Adele is hot favourite to become the first ever singer to pick up an Oscar for a Bond theme with her hit Skyfall.

Ben Affleck was named Best Director at last night's Critics' Choice Movie Awards - just hours after he was snubbed in the same category at the Oscar nominations.

A tearful Adele was named songwriter of the year at the Ivor Novello Awards today – and promptly gave the gong away.

Adele has been given the perfect get well gift after being nominated for six Grammys at next year's awards.

SO this is what a phenomenon looks like. At a time of plummeting record sales Adele Adkins has shifted more than five million copies of her second album 21 and spent the past 10 weeks at the top of the British charts, breaking a 20-year record held by Madonna.