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With awards season well underway, the casts of some of the most highly nominated films, includingSinners, One Battle After AnotherandMarty Supremeheaded over to London for the2026 BAFTA Awards.

The ceremony, which celebrates the best in British film and beyond each year, was hosted by Alan Cumming, saw the British Academy of Film and Television Arts handing out awards to Wunmi Mosaku, Sean Penn, Ryan Coogler and more.

Also in attendance at the Royal Festival Hall were Kate Middleton and Prince William, walking together for the first time since 2023; he was there in his capacity as President of BAFTA to present the BAFTA Fellowship Award. Theroyal couple dodged questionsaboutthe recent arrest of William's uncle, former Prince Andrew.

See all the A-listers arriving at the 2026 BAFTAs, below.

Princess Kate and Prince William

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Teyana Taylor

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Emma Stone

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Timothée Chalamet

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Leonardo DiCaprio

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Kate Hudson

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Ethan Hawke

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Carey Mulligan

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Michael B. Jordan

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Paul Mescal

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Wunmi Mosaku

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Gracie Abrams

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Rose Byrne

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Renate Reinsve

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Glenn Close

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Kerry Washington

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Odessa A'zion

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Joe Alwyn

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Sadie Sink

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Chase Infiniti

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Aaron Pierre

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Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst

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Aimee Lou Wood

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Gillian Anderson

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Warwick Davis

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Erin Doherty

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Rei Ami

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Alicia Vikander

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Jessie Buckley

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Maggie Gyllenhaal

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Benicio del Toro

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Delroy Lindo

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Ginnifer Goodwin

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Audrey Nuna

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Gugu Mbatha-Raw

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Patrick Dempsey

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Rege-Jean Page

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Hannah Waddingham

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Cillian Murphy

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Minnie Driver

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Milly Alcock

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Tom Blyth

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Maya Rudolph

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Harry Melling

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Alan Cumming

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Chloé Zhao

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Ryan Coogler and Zinzi Coogler

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Nathalie Emmanuel

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Kathryn Hahn

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Miles Caton

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Jack O'Connell

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Olivia Cooke

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Stellan Skarsgård

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Bryan Cranston

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Tilda Swinton

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Riz Ahmed

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Peter Sarsgaard

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Monica Bellucci

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• The Backstreet Boys were formed in the early '90s and tell PEOPLE their pre-show ritual looks different from what it did 30 years ago

• When talking to PEOPLE, the band says that they all stretch before their shows

• "90% of the show is full-out dancing. So we gotta be as limber as we can be," McLean says

TheBackstreet Boysare back, and they're doing a few things differently than before.

The band — composed ofAJ McLean,Kevin Richardson,Howie Dorough,Nick Carter, andBrian Littrell— tells PEOPLE they've added a few things to their pre-show ritual during their residency at Las Vegas' Sphere that they didn't do when they were younger, mainly, "stretching."

"I think everybody's different. I know for me personally, I try to just have a complete quiet stretch, I do a quick little meditation and I've got some weights that I'll do a little bit of weightlifting and stretching and whatnot," McLean, 48, shares.

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"For a long stretch there, I would look at all of us in the dressing room, and maybe one of us might be stretching, but for the most part, we weren't," he adds. "Now I'm pretty sure we're all stretching before a show, before vocal warmups. About 90% of the show is full-out dancing. So we gotta be as limber as we can be."

While they've always prayed before their performances, even that looks a little different now.

"We pray that we don't fall, we pray we don't break an ankle, we get the lyrics, pray we don't pop [an] Achilles heel," Carter, 46, says.

No matter what, McLean notes that they make sure to have a moment together before stepping on stage.

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"We've always had a circle up, whether it's just us five or it's us and our crew, our management, families, our close-knit team. No matter what, us five circle up, that's something we do unified," McLean shares.

The band has changed a lot since they formed in 1993, and they are the first to admit it.

"I sounded like Mickey Mouse back then. I just had a very different voice," Carter shares. "I was younger, so all of our voices have matured. I think the 30-something years, how many shows that we've done, how many albums we've put out... I mean, it's just a natural progression of getting a little bit better. So I think maybe a better version of ourselves."

Dorough, 52, adds that they "maybe have an extra wrinkle or two as well."

"Well, a little bit more back pain, but aside from that, yes," McLean responds.

Recently, the Backstreet Boys teamed up with comedian Druski and musicianMGKfor aT-Mobile adat this year'sSuper Bowl LX, for which they reworked the lyrics to their song "I Want It That Way."

"You don't take moments like this for granted. We've been fortunate to perform all over the world, and coming together in Times Square to shoot a Super Bowl commercial with T-Mobile was a pretty surreal experience," Richardson, 54, tells PEOPLE. "Seeing the response from the fans and feeling that love year after year is a beautiful thing."

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Women and children were among the dozens ‌killed and injured in Saturday's attacks, Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said, in remarks Reuters could not verify. Its defence ministry vowed to ​respond.

The strikes mark a sharp escalation in tensions just days after Kabul released three Pakistani soldiers in a Saudi-mediated effort to calm relations following months of clashes along the rugged frontier.

Pakistan's information ministry on Sunday said the strikes involved "intelligence-based selective targeting of seven terrorist camps and hideouts" along the Afghan border belonging to ‌the Pakistani Taliban and Islamic State ⁠Khorasan Province.

It added that it had "conclusive evidence" that earlier attacks on Pakistani soil were carried out by Khwarij - its term for the Pakistani Taliban - acting on instructions ⁠from "their Afghanistan-based leadership and handlers."

Kabul has repeatedly denied allowing militants to use Afghan territory to launch attacks in Pakistan.

AFGHANISTAN VOWS TO RESPOND

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Afghanistan's defence ministry condemned what it called a blatant violation of sovereignty and a breach of ​international ​law, warning that "an appropriate and measured response will be ​taken at a suitable time."

The foreign ministry ‌said it had summoned Pakistan's ambassador over what it described as violations of Afghan airspace and the bombing of civilians, calling the strikes "a provocative act."

A Taliban spokesperson said the attacks had killed and injured dozens of people, including women and children, but Reuters was unable to independently verify the remarks.

Among the attacks Pakistan cited as being orchestrated from Afghanistan were a mosque bombing in Islamabad and violence in the ‌northwestern border districts of Bajaur and Bannu.

On Saturday, the Pakistani ​military said a suicide bomber in these districts targeted a ​convoy of security forces. Five militants died ​in a gun battle and two soldiers were killed when an explosives-laden vehicle ‌rammed into a military vehicle.

Tension has forced repeated ​closures of border crossings, disrupting ​trade and activity along the 2,600-km (1,600-mile) frontier.

Clashes in October killed dozens before a fragile ceasefire was agreed, but Pakistan continues to accuse Afghanistan's Taliban rulers of harbouring militants who stage attacks ​inside its territory - a claim ‌Kabul denies.

(Reporting by Ariba Shahid in Karachi, Mushtaq Ali in Peshawar, Saud Mehsud in Dera ​Ismail Khan and Yunus Yawar and Sayed Hassib in Kabul; Writing by Lucy Craymer; ​Editing by Thomas Derpinghaus, Clarence Fernandez and Ros Russell)