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Empire magazine’s night of nights – the 25th Jameson Empire Awards – lit up London's Grosvenor House ballroom. There were speeches and songs, tears and laughter, winners, celebrations and revelry enough to make a dwarf rejoice. Which is handy because presiding over it all was Bofur himself, James Nesbitt, the returning host and master of ceremonies for a night that saw Interstellar, X-Men: Days Of Future Past, Paddington and The Bababook claim prizes voted for by Empire readers.
Christopher Nolan was in attendance to collect Best Film for Interstellar and a special Empire Inspiration award for a nine-film career filled with breathtaking visuals and impactful storytelling. There were also wins for Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) and Andy Serkis, whose Best Actor award for Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes was recognition of his groundbreaking performance-capture work.
Here's the list of winners in full:
**EMPIRE LEGEND **(presented by Jameson Irish Whiskey)
Ralph Fiennes
EMPIRE HERO
Game Of Thrones
EMPIRE INSPIRATION
Christopher Nolan
BEST NEWCOMER – MALE
Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service)
Ellar Coltrane (Boyhood)
Daniel Huttlestone (Into The Woods)
Jack O'Connell (Unbroken)
Dan Stevens (The Guest)
**BEST NEWCOMER - FEMALE **(presented by Max Factor)
Karen Gillan (Guardians Of The Galaxy/Oculus)
Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Secret Service)
Carrie Coon (Gone Girl)
Essie Davis (The Babadook)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle)
BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY (presented by MediCinema)
X-Men: Days Of Future Past
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
Guardians Of The Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
Interstellar
BEST HORROR
The Babadook
Annabelle
The Guest
Oculus
Under The Skin
BEST COMEDY (presented by Absolute Radio)
Paddington
22 Jump Street
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Inbetweeners 2
The Lego Movie
BEST THRILLER (presented by Corinthia Hotel London)
The Imitation Game
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Gone Girl
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Locke
**BEST BRITISH FILM **(presented by The Hollywood Reporter)
Kingsman: The Secret Service
The Imitation Game
Paddington
The Theory Of Everything
Under The Skin
**BEST ACTOR **
Andy Serkis (Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes)
Richard Armitage (The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies)
Bradley Cooper (American Sniper)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory Of Everything)
**BEST ACTRESS **(presented by Max Factor)
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Emily Blunt (Edge Of Tomorrow)
Felicity Jones (The Theory Of Everything)
Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)
Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)
**BEST DIRECTOR **(presented by Air New Zealand)
Christopher Nolan (Interstellar)
Peter Jackson (The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies)
Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
Matt Reeves (Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes)
Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game)
**BEST FILM **(presented by Viber)
Interstellar
Boyhood
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
The Imitation Game
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