{"id":311831,"date":"2026-02-22T18:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T18:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/311831\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T18:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T18:41:08","slug":"baftas-2026-jessie-buckley-and-timothee-chalamet-among-stars-at-baftas-awards-as-show-gets-under-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/311831\/","title":{"rendered":"Baftas 2026: Jessie Buckley and Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet among stars at Baftas awards as show gets under way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight&#8217;s musical performancespublished at 18:35 GMT<\/p>\n<p>18:35 GMT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-5adjh7-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3485d267-97df-4a27-badf-79276926aab2.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Noor Nanji<br \/>Culture correspondent at the Baftas<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rei Ami, EJAE and Audrey Nuna of 'KPop Demon Hunters' pose on the red carpet at the EE BAFTA Film Awards\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/f4c5235a-3770-499d-8434-6bebce6d566c.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"4534\" height=\"2550\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, EPAImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rei Ami, EJAE and Audrey Nuna of KPop Demon Hunters&#8217; Huntr\/x will perform at the awards<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It\u2019s been a KPop takeover. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The singers behind viral smash hit film KPop Demon Hunters took to the stage a little earlier for their first live performance together outside the US. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, unlike the Oscars, there is no best original song category at the Baftas, so the film\u2019s chart-topping track Golden isn&#8217;t nominated. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jessie Ware will also take to the stage to perform during the ceremony&#8217;s In Memoriam section, which pays tribute to the artists and creatives who have died during the past year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jessie will sing an undisclosed song from one of her favourite films, and she\u2019s said it will be an \u201chonour\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jessie Ware attending the 79th British Academy Film Awards, at the Royal Festival Hall\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/25adde07-aacd-47d6-9b7f-0ec929cef5bd.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"3000\" height=\"1687\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, PA MediaImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jessie Ware will perform during the ceremony&#8217;s In Memoriam section of the show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tonight&#8217;s musical performancespublished at 18:35 GMT 18:35 GMT Noor NanjiCulture correspondent at the Baftas Image source, EPAImage caption,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-311831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}