Seth Rogen dedicates BAFTA to late O'Hara amid In Memoriam backlash

At London's Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, Seth Rogen dedicated the BAFTA TV Award for Best International Series to his late co-star Catherine O'Hara during the acceptance speech for their Apple TV comedy The Studio, prompting viewer backlash after she was omitted from the ceremony's In Memoriam segment.

Rogen, who collected the award alongside the cast and crew, paused to honor O'Hara, who portrayed producer Patty Leigh in the series. "I'd be remiss not to mention one of the key parts of the show, Catherine O'Hara," he said. "She meant so much to all of us. I assume her work has been so important to you all over here as it was to us. So this is for Catherine." The Canadian-American actress, known for roles in Home Alone, Schitt's Creek, Beetlejuice and A Mighty Wind, died on January 30 at age 71 from a pulmonary embolism following a cancer diagnosis.

O'Hara's absence from the later In Memoriam tribute, which remembered figures including Eric Dane, James Van Der Beek and Mel Schilling, drew criticism on social media. Viewers posted comments such as "BAFTA massive error missing Catherine O'Hara" and "Where was the legend Catherine O'Hara in the tributes?" Several expressed...