul Giamatti to tears when she told him, “I cry every time I see your name.” Equally emotional were June Givanni, receiving this year’s Outstanding Contribution award; Samantha Morton, whose BFI Fellowship was awarded after filmed testimony from Tom Cruise; and the whole audience, who went wild for Still’s Michael J. Fox who handed out the Best Film award to Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.
Wonka star Keegan-Michael Key, presenting, sustained a surprisingly funny attempt to pretend to be British, and, taking the first award of the night for Best Original Screenplay, husband and wife team Justine Triet and Arthur Harari joked that their murderous marital drama Anatomy of a Fall had taken on a life of its own.
All night, speeches were crisp and clean, with only the teams behind The Zone of Interest and 20 Days in Mariupol bringing politics into the conversation, even after Tennant gave the go-ahead by mentioning the recent murder of Alexei Navalny, subject of last year’s Best Documentary winner.
The musical numbers left a lot to be desired. Sophie Ellis-Bextor performed her Saltburn showstopper “Murder on the Dancefloor,” which is more than a few rungs down from Shirley Bassey doing “Diamonds Are Forever” in 2022. Meanwhile, Hannah Waddingham doing a slowed-down version of Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” wasn’t quite what the particularly touching obituary sequence was crying out for. By far the worst of all, though, was a comedy routine by Nick Mohammed performing as a sweaty light entertainer called Mr. Swallow. We must never think or speak of it again.
It was a night of surprises, not especially pleasant ones for the teams behind Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon, and there were no egregious upsets. Neither were there any of the usual technical nightmares that have plagued the event in the past.
Instead, there were lots of low-key but memorable moments, like Oppenheimer’s Robert Downey Jr., dressed in a gray tail suit to collect his Best Supporting Actor award recalling his life in 30 seconds.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph was similarly charming on accepting her Best Supporting Actress award, swooning over presenter Chiwetel Ejiofor and bringing her Holdovers co-star Paul Giamatti to tears when she told him, “I cry every time I see your name.” Equally emotional were June Givanni, receiving this year’s Outstanding Contribution award; Samantha Morton, whose BFI Fellowship was awarded after filmed testimony from Tom Cruise; and the whole audience, who went wild for Still’s Michael J. Fox who handed out the Best Film award to Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.
Wonka star Keegan-Michael Key, presenting, sustained a surprisingly funny attempt to pretend to be British, and, taking the first award of the night for Best Original Screenplay, husband and wife team Justine Triet and Arthur Harari joked that their murderous marital drama Anatomy of a Fall had taken on a life of its own.
All night, speeches were crisp and clean, with only the teams behind The Zone of Interest and 20 Days in Mariupol bringing politics into the conversation, even after Tennant gave the go-ahead by mentioning the recent murder of Alexei Navalny, subject of last year’s Best Documentary winner.
The musical numbers left a lot to be desired. Sophie Ellis-Bextor performed her Saltburn showstopper “Murder on the Dancefloor,” which is more than a few rungs down from Shirley Bassey doing “Diamonds Are Forever” in 2022. Meanwhile, Hannah Waddingham doing a slowed-down version of Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” wasn’t quite what the particularly touching obituary sequence was crying out for. By far the worst of all, though, was a comedy routine by Nick Mohammed performing as a sweaty light entertainer called Mr. Swallow. We must never think or speak of it again.
- 2/18/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2024 Bafta Film Awards ceremony is taking place today (February 18) at London’s Royal Festival Hall on the Southbank.
The show started at around 4:45pm UK time and finishes at approximately 8pm, and will be broadcast with a time delay on BBC One starting at 7pm. Unlike last year’s ceremony, the final categories will not be broadcast live. David Tennant is on hosting duties.
Screen will be posting all the winners on this page as they are announced during the live ceremony (refresh the page for latest updates).
Christopher Nolan’s historical drama Oppenheimer leads the nominations with 13 nods.
The show started at around 4:45pm UK time and finishes at approximately 8pm, and will be broadcast with a time delay on BBC One starting at 7pm. Unlike last year’s ceremony, the final categories will not be broadcast live. David Tennant is on hosting duties.
Screen will be posting all the winners on this page as they are announced during the live ceremony (refresh the page for latest updates).
Christopher Nolan’s historical drama Oppenheimer leads the nominations with 13 nods.
- 2/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
London, Feb 18 (Ians) The UK-Polish historical drama about Auschwitz concentration camp, ‘The Zone of Interest’, based on the 2014 novel by Martin Amis, has won the BAFTA for the best film not in the English language, reports BBC.
