Coens win big, some success for Brits (From Bury Times)

Coens win big, some success for Brits

10:57am Monday 25th February 2008

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DANIEL Day-Lewis and Tilda Swinton swept Britain to Oscar glory last night.

Day-Lewis, 50, won his second best actor Academy Award for his towering performance as a ruthless, malevolent oilman in There Will Be Blood.

Swinton, 47, was named best supporting actress for her role as a ruthless corporate lawyer in the George Clooney movie Michael Clayton.

The biggest film of the night was There Will Be Blood, the Coen brothers' violent neo-western.

It won four of its eight nominations, including best picture,- beating British film Atonement, and best director.

It also took the prize for best supporting actor for Spanish actor Javier Bardem, and adapted screenplay.

French actress Marion Cotillard was another star of the ceremony when she was announced as best actress for her role as singer Edith Piaf in the biopic La Vie en Rose.

The 32-year-old beat Julie Christie to the title for a second time, after doing the same thing to the British veteran at the Baftas.

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