The biggest night in British music was an especially big one this year.
On Saturday night, the 2026 Brit Awards took place in Manchester for the first time, in a night that delivered glittering performance, a few surprise wins and plenty of moments that kept ITV’s censors busy.
If you missed this year’s broadcast and want to catch up (or, indeed, if you were only half-watching, and you’re wondering if there were any bits that completely passed you by), then you’re in luck, because we’ve rounded up X of the top must-see moments from the 2026 Brit Awards…
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Before the ceremony was even underway, Harry Styles made us smile on the red carpet with this business suit/ballet pumps combo
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Rosalía got her night off to a suitably dramatic start with this complete serve
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And it was a strong showing all-round from some of our fave celeb couples, including Jade and Jordan Stephens…
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…and darts icon Luke Littler and his long-term girlfriend Faith Millar
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Comedian Jack Whitehall kicked off his sixth time hosting the Brits with a skit paying homage to his love of Harry Styles
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Jack Whitehall dings the BAFTAS at the #BRITAwards: “There may be some swearing but don’t worry, we’ve got the best in the business on the bleep button. It’s the guy who did the BAFTAS. Nothing gets past him” pic.twitter.com/qeNewZyYQm
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Mark Ronson’s Outstanding Contribution performance featured some lovely tributes to Amy Winehouse…
…as well as a surprise(-ish) appearance from Dua Lipa
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Rosalía’s special night just kept getting better as she was crowned International Artist Of The Year, beating some seriously stiff competition including Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan, Bad Bunny, Bruno Mars, Sabrina Carpenter and Lady Gaga
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And CMAT had some fun with the cameras at losing out in this category for the second time
The night’s top winner Olivia Dean was visibly elated to pick up the Brits’ top honour, Album Of The Year
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And finally, following a speech by Sharon Osbourne and her daughter Kelly, Robbie Williams was absolutely spot-on with his musical tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, which closed the show
During a new interview with the Daily Mail, the Traitors host was asked if the pair’s decision to leave came after “one scandal too many” for the long-running BBC dance show, to which she responded: “Absolutely not.”
“It is a genuinely beautiful show to be part of. Almost every single person who’s taken part is happy they did,” she responded. “So no, it wasn’t that.”
Claudia also claimed that she and Tess had decided the most recent season of Strictly would be their last “about a year before” they made their official announcement.
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Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly in the Strictly Come Dancing studio last year
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She said at the time: “Strictly is a magical, glittery, fake tanned train and it’s been a privilege to be a tiny part of it. The extraordinary talent of the dancers, the band, the hair and makeup and costume teams, the unbelievable production crew and creatives – all utterly amazing.
“I’ve always believed it’s best to leave a party before you’re fully ready to go and I know the new hosts will be magnificent, I look forward to watching them take Strictly to new heights.
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“As for Tess – I’m so so lucky I got to stand next to you. You’re funny, kind, whip smart and a true friend and I love you.”
Following her Strictly exit, Claudia is currently gearing up for the debut of her new BBC talk show, made by the same team as The Graham Norton Show.
Neve Campbell has revealed that she was the original pick to play Lara Croft in the first Tomb Raider movie.
In a new interview with BuzzFeed UK, the Scream star was asked if there’d been any major roles she’d said no to over the course of her career, to which she confirmed: “I turned down Lara Croft.”
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The role would eventually go to Angelina Jolie, who brought the iconic video game character to life in two action movies.
Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider
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The character was later played on the big screen by Oscar winner Alicia Vikander, with Game Of Thrones star Sophie Turner currently shooting a new TV series in which she’ll play the Tomb Raider heroine.
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“You make the choices that you make at the time,” Neve added during her BuzzFeed interview. “But certain ones I wasn’t available for, as well.
“Because I was so busy during Party Of Five, that took up 10 months of my year for six years. But listen, I’m grateful for everything that I’ve had.”
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Neve went on to share that she also bagged the lead in Pearl Harbour opposite Ben Affleck, but had to withdraw due to scheduling issues.
“I kicked ass on that audition,” she recalled with a laugh. “I learned Japanese – I had my lines translated, and I went in and spoke Japanese in the audition. And I got it! But I couldn’t do it. And I worked really hard!”
Kate Beckinsale and Ben Affleck in 2001’s Pearl Harbour
On Wednesday afternoon, the BBC announced the start date for The Claudia Winkleman show – and fans don’t have long to wait.
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When does The Claudia Winkleman Show start – and which celebrities will be interviewed?
It’s been confirmed that the inaugural episode of The Claudia Winkleman Show will premiere on Friday 13 March at 10.40pm on BBC One – with a star-studded line-up of guests.
