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Will Poulter is taking his mother as his date to the BAFTAs.
The 'We're the Millers' actor - who is nominated for the prestigious EE Rising Star Award - will share his special moment at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday (16.02.14) with his parents and insisted his mum Caroline join him on the red carpet.
Speaking to BANG Showbiz at EE and Esquire magazine's pre-BAFTA bash at London's The Savoy hotel last night (12.02.14), Will said: "My mum is sat next to me. I told my mum she has to be included. I was like, 'You're coming, no two ways about it.' So my mum's coming, and my dad's going to be sat at the back, but they're both going to be there."
The 21-year-old star admits he is "terrified" about his nomination and hasn't even thought about writing an acceptance speech in case he jinxes his chances of winning.
He enthused: "I'm excited about Sunday, looking forward to it very much. I'm excited, obviously, to be nominated for such a prestigious award but I'm terrified as well.
"I have yet to write a speech. I'm worried that will jinx it."
The affable British actor - who is up for the Rising Star Award with Dane DeHaan, Lupita Nyong'o, George MacKay and Lea Seydoux - also revealed he is backing his close pal George, 21, for the win if he doesn't get the prize himself.
He said: "That's so tough! I'm a genuine fan of all of them. George is a very good friend, so it's difficult to choose. Because George is my mate, I have to say George! And he's totally deserving."
Will Poulter’s BAFTA family affair
Will Poulter is taking his mother as his date to the BAFTAs.
The 'We're the Millers' actor - who is nominated for the prestigious EE Rising Star Award - will share his special moment at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday (16.02.14) with his parents and insisted his mum Caroline join him on the red carpet.
Speaking to BANG Showbiz at EE and Esquire magazine's pre-BAFTA bash at London's The Savoy hotel last night (12.02.14), Will said: "My mum is sat next to me. I told my mum she has to be included. I was like, 'You're coming, no two ways about it.' So my mum's coming, and my dad's going to be sat at the back, but they're both going to be there."
The 21-year-old star admits he is "terrified" about his nomination and hasn't even thought about writing an acceptance speech in case he jinxes his chances of winning.
He enthused: "I'm excited about Sunday, looking forward to it very much. I'm excited, obviously, to be nominated for such a prestigious award but I'm terrified as well.
"I have yet to write a speech. I'm worried that will jinx it."
The affable British actor - who is up for the Rising Star Award with Dane DeHaan, Lupita Nyong'o, George MacKay and Lea Seydoux - also revealed he is backing his close pal George, 21, for the win if he doesn't get the prize himself.
He said: "That's so tough! I'm a genuine fan of all of them. George is a very good friend, so it's difficult to choose. Because George is my mate, I have to say George! And he's totally deserving."
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Lupita Nyong'o "cried" when she learned she had been nominated for an Oscar.
The '12 Years A Slave' actress watched the nominations broadcast on TV with her friends and found it "surreal" when her name was read out in the Best Supporting Actress category.
She said: "I chose to watch it. I had a deliberation with my best friends, we were together here in LA and I chose to watch it because I thought, you know, I want to hear it from the horse's mouth either way.
"I raised my hand up and I just closed my eyes and cried and said thank you, thank you, thank you. It was so surreal to hear my name in that context."
The 30-year-old actress is excited about the forthcoming ceremony, whether she wins the award or not, but is viewing it as the "final celebration" for '12 Years a Slave'.
Speaking on 'Piers Morgan Live', she said: "I am just so grateful and stoked to be going to the Oscars and to be going there with so many other people from this amazing picture that I got to be a part of. I mean it's going to be the final celebration, you know."
Lupita Nyong’o cried over Oscar nod
Lupita Nyong'o "cried" when she learned she had been nominated for an Oscar.
The '12 Years A Slave' actress watched the nominations broadcast on TV with her friends and found it "surreal" when her name was read out in the Best Supporting Actress category.
She said: "I chose to watch it. I had a deliberation with my best friends, we were together here in LA and I chose to watch it because I thought, you know, I want to hear it from the horse's mouth either way.
"I raised my hand up and I just closed my eyes and cried and said thank you, thank you, thank you. It was so surreal to hear my name in that context."
The 30-year-old actress is excited about the forthcoming ceremony, whether she wins the award or not, but is viewing it as the "final celebration" for '12 Years a Slave'.
Speaking on 'Piers Morgan Live', she said: "I am just so grateful and stoked to be going to the Oscars and to be going there with so many other people from this amazing picture that I got to be a part of. I mean it's going to be the final celebration, you know."
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Sir Roger Moore is urging shoppers to boycott the opening of a Fortnum & Mason store in Dubai.
The 86-year-old actor - famed for portraying James Bond in seven movies - has warned shoppers in the region against the prestigious department store, which is widely slammed by animal rights groups for selling foie gras in the UK.
The expensive pate sees birds force-fed grain multiple times a day until their liver swells up to 10 times its normal size. Although foie gras production is banned in the UK, Fortnum and Mason commonly import the products from French farmers to be sold in its Piccadilly store.
Moore said: "Fortnum & Mason is widely condemned and boycotted in Britain as one of the last department stores that still sells foie gras - a product so cruel that it is illegal to produce both there and in more than a dozen other countries.
"I invite compassionate Dubai shoppers to join us in calling on Fortnum & Mason to end its involvement in the barbaric force-feeding of birds for foie gras."
Moore's comments come after new footage, as part of an investigation by PETA, revealed the cruel conditions on the farms where geese not only suffer breathing difficulties as a result of their distended livers, but are killed without being stunned first which is contrary to French and British animal welfare laws.
Sir Roger is one of many prominent British figures - including Dame Vera Lynn, Twiggy, Ricky Gervais, Joanna Lumley and Kate Winslet - who have supported PETA's campaign against foie gras.
Roger Moore boycotts Dubai Fortnum and Mason store
Sir Roger Moore is urging shoppers to boycott the opening of a Fortnum & Mason store in Dubai.
The 86-year-old actor - famed for portraying James Bond in seven movies - has warned shoppers in the region against the prestigious department store, which is widely slammed by animal rights groups for selling foie gras in the UK.
The expensive pate sees birds force-fed grain multiple times a day until their liver swells up to 10 times its normal size. Although foie gras production is banned in the UK, Fortnum and Mason commonly import the products from French farmers to be sold in its Piccadilly store.
Moore said: "Fortnum & Mason is widely condemned and boycotted in Britain as one of the last department stores that still sells foie gras - a product so cruel that it is illegal to produce both there and in more than a dozen other countries.
"I invite compassionate Dubai shoppers to join us in calling on Fortnum & Mason to end its involvement in the barbaric force-feeding of birds for foie gras."
Moore's comments come after new footage, as part of an investigation by PETA, revealed the cruel conditions on the farms where geese not only suffer breathing difficulties as a result of their distended livers, but are killed without being stunned first which is contrary to French and British animal welfare laws.
Sir Roger is one of many prominent British figures - including Dame Vera Lynn, Twiggy, Ricky Gervais, Joanna Lumley and Kate Winslet - who have supported PETA's campaign against foie gras.