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\n 27 March 2011<\/span>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Tim Masters<\/span>
\n\t\t\t\tEntertainment correspondent, BBC News, at London’s Grosvenor House hotel <\/span>
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Actor Gary Oldman has been named a film icon at the Empire movie awards.<\/p>\n

The star of Dracula and JFK picked up his award from Colin Firth, who won in the best actor category for his Oscar-winning role in The King’s Speech.<\/p>\n

“Icon is a lovely word, but Sir is a better word!” Oldman joked backstage at the London ceremony. <\/p>\n

Inception won best film prize, Kick-Ass was named best British film and the best actress was The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo star Noomi Rapace. <\/p>\n

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Sirius Black, Sid Vicious, Lee Harvey Oswald, George Smiley – I’ve had a real share\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\n\tGary Oldman on his iconic roles<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

The Empire awards, hosted by comic Dara O Briain at the Grosvenor House Hotel, took place exactly a month after the Oscars. They are last major ceremony of the film awards season. <\/p>\n

‘Iconic roles’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Teenage star Chloe Moretz, who starred in Kick-Ass and vampire film Let Me In, won the best newcomer award.<\/p>\n

The Empire hero award was presented to Keira Knightley by her Atonement co-star James McAvoy.<\/p>\n

Oldman, who recently finished filming Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – alongside Colin Firth – told the BBC that he had been lucky to have so many iconic roles, most recently his recurring role in the Harry Potter series of films. <\/p>\n

“Sirius Black, Sid Vicious, Lee Harvey Oswald, George Smiley – I’ve had a real share,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I have had 10 years of pedigree fantasy with Potter and the Dark Knight, but it’s nice to come back to something like Tinker, Tailor.”<\/p>\n

Among the attendees on the red carpet were Noel Clarke, Sarah Harding, Jonathan Ross, Lily Cole and the stars from The Inbetweeners, who have just finished making a movie version of the TV hit comedy. <\/p>\n

The best comedy award went to Chris Morris’s satirical suicide bomber film Four Lions.<\/p>\n

The Last Exorcism won best horror, with Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part One winning best sci-fi\/fantasy.<\/p>\n

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo picked up its second award of the night for best thriller.<\/p>\n

An inspiration award went to Edgar Wright, who also picked up best director for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.<\/p>\n

“I’m only 36, so it’s a big responsibility,” he said of his inspiration award. <\/p>\n

“I started out as an amateur filmmaker, and over the last year teenagers and people in their early 20s have sent me films that are remakes or mash-ups of my films. I’m always extremely flattered if someone says I’m an inspiration.”<\/p>\n

Comic book comedy Kick-Ass was named best british film and its writer Jane Goldman told the BBC the award meant a lot.<\/p>\n

“We’re terribly grateful for it because the Empire awards are voted for by the movie-going public.”<\/p>\n

She said she had had no complaints about the film’s violent scenes, many involving a child (Chloe Moretz as Hit Girl). <\/p>\n

“There never really was a genuine controversy. It had an appropriate rating for its content and I never heard any actual people complain about it.” <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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