British singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor is all set to perform her 2001 chart-topper “Murder on the Dancefloor,” at the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards. Her song has recently surfaced again and gone viral, courtesy of Emerald Fennell’s ‘Saltburn’.
The song returned to the charts 22 years after its first release as it attracted a whole new crowd of younger, largely online fans following the release of ‘Saltburn.’
In ‘Saltburn,’ lead actor Barry Keoghan ends the feature with a prolonged dance sequence to the track. The movie has five nominations at this year’s BAFTAs. Due to its rising popularity, singer Ellis-Bextor 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. It’s just spectacular,” she said after her 2001 chart-topper went viral.
Ellis-Bextor is the first musical act announced for this year’s BAFTA Film Awards.
Actor David Tennant will take the reins as the host for the ceremony. The standout contender of the evening is Christopher Nolan’s compelling biopic “Oppenheimer,” which secured an impressive 13 nominations, including nods for best film, director, and adapted screenplay. “Oppenheimer” fell just one nomination short of matching the record-breaking 14 nominations earned by “All Quiet on the Western Front” in 2023.
Following Nolan is Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, who earned 11 nominations with his latest black comedy ‘Poor Things,’ including best film alongside outstanding British film and adapted screenplay for Tony McNamara.
Chasing the leading two is Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ which got nine nominations. The three-hour-long movie got nods for Best Film, Supporting Actor for Robert De Niro, and Cinematography for Rodrigo Prieto.
However, the film failed to land nominations for either best director or best actress (Lily Gladstone), where it had been longlisted and earmarked as a frontrunner.
Jonathan Glazer’s breakout Cannes drama ‘The Zone of Interest’ also clocked nine nominations, giving the British filmmaker his best-ever BAFTAs haul.
Other leading films include ‘Anatomy of a Fall’, ‘The Holdovers’ and ‘Maestro,’ which all netted seven nominations. Andrew Haigh’s drama ‘All of Us Strangers’ landed six nominations, and Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ has five alongside Saltburn.
The BAFTA Film Awards will be broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK, on BritBox International in the US, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and South Africa, as well as BBC Australia and Britbox in Australia, NOVA Bulgaria, NOVA Greece, Turner Spain and Canal Plus.
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