IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, the Golden Globes were handed out on Sunday 19th January. "The Hours" landed best drama, while "Chicago" danced off with the best musical/comedy gong.

Renée Zellweger won best actress in a musical/comedy for her turn in "Chicago", but director Rob Marshall reckons there's little difference between her and co-star Catherine Zeta-Jones. "You know, the word tie comes to mind for me. These are my children ultimately, in a way. You can't choose. You want all of them to be celebrated and all of them to win. A tie would have been lovely." Ahh.

Other highlights included Martin Scorsese winning a deserved best director award for "Gangs of New York". Earlier in the evening Bono told BBCi Films it was about time the veteran director picked up an award: "This is his time. This is his moment. If he doesn't get the award, I know some Irish gangs who are coming round here with some baseball bats!"

Come the end of the evening, Bono was celebrating with Scorsese, as U2's "Gangs of New York" theme, "The Hands That Built America" was named best original song. "GONY" star Daniel Day-Lewis missed out on the best actor, though, with that honour going to Jack Nicolson for "About Schmidt". For a full report, visit BBC News.

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RICHARD CRENNA - mentor to Sly Stallone in the "Rambo" series - has died. Apart from appearing in these 'classic' actioners, the 76-year-old character actor was best known for satirizing them in "Hot Shots! Part Deux", and for supporting turns in "Wait Until Dark" and "The Sand Pebbles".

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WE REPORTED ON THIS ages ago, but everyone else is blabbing on about it as if it's new, so.... Renée Zellweger has agreed to star in a sequel to "Bridget Jones's Diary". Huzzah.

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ER, IT'S A BIT QUIET because everyone in Hollywood is nursing Golden Globe hangovers, so let's move onto some unsubstaniated rumours.

According to bubblings over at Dark Horizons, Halle Berry is being lined up to replace Ashley Judd in "Catwoman". And in related comic book news, "Superman" is floundering again. Apparently director Brett Ratner is being edged out in favour of Michael Bay, but the whole thing is currently in limbo thanks to a ballooning budget (currently set at more than $200 million).

Oh, and in what sounds like fantasy, Imdb reports that Martin Scorsese wants to cast Nicole Kidman as Ava Gardner and Gwyneth Paltrow as Katharine Hepburn in "The Aviator"