
The gongs have been handed over, the speeches have been given and host James Nesbitt has wrapped up the ceremony. Yes, the Jameson Empire Awards are, as I write this slowly winding down except for a few diehard party animals still keeping the flame alive. It was indeed a night to remember, even if some of the participants may not. To jog any foggy memories, then, a quick listing of the winners from Sunday night.
To say that this was the biggest Jameson Empire Awards ever is an understatement. We had Tom Cruise, Hugh Jackman, Simon Pegg, Paul Greengrass, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emma Thompson and a wealth of other talent from across the film and telly spectrum in the room. Well-deserved awards went to the likes of Sally Hawkins, Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy, and even though he probably needs to build an extension to hold his awards haul, Alfonso Cuarón won two, accepting via video message and through his effects cohort Neil Corbould.
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EMPIRE 25th AWARD: The Legend of Our Lifetime
Tom Cruise
EMPIRE 25th AWARD: The Action Hero of Our Lifetime
Arnold Schwarzenegger
EMPIRE ICON (presented by Jameson Irish Whiskey)
Hugh Jackman
EMPIRE HERO
Simon Pegg
EMPIRE INSPIRATION (presented by Mazda Motors UK)
Paul Greengrass
BEST MALE NEWCOMER (presented by Tresor Paris)
Aidan Turner (The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug)
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
George MacKay (Sunshine On Leith)
Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Tye Sheridan (Mud)
Will Poulter (We’re The Millers)
BEST FEMALE NEWCOMER
Margot Robbie (The Wolf Of Wall Street)
Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is The Warmest Colour)
Antonia Thomas (Sunshine On Leith)
Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby)
Freya Mavor (Sunshine On Leith)
Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years A Slave)
BEST HORROR
The Conjuring
A Field In England
Evil Dead
World War Z
You’re Next
BEST COMEDY (presented by Magic 105.4)
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
This Is 40
This Is The End
The World’s End
BEST THRILLER
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Captain Phillips
Now You See Me
Prisoners
Trance
BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY (presented by MediCinema)
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
Gravity
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Pacific Rim
Star Trek Into Darkness
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Fassbender (12 Years A Slave)
Daniel Brühl (Rush)
Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
Richard Armitage (The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug)
Tom Hiddleston (Thor: The Dark World)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Evangeline Lilly (The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years A Slave)
Mia Wasikowska (Stoker)
BEST BRITISH FILM
The World’s End
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Filth
Rush
Sunshine On Leith
Emma Thompson, Sally Hawkins & Richard E. Grant
BEST ACTRESS
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Jameson BEST ACTOR
James McAvoy (Filth)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years A Slave)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf Of Wall Street)
Martin Freeman (The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug)
Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)
BEST DIRECTOR (presented by Air New Zealand)
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)
Edgar Wright (The World’s End)
Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)
Peter Jackson (The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug)
Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave)
BEST FILM (presented by Sky Movies)
Gravity
12 Years A Slave
Captain Phillips
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Paul Greengrass, Tom Cruise
ames McAvoy, Hugh Jackman
Edgar Wright & Simon Pegg, Hayley Atwell
Sarah Harding
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Tom Cruise
Hugh Jackman, Arnold Schwarzenegger