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BAFTA Awards: ‘The King’s Speech’ wins for supporting actor, outstanding British film

By Susan Kingwriter 
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Halfway through the BAFTA Awards ceremony at London’s Royal Opera House, ‘The King’s Speech’ has earned four Orange British Academy Film Awards -- the latest being supporting actor for Geoffrey Rush.

The Oscar favorite for best picture also has won outstanding British film, supporting actress for Helena Bonham Carter and original score for Alexandre Desplat.

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-- Susan King

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Susan King

Susan King is a former entertainment writer at the Los Angeles Times who specialized in Classic Hollywood stories. She also wrote about independent, foreign and studio movies and occasionally TV and theater stories. Born in East Orange, N.J., she received her master’s degree in film history and criticism at USC. She worked for 10 years at the L.A. Herald Examiner and came to work at The Times in January 1990. She left in 2016.

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