Directed by Jonathan Glazer, the film, which has also been nominated for Oscars, focuses on the family of the camp commandant, Rudolf Höss, his wife Hedwig and their five children living a regular life next door to the chamber of horrors.
Hoss ran Auschwitz between 1940 and 1943, and used poisonous insecticide Zyklon B to gas prisoners. An estimated 1.1 million were murdered at Auschwitz, one million of whom were Jews. Yet, just metres away, his family enjoyed their spacious house, plentiful food and manicured garden — separated from the camp by a concrete wall, notes BBC.
Glazer, who made the film near the site in Auschwitz, chose to hint at the terrible events inside the camp.
Directed by Jonathan Glazer, the film, which has also been nominated for Oscars, focuses on the family of the camp commandant, Rudolf Höss, his wife Hedwig and their five children living a regular life next door to the chamber of horrors.
Hoss ran Auschwitz between 1940 and 1943, and used poisonous insecticide Zyklon B to gas prisoners. An estimated 1.1 million were murdered at Auschwitz, one million of whom were Jews. Yet, just metres away, his family enjoyed their spacious house, plentiful food and manicured garden — separated from the camp by a concrete wall, notes BBC.
Glazer, who made the film near the site in Auschwitz, chose to hint at the terrible events inside the camp.
- 2/18/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
It was “Murder on the Dancefloor” at Sunday’s BAFTA Film Awards ceremony in London. English singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor performed her 2001 smash hit “Murder on the Dancefloor,” featured in Emerald Fennell’s BAFTA-nominated film Saltburn, at the ceremony, greeted by joyous screams and much applause from the crowd in attendance.
She was surrounded by a group of dancers who showed off their moves during the number’s finale.
The British Academy’s big annual awards night, hosted by Scottish actor David Tennant (Doctor Who, Inside Man), attracted a star-studded audience to the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London. Among the pre-announced BAFTA presenters were such celebrities as David Beckham, Cate Blanchett, Dua Lipa, Idris Elba, Hugh Grant and Gillian Anderson.
Even the runup to Sunday’s film honors has had industry folks buzzing with anticipation. In addition to the “Murder on the Dancefloor” performance, organizers promised a musical...
She was surrounded by a group of dancers who showed off their moves during the number’s finale.
The British Academy’s big annual awards night, hosted by Scottish actor David Tennant (Doctor Who, Inside Man), attracted a star-studded audience to the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London. Among the pre-announced BAFTA presenters were such celebrities as David Beckham, Cate Blanchett, Dua Lipa, Idris Elba, Hugh Grant and Gillian Anderson.
Even the runup to Sunday’s film honors has had industry folks buzzing with anticipation. In addition to the “Murder on the Dancefloor” performance, organizers promised a musical...
- 2/18/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s the biggest day in the British Film Industry’s calendar as the 2024 BAFTA Awards Ceremony is held at the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank in London. Hosted by David Tennant and attended by British Academy of Film and Television Arts President Hrh Prince William, Hannah Waddingham will deliver an exclusive live music performance, in addition to Sophie Ellis-Bextor who will perform her iconic hit ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’. Samantha Morton to receive BAFTA Fellowship and June Givanni to receive Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award.
A full list of BAFTA winners can be found below the interviews.
Scott Davis and Colin Hart were on the red carpet for HeyUGuys. All the red carpet interviews follow.
2024 BAFTA Red Carpet + Winners Room Interviews
BAFTA 2024 Winners Room Interviews
BAFTA 2024 Winners Best Film
“Anatomy of a Fall” — Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion
“The Holdovers” — Mark Johnson
“Killers of the Flower Moon” — Dan Friedkin,...
A full list of BAFTA winners can be found below the interviews.
Scott Davis and Colin Hart were on the red carpet for HeyUGuys. All the red carpet interviews follow.
2024 BAFTA Red Carpet + Winners Room Interviews
BAFTA 2024 Winners Room Interviews
BAFTA 2024 Winners Best Film
“Anatomy of a Fall” — Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion
“The Holdovers” — Mark Johnson
“Killers of the Flower Moon” — Dan Friedkin,...
- 2/18/2024
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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It’s England’s biggest night in film, and the 2024 BAFTA Awards ceremony is sure to have some exciting moments in store, honoring the best in movies from across the globe.
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It’s England’s biggest night in film, and the 2024 BAFTA Awards ceremony is sure to have some exciting moments in store, honoring the best in movies from across the globe.
- 2/16/2024
- by Sage Anderson
- Rollingstone.com
Prince William is set to attend the BAFTA Awards solo this Sunday as his wife Catherine, Princess of Wales, is still recovering at home after a serious abdominal surgery last month.
