Hosted by UK comedy genius Bill Bailey, The 2006 Empire Awards happened last night, the only awards in the UK to be voted for by the public, and the results (with the emphasis on comedy, of course) are here! The hangovers, of course, are still happening somewhere else.

First up, Best Newcomer went to the very lovely Kelly Reilly for her roles in both Mrs. Henderson Presents and Pride and Prejudice. The thoughts occours that Mrs Henderson Presents Pride and Prejudice would possibly have been an even better film.

Best comedy went to Team America: World Police, beating off competition from The Hitchhikers Guide, The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, Wallace and Gromit and the Wedding Crashers. In the spirit of neutral reporting, I'm not going to say anything further.

Best thriller was voted as Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang which is an absolutely brilliant film that nobody went to see, and is in fact much, much funnier than Team America.

A somewhat disbelieving Steve Box and Nick Park picked up the Best Director award for Wallace and Gromit, Curse of the Were-Rabbit, beating off a list of somewhat well known people. Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan - the usual crowd.

For the winners in other categories, details of acceptance speeches and video clips, please visit the website.