Timothy Spall named Best Actor at Cannes Film Festival for portrayal of sex-mad painter in Mike Leigh's Mr Turner

Timothy Spall was hurled into the front ranks of movie stardom when he was named best actor at the Cannes Film Festival for his formidable portrait of sex mad British landscape painter JMW Turner.

Spall and his wife Shane hurried back to Cannes from a boating trip in Holland.

They were soon mingling with the likes of special Cannes Film Festival guests Sophia Loren, Uma Thurman and Quentin Tarantino.

Success: British actor Timothy Spall (R) receives the Best Performance by an Actor award for his role in the movie Mr Turner from Italian actress Monica Bellucci (R) during the Closing Award Ceremony of the 67th Cannes Film Festival

Shocked: The actor explained he was 'always the bridesmaid, but now he's the bride' after taking home the coveted prize

Notes: The actor read from his iPhone a few words to those gathered at the closing ceremony on Saturday night

Mike Leigh's film, Mr Turner, not only showed what a great painter Turner was, but also explored his legendary sexual escapades and how his passion for women helped fuel his brilliance with a paint brush.

Spall is one of Britain's best known and beloved actors thanks to parts in the Harry Potter films and his frequent collaborations with director Leigh in films such as Oscar-winning The King's Speech and Secrets and Lies, which took the coveted Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1996.

It's a long and winding road from playing an electrician on Auf Wiedersehen Pet on TV thirty years ago to golden laurel recipient at the Cannes Film Festival for portraying one of Britain's most lauded painters.

New challenge: Mr Turner not only showed what a great painter Turner was, but also explored his legendary sexual escapades and how his passion for women helped fuel his brilliance with a paint brush

Rocking the red carpet: Director Mike Leigh, actress Marion Bailey, actor Timothy Spall, actress Dorothy Atkinson and director of photography Dick Pope at the Mr Turner Cannes Film Festival screening on May 15

Or as Spall put it Saturday night: 'From spark to sparkling artist.'

The best actor win puts him on the fast track for an Oscar nomination at the next Academy Awards in February 2015.

Spall told the Daily Mail: 'Four hours ago I had my fingers, and I'd better say this carefully, up a pipe full of oil on my boat. I was so distressed about the pipe that I almost didn't pick up the phone.'

Celebration: Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan received the Palme D'or from Uma Thurman and Quentin Tarantino and joined them with Timothy for a photo

Barefoot: Uma's feet must have been killing from her heels as she took to the stage with Quentin on Saturday night

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Michelle Keegan wows in pink leather skirt as she arrives separately from fiancé Mark Wright at Lorraine Fashion Awards

She was the newcomer on this year's judging panel to find the most fashionable stores on the high street.

And Michelle Keegan did her title proud when she arrived in a stylish pastel look at Lorraine’s High Street Fashion Awards 2014 on Wednesday at London's Vinopolis.

The actress, 26, appeared to be focusing on the job in hand after arriving separately from fiancé Mark Wright.

Perfect in pastels: Michelle Keegan looked stunning in pink as she arrived at Lorraine's High Street Fashion Awards at London's Vinopolis on Wednesday

Work first: Her fiancé Mark Wright arrived separately from the actress, who flashed her pins in a bright pink pencil skirt

 

The Coronation Street star showed off her super slim pins in a pink leather skirt, which she teamed with lilac stilettos.

She had picked the winners of this year's gongs alongside stylist Mark Heyes, TV presenter Lorraine Kelly and Closer's style editor Kat Byrne.

Looking perfectly groomed on the red carpet, Michelle also opted for a sleeveless pale blue jumper and a matching clutch.

Ever glamorous: The 26-year-old teamed her skirt with a knitted pale blue jumper, complete with sleeveless design

Great find: The former TOWIE star also opted for pastels, in a peach shirt and smart grey blazer

Meanwhile Mark also opted for pale pastels in the form of an orange shirt, which of course was done up to the top.

The former TOWIE star, 27, also stepped out in dark jeans, a dapper pale grey jacket and navy suede shoes.

Michelle's outing came on the same day that she addmitted she had cried over leaving the long-running ITV1 soap.

