Coronation Street was named best serial drama for a second year - beating EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks - while Alan Halsall, who plays Tyrone in the soap, picked up best serial drama performance.

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The Queen herself appears en route from Guildhall to Cathedral for a performance of music, dance and drama by local schoolchildren.

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Best performance by an actor in a drama motion picture: Crowe, Will Smith ("Ali"), Kevin Spacey ("The Shipping News"), Billy Bob Thornton ("The Man Who Wasn't There") and Denzel Washington ("Training Day").

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The drama is largely internal: Gilbert learns, after a performance, that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car accident, and he attempts to face his changed circumstances, as well as his own aging.

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The only drama now is how far he can push the limits of human performance.

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Sir Simon's interpretation is no less convincing, as the drama of the earlier movements culminates in the outrageous energy of his performance of the finale.

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Perhaps club owners pay sizable premiums for drama, even when the guys supplying it are doing poorly by other performance measures.

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