The BBC previously revealed that the initial series will run for a total of seven episodes.
Self-deprecatingly as ever, the Traitors enthused (sort of…) last year: “I can’t quite believe it and I’m incredibly grateful to the BBC for this amazing opportunity.
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“I’m obviously going to be awful, that goes without saying, but I’m over the moon they’re letting me try.”
Last year, Claudia and her Strictly Come Dancing co-host Tess Daly announced they were both stepping down from the long-running BBC reality series.
Matthew Lillard has admitted he had a profound reaction to the support he received after Quentin Tarantino’s recent disparaging comments about him.
Late last year, during an interview on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, Tarantino said he didn’t “care for” Lillard, as well as taking shots at fellow actors Paul Dano and Owen Wilson.
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Talking to People magazine, the Scream actor joked that the outpouring of love he received in the wake of the controversial interview made him feel like he was going to his own funeral.
“It felt like I had died and was in heaven watching everyone send out their RIP tweets,” he explained, adding that the likes of George Clooney and Superman director James Gunn had “been really generous” by sticking up for him and “telling me how much they loved me and liked my work”.
“I mean, it was really nice being a part of your own wake, sort of sitting there living through all the nice things people say after you die,” the Scooby-Doo star quipped.
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He admitted that Tarantino’s remarks were especially painful because he had previously been a big fan of the Pulp Fiction director, and would “love” to work with him in the future.
Quentin Tarantino
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“I think he’s a lovely filmmaker, and to just sort of get punched in the mouth was kind of a bummer,” he admitted.
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Lillard first addressed Tarantino’s comments in December during an appearance at GalaxyCon in Ohio.
Reflecting on what had been said, Lillard admitted his feelings had been hurt, and that it “fucking [sucked]” that the One Upon A Time In Hollywood director had aired his negative views.
“You wouldn’t say that to Tom Cruise. You wouldn’t say that to somebody who’s a top-line actor in Hollywood,” he said.
The BBC has confirmed that a second racist slur was edited out of Sunday night’s Baftas broadcast, after the corporation has faced widespread backlash over its coverage of this year’s event.
In the last two days, the BBC has come under fire over the decision to include an uncensored slur in this year’s Baftas broadcast, which aired on a two-hour time delay.
Tourette’s advocate John Davidson at the 2026 Baftas
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The following afternoon, BBC News reported that a second slur had been successfully removed from the broadcast ahead of time, which a BBC spokesperson confirmed to be the case in an internal memo shared with HuffPost UK.
This memo, sent by the BBC’s chief content officer Kate Phillips, reads: “I’m so sorry that a racial slur was not edited out of our broadcast. We understand how distressing this was.
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“Award attendees were pre-warned about the possibility of involuntary verbal tics associated with Tourette Syndrome at the start of the show, and Alan Cumming addressed it during the broadcast. Of course, this doesn’t lessen the impact and upset.
“The edit team removed another racial slur from the broadcast. This one was aired in error and we would never have knowingly allowed this to be broadcast. We take full responsibility for what happened. When I was made aware it was audible on iPlayer, I asked for it to be taken down.”
A BBC rep also reiterated to HuffPost UK: “Some viewers may have heard strong and offensive language during the BAFTA Film Awards. This arose from involuntary verbal tics associated with Tourette syndrome, and as explained during the ceremony it was not intentional.
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“We apologise that this was not edited out prior to broadcast and it has been removed from BBC iPlayer.”
Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo on stage at the 2026 Baftas
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BBC News has claimed that the reason producers did not edit out the original slur was because they were working from a truck, and therefore missed the moment when it happened in the room, though this remains unconfirmed by Bafta and the broadcaster itself.
John also released a statement of his own, saying: “I am, and always have been, deeply mortified if anyone considers my involuntary tics to be intentional or to carry any meaning.”
Marvel’s latest hit TV show follows the story of Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), an aspiring actor struggling in the entertainment industry who’s desperate to star in a major remake of his favourite childhood superhero film, Wonder Man.
Simon meets fellow actor Trevor Slattery (Sir Ben Kingsley), and the pair strike up a friendship as they attempt to bag themselves life-changing roles in the new film.
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The pair get into a few scrapes throughout the series, and we see Simon struggling with anxiety, his racing thoughts and emotions getting the better of him.
In one scene, Trevor teaches Simon about the art of “box breathing” to regulate himself, which the actor then continues to utilise throughout the series.
While it’s not a new technique, viewers who weren’t previously familiar with this breathing exercise have now adopted it in their own lives, with positive results – especially when they’re feeling anxious.
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What is box breathing?
