BAFTAs 2009: winners and losers from the big night - Kate Winslet, Slumdog Millionaire

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The brightest stars of the big screen braved the London rain last night for the BAFTAs award ceremony. 

British film Slumdog Millionaire was top dog, scooping 7 awards including Best Film and Best Director for Trainspotting star Danny Boyle. The Mumbai-set film is proving to be this year's surprise success.

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Speaking of Academy Awards, only the Oscar now eludes Briain's leading lady Kate Winslet, who won the Best Actress BAFTA for The Reader (she was also nominated for Revolutionary Road).

After her Gwyneth-esque acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, Jonathan Ross had warned Kate: "Just in case emotion does get the better of you...we've asked the Thames people to raise the flood barrier."

Kate dedicated her award to The Reader producers Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella, who passed away before the film's release. 

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Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) capped his incredible comeback by taking home the gong for Best Actor, and out-swore Jonathan Ross in a highly-bleeped acceptance speech. 

Best Supporting Actor went to the late Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) and Best Supporting Actress to Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona). 

















 

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the other big nominee, walked away with just three technical awards from 11 nods, with Brad Pitt missing out on Best Actor to Mickey Rourke. Brad's missus Angelina Jolie also lost out on Best Actress for Changeling, which received 8 nods but went home empty-handed.

No new silverware for the Jolie-Pitt mantelpiece, then, but Hollywood's golden couple got the biggest cheers of the night on the red rug.