William has been president of BAFTA – better known as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts – since 2010.
Last year he and Catherine spread some royal stardust at the ceremony after a two-year absence. It meant they were also able to witness a touching tribute to the prince’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, who was honored by Helen Mirren in a segment during the awards show following her death five months earlier.
It’s been another difficult year for William’s family, with his father King Charles III diagnosed with cancer last month. He is currently undergoing treatment. Meanwhile Catherine was admitted to hospital four weeks ago for an unspecified surgery that required a 10-day in-patient stay. She is...
William has been president of BAFTA – better known as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts – since 2010.
Last year he and Catherine spread some royal stardust at the ceremony after a two-year absence. It meant they were also able to witness a touching tribute to the prince’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, who was honored by Helen Mirren in a segment during the awards show following her death five months earlier.
It’s been another difficult year for William’s family, with his father King Charles III diagnosed with cancer last month. He is currently undergoing treatment. Meanwhile Catherine was admitted to hospital four weeks ago for an unspecified surgery that required a 10-day in-patient stay. She is...
- 2/16/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Sophie Ellis-Bextor stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday to perform her recently-revived hit, “Murder on the Dancefloor.”
Nearly 23 years after the original release of “Murder on the Dancefloor,” the song has found a massive second wind thanks to its prominent placement in Emerald Fennell’s 2023 film, Saltburn. With The Roots as her backing band and whirling disco ball above her, Ellis-Bextor performed the song on a catwalk that extends past the stage and through the crowd. Watch Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s performance below.
“Murder on the Dancefloor” became Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s biggest hit throughout its original 2002 run, and its peak position on the UK Singles Chart that year has now been matched by its current position on the 2024 UK Singles Chart at No. 2. After being featured in Saltburn, the song inspired a viral TikTok trend where people were recreating Barry Keoghan’s dance at the end...
Nearly 23 years after the original release of “Murder on the Dancefloor,” the song has found a massive second wind thanks to its prominent placement in Emerald Fennell’s 2023 film, Saltburn. With The Roots as her backing band and whirling disco ball above her, Ellis-Bextor performed the song on a catwalk that extends past the stage and through the crowd. Watch Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s performance below.
“Murder on the Dancefloor” became Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s biggest hit throughout its original 2002 run, and its peak position on the UK Singles Chart that year has now been matched by its current position on the 2024 UK Singles Chart at No. 2. After being featured in Saltburn, the song inspired a viral TikTok trend where people were recreating Barry Keoghan’s dance at the end...
- 2/13/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
The BAFTAs have filled out their presenter ranks with a host of Hollywood celebrities, including David Beckham, Cate Blanchett, Dua Lipa, Idris Elba, Hugh Grant and Gillian Anderson.
And Hannah Waddingham is set to perform a musical number, following on the Ted Lasso star’s Apple TV+ Christmas special Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas.
The star-studded British film awards show takes place Sunday night at the Royal Festival Hall in London and will be hosted by Doctor Who star David Tennant.
Other bold-faced names to present BAFTA Film Awards include Andrew Scott, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daisy Edgar Jones, Daryl McCormack, Keegan-Michael Key, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lily Collins, Marisa Abela, Rebecca Ferguson, Sheila Atim and Taylor Russell.
“It is a privilege to welcome so many nominees to the BAFTA Film Awards this Sunday, representing some of the best onscreen and behind-the-screen creative talent working in film today who have provided...
And Hannah Waddingham is set to perform a musical number, following on the Ted Lasso star’s Apple TV+ Christmas special Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas.
The star-studded British film awards show takes place Sunday night at the Royal Festival Hall in London and will be hosted by Doctor Who star David Tennant.
Other bold-faced names to present BAFTA Film Awards include Andrew Scott, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daisy Edgar Jones, Daryl McCormack, Keegan-Michael Key, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lily Collins, Marisa Abela, Rebecca Ferguson, Sheila Atim and Taylor Russell.
“It is a privilege to welcome so many nominees to the BAFTA Film Awards this Sunday, representing some of the best onscreen and behind-the-screen creative talent working in film today who have provided...
- 2/13/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sophie Ellis-Bextor brought the party to The Tonight Show with a lively rendition of her hit “Murder on the Dancefloor.” The confetti-filled performance marked Ellis-Bextor’s U.S. TV debut, decades after the song’s release in 2001. The singer was accompanied by house band the Roots, with the excited audience dancing along.
