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With one of Europe’s three flagship film festivals at half way stage, minds are already beginning to focus on the shape of the next two: Cannes and Venice. The former will be upon us before we know it.

At a BAFTA Awards where there was no clear frontrunner going into the ceremony, British Academy voters chose to largely share the spoils when it came to handing out honors.

The edenic real-world properties that make up the HBO show’s fictional resort are bracing for the “White Lotus bump” in tourism. “It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” says season three star Michelle Monaghan.

Bill Murray ranked all the Weekend Update anchors, Andy Samberg sang about anxiety and John Mulaney staged another unhinged musical.