The beauty made the difficult decision to bow out after six years of playing brassy barmaid Tina McIntyre, and has secretly been sobbing to her mother about a future without the show.

Judging panel: Michellae posed with stylist Mark Heyes, Lorraine Kelly and Closer¿s style editor Kat Byrne

Radiant: The former Coronation Street star's make-up looked perfect while her hair was worn down and straight over one shoulder

She said: 'I've been living my dream for six-and-a-half years. I've cried and got emotional a few times, with my mum on my own. It's the end of an era. I'll never be able to come back.

The brunette  will be watching her last ever scenes from the comfort of her dad's house Michelle said: 'That's where I watched the episode when I was first on, so I'm going to watch the last episode with him. It'll be quite emotional.'

Speaking about her character's death, who dies after falling off a building site, said: 'I had a stunt double who fell from the top, then they made me fall on to a crash mat. It was the same level, but there were no barriers and I've never been so scared in all my life because I hate heights.

'I cried my eyes out - I was such a baby! I got myself into such a panic that my eyes were streaming. The look of terror on my face in that scene is genuine!'

Cheeky! The 27-year-old teamed his smart jacket with jeans, a tan belt and navy suede shoes

And Michelle revealed her on-screen injuries are so horrific the rest of the 'Corrie' cast struggled to look her in the eye on set.

She told new! magazine: 'It's horrible. I've got photos of what I look like in those scenes and my dad found it difficult to look at them. Tina is in a coma and there's pressure on her brain so they have to cut away a bit of skull and she's got a swollen eye.

'It's not nice. I had to walk to the canteen like that at lunchtime. You should have seen people's faces!'

She's a lucky girl! The TV presenter's showed off his sun-kissed appearance after adding a patterned pocket square to his look

Always a winner: Michelle had appeared on This Morning earlier in the day with her Corrie costars in a chic sheer and pleated skirt

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Jennifer Lopez flashes the flesh in plunging purple leotard for energetic performance on American Idol finale

She returned to the judges' table this season to pass her wisdom on to hundreds of pop wannabes on American Idol.

But on Wednesday's  finale, Jennifer Lopez letting her performance do the talking, as she took to the stage for a powerhouse performance of her new single First Love.

Sporting a plunging purple fringed leotard with flesh flashing panels, the 44-year-old actress and singer shimmied her way through the number.

Showgirl! Jennifer Lopez flashed the flesh as she gave a dynamo performance of her single First Love during the American Idol finale on Wednesday night 

She teamed her outfit with flesh coloured fishnet tights and high heeled lace up boots.
She wore her long light brown hair loose around her shoulders and flipped it in circles on top of the judge's table at one point.
And at the end of the number, J-Lo sung a few bars of her hit single Jenny From The Block, much to the audience's delight. 

Singing star: J-Lo showed the American Idol wannabes how it's done as she sang on stage

Just Jenny from the block: Lopez was immersed in the sultry performance, much to the audience's delight

Wild hair: The singer wore her light brown hair loose around her shoulders and ran around the stage in high heeled lace up boots

The new song appears on J-Lo's forthcoming A.K.A. album and her first performance after scooping the icon gong at last weekend's Billboard Awards.
The Idol audience were in for a further treat when the star swapped her costume for a marginally more demure number to perform with fellow judges Keith Urban and Harry Connick Jr along with advisor Randy Jackson.
Sporting a flared skirt and sheer top with pretty embroidery protecting her modesty, the star wore her hair in an updo and held a tambourine as she sung Cyndi Lauper's True Colors and Fleetwood Mac's Go Your Own Way.

She's still got it: Lopez showed off her impressive dance moves on the finale

Hair's how: The singer ran her hand through her golden locks as she performed her signature hair flips

Hogging the spotlight: The stunning star swapped her outfit for a marginally more modest one as she took the stage for a performance with Keith Urban, Harry Connick Jr and Randy Jackson

Dazzling diva: The singer looked simply beautiful for the number

Harry took on piano and vocal duties, while Randy played bass and Keith impressed on lead guitar.
'Such a fun night on #IdolFinale #JLoFirstLoveonIdol #moretocome #JudgesRockIdol,' Jennifer tweeted after the performance.
Caleb Johnson was crowned the 13th  winner of the TV talent show and the rocker from North Carolina was clearly in shock following the announcement from host Ryan Seacrest.

