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Slumdog wins first Bafta of night | |
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British movie Slumdog Millionaire has won the first award of the night at the British Academy Film Awards in London. | |
Danny Boyle's rags-to-riches movie scooped best music. | |
Jonathan Ross, who is presenting the show on BBC Two, told the crowd, including stars such as Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, he was "nervous". | |
The star described the night, which is taking place at the Royal Opera House, as "the biggest and most exciting event in the British cinema calendar". | |
Kate Winslet, Penelope Cruz, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are among the stars to 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. |
Slumdog star Dev Patel hijacks Sharon Stone's red carpet interview | Slumdog star Dev Patel hijacks Sharon Stone's red carpet interview |
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 has been nominated for the rising star award, arrived and told the BBC he is backing Winslet all the way. | Actor Noel Clarke, who has been nominated for the rising star award, arrived and told the BBC he is 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." | |
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 |
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. |
Kate Winslet is up for two awards in the same category | |
He said the film "turned out great" and he hopes it will be a "fitting memorial" to the late star, who is also nominated in the best supporting actor category. | |
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. |
Pinewood and Shepperton film studios will be the recipients of a special award for outstanding British contribution to cinema. | Pinewood and Shepperton film studios will be the recipients of a special award for outstanding British contribution to cinema. |
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. |