Natasha Raymond

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Adrien Brody as 'László Tóth' in 'The Brutalist' staring at the camera with industrial sparks
‘Conclave’ and ‘The Brutalist’ Win Big at the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025

Conclave and The Brutalist lead the awards with four wins, while Wicked, Emilia Pérez, A Real Pain, Dune: Part Two, Anora and Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl each receive two. The winners of the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025 have been announced. The ceremony, hosted by Spotlight member David Tennant, took place at the […]

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Verity Naughton with her CDG Award alongside Katherine Parkinson and Kadiff Kirwan
Full List of the Casting Directors’ Guild Awards 2025 Winners

Verity Naughton wins multiple awards, with the casting teams behind ‘Rivals’, ‘Conclave’, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ and ‘Mr Bates vs the Post Office’ also taking home wins. The winners of the Casting Directors’ Guild Awards 2025 have now been announced at a ceremony in London, hosted by Sue Perkins. The CDG Casting Awards, now in […]

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Sebastian Stan as 'Donald Trump' and Jeremy Strong as 'Roy Cohn' on the back seat of a car in 'The Apprentice' film
Casting Director Stephanie Gorin on being BAFTA nominated for ‘The Apprentice’

The casting director of ‘Fargo’, ‘Reacher’ and ‘IT’ tells us about casting the BAFTA-nominated film ‘The Apprentice’ and how she discovers new talent. Canadian casting director Stephanie Gorin has an extensive number of projects to her name. You’ll find productions like Reacher, IT, Miss Saigon, &Juliet and Saw amongst the 200+ projects she’s cast across […]

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The actors playing the trains skating in a row in 'Starlight Express'
‘Starlight Express’ Leads the WhatsOnStage Awards 2025 with Seven Wins

Starlight Express’ wins include Best Musical Revival and Best Professional Debut Performance, with Macbeth, Hadestown and Spirited Away among other winners. The winners of the 25th annual WhatsOnStage Awards have been announced, with Starlight Express emerging as the frontrunner. The awards, hosted this year by Mazz Murray and Gina Murray at the London Palladium, are […]

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The Spotlight Podcast
Mel Brown smiling as she talks to agent Mildrea Yuan at a Spotlight Industry Forum event.
The Spotlight Podcast: How to Make Your Spotlight Profile Stand Out

Top tips for making your Spotlight profile stand out to help casting directors discover you.

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Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott host the announcement of the 97th Oscars® nominations
Nominations for Oscars 2025 Announced

Emilia Pérez leads the pack with 13 Oscars nominations, while The Brutalist and Wicked earn 10. The most anticipated event in the film industry is back for its 97th outing, with nominees announced today (23 January) live from Samuel Goldwyn Theater through a global live stream. Netflix’s Emilia Pérez is the front-runner of the nominees, […]

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Stanley Tucci as Cardinal Bellini in 'Conclave'
Nominations Announced for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025

Conclave, Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist lead nominations for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, with Anora, Wicked, Dune: Part Two, A Complete Unknown and Kneecap among other nominees. The EE BAFTA Film Awards nominees have been announced at a ceremony presented by Spotlight members Will Sharpe and Mia McKenna-Bruce (who won last year’s BAFTA […]

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Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as 'Elphaba' and 'Glinda' in 'Wicked' standing together and staring ahead with awe
‘Wicked’ and ‘Shōgun’ Lead 2025 SAG Awards Nominations

‘Wicked’ is up for five awards in the Screen Actors Guild Awards, with nominations also going to ‘A Complete Unknown’, ‘Anora’, ‘Emilia Pérez’, ‘The Bear’, ‘The Diplomat’ and ‘The Penguin’. The nominees for the 31st Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards have now been revealed, with some of 2024’s biggest and most successful films and TV […]

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Zoe Saldaña as Rita Moro Castro in 'Emilia Pérez'
Full List of Golden Globes Winners 2025

Emilia Pérez and Shōgun win big with four awards while The Brutalist, Hacks and Baby Reindeer among other winners at the Golden Globes 2025. The winners of the 82nd Golden Globes have been announced at a ceremony in The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, hosted by comedian and actress Nikki Glaser.  In the Film category, musical […]

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Danny and Sam talking in the snow outside a shop in 'That Christmas'
Rachel Freck on Casting ‘That Christmas’

Christmas and comedy casting connoisseur Rachel Freck on That Christmas, how she got started as a casting director and what she wants to see in auditions. Rachel Freck is an Emmy-award-winning casting director whose work you’ll most definitely be familiar with. Her impressive list of credits includes comedy big-hitters The Office, Twenty Twelve, Green Wing, […]

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