AYE CORRADO

The Oscar winners have been announced. This is news?

Still, good to see Scorsese finally getting his gong. The man’s waited so long he’s managed to turn into Junior Soprano only with hair. Maybe they share the same false teeth, who knows?

As for the Brits stealing the show, we can breathe a sigh of relief that only Helen Mirren won otherwise the rags would be full of it. It’s bad enough when Channel 4 News talks about Peter Morgan’s ‘The Queen’ like Stephen Frears had nothing to do with it. This wouldn’t be the same Peter Morgan who only last year was listed on IMDB as getting a development handout from Scottish Screen for a script called ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’? We'll never know. The credit mysteriously vanished off SS’s own IMDB listing along with ‘Red Road’ and a few other movies they’ve put money into over the years.

Maybe it’s time SS blew their own trumpet a bit louder…