“Murder on the Dancefloor,” which originally appeared on the singer’s debut LP Read My Lips, has seen a resurgence over the past few months thanks to its placement in Emerald Fennell‘s movie Saltburn. The track plays during...
“Murder on the Dancefloor,” which originally appeared on the singer’s debut LP Read My Lips, has seen a resurgence over the past few months thanks to its placement in Emerald Fennell‘s movie Saltburn. The track plays during...
- 2/13/2024
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, who was recently seen in the action film ‘Fighter’ is set to present an award at the upcoming edition of British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards. The actress earlier presented the song ‘Naatu Naatu’ at the 95th Academy Awards, last year.
Deepika took to the stories section of her Instagram and shared the news with her followers as she expressed her gratitude.
The actress shared a screenshot of the list of presenters from the BAFTA website.
It read, “Presenters confirmed to date include (in alphabetical order) — Adjoa Andoh, Andrew Scott, Bryce Dallas Howard, Callum Turner, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daisy Edgar Jones, Daryl McCormack, David Beckham, Deepika Padukone, Dua Lipa, Emma Corrin, Emma Mackey, Gillian Anderson, Himesh Patel, Hugh Grant, Idris Elba, Indira Varma, James Martin, Jack O’Connell, Keegan-Michael Key, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lily Collins, Marisa Abela, Rebecca Ferguson, Sheila Atim, Taylor Russell.”
However,...
Deepika took to the stories section of her Instagram and shared the news with her followers as she expressed her gratitude.
The actress shared a screenshot of the list of presenters from the BAFTA website.
It read, “Presenters confirmed to date include (in alphabetical order) — Adjoa Andoh, Andrew Scott, Bryce Dallas Howard, Callum Turner, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daisy Edgar Jones, Daryl McCormack, David Beckham, Deepika Padukone, Dua Lipa, Emma Corrin, Emma Mackey, Gillian Anderson, Himesh Patel, Hugh Grant, Idris Elba, Indira Varma, James Martin, Jack O’Connell, Keegan-Michael Key, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lily Collins, Marisa Abela, Rebecca Ferguson, Sheila Atim, Taylor Russell.”
However,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
David Beckham, Cate Blanchett and Dua Lipa are among those confirmed to hand out a coveted golden mask on Sunday evening.
The trio are each set to present a BAFTA Film Award, although it has not been confirmed for which categories.
Joining them on stage throughout the night will be fellow presenters Adjoa Andoh of “Bridgerton” fame, Bollywood star Deepika Padukone, “Wonka” Oompa Loompa Hugh Grant and “Emily in Paris’s” Lily Collins.
Other names confirmed to be presenting awards include “The Crown” stars Emma Corrin and Gillian Anderson, “Black Mirror” actor Himesh Patel and “Hijack” hearthrob Idris Elba.
The Rising Star Award will be presented by former winner Jack O’Connell. Phoebe Dynevor, Ayo Edebiri, Jacob Elordi, Mia McKenna-Bruce, and Sophie Wilde are all in the running this year.
Hannah Waddingham has also been confirmed to perform a “special cover song” during the ceremony, which will be hosted by former Doctor Who David Tennant.
The trio are each set to present a BAFTA Film Award, although it has not been confirmed for which categories.
Joining them on stage throughout the night will be fellow presenters Adjoa Andoh of “Bridgerton” fame, Bollywood star Deepika Padukone, “Wonka” Oompa Loompa Hugh Grant and “Emily in Paris’s” Lily Collins.
Other names confirmed to be presenting awards include “The Crown” stars Emma Corrin and Gillian Anderson, “Black Mirror” actor Himesh Patel and “Hijack” hearthrob Idris Elba.
The Rising Star Award will be presented by former winner Jack O’Connell. Phoebe Dynevor, Ayo Edebiri, Jacob Elordi, Mia McKenna-Bruce, and Sophie Wilde are all in the running this year.
Hannah Waddingham has also been confirmed to perform a “special cover song” during the ceremony, which will be hosted by former Doctor Who David Tennant.
- 2/13/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
BritBox has inked a new deal with BAFTA to stream a simulcast of the BAFTA Film Awards through 2025.
This year the awards will be held in London on Feb. 18 with David Tennant hosting. Nominees include “Oppenheimer,” “Poor Things” and “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
For the first time the “best of British” streamer will also simulcast the BAFTA Television Awards, which will be held on May 12. Nominations will be announced in due course.
In the U.K. both ceremonies are broadcast on the BBC with a two-hour delay, although the final four film awards were broadcast live last year for the first time.