As the exercise involves holding your breath, Medical News Today notes that people with high blood pressure or who are pregnant should consult a doctor before trying it.
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To give it a go, draw a box in your mind – or in the air in front of you with your finger:
Breathe in for four seconds, while drawing along one side.
Hold your breath for four seconds, while drawing along the next.
Breathe out for four seconds, while drawing along the third side.
Leave your lungs empty while you draw along the fourth side.
Mental health pros are big fans of this breathing technique.
Counselling Directory member Donna Morgan tells HuffPost UK: “Box breathing is one of the simplest and most effective tools I use in my work as an anxiety therapist.
“I smile when clients mention they first saw it on Wonder Man, because popular culture sometimes introduces people to techniques that are genuinely powerful.”
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Breathing properly (that is, utilising your lung’s full capacity) has many benefits –it can reduce stress and anxiety levels, slow heart rate, lower blood pressure, and sharpen focus.
Morgan explains that box breathing is effective because it creates balance and predictability, “which is incredibly reassuring for an anxious nervous system”.
“What makes it so effective is not just that it distracts the mind, but that it directly influences physiology. Slow, controlled breathing stimulates the vagus nerve and supports the parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for rest and repair,” she shares.
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Counselling Directory member Sabah Moran agrees it’s an effective strategy to help regulate stress hormones and activate the parasympathetic nervous system, taking our body back to its ‘rest’ state.
When we are anxious, our fight or flight response is activated leaving us with those classic symptoms: raised heart rate, shallow breathing, sweaty palms and that nauseating feeling in the pit of your stomach.
“The controlling of the breath both in and out, allows the levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide to be back in balance. Adrenaline and cortisol can leave the system,” Moran adds.
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Donna Morgan noted that when we consciously slow the breath and create even counts, “we send a clear message to the brain that we are safe”.
“We have the power to do this. Over time, clients learn that they can influence their own state rather than feeling hijacked by it,” she added.
Love box breathing? Try the ‘5,4,3,2,1 method’
In addition to box breathing, both therapists love grounding techniques such as the 5,4,3,2,1 method, which is designed to bring someone out of anxious thinking and back into the present moment by using the senses.
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It works like this:
5. Name five things you can see. 4. Notice four things you can feel or touch. 3. Identify three things you can hear. 2. Notice two things you can smell. 1. Name one thing you can taste or one thing you appreciate.
Explaining why it works, Morgan says: “When someone is anxious, the amygdala is activated and the brain is scanning for threat.”
This method redirects attention to neutral sensory data, however. “That shift reduces cognitive spiralling and signals safety to the nervous system. It also engages the prefrontal cortex which supports rational thinking and emotional regulation,” she adds.
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“Like box breathing it is simple. We may not be superheroes on screen, but we all have the capacity to influence our own mind and calm our nervous system when we understand how it works.”
Clearly, Trevor is onto something…
All eight episodes of Wonder Man are available to watch on Disney+ now.
During a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Johnny was asked about the new Harry Potter series and raised the issue of Rowling himself.
“Obviously, there’s quite a lot of stuff around Jo Rowling,” he began. “I suppose that’s been quite interesting to navigate, the conversations there – but all important conversations to have.
“The people working on this are really, really great and create a really special atmosphere, [like] Francesca [Gardiner] the showrunner, and Mark Mylod and various directors. There’s such care.”
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He pointed out that his character is “hardly in book one”, meaning his appearances in season one are limited, although he insisted the show has “such a welcoming environment” on set.
Among the prolific names already cast in the Harry Potter series are John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid and Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape.
“JK Rowling has created this amazing canon for young people, young kids’ literature that has jumped into the consciousness of society. Young and old people love Harry Potter and the Harry Potter stories. It’s so much about acceptance. It’s about good versus evil. It’s about kindness versus cruelty. It’s deeply felt.”
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He added that, because of this, he found Rowling expressing “such views” on transgender people both “ironic and somewhat inexplicable”.
Meanwhile, after ruffling feathers with his own casting, Nick Frost insisted last year that his and Rowling’s views on the trans community are markedly different.
“She’s allowed her opinion and I’m allowed mine,” he insisted. “They just don’t align in any way, shape or form.”
Although to most of us, James will be best remembered for playing Dawson Leery in the iconic Dawson’s Creek, the actor had a varied body of work on both the big and small screen .
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To celebrate the star’s life, we’ve rounded up some of his most notable movie and TV performances that are available to stream now…
Dawson’s Creek
Undoubtedly one of the most iconic shows of the 1990s, Dawson’s Creek starred James in the lead role of Dawson Leery, following the character and his close-knit friendship group as they navigated young adulthood.
