BAFTA invites Leonardo DiCaprio, Rosamond Pike, Emily Blunt, Carey Mulligan and more to afternoon tea

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If any film and television academy is going to host a tea party, it’s the BAFTAs, of course. On Saturday afternoon, they hosted their annual pre-awards celebration (the BAFTAs are scheduled for February 18); The organization took over the Maybourne Beverly Hills Hotel and welcomed nearly every major film and TV show of the year—a spectacle even for the hotel’s unexpected guests.

After walking down the red carpet, a carefully arranged floral arch in deep red marks the entrance to the party. Set outside, a transparent ceiling from which floral chandeliers hang creates an indoor-outdoor feel. The open air buzzed with A-list stars and other film professionals enthusiastically congratulating each other on their latest achievements. was off to the side Master Carey Mulligan, deep in conversation, while poor things’ Willem Dafoe who circled the room. Saltburn

Exchanged with Archie Madekwe The color purple Kalpana, while elsewhere, of the bear Ayo Adebiri and Lionel Boyce were consistently held up for praise for their breakout roles.

It was, indeed, your best tea party, with little bites floating at various stations in the sunlit room for guests in pastel dinnerware to have tea or coffee. That said, he’s the only person who can claim Leonardo DiCaprio, Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Greta Gerwig and Mark Ruffalo as guests, especially during a whirlwind of awards circuit appearances. Best of all, there was nothing on the agenda except some tea—and maybe champagne.