The BAFTAs took place in a very rainy Londontown yesterday evening and we're pleased to report that it was a Slumdog Millionaire's night.
Danny Boyle's harrowing and heartwarming rags to riches tale took home seven statues, including the cherry-on-top award, Best Film. Deservedly so.
Acting nods went to Kate Winslet for The Reader, Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler, Penelope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona and the late Heath Ledger for his formidable Joker in The Dark Knight.
Kylie Minouge was taken out of her cryogenic chamber and defrosted in time to present AR Rahman with the Music Award for Slumdog Millionaire (our (Sound)Track Of The Week a couple of weeks ago).
The BAFTAs are a good indication of what's to come in the Oscars in a fortnight's time, as many of the voters are in both academies. Allow for a little less Brit patriotism, but Kate Winslet should be on course for her first nod. And it's about bleedin' time.
Meanwhile... Angelina Jolie took time out of her busy world-saving schedule to look smug and humourless. We think she may actually be a fembot. Unconfirmed reports suggest she's looking into adopting Dev Patel.
Mick Jagger defied the ancient laws of the autocue by actually being funny. Even Angelina (who only seems to have two facial expressions: 'I'm too good for this' or Tyra Banks' 'smile with your eyes' look from America's Next Top Model) managed to crack a laugh. Mickey Rourke also brought some colour (and colourful language) to speech proceedings... Why don't more people say how they feel about winning the award, instead of reading out a boring list of names no-one cares about? They didn't win it, YOU did.
Jonathan Ross was back where he belongs and on form. We've missed you JR. Or @Wossy as you're now known in Twitterworld (he and Stephen Fry are the only ones who make that website tolerable).
Thandie Newton looked like a toothpick with the face of a ventriloquist's dummy as usual. Fortunately, we weren't subjected to any of her 'acting'.
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