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BAFTA Awards: ‘The King’s Speech’ wins for original music

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The Orange British Academy Film Awards just got underway in London’s Royal Opera House and ‘The King’s Speech,’ which dominates the nominations with 14, got off to a good start by winning original music for Alexandre Desplat. The award was presented by Paul McCartney.

--Susan King

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Susan King

Susan King is a former entertainment writer at the Los Angeles Times who specialized in Classic Hollywood stories. She also wrote about independent, foreign and studio movies and occasionally TV and theater stories. Born in East Orange, N.J., she received her master’s degree in film history and criticism at USC. She worked for 10 years at the L.A. Herald Examiner and came to work at The Times in January 1990. She left in 2016.

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