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| Slumdog director wins Bafta award | |
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| Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle has been named best director at British Academy Film Awards in London. | |
| His movie, set in India, also took four other awards - adapted screenplay, music, sound and best cinematography. | |
| The late Heath Ledger has won best supporting actor at the British Academy Film Awards in London. | The late Heath Ledger has won best supporting actor at the British Academy Film Awards in London. |
| Brad Pitt's movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has won three awards for best production design, best make up and hair and special visual effects. | |
| Penelope Cruz said she was "really honoured and grateful" as she was named best supporting actress for her role as Maria Elena in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. | Penelope Cruz said she was "really honoured and grateful" as she was named best supporting actress for her role as Maria Elena in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. |
| She also dedicated the Bafta to the rest of the cast. | She also dedicated the Bafta to the rest of the cast. |
| Presenter Jonathan Ross opened the first part of the show by telling the celebrity audience he was "nervous". | Presenter Jonathan Ross opened the first part of the show by telling the celebrity audience he was "nervous". |
| During a later link he managed to use the word "salad". | During a later link he managed to use the word "salad". |
| The word was significant as he had asked Twitter members to choose something unusual for him to say during the show. | The word was significant as he had asked Twitter members to choose something unusual for him to say during the show. |
| Slumdog star Dev Patel hijacks Sharon Stone's red carpet interview | Slumdog star Dev Patel hijacks Sharon Stone's red carpet interview |
| The Duchess scooped the prize was best costume design and I've Loved You So Long, starring Kristin Scott Thomas, won best foreign language film. | |
| Pinewood and Shepperton Studios received the outstanding British contribution to cinema award. | Pinewood and Shepperton Studios received the outstanding British contribution to cinema award. |
| The studios have a heritage dating back nearly 75 years with more than 1,500 films made there, including The African Queen, Dr Strangelove and Superman. | The studios have a heritage dating back nearly 75 years with more than 1,500 films made there, including The African Queen, Dr Strangelove and Superman. |
| Actor Jason Isaacs presented the award, saying they were "two of the greatest places on the planet to make a film". | Actor Jason Isaacs presented the award, saying they were "two of the greatest places on the planet to make a film". |
| Pinewood Shepperton chief executive Ivan Dunleavy said: "It is very pleasing to have that type of recognition for the work that goes on behind the scenes." | Pinewood Shepperton chief executive Ivan Dunleavy said: "It is very pleasing to have that type of recognition for the work that goes on behind the scenes." |
| Sharon Stone presented the award for best British film to Man On Wire. | Sharon Stone presented the award for best British film to Man On Wire. |
| Kate Winslet, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are among the stars who braved the cold weather to attend the ceremony. | Kate Winslet, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are among the stars who braved the cold weather to attend the ceremony. |
| Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel, who is up for best actor, revealed he was surprised at being nominated, saying "someone slap me" on the red carpet. | Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel, who is up for best actor, revealed he was surprised at being nominated, saying "someone slap me" on the red carpet. |
| Patel's movie is favourite to win the prestigious best film award. | Patel's movie is favourite to win the prestigious best film award. |
| Slumdog Millionaire has 11 nominations, as has Brad Pitt's effects-packed fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. | Slumdog Millionaire has 11 nominations, as has Brad Pitt's effects-packed fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. |
| I'm going to get very emotional and will probably need to be carried on stage in a blubbering heap Terry Gilliam on receiving a Bafta Fellowship Jonathan Ross Twitter page | I'm going to get very emotional and will probably need to be carried on stage in a blubbering heap Terry Gilliam on receiving a Bafta Fellowship Jonathan Ross Twitter page |
| Winslet's two nominations in the best actress category make her firm favourite to land the second Bafta of her career. | Winslet's two nominations in the best actress category make her firm favourite to land the second Bafta of her career. |
| Actor Noel Clarke, who took home the rising star award, told the BBC as he arrived that he was backing Winslet all the way. | Actor Noel Clarke, who took home the rising star award, told the BBC as he arrived that he was backing Winslet all the way. |
| Referring to the comments some critics made about her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes in January, he said: "I think we should stop taking the mickey out of Kate Winslet and her acceptance speeches and get behind her more more." | Referring to the comments some critics made about her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes in January, he said: "I think we should stop taking the mickey out of Kate Winslet and her acceptance speeches and get behind her more more." |
| Meanwhile Winslet told BBC News she was not "even going to talk about speeches" when asked about what she planned to say later if she won. | Meanwhile Winslet told BBC News she was not "even going to talk about speeches" when asked about what she planned to say later if she won. |
| The star said she was keeping her fingers crossed about taking a trophy home with her. | The star said she was keeping her fingers crossed about taking a trophy home with her. |
| "I've been doing this for a long time now and I really love what I do, I care very, very much, she said. | "I've been doing this for a long time now and I really love what I do, I care very, very much, she said. |
| "My mum and dad are here with me tonight and I think they're secretly hoping I take home some hardware." | "My mum and dad are here with me tonight and I think they're secretly hoping I take home some hardware." |
| Former Monty Python star Terry Gilliam will receive a Bafta Fellowship in recognition of his contribution to film. | Former Monty Python star Terry Gilliam will receive a Bafta Fellowship in recognition of his contribution to film. |
| "I'm going to get very emotional and will probably need to be carried on stage in a blubbering heap," he said. | "I'm going to get very emotional and will probably need to be carried on stage in a blubbering heap," he said. |
| Gilliam's latest big screen adventure, The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, was actor Heath Ledger's final film. | Gilliam's latest big screen adventure, The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, was actor Heath Ledger's final film. |
| Heath Ledger died last year | |
| He said the film "turned out great" and he hopes it will be a "fitting memorial" to the late star. | He said the film "turned out great" and he hopes it will be a "fitting memorial" to the late star. |
| Mickey Rourke, meanwhile, is many people's choice to scoop the male equivalent for his role in The Wrestler. | Mickey Rourke, meanwhile, is many people's choice to scoop the male equivalent for his role in The Wrestler. |
| Held two weeks before the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, the Baftas are one of the key events of the so-called film awards season. | Held two weeks before the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, the Baftas are one of the key events of the so-called film awards season. |
| All four of last year's Bafta-winning actors went on to receive the same awards on Oscar night. | All four of last year's Bafta-winning actors went on to receive the same awards on Oscar night. |
| Landing one of Bafta's golden masks, however, is not a cast-iron guarantee of further prizes. | Landing one of Bafta's golden masks, however, is not a cast-iron guarantee of further prizes. |
| Last year, Keira Knightley's Atonement was named best film at the Baftas only to be trumped at the Oscars by the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men. | Last year, Keira Knightley's Atonement was named best film at the Baftas only to be trumped at the Oscars by the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men. |