OSCARS : The Brits came, saw and conquered

What a night for Brits at the Oscars. Kate Winslet wins the Best Actress award for The Reader, and SlumDog Millionaire lives up to the hype as it sweeps the board with eight Oscars including Best film.

As usual Kate Winslet was emotional, but not a patch on her over top performance at the Golden Globes.


The Curious Case of Benjamin Button on the other hand did not have a such good night as despite 13 nomination it went home with 'only' three wins, all in the somewhat unglamorous categories of Best Art Direction, Best Visual Effect and Best Make Up.

In other words awards for technical input rather than acting. In particular it must have been galling for Brad Pitt as this was his big chance to grab an Oscar, sadly it was not to be.

Having seen The Curious Case of Benjamin Button I am not surprised though, I though it was too very similar to Forrest Gump, with a weaker story albeit more visually stunning.

Slumdog Millionaire sweeps the BAFTAs

Tradition holds that BAFTAs are a good indicator of success at the Oscars and if this tradition holds true then producers and stars of Slumdog Millionaire could be in for a very rewarding trip to Los Angeles later on this month.

At the BAFTAs held at the Royal Opera House, London this Sunday evening, Slumdog swept the board winning BAFTAs for Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Musical Score, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Sound Production.

Other winners tonight were Mickey Rourke who won Best Actor award for his role in The Wrestler, a more composed Kate Winslet who won the Best Actress award for The Reader, the late Heath Ledger took the best Supperting Actor for Dark Knight and Penolope Cruz won Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

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