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Euro Edition: Morning Papers

Aired February 16, 2004 - 05:42   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time to check on what's making headlines overseas in this morning's 'Euro Edition,' so let's head back live to London and Tony Campion.
Good morning -- Tony.

TONY CAMPION, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello again, Carol.

I think I am going to start by showing you what's on the front page of "The Daily Telegraph." You'd probably rather look at her than me anyway. There we go. This is Scarlet Johansson. The BAFTAs, of course, took place in Britain last night. Guess what, a different paper, same photograph on the front of "The Guardian." Guess who is on the front of the "Daily Mail," Scarlet Johansson. Guess who is on the front of "The Sun," Scarlet Johansson. That's four nice, big, happy, smiley faces for Scarlet Johansson.

Guess who is on "The Independent," it's Emma Thompson.

COSTELLO: That's another side of her.

CAMPION: And so we have four smiley -- yes, that's another one, exactly. The point I was going to make is that you know four smiley faces for Scarlet Johansson, the U.S. best actress now say the British -- says the British Academy of Film Awards.

And Emma Thompson, we just see her rear end as she walks away. It was kind of like that with the Brits not picking up very many awards at all and the U.S. walking off with all the top ones. You know Scarlet wins best actress, as I say. Bill Murray gets best actor for his role in the same film for "Lost in Translation." Of course Scarlet actually, you know, beat herself as well, because she was nominated not only for "Lost in Translation" but for also "Girl With a -- Girl in a Pearl Earring."

And yes, what could the Brits do? Well Bill Nigh came up with best supporting actor in "Cold Mountain." And we also took the music award in that film as well. But essentially...

COSTELLO: So Jude Law -- Jude Law...

CAMPION: ... this was a ceremony...

COSTELLO: ... wasn't even nominated, Jude Law?

CAMPION: He was nominated, but he didn't get anywhere. He didn't walk away with anything on that night. Interesting, actually. He was interviewed, I saw this going out on CNN International just a short while ago, interviewed by a reporter beforehand. And he was saying well I think it's all about being nominated, isn't it, not about winning any awards tonight and what a lucky bean (ph) that that's what he was thinking pretty much.

But "Lord of the Rings" also did very well, five awards. Interesting, because "Cold Mountain" actually had 13 nominations before the awards were given out, walked away with just 2. "Lord of the Rings" 12 nominations and walked away with 5 awards. Where do you think the balance lies there? Because there is some truth in the fact, isn't there, that it's all about nominations and being seen at the awards in terms of, you know, furthering the career. And that's what people tend to talk about afterwards.

COSTELLO: Well...

CAMPION: But you know isn't it interesting also, Carol, how much more important the BAFTA seem these days, you know, since they run them now, what is it, two weeks before the Oscars? The guy who was hosting the BAFTAs yesterday was saying you know the BAFTAs always used to seem like a bit of a damp squid when they came after the Oscar ceremony. But now, suddenly we get a lot of the talent putting in an appearance. Renee Zellweger turns up every year and so do a lot of the big names because, of course, it's, you know, on the road to the big ceremony.

COSTELLO: Well it's just -- it's just really interesting, because Britons seem to love American actors and Americans seem to love British actors. It's a strange kind of -- who knew?

CAMPION: Absolutely, it's kind of a symbiosis almost, isn't it, between the two and yes. So, but you know a great ceremony and a good occasion. And there we go, "Lord of the Rings" comes out on top. I guess that has to be the summary for you.

COSTELLO: All right. Tony Campion reporting live from London, many thanks.

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Aired February 16, 2004 - 05:42   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time to check on what's making headlines overseas in this morning's 'Euro Edition,' so let's head back live to London and Tony Campion.
Good morning -- Tony.

TONY CAMPION, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello again, Carol.

I think I am going to start by showing you what's on the front page of "The Daily Telegraph." You'd probably rather look at her than me anyway. There we go. This is Scarlet Johansson. The BAFTAs, of course, took place in Britain last night. Guess what, a different paper, same photograph on the front of "The Guardian." Guess who is on the front of the "Daily Mail," Scarlet Johansson. Guess who is on the front of "The Sun," Scarlet Johansson. That's four nice, big, happy, smiley faces for Scarlet Johansson.

Guess who is on "The Independent," it's Emma Thompson.

COSTELLO: That's another side of her.

CAMPION: And so we have four smiley -- yes, that's another one, exactly. The point I was going to make is that you know four smiley faces for Scarlet Johansson, the U.S. best actress now say the British -- says the British Academy of Film Awards.

And Emma Thompson, we just see her rear end as she walks away. It was kind of like that with the Brits not picking up very many awards at all and the U.S. walking off with all the top ones. You know Scarlet wins best actress, as I say. Bill Murray gets best actor for his role in the same film for "Lost in Translation." Of course Scarlet actually, you know, beat herself as well, because she was nominated not only for "Lost in Translation" but for also "Girl With a -- Girl in a Pearl Earring."

And yes, what could the Brits do? Well Bill Nigh came up with best supporting actor in "Cold Mountain." And we also took the music award in that film as well. But essentially...

COSTELLO: So Jude Law -- Jude Law...

CAMPION: ... this was a ceremony...

COSTELLO: ... wasn't even nominated, Jude Law?

CAMPION: He was nominated, but he didn't get anywhere. He didn't walk away with anything on that night. Interesting, actually. He was interviewed, I saw this going out on CNN International just a short while ago, interviewed by a reporter beforehand. And he was saying well I think it's all about being nominated, isn't it, not about winning any awards tonight and what a lucky bean (ph) that that's what he was thinking pretty much.

But "Lord of the Rings" also did very well, five awards. Interesting, because "Cold Mountain" actually had 13 nominations before the awards were given out, walked away with just 2. "Lord of the Rings" 12 nominations and walked away with 5 awards. Where do you think the balance lies there? Because there is some truth in the fact, isn't there, that it's all about nominations and being seen at the awards in terms of, you know, furthering the career. And that's what people tend to talk about afterwards.

COSTELLO: Well...

CAMPION: But you know isn't it interesting also, Carol, how much more important the BAFTA seem these days, you know, since they run them now, what is it, two weeks before the Oscars? The guy who was hosting the BAFTAs yesterday was saying you know the BAFTAs always used to seem like a bit of a damp squid when they came after the Oscar ceremony. But now, suddenly we get a lot of the talent putting in an appearance. Renee Zellweger turns up every year and so do a lot of the big names because, of course, it's, you know, on the road to the big ceremony.

COSTELLO: Well it's just -- it's just really interesting, because Britons seem to love American actors and Americans seem to love British actors. It's a strange kind of -- who knew?

CAMPION: Absolutely, it's kind of a symbiosis almost, isn't it, between the two and yes. So, but you know a great ceremony and a good occasion. And there we go, "Lord of the Rings" comes out on top. I guess that has to be the summary for you.

COSTELLO: All right. Tony Campion reporting live from London, many thanks.

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