The new deal will enable BritBox subscribers in the U.S., Canada, South Africa, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway to watch the awards shows at the same time they are broadcast in the U.K. It will also mark the first time the BAFTA Television Awards have...
This year the awards will be held in London on Feb. 18 with David Tennant hosting. Nominees include “Oppenheimer,” “Poor Things” and “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
For the first time the “best of British” streamer will also simulcast the BAFTA Television Awards, which will be held on May 12. Nominations will be announced in due course.
In the U.K. both ceremonies are broadcast on the BBC with a two-hour delay, although the final four film awards were broadcast live last year for the first time.
The new deal will enable BritBox subscribers in the U.S., Canada, South Africa, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway to watch the awards shows at the same time they are broadcast in the U.K. It will also mark the first time the BAFTA Television Awards have...
- 2/8/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The groove is set to continue as British singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor takes her 2001 dance-pop hit, “Murder on the Dancefloor,” to the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards.
As first reported by Variety, Ellis-Bextor will perform at the biggest night in British film on February 18th at London’s Royal Festival Hall in Southbank.
The early 2000s jam is most recently known as part of the concluding scene from Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, which sparked a viral TikTok sensation and caused it to debut on the Billboard Hot 100 22 years after its first release and. The scene in question features a naked Barry Keoghan in a prolonged dance sequence with the disco-tinged score leading the way.
In her Saltburn review, Consequence’s Liz Shannon Miller praised the scene as having “an ugly sort of catharsis” as Oliver (Keoghan) emerges through tragedy and triumph as the last one standing. Noting that although the scene probably would...
As first reported by Variety, Ellis-Bextor will perform at the biggest night in British film on February 18th at London’s Royal Festival Hall in Southbank.
The early 2000s jam is most recently known as part of the concluding scene from Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, which sparked a viral TikTok sensation and caused it to debut on the Billboard Hot 100 22 years after its first release and. The scene in question features a naked Barry Keoghan in a prolonged dance sequence with the disco-tinged score leading the way.
In her Saltburn review, Consequence’s Liz Shannon Miller praised the scene as having “an ugly sort of catharsis” as Oliver (Keoghan) emerges through tragedy and triumph as the last one standing. Noting that although the scene probably would...
- 1/31/2024
- by Kayla Higgins
- Consequence - Film News
The groove is set to continue as British singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor takes her 2001 dance-pop hit, “Murder on the Dancefloor,” to the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards.
As first reported by Variety, Ellis-Bextor will perform at the biggest night in British film on February 18th at London’s Royal Festival Hall in Southbank.
The early 2000s jam is most recently known as part of the concluding scene from Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, which sparked a viral TikTok sensation and caused it to debut on the Billboard Hot 100 22 years after its first release and. The scene in question features a naked Barry Keoghan in a prolonged dance sequence with the disco-tinged score leading the way.
In her Saltburn review, Consequence’s Liz Shannon Miller praised the scene as having “an ugly sort of catharsis” as Oliver (Keoghan) emerges through tragedy and triumph as the last one standing. Noting that although the scene probably would...
As first reported by Variety, Ellis-Bextor will perform at the biggest night in British film on February 18th at London’s Royal Festival Hall in Southbank.
The early 2000s jam is most recently known as part of the concluding scene from Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, which sparked a viral TikTok sensation and caused it to debut on the Billboard Hot 100 22 years after its first release and. The scene in question features a naked Barry Keoghan in a prolonged dance sequence with the disco-tinged score leading the way.
In her Saltburn review, Consequence’s Liz Shannon Miller praised the scene as having “an ugly sort of catharsis” as Oliver (Keoghan) emerges through tragedy and triumph as the last one standing. Noting that although the scene probably would...
- 1/31/2024
- by Kayla Higgins
- Consequence - Music
The 2024 BAFTA Awards isn’t exactly the proper place to recreate Barry Keoghan’s freewheeling naked dance scene in Emerald Fennell’s film Saltburn. But Sophie Ellis-Bextor will deliver a far more appropriate performance of her 2001 hit “Murder on the Dancefloor,” which is currently experiencing a major resurgence thanks to the movie, at the 2024 BAFTA Awards.
“We are excited to announce that the amazing Sophie Ellis-Bextor will be performing live at the Ee BAFTA Film Awards 2024! Tune in on Sunday 18 February on BBC One and iPlayer and BritBox in North America,...
“We are excited to announce that the amazing Sophie Ellis-Bextor will be performing live at the Ee BAFTA Film Awards 2024! Tune in on Sunday 18 February on BBC One and iPlayer and BritBox in North America,...
