Apres Mildred

Well, as we predicted before the event, Kate Winslet duly won Best Actress Emmy for TV's Mildred Pierce and delivered a breathless "can't believe it!" acceptance speech strangely reminiscent of her "golly, gosh" shtick after snaring the Oscar (and BAFTA) for The Reader.

OK, you read it hear first ... don't be surprised if we go through almost exactly the same when she picks up what may be several awards early next year for her role in Roman Polanski's lauded new four-hander, Carnage (in which she's pictured below with co-stars Jodie Foster, John C Reilly and Christophe Waltz), based on Yasmina (Art) Reza's play The God of Carnage.

Incidentally, proving like Kate that movie success is no bar to small screen acceptance, director Martin Scorsese (for Boardwalk Empire) and writer Julian Fellowes (for Downton Abbey) were also Emmy winners this year.