Hello there and welcome to the first in this weeks Levy Letter. I hope you had an enjoyable weekend and the weather didnt dampen your spirits.
Golden Globes The Golden Globes took place in Los Angeles last night and our home-grown stars took home some of the awards. Kate Winslet won two awards. She won Best Actress for her role in Revolutionary Road and took home the gong for Best Supporting Actress for The Reader. As she collected her second prize she asked Is this really happening? Slumdog Millionaire was named Best Film Drama and won three other awards on the night. Other British recipients included Sally Hawkins, who was named Best Comedy Actress for her role in Mike Leighs Happy Go Lucky. Heath Ledger was awarded a posthumous Supporting Actor prize for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight. Weekend Telly The first eviction of Celebrity Big Brother took place on Friday, with glamour model Lucy Pinder leaving the compound first. Pinder found herself up for eviction alongside Ulrika Johnson but left the programme after receiving the most votes for eviction. Elsewhere in reality TV land the new series of Dancing on Ice started. The celebrity contestants this year are Gemma Bissix, former Hollyoaks and Eastenders actress. Todd Carty, former Grange Hill and Eastenders actor. Jeremy Edwards, former Hollyoaks and Holby City actor, former England footballer Graeme Le Saux. Ellery Hanley, the former rugby league player, picked up his skates alongside investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre. Emmerdale actress Roxanne Pallett joins the stars along with X Factor 2006 runner up Ray Quinn. Former Blue Peter presenter Zoe Salmon dons her leotard, alongside former Liberty X singer Jessica Taylor. TV Presenter Michael Underwood injured his ankle last year but is back th! is year to face the music. Former Page 3 girl Melinda Messenger takes to the ice this year as does Coleen Nolan from Loose Women. This week the male contestants showed off their new skills but Donal MacIntyre and Graeme Le Saux ended up in the bottom two. After a dance off, the judges picked MacIntyre for his performance which left Graeme to skate away in the first week. Baby News Singer and TV Presenter Charlotte Church has given birth to a baby boy. The baby arrived just after midnight on Sunday and weighed 7lb 5oz. Rugby player boyfriend, Gavin Henson, was at her side as she gave birth at the couples home in the Vale of Glamorgan. The baby is yet unnamed. A message was posted on the singers website saying Charlotte has literally just this minute phoned us to let us know that she gave birth to a little boy today. He was born just after midnight at her and Gavins home with Gavin in attendance at the birth. Congratulations Charlotte and Gavin! Thats all for the Levy Letter today. Please join me for Look North tonight at 6.30pm on BBC One. Take care, Peter And for the latest news and more where you live, go to: http://bbc.co.uk/humber and http://bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the BBC Look North newsletter, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/looknorthhull/newsletter/newsletter_index.shtml, enter your email address in the unsubscribe box. Your email address will be held by the BBC and kept confidential, and will only be used in relation to this newsletter. You will be given the option to unsubscribe from this newsletter each time you receive it. Please visit the BBC's Privacy & Cookies Policy (www.bbc.co.uk/privacy) for more information.