- 1/31/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
British singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor will perform her 2001 chart-topper “Murder on the Dancefloor,” most recently known as the concluding viral song from Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, at the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards.
Returning to the charts 22 years after its first release, “Murder on the Dancefloor” and Ellis-Bextor attracted a whole new crowd of younger, largely online fans following the release of Saltburn. In the pic — which has five noms at this year’s BAFTAs — lead actor Barry Keoghan ends the feature with a prolonged dance sequence to the track. Keoghan is naked in the scene, which has fast become a viral meme on TikTok and other social media sites. The track has become so popular that Ellis-Bextor even announced plans to rerelease the song on vinyl later this year.
“What’s happened with the song and how it’s got new people who weren’t even alive the first time it came out listening to it.
Returning to the charts 22 years after its first release, “Murder on the Dancefloor” and Ellis-Bextor attracted a whole new crowd of younger, largely online fans following the release of Saltburn. In the pic — which has five noms at this year’s BAFTAs — lead actor Barry Keoghan ends the feature with a prolonged dance sequence to the track. Keoghan is naked in the scene, which has fast become a viral meme on TikTok and other social media sites. The track has become so popular that Ellis-Bextor even announced plans to rerelease the song on vinyl later this year.
“What’s happened with the song and how it’s got new people who weren’t even alive the first time it came out listening to it.
- 1/31/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
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- 1/29/2024
- by John Lonsdale
- Rollingstone.com
One of the most unforgettable scenes in Saltburn — as in, once you’ve seen it, you can’t unsee it, like many scenes in the surprisingly delightful cringefest — portrays Barry Keoghan lapping up Jacob Elordi’s bathwater after the latter actor, uh, gratified himself in the tub. Of course, because the sight is startling and intriguing, the People of the Internet have made candles — many of them — dubbed “Jacob Elordi’s Bathwater” to give curious viewers a similar experience to Keoghan’s. On Thursday night, Elordi took a whiff for himself.
- 1/19/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Sophie Ellis-Bextor will release her hit single “Murder on the Dancefloor” on vinyl for the first time. The song, which originally appeared on the singer’s debut LP Read My Lips, will be available on a limited edition red 7-inch, as well as a limited edition red CD single, from Feb. 16. Both are available to pre-order now.
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The 2001 song has seen a resurgence over the past few weeks thanks to its placement in Emerald Fennell’s movie Saltburn.
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The 2001 song has seen a resurgence over the past few weeks thanks to its placement in Emerald Fennell’s movie Saltburn.
- 1/15/2024
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Say what you will about "Saltburn" -- the film that /Film's own Jacob Hall touted as the "feel bad" comedy of 2023 -- Emerald Fennell's follow-up to "Promising Young Woman" has inspired a bit of pearl-clutching and eye-rolling in equal measure. Its "twist" ending, admittedly, isn't all that surprising but the film's final moments more than make up for any alleged predictability.
"Saltburn" derives its name from the ancestral home of a well-to-do English family, and the bulk of its action takes place on the lush property in the summer of 2007. When golden boy Felix (Jacob Elordi) brings his lower-class friend Oliver (Barry Keoghan) home for the holiday, a sultry, psychosexual class war ensues. Its descent into madness is chalk full of depraved yearning, posh dinner parties, and laugh-out-loud line readings. "Saltburn" is a film best experienced cold, but among its most talked-about scenes is its final closing moment.
When the dust finally settles,...
"Saltburn" derives its name from the ancestral home of a well-to-do English family, and the bulk of its action takes place on the lush property in the summer of 2007. When golden boy Felix (Jacob Elordi) brings his lower-class friend Oliver (Barry Keoghan) home for the holiday, a sultry, psychosexual class war ensues. Its descent into madness is chalk full of depraved yearning, posh dinner parties, and laugh-out-loud line readings. "Saltburn" is a film best experienced cold, but among its most talked-about scenes is its final closing moment.
When the dust finally settles,...
- 1/13/2024
- by Lyvie Scott
- Slash Film
In 2001, the song reached No 2. As it gets there again – thanks to hit film Saltburn and the power of Gen-z and TikTok – the singer talks about privilege, second chances and Liam Gallagher dancing in the nude
Sophie Ellis Bextor’s 2001 single Murder on the Dancefloor has matched its original highest chart position, propelled back to No 2 thanks to its part in Emerald Fennell’s hit film Saltburn.
Murder on the Dancefloor re-entered the UK Top 40 at No 8 last week after Saltburn premiered on Amazon Prime on 22 December. Many households watched Fennell’s film about destructive desire across the class divide during the festive season – and shrivelled on the sofa when they realised that the country-house flick, set in 2007, was more debased than your average Downton episode.
