Hello, it's a double ding dong for Leslie

A glamorous Emma Thompson poses with veteran actor Leslie Phillips
11 April 2012
The Weekender

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Hellooo ... and indeed, hellooo again. Leslie Phillips may be 82, but when it comes to his legendary appreciation of the female form, the man shows no sign of slowing down.

Here he is giving a glamorous Emma Thompson the glad eye - and then at the same event, giving the equally gorgeous Mariella Frostrup the once-over.

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It was, one might say, a double ding-dong.

Phillips was at the London Film Critics' Circle awards to receive the Dilys Powell award for outstanding contribution to cinema for everything from his Carry On roles to his latest movie, Venus, in which he stars with Peter O'Toole.

Not, then, an award for his indefatigable work in promoting greater understanding between the sexes.

Dame Helen Mirren picked up yet another award - hasn'tshe run out of mantelpiece space yet? - for her performance in The Queen, this time as best British actress.

The Queen also took British film of the year, British director of the year for Stephen Frears and screenwriter of the year for Peter Morgan.

As is becoming her way, Dame Helen had a bit of a shoe moment. The other day she took her shoes off and brandished them after receiving an award in New York: at the Dorchester she talked of her "Hollywood stripper" platform heels - $ 49 dollars the pair, she claimed.

Toby Jones, 39, who plays Truman Capote in Infamous, was named British actor of the year. United 93, the retelling of events of September 11 on the United Airlines Flight 93, clinched film of the year as well as director of the year for Paul Greengrass.

It also won the British producer of the year title for Greengrass, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Lloyd Levin.

Forest Whitaker picked up actor of the year for his critically acclaimed portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland.

Meryl Streep won actress of the year for her role in The Devil Wears Prada, while rising British star Emily Blunt, 23, won British actress of the year in a supporting role for playing a weight-obsessed magazine assistant in the same film.

Former Top of the Pops dancer turned director Andrea Arnold, 45, whose first feature film Red Road won the Cannes Jury Prize last year, was voted British newcomer of the year.

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