The dynamic quartet: Randy Jackson played bass, J-Lo sat on the piano and sang, Harry Connick Jr played piano and Keith Urban played guitar

Playing her instrument: J-Lo got struck into her performance and tambourine playing

Dressed to impress: The star clapped and egged on the crowd as she stood next to Urban

Selfie time: Lopez immersed the crowd into taking pictures via their phones

After being named runner-up, Jena Irene sportingly hugged Johnson who then performed his coronation single As Long As You Love Me as confetti flew.
Earlier Johnson and Irene had kicked off the finale with a medley of Queen's We Will Rock You, No Doubt's I'm Just a Girl, and Bryan Adams & Tina Turner's It's Only Love.
Johnson's album will be out in August.

Outfit change: J-Lo arrived on stage in a long sleeved grey glittery dress before her outfit swaps

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Sam Faiers flaunts her tanned and toned stomach as she wins big alongside pregnant sister Billie at online fashion awards

It was double triumph for The Only Way is Essex's Sam Faiers on Tuesday at the Reveal Online Fashion Awards where she not only picked up three awards but stole the show with her sexy revealing look.

The 23-year-old TOWIE star dazzled on the red carpet in a monochromatic print crop top that displayed plenty of her tanned toned tummy. Colourful risk taker Sam teamed it with electric blue pants, an LYDC bag and gold heels.

Pregnant sister Billie was also present at the awards held at DSTRKT Club in London's Leicester Square putting her best fashion foot forward in an adorable white print maternity dress.

The big Reveal: Winner Sam Faiers was a showstopper in this print crop top and electric blue pants

Between the two Faiers sisters they picked up most of the major celeb awards. Sam won Most Stylish Celeb for herself and two awards, Best Boutique and Best For Celeb Style, for Minnie's Boutique which she owns and runs with Billie.

Sam tweeted: 'So proud @MinniesBoutique won 2 awards tonight!! yay! Best boutique and best celebrity style!!'

She then added: '...& I won most stylish celeb. Yay thank u'.

Billie posted a photo of herself on her Twitter account holding up her two awards with the caption: 'Very proud of @MinniesBoutique winning  2 awards tonight at @RevealMag fashion awards #bestboutique #moststylish'.

Lady Bump: Billie was eager to show off her baby bump at the awards

Sister act: Heavily pregnant Billie Faiers wore a pretty white floral maternity dress to the awards

  

Revealing split: TOWiE's Jasmin Walia had a daring cut to her dress

Pick of the bunch: TOWIE's Gemma Collins won the Editor's Choice award

The editor's choice for making a contribution to the fashion world went to Gemma Collins who has her own highly successful plus-size fashion label

Other awards winners were Gok Wan for Fave Celeb Stylish, while Millie Mackintosh picked up a gong for Best Fashion Blog.

The Kardashians weren't about to be overlooked in the awards either with Kim picking up the award for Best Celeb Designer Collection for 'Kim Kardashian for Lipsy'.

Blue Angel: TOWIE's Danielle Armstrong was another strong presence at the awards

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Michelle shines in busty bejewelled dress at Tesco Mum of The Year Awards… less than one month after giving birth

She revealed before giving birth that she had already drew up a fitness plan in order to lose any extra baby weight.
And by the looks of it Michelle Keegan has been sticking to her regime as she looked in amazing shape as she attended the Tesco Mum of The Year Awards at the Savoy Hotel on Sunday.
The 34-year-old, who welcomed a son called Aaron Jay on 28 February, turned heads in a low cut pink and gold dress.

Fit for a star: Michelle Heaton stunned at theTesco Mum Of The Year Awards at the Savoy Hotel, London on Sunday

Drawing attention to her bust the frock was covered in an intricate gold sequined pattern, while the rest of the dress was a pale pink. 

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Mother-of-two Coleen Rooney wows in a little black dress at the Tesco Mum of the Year Awards

There were plenty of famous faces and deserving winners when the Tesco Mum of the Year awards were held on Sunday at the Savoy Hotel.
As the Ambassador of the Tesco Mum of the Year Awards 2014, Coleen Rooney, lent her star presence to the proceedings.
Dressed in an LBD that was equally daring and demure at turns and with her hair pulled back off her face, Coleen looked very regal in appearance and a fine representation of what the awards were all about.