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The show was a revolutionary depiction of teenage life, and set the template for many similar shows that came after in the years that followed, paving the way for so many of those iconic 90s and 2000s shows we all know and love.
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In 2008, James had a four-episode arc in One Tree Hill, a TV show that was frequently compared to Dawson’s Creek throughout its run.
The teen drama was set in the fictional town of Tree Hill, North Carolina, and initially followed the lives of two basketball-loving, loathario half-brothers, played by Chad Michael Murray and James Lafferty.
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James played Adam Reece, an eccentric film director hired to direct an ill-fated adaptation of Lucas’ novel.
The late performer was credited as a Special Guest Star for his work on One Tree Hill, and was the only non-recurring actor to achieve this during the show’s nine seasons.
All nine seasons of One Tree Hill are now streaming on ITVX
The Rules Of Attraction
James Van Der Beek in The Rules Of Attraction
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James played the lead in the 2002 film adaptation of Brett Easton Ellis’ black comedy novella.
A spin-off of American Psycho, the movie followed three New Hampshire college students who become entangled in a love triangle.
James played Sean, Patrick Bateman’s younger brother, a drug dealer who becomes obsessed with Shannyn Sossaman’s character, yet is unaware he has caught the eye of her bisexual ex, played by Ian Somerhalder.
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James also had a guest role in How I Met Your Mother, appearing in three episodes between 2008 and 2013 as Robin’s first boyfriend, Simon.
He made his first appearance in season three of comedy, even appearing in Robin’s “music video” for her song Sandcastles In The Sand.
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In seasons eight and nine, James continued to make minor appearances, including in an in-show documentary about Robin’s teen pop career and later in a flashback sequence.
All nine seasons How I Met Your Mother are streaming on Disney+
Don’t Trust The B– In Apartment 23
James Van Der Beek and Krysten Ritter on the set of Don’t Trust The B– In Apartment 23
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In Don’t Trust the B– in Apartment 23, James played a parody version of himself in all 26 episodes.
The sitcom followed a party girl, played by Krysten Ritter, who acts outrageously to try to scare roommates away until she forms an unlikely friendship with her latest cohabitant.
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In the show, James hilariously sent up his public persona and the industry in general, playing a desperate out-of-work version of himself, which often saw him mock his supposed failure to reach the success of Dawson’s Creek elsewhere in his career.
The sitcom premiered in 2012 and was cut short after just two seasons, but during its short lifespan earned a cult following.
Both seasons of Don’t Trust the B– In Apartment 23 are available to stream on Disney+
Pose
James Van Der Beek in Pose
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James played Matt Bromley in the first season of Ryan Murphy’s trailblazing ballroom series Pose.
Matt was the hedonistic co-worker of Evan Peters’ character at the Trump Organisation, who eventually decides to out his colleague’s extramarital affairs after becoming jealous of his success.
Although James’ character was predominantly involved in a subplot, his “engaging performance” was still praised by reviewers, who declared that he helped make “these scenes of ’80s excess a worthy distraction”.
All three seasons of Pose are now streaming on Disney+
Overcompensating
James Van Der Beek in Overcompensating
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Overcompensating marked James’ final TV appearance before his death in February 2026.
In a moment the LA Times described as “passing the torch” of sorts, James made a brief appearance as a middle-aged former frat boy, who realises that his supposed “glory days” are behind him, and warns Adam Di Marco’s high school senior to “to enjoy the day”.
James’ final public appearance before his death was at the Overcompensating season one premiere in May last year.
Watch season one of Overcompensating on Amazon Prime Video now.
She wrote: “Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully this morning. He met his final days with courage, faith, and grace.
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“There is much to share regarding his wishes, love for humanity and the sacredness of time. Those days will come. For now we ask for peaceful privacy as we grieve our loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend.”
James began his acting career in the early 90s with a number of small roles, before landing the title role in Dawson’s Creek in 1998.
The show ran for six seasons before coming to an end in 2003, with the cast also including the likes of Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams and Joshua Jackson.
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His other TV work included recurring roles in How I Met Your Mother and another teen drama, One Tree Hill, as well as playing a fictionalised version of himself in the sitcom Don’t Trust The B– In Apartment 23.
Meanwhile, James’ film work included Varsity Blues (for which he won a Teen Choice Award in the late 1990s), The Rules Of Attraction, Labor Day and, more recently, Bad Hair.
Prior to his death, he had completed work on the Legally Blonde TV prequel Elle, in which he will be seen as the recurring character Dean Wilson in his final TV role.
James is survived by his wife, Kimberly, and their six children.
