At Sunday's BAFTAs, Oscar winner Ariana DeBose performed a cringeworthy rap that name-checked the high-profile nominees, who were shown white-knuckling it through the whole thing:

Sisters are doing it for themselves! The incredible @ArianaDeBose opens the 2023 #EEBAFTAs with an iconic performance! ✨ pic.twitter.com/G9YgKN2e1t

— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 19, 2023

It was reminiscent of — but of course could never eclipse — THIS:

@boyculturedotcom #snowwhite #roblowe#camp ♬ original sound - Matthew Rettenmund/BoyCulture

Speaking of the BAFTAs, there were quite a few surprises. Critics a couple of years ago decried the lack of nominees of color when there are always so many deserving contenders. Well, this year, not one but TWO frontrunners — Ke Huy Quan and Angela Bassett — were bested by white counterparts. (All were brilliant.)

For me, the biggest surprise was that veteran Colin Farrell couldn't fend off Austin Butler for Best Actor. If he can't win a BAFTA, he sure as hell will not win an Oscar for The Banshees of Inisherin. It seems guilds and perhaps people in general are obsessed with biopic performances. I guess that's why Bradley Cooper finally said FUCK IT and signed up to play Leonard Bernstein.

Full list of winners HERE.