As Ambassador for Tesco Mum of the Year 2014, Coleen Rooney lent her star presence to the event

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ick Grimshaw and BRIT Awards host James Corden shares a passionate kiss on stage as the presenter bows out in style after five years

He was taking his bow as BRITS host on Wednesday evening after presenting the annual show for the fifth and final time.
But while it was another polished performance from James Corden, his swansong was overshadowed by a memorable send-off from close pal Nick Grimshaw in the form of a French kiss.
The Radio 1 DJ enjoyed a comical frisson with Corden at last year’s event, when the presenter playfully perched on his knee, and the banter continued when he took to the stage to present Lorde with the award for International Female Artist.
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'Hello everyone, it's tough coming on after Noel Gallagher and Kate Moss,’ he joked, adding:  'Can we have a round of applause for James Corden, everyone? Last year we made out, I'm hoping we can go to second base this year.'

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Lorde the teen queen hits another high note with BRIT award

She's the breakthrough act of the year.
And two-time Grammy winner Lorde proved she's still reigning supreme as she scooped the award for Best International Solo Female at the all-star Brit Awards in London on Wednesday night.
The 17-year-old singer showed that while her name might be in lights, her feet are still firmly on the ground, declaring the award was : 'A priceless surprise.'
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The gorgeously gothic babe, who comes from New Zealand, took to the stage in a dramatic black sequinned number saying: 'I'm still so new to getting awards that my brain feels like it's exploding every time it happens, so forgive me.'

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Lily Allen fluffs her lines as she announces winners of Best British Group at BRIT Awards

After years on the awards circuit, you'd expect Lily Allen to be an old pro at presenting - and of course accepting - accolades.
However, it appeared the singer may have been feeling a bit rusty after a couple of years out of the spotlight to focus on motherhood as she stumbled over her lines at Wednesday's BRIT Awards.
The mother-of-two, 28, appeared slightly confused by what part of her lines she should be reading first when she took to the stage at the O2 Arena. 
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Lily walked on stage in a green and blue Henry Holland dress to present the Best British Group Award.
Looking hesitantly to the side of the stage, she said: 'It's nice to be back … Do I just go straight into it? What? Announce it? No … the nominees for Best British Group are...'

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Harry Styles leaves One Direction bandmates hanging live onstage at BRIT Awards as he runs in from the 'toilets'

arry Styles left his One Direction bandmates hanging live on stage at the Brit Awards on Wednesday to collect their award for Global Success.
Leaving Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and a hobbling Niall Horan to improvise in his absence.
Quick thinking Liam stalled for time, looking to the audience for clues to the whereabouts of their fifth band member, Harry. 
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Liam, 20, asked the crowd: 'Has anyone seen the curly lad? Right, there's four of us now.'
Looking dapper in a Dolce & Gabbana suit, he then continued: 'I want to say thank you to our international team, management, the fans.' 

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2014 BRIT Awards Big Winners: Arctic Monkeys and One Direction with two gongs each. Ellie Goulding is crowned Queen

Arctic Monkeys and One Direction were the big winners at the BRIT Awards - taking home two accolades apiece.
The Sheffield four-piece were named Best British Group and Album Of The Year for their disc AM during the star-studded ceremony at London's O2 Arena.
Meanwhile, manufactured pop quintet One Direction picked up Global Success Award and British Video Of The Year for Best Song Ever.

Northern lads done good: Arctic Monkeys accept their first award of the night - Best British Group

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Best Of BRITISH Awards 2014: The Blitz And Glamour In Pictures...Enjoy

Ellie, who is performing at the ceremony, was one of the first to arrive at London's O2 Arena for the biggest night of the British music industry calendar.
Comeback queen Lily Allen stood out in a contrast to some of the more revealing outfits by wearing head-to-toe navy sequins.

The mother-of-two went for an I Dream Of Genie-inspired haircut with a high ponytail and bright yellow hair extensions.

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BRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS 2014

British Male Solo Artist:

David Bowie

Jake Bugg

James Blake

John Newman

Tom Odell...

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