Winners and losers

For a silent movie, The Artist is generating a lot of noise.

Despite losing out to The Descendants at the Golden Globes, Michel Hazanavicius’s paean to the Golden Era of Hollywood took home a bundle of awards at the Baftas (including Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay), and is currently a staggering eight-to-one on to win the Oscar for Best Picture.

Don’t go betting the mortgage just yet, though.