Russell Brand takes mum as Oscars date
Russell Brand found a stand-in Oscars date while Katy Perry is away on tour – his mum Barbara. The comedian walked the red carpet with his mother, introducing her to TV interviewers and fans. “This is my mum, Babs,” he proudly declared, while his mother beamed from ear to ear. Asked what she thought of her son, Barbara (pictured) grinned: “I’m incredibly biased – he’s beautiful.” Brand was presenting the Oscar for best foreign film, alongside Arthur co-star Helen Mirren, at the 2011 Academy Awards. But he seemed a little concerned with the category he had been given. “I don’t speak foreign,” he said. Brand revealed Mirren had helped him write his script for his Oscars debut and told him to express himself “creatively”. And he joked that their friendship could only go so far. “We can only take that certain limit because of Taylor [Hackford] and Katy,” he said. Asked how he copes while his pop star wife is away on tour, he said with a grin: “Every so often I just look at a photograph of her and smile. That’s enough.”
Oscar Winners 2011: Your Complete List of Academy Award Winners!
List of Academy Award Winners
If you missed the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, here are the winners:
Best Picture – “The King’s Speech”
Actor in a Leading Role – Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
Actor in a Supporting Role – Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
Actress in a Leading Role – Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Actress in a Supporting Role – Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Animated Feature Film – “Toy Story 3”
Art Direction – “Alice in Wonderland”
Cinematography – “Inception”
Costume Design – “Alice in Wonderland”
Director – “The King’s Speech” Tom Hooper
Documentary (Feature) – “Inside Job”
Documentary (Short Subject) – “Strangers No More”
Film Editing – “The Social Network”
Foreign Language Film – “In a Better World” Denmark
Makeup – “The Wolfman”
Music (Original Score) – “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Music (Original Song) – “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Short Film (Animated) – “The Lost Thing”
Short Film (Live Action) – “God of Love”
Sound Editing – “Inception”
Sound Mixing – “Inception”
Visual Effects – “Inception”
Adapted Screenplay – “The Social Network”
Original Screenplay – “The King’s Speech”