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BAFTA Confirms Matthew Perry Will Be Honored at TV Awards Following Omission From In Memoriam Segment
BAFTA has responded to online backlash over Matthew Perry's omission from the In Memoriam segment at the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards.
Although Perry, who died last October, was best known for his 10-year stint as Chandler Bing on hit TV show “Friends,” he also appeared in a number of popular feature films in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including “The Whole Nine Yards” alongside Bruce Willis and “Fools Rush In” opposite Salma Hayek. This year’s In Memoriam segment, set to a special arrangement of Cyndi Lauper’s “The After Time” performed by “Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham, featured Jane Birkin, Shirley Anne Field, Richard Roundtree, Michael Gambon, Tom Wilkinson and Carl Weathers, among others. Last month Kate Beckinsale also shared her anger online after claiming BAFTA had told her they “could not guarantee” her stepfather, director Roy Battersby, would be included in the In Memoriam segment following his death on Jan. 10.
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