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The British do tea parties better than most anybody (except when Americans really put their mind to it–we all know what happened when colonials staged one very big one in Boston in 1773.)  So when The British Academy of Film and Television Arts celebrated the 2017 Awards Season with their annual Tea Party on Saturday, January 7th– just about everyone in town for the Golden Globes pitched up for a bit of tea, scones, and cocktails, too!
As well as honoring the year’s awards nominees and winners, the Tea Party also raises awareness forBAFTA Los Angeles’ initiatives,  including its Access for All campaign, which raises funds for BAFTA scholarship, education and community programs.
 So, who attended? All the big names from the most buzzed about and nominated films in the running for Golden Globes and other prizes, including: Amy Adams (Arrival), Maren Ade (Toni Erdmann), Riz Ahmed (The Night Of), Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Tichina Arnold (Daytime Divas), Marie Avgeropoulos (The 100), Caitriona Balfe (Outlander), Lauren Beck (Manchester by the Sea), Fred Berger (La La Land), Nicholas Britell (Moonlight), Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things), Sterling K. Brown (The People v. O.J. Simpson), Anne Carey (20th Century Women), Damien Chazelle (La La Land), Dan Cohen (Stranger Things), Lily Collins (Rules Don’t Apply), Kelly Fremon Craig (The Edge of Seventeen), Paul Crowder (The Beatles: Eight Days A Week), Garth Davis (Lion), Marius De Vries (La La Land), Jonas Dornbach (Toni Erdmann), Jay Duplass (Transparent), Ava DuVernay (13th), Joel Edgerton (Loving), Gareth Edwards (Rogue One), Megan Ellison (20th Century Women), Edwina Findley (Free In Deed), Peter Fonda (Borderland), Claire Foy (The Crown), Dede Gardner (Moonlight), Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge), Gary Gilbert (La La Land), Lily Gladstone (Certain Women), Julie Goldman (Life, Animated), Cuba Gooding Jr. (The People v. O.J. Simpson), Ryan Gosling (La La Land), David Greathouse (Hacksaw Ridge/The Night Of), Naomie Harris (Moonlight), Justin Hartley (This Is Us), Hauschka (Lion), Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things), Simon Helberg (Florence Foster Jenkins), Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta), Tom Hiddleston (The Night Manager), Jordan Horowitz (La La Land), Bryce Dallas Howard (Gold/Black Mirror), Byron Howard (Zootopia), Ron Howard (The Beatles: Eight Days A Week), Sandra Huller (Toni Erdmann), Isabelle Huppert (Elle), Justin Hurwitz (La La Land), Raza Jaffrey (Code Black), Janine Jackowski (Toni Erdmann), Sam Taylor Johnson (Gypsy), Joe Jonas (Singer), Amara Karan (The Night Of), Lola Kirke (Mozart in the Jungle), Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings), Amy Landecker (Transparent), Dan Levine (Arrival), Shawn Levy (Stranger Things), John Lithgow (The Crown), Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea), Diego Luna (Rogue One), Trace Lysette (Transparent), Ted Melfi (Hidden Figures), Bill Mechanic (Hacksaw Ridge), Chrissy Metz (This Is Us), Mark Monroe (The Beatles: Eight Days A Week), Chris Moore (Manchester by the Sea), Rich Moore (Zootopia), Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic), Niecy Nash (Masters of Sex/Scream Queens), Ruth Negga (Loving), Thandie Newton (Westworld), Jeff Nichols (Loving), Lesley Nicol (The Odd Couple), Paul Oakenfold (Record Producer), Dustin O’Halloran (Lion), Scott Pascucci (The Beatles: Eight Days A Week), Benj Pasek (La La Land), Jamie Patricof (Captain Fantastic), Justin Paul (La La Land), Sunny Pawar (Lion), Daniel Pemberton (Gold), David Permut (Hacksaw Ridge), Marc Platt (La La Land), Lara Pulver (Quantico), Trevante Rhodes (Moonlight), Christina Ricci (Z: The Beginning of Everything), Matt Ross (Captain Fantastic), Roger Ross Williams (Life, Animated), Robert Salerno (Nocturnal Animals), Angela Sarafyan (Westworld), Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish), Noah Schnapp (Stranger Things), Lauren Selig (Hacksaw Ridge), Jane Seymour (Pray For Rain), Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water), Peter Simonischek (Toni Erdmann), Nigel Sinclair (The Beatles: Eight Days A Week), Christian Slater (Mr. Robot), Jill Soloway (Transparent), Clark Spencer (Zootopia), Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures), Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen), Emma Stone (La La Land), Arianne Sutner (Kubo and the Two Strings), Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent), Lynette Howell Taylor (Transparent), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nocturnal Animals), Justin Timberlake (Trolls), Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones), Paul Verhoeven (Elle), Benjamin Wallfisch (Hidden Figures), Kevin Walsh (Manchester by the Sea), Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones), Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things), Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld), Lucas Jade Zumann (20th Century Women), and more.
The BAFTA Los Angeles Awards Season Tea Party was presented by BBC America and the GREAT Campaign.Â
