Brit awards and Baftas: Criticising genocide and the rise of the far-right and being censored for it
Last week’s Brit Awards in Manchester saw several political comments by artists. Equally noteworthy were public reactions to…
“Sinners” Star Jayme Lawson Says John Davidson’s ‘Disability Got Exploited’ at BAFTAs, Praises Costars’ ‘Grace’ Over Incident
NEED TO KNOW At the Feb. 22 BAFTA Film Awards, John Davidson, who has Tourette Syndrome, yelled the…
‘SNL’s BAFTA Racial Slur Sketch Criticized By Tourette’s Charity
EXCLUSIVE: Saturday Night Live‘s send-up of the BAFTA racial slur incident has proved to be no laughing matter…
Sinners’ Jayme Lawson Says BAFTAs Were Exploitative
Photo: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images Sinners star Jayme Lawson praised her co-stars Michael B. Jordan and Delroy…
Vocal tic at BAFTA leaves Black Tourette syndrome community with mixed feelings
For Black people living with Tourette syndrome, the British Academy Film and Television Arts Awards incident earlier this…
Baylen Dupree on John Davidson’s Tourette’s BAFTA Incident
Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for TLC Baylen Dupree, star of Baylen Out Loud, knows firsthand how the tics…
John Davidson Was Told Swearing Would Be Cut from BAFTA Awards
The autopsy of what exactly went wrong at the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards continues. By now, the story…
Warner Bros. Complained About BAFTA Racial Slur & Requested BBC Cut
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. raised immediate concerns about the involuntary racial slur directed at the stars of Sinners during…
BAFTAs Brought Painful Reminder for Tourette Syndrome Community
When the advocate Jess Thom heard about a person with Tourette’s “ticcing” the BAFTAs, she had a familiar…
Jamie Foxx Calls BAFTAs Guest’s Racial Slur ‘Unacceptable’ Despite His Behavior Linked to Tourette’s
Jamie Foxx is not looking for excuses. After John Davidson — who lives with Tourette syndrome and whose…
BBC, BAFTAs apologize to Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo after Tourette’s syndrome activist shouted racial slur during BAFTAs
Audible gasps filled the Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday when a Tourette’s syndrome (TS) activist involuntarily…
BBC apologizes after broadcast of BAFTA awards captures slur from Tourette’s tics
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s film academy and the BBC apologized to viewers after an audience member with Tourette…