Sophie Ellis Bextor’s 2001 single Murder on the Dancefloor has matched its original highest chart position, propelled back to No 2 thanks to its part in Emerald Fennell’s hit film Saltburn.
Murder on the Dancefloor re-entered the UK Top 40 at No 8 last week after Saltburn premiered on Amazon Prime on 22 December. Many households watched Fennell’s film about destructive desire across the class divide during the festive season – and shrivelled on the sofa when they realised that the country-house flick, set in 2007, was more debased than your average Downton episode.
- 1/12/2024
- by Laura Snapes
- The Guardian - Film News
Since it debuted at the Telluride Film Festival last August, few films have generated more discussion on social media than “Saltburn.” The new project from Oscar-winning writer and director Emerald Fennell has captured the fascination of TikTok users, as videos adjacent to the film have consistently gone viral on the platform to the tune of more than 4 billion views, Deadline reported. On Amazon Prime Video, where “Saltburn” premiered in late December after its theatrical run, Fennell’s follow-up to “Promising Young Woman” has dominated the charts over the last few weeks to become one of Amazon’s biggest streaming debuts ever. Even the “Saltburn” soundtrack has hit: the 2002 song “Murder on the Dancefloor” reached the top of the Spotify viral U.S. singles chart thanks to its prominent placement in the final moments of the film, when star Barry Keoghan dances in the nude to the Sophie Ellis-Bextor track.
SEEBarry Keoghan interview: ‘Saltburn’
For Fennell,...
SEEBarry Keoghan interview: ‘Saltburn’
For Fennell,...
- 1/11/2024
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Emerald Fennell’s comedy-thriller may not be winning the awards (yet), but it is proving victorious with audiences – who can’t stop discussing it …
Whether it’s down to brilliant marketing, an abundance of viral moments, or sheer film-making talent, there’s no getting away from the fact that nearly two months after its initial release, Saltburn has become the must-see film of the moment. It was Prime Video’s No 1 film over Christmas, featured song Murder on the Dancefloor is back in the charts, and TikTok appears to have gone beserk.
Saltburn’s route to this is relatively unorthodox. A glamorous, Brideshead-style period film, with an Oscar-winning writer-director in the chair and a name-droppable cast including Barry Keoghan, Rosamund Pike and Jacob Elordi, Saltburn’s entry into the world was relatively gentle. Far from an effects-laden blockbuster with proven audience-attractors, a film like this would aim to be hosed down with admiring reviews,...
Whether it’s down to brilliant marketing, an abundance of viral moments, or sheer film-making talent, there’s no getting away from the fact that nearly two months after its initial release, Saltburn has become the must-see film of the moment. It was Prime Video’s No 1 film over Christmas, featured song Murder on the Dancefloor is back in the charts, and TikTok appears to have gone beserk.
Saltburn’s route to this is relatively unorthodox. A glamorous, Brideshead-style period film, with an Oscar-winning writer-director in the chair and a name-droppable cast including Barry Keoghan, Rosamund Pike and Jacob Elordi, Saltburn’s entry into the world was relatively gentle. Far from an effects-laden blockbuster with proven audience-attractors, a film like this would aim to be hosed down with admiring reviews,...
- 1/11/2024
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Barry Keoghan has successfully made the jump from Oscar-nominee to internet boyfriend thanks to the success of “Saltburn.” Emerald Fennell’s thriller has turned the 31-year-old actor into a new kind of sex symbol — thanks to scenes in which he slurps Jacob Elordi’s bathwater, has sex with a grave and one full-frontal long take in which he dances to “Murder on the Dancefloor.” The actor told GQ magazine that he’s finally being seen as a man and not just a “freak child” in the aftermath of “Saltburn,” and it feels good. Sometimes you just have to let your manhood all hang out.
“It’s nice, man,” Keoghan said. “It’s nice not just being looked at as the weird-looking guy, the unique feckin’ freaky little freak man-child, freak child-man, whatever you want to call it. It’s nice to see people kind of look at you in that way.
“It’s nice, man,” Keoghan said. “It’s nice not just being looked at as the weird-looking guy, the unique feckin’ freaky little freak man-child, freak child-man, whatever you want to call it. It’s nice to see people kind of look at you in that way.
- 1/9/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
(Warning: Big “Saltburn” spoilers ahead.)
“Well, it was mostly based on the family I murdered.”
So said Emerald Fennell during a discussion of the film she wrote and directed, “Saltburn,” that was part of TheWrap Screening Series. She was, of course, joking about what inspired her latest movie, but her deadpan delivery fit right into the tonal razor’s edge that “Saltburn” assuredly walks, straddling horror, melodrama and pitch-black comedy. It’s the story of Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan), an Oxford student of modest means with a tragic backstory who befriends and becomes infatuated with an aristocratic classmate named Theo Catton, played by Jacob Elordi. When Oliver joins Theo at Saltburn, his family’s dazzlingly posh estate, Oliver’s true motivations become evident.
“I wanted to make a Gothic romance and something that would make people do the things it’s done, which is make people feel something: laugh and...
“Well, it was mostly based on the family I murdered.”
So said Emerald Fennell during a discussion of the film she wrote and directed, “Saltburn,” that was part of TheWrap Screening Series. She was, of course, joking about what inspired her latest movie, but her deadpan delivery fit right into the tonal razor’s edge that “Saltburn” assuredly walks, straddling horror, melodrama and pitch-black comedy. It’s the story of Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan), an Oxford student of modest means with a tragic backstory who befriends and becomes infatuated with an aristocratic classmate named Theo Catton, played by Jacob Elordi. When Oliver joins Theo at Saltburn, his family’s dazzlingly posh estate, Oliver’s true motivations become evident.
“I wanted to make a Gothic romance and something that would make people do the things it’s done, which is make people feel something: laugh and...
- 1/9/2024
- by Missy Schwartz
- The Wrap
Saltburn had a happy ending for Sophie Ellis-Bextor, whose “Murder on the Dancefloor” just debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 over 20 years after its initial release. Cruising in at No. 98, the song marks Ellis-Bextor’s first-ever entry on the chart.
The piqued interest in “Murder on the Dancefloor” can certainly be credited to the song’s inclusion in Emerald Fennell’s comedy thriller Saltburn late last year. The 2001 dance-pop tune soundtracks the film’s unforgettable closing scene, during which Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) gleefully dances by himself, butt-ass naked.
“Murder on the Dancefloor” has since become a viral TikTok sound, backing hundreds of thousands of videos of fans doing their own dances — albeit usually clothed. Ellis-Bextor herself even joined the fun on her personal TikTok account, posting a video of herself dancing to the song in a very Saltburn-like outfit. See that below.
The renewed popularity of “Murder on the Dancefloor...
The piqued interest in “Murder on the Dancefloor” can certainly be credited to the song’s inclusion in Emerald Fennell’s comedy thriller Saltburn late last year. The 2001 dance-pop tune soundtracks the film’s unforgettable closing scene, during which Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) gleefully dances by himself, butt-ass naked.
“Murder on the Dancefloor” has since become a viral TikTok sound, backing hundreds of thousands of videos of fans doing their own dances — albeit usually clothed. Ellis-Bextor herself even joined the fun on her personal TikTok account, posting a video of herself dancing to the song in a very Saltburn-like outfit. See that below.
The renewed popularity of “Murder on the Dancefloor...
- 1/9/2024
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Amazon Prime MGM’s Emerald Fennell gothic romance Saltburn has become a new obsession for Prime Video subscribers, for following its Dec. 22 drop, the movie has easily become one of the streamer’s top 10 worldwide film debuts.
Similar to how the Barry Keoghan-Rosamund Pike-Jacob Elordi-Richard E. Grant and Carey Mulligan ensemble saw an unprecedented hold at the weekend box office post-Thanksgiving, Salburn‘s run on the service reps the highest week-over-week growth for any Prime Video film last year.
Additionally, since its first weekend, Saltburn’s total viewership has grown nearly 4x, fueled by a strong viral marketing campaign and word-of-mouth.
That heat for Saltburn can be witnessed online, one example being SNL’s Chloe Fineman showing off her family’s real-time shock and awe to the movie while watching Keoghan’s Oliver bathtub slurp and graveyard love (viewed by 5.2M) or the Jacob...
Similar to how the Barry Keoghan-Rosamund Pike-Jacob Elordi-Richard E. Grant and Carey Mulligan ensemble saw an unprecedented hold at the weekend box office post-Thanksgiving, Salburn‘s run on the service reps the highest week-over-week growth for any Prime Video film last year.
Additionally, since its first weekend, Saltburn’s total viewership has grown nearly 4x, fueled by a strong viral marketing campaign and word-of-mouth.
That heat for Saltburn can be witnessed online, one example being SNL’s Chloe Fineman showing off her family’s real-time shock and awe to the movie while watching Keoghan’s Oliver bathtub slurp and graveyard love (viewed by 5.2M) or the Jacob...
- 1/9/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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