REBEL WILSON SAYS SHE LOST WEIGHT TO 'GET MORE ACTING ROLES'

Rebel Wilson has revealed that she has lost weightin order to "get more acting roles."

The host of this year's Baftas has set her sights on a "year of health" in 2020 and has lost 77 pounds.

During her opening monologue at the 75th annual British Academy Film Awards, Wilson said, "I may look a little different than the last time you saw me here."

Rebel Wilson shined on the red carpet at this year's BAFTA Film Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Sunday.

The 42-year-old actress, who is hosting this year's awards ceremony, showed off her glamorous sense of style in a tiered black mesh Giambattista Valli SS19 Couture gown with blue sequin detailing.The Australian star Rebel showed off her slim figure after losing weight in recent months, as the dress was cinched at the waist with a black ribbon.

Her bare arms and shoulders were exposed as she arrived at the star-studded party.

She wore plenty of makeup to accentuate her pretty features, and accessorised with a pair of sparkling white gold Bulgari Fiorever earrings with two pear-shaped diamonds and 14 round brilliant-cut diamonds, as well as pavé-set diamonds.

She carried a £1,760 Bulgari Cocktail Hard Clutch in black paper nappa leather. 

Rebel recently admitted that she is nervous and worried that her jokes will be cancelled at the 75th Academy Awards this weekend.

She confessed to Radio Times, "As a presenter, your head is on the chopping block, it's a bit scary. I get very nervous.

It's a very difficult time for comedians because what can you say without being cancelled?

The nominations were announced last month, with Dune, The Power Of The Dog and Belfast leading with 11, eight and six nominations respectively.

Denis Villeneuve's star-studded sci-fi epic received a slew of technical nominations as well as a nomination for the top prize for Best Picture, while Jane Campion's gritty Western and Kenneth Branagh's Irish biopic followed close behind with eight and six nominations, respectively.

While the Academy once again added three women to the director's shortlist, this year's nominations fell short of BAFTA 's promise to improve diversity, with only seven people of colour nominated, compared to last year's 12.

In the acting categories, it should be a hard-fought night. Lady Gaga, Caitriona Balfe and Benedict Cumberbatch are vying for the top honours alongside newcomers Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ariana DeBose and Adeel Akhtar.

While most of the nominations for Dune came in the technical categories, the film also received a nomination for Best Picture, alongside Belfast, Do not Look Up, Licorice Pizza and The Power of the Dog.

The critically acclaimed film, the first of two based on Frank Herbert's 1965 novel, had already been nominated for the award. Hans Zimmer was again honoured in the original score category and also received nominations for casting, cinematography, editing, production design, costume design, makeup and hair, sound and special visual effects.

Following its success at the Golden Globes, the gritty western The Power of the Dog received eight nominations, including Best Picture, Director and Adapted Screenplay for Jane Campion, Lead Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, Original Score, Cinematography and two nominations in the Supporting Actor category for Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jesse Plemons

Following closely behind is Belfast, which received six nominations in the directing category despite an unexpected rejection from Kenneth.

The drama starring Jamie Dornan, Judi Dench and newcomer Jude Hill, based on Kenneth's childhood in Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles, was also nominated in the Outstanding British Film, Original Screenplay, Supporting Actress for Caitriona, Supporting Actor for Ciarán Hinds and Editing categories.

Following the surprise success of 2012's Skyfall ( BAFTA ), the British Academy also recognised Daniel Craig's swan song in the James Bond series with five nominations.

The action-packed epic, which had to be postponed several times due to the Covid pandemic, received nominations for Outstanding British Film, Special Visual Effects, Editing, Cinematography and Sound.

In the Outstanding British Film category, Belfast and No Time To Die are competing for the award alongside After Love, Ali & Ava, Boiling Point, Cyrano, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, House of Gucci, Last Night in Soho and Passing.

The lead actress award will go to either Lady Gaga (House of Gucci), Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza), Emilia Jones (Coda), Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World), Joanna Scanlan (After Love), or Tessa Thompson (Passing).

Adeel Akhtar (Ali & Ava), Mahershala Ali (Swan Song), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog), Leonardo DiCaprio (Do not Look Up), Stephen Graham (Boiling Point), and Will Smith (King Richard) are on the shortlist for the lead actor award.

Nominated for Best Supporting Actress are Caitríona Balfe (Belfast), Jessie Buckley (The Prodigal Daughter), A