Come to think of it, she did look a bit glum at the Oscars. Despite the dazzle of her gossamer silver gown, her Veronica Lake hair and that blaze of Tiffany diamonds at her perfect throat, something was clearly amiss with Kate Winslet.

Walking solo down the red carpet earlier this month, our girl looked ethereal but pained; think Tinkerbell with trapped wind and you get the picture.

And yes, actually, it was slightly weird the way she clung to Jeff Bridges when presenting him with his best actor Oscar. Five more seconds, and the pair of them would have been wrestling like bears on the floor of the Shrine Auditorium. With him shouting: ‘Get offa me, you crazy limey broad!’
Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes