Bafta bosses put ‘ring of steel’ around Sunday’s ceremony...

WITH huge names including Ariana Grande, Orlando Bloom, Demi Moore and Timothee Chalamet preparing to descend on the EE Film Baftas tomorrow afternoon, organisers are taking no risks when it comes to security. Last year a YouTube prankster, who is so inconsequential it’s not worth naming them, managed to get up on stage alongside Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy as they collected the Best Picture award for Oppenheimer.

Image Credit: The Sun [The cast and crew of Oppenheimer accepting a BAFTA award.]

Insiders tell me the embarrassing stunt won’t be repeated this year, after Bafta bosses put a ring of steel around the ceremony at London’s Festival Hall, with extra security guards and checks for all the guests, including VIPs. “The Baftas are taking no risks after last year and security at tomorrow’s event has never been tighter,” my insider said. “Everyone going in and out of Festival Hall will be checked and there are more security guards on call.

Image Credit: The Sun [Ed Sheeran performing at a music festival, playing an acoustic guitar.]

“It’ll basically be the safest place to be in London because of the amount of eyes on it. “Security is upped by the stage too and with all the checks, no one who isn’t officially invited won’t be getting in. They are taking no chances.”. Following the daft episode in 2024, Bafta said: “A social media prankster was removed by security last night after joining the winners of the final award on stage.

Image Credit: The Sun [Harriet Rose at the 2025 Attitude 101.]

"We are taking this very seriously, and don’t wish to grant him any publicity by commenting further.”. It’s one of my favourite nights in the showbiz calendar and last year I spent the evening rubbing shoulders with celebrities including Ryan Reynolds, David Beckham and Paul Mescal. This year’s guest list is even more star-studded than normal and I can’t wait to bring you all the gossip from the night on Monday, with an after-party special on Tuesday.

Image Credit: The Sun [Sam Fox, wearing a Squid Game tracksuit, smokes a cigarette.]

Once I’ve shaken off my hangover, of course. ED SHEERAN is gearing up to release a new album and begin his next chapter. We might not have long for the record, called Play. He is expected to follow Play with the release of Pause, Rewind, Forward and Stop – which are all tattoos he has. Ed has changed his profile photo on social media to mark the beginning of his next era, and promised a fan the first album is coming “soon”.

Image Credit: The Sun [Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky leaving SNL rehearsals.]

Ed is on the penultimate leg of his +–=÷× World Tour and will have a break in March and April to promote the record, or wait until it ends in September. I’m hoping the music comes sooner, rather than later. TELLY host Harriet Rose may have just landed a cool gig as a host of ITV’s Brits pre-party show – but she’s happier that she can now afford a fancy fridge. In an exclusive chat with Bizarre, she said: “I feel really lucky. I’ve experienced loads of love from what I’ve been doing and I was able to buy myself a new fridge so life is good.

Image Credit: The Sun [Pixie Lott performing at a Valentine's Day event.]

“Honestly for my whole life I’ve wanted a posh fridge. It has an ice dispenser. I’m living the dream. If I was to achieve anything this year I’d love to do a bit of acting. “I went to uni and studied acting so I could be the next someone really good at acting . . . Toni Collette.”. Harriet, who has been confirmed as co-host of The BRITs 2025: The Warm-Up with Munya Chawawa on ITV2 on February 27, also presents The Masked Singer spin-off show The After Mask.

Image Credit: The Sun [Helen Flanagan and her boyfriend Robbie in a hug.]

And she admitted she sympathised with Macy Gray after the soul star stormed off in a strop after being voted off last month. Harriet, below, said: “It’s such a fun show to do I’m not surprised she was gutted. She’s a legend and it was one of those moments I went, ‘Yeah I get it’.”. She was speaking while being recognised at the annual Attitude 101 event, sponsored by Bentley, which celebrates LGBTQ+ industry leaders.

Image Credit: The Sun [Sabrina Carpenter and Dolly Parton in a car, from their music video.]

She was there, but etiquette expert William Hanson who was also featured on the list, was called out by Attitude owner Darren Styles because he “ironically did not reply to his invitation.”. Singer Olly Alexander was honoured at the event but pulled out of doing a speech and refused to speak to journalists after his new album Polari went into the charts at No17 yesterday.Awkward. SAM FOX headed back to the Eighties as she puffed on a cig while filming a sketch for The Brit Awards.

The singer and former Page Three girl recreated her pink hair from the infamous 1989 ceremony, when she hosted with Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood. Sam was joined by a Mick lookalike on a London street in the capital as she worked on the skit. It will involve this year’s host Jack Whitehall, with Sam and replica Mick pretending to be in the Squid Games as they mock their presenting debacle. She and Mick went down in history for all the wrong reasons, as guests missed their cues, lines were fluffed and a pre-recorded speech from Michael Jackson was missed altogether.