Power to YOU!
It may be a ceremony honouring the best of British cinema, but it was a Kiwi film that took out the evening’s top prize at the BAFTA Awards. Dame Jane Campion’s gritty Western The Power of the Dog won Best Film and the 67-year-old Wellingtonian also won Best Director. Her leading man Benedict Cumberbatch, 45, had to accept the honour on Jane’s behalf as she was busy in Los Angeles picking up the same honour at the Critics’ Choice Awards. Broadway star Ariana DeBose was beaming in yellow as she picked up another Best Supporting Actress statue for her performance as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s stunning remake of West Side Story. The 31-year-old struggled to contain her emotion as she reflected on the chance to bring to life such an iconic character in cinema. “I…