oscar night

Last night was Oscar night in America and for once, Greta Britain came out on top!

The full list of winners shows the dominance of Slumdog Millionaire, a British funded film by a British director made in a former British colony. It won eight gongs, including best picture and best director, considered the two biggest prizes in the industry.

Kate Winslet, the oft nominated actress, finally won her Academy Award for her brilliant performance in 'The Reader' (see here for a recent post on it), and claimed that she had practised her acceptance speech from the age of 8 with a shampoo bottle.

The last award of note has to be that of the best supporting actor, Heath Ledger. Ledger won for his excellent performance of the Joker, the villain from the latest installment of Batman, 'The Dark Knight'. He had finished filming his part a matter of weeks before his sudden and tragic death from a drugs overdose. It was not his last film, however, as scenes already shot combined with other actors playing his role, will feature in Terry Gilliam's upcoming film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

Heath Ledger put in a fantastic performance, which was well worthy of only the second posthumous Oscar in Academy history.

Timmy "Oscars Out" Magic