DHAKA: Britain’s Benedict Cumberbatch and A-list veteran Julianne Moore took top honours Friday at the Hollywood Film Awards, billed as the official start of Tinseltown’s annual prizes season.

The best film award went to thriller Gone Girl starring Ben Affleck as a husband accused of murdering his wife, played by Rosamund Pike.

Other British stars also had a good night, with those picking up prizes including Keira Knightley, Jack O’Connell and Eddie Redmayne, for his portrayal of paralysed physicist Stephen Hawking.

Cumberbatch was named best actor for his role as World War II Nazi code-breaker Alan Turing in The Imitation Game, with co-star Knightley also earning best supporting actress, The Straits Times publishes this report on Saturday.

BDST: 1641 HRS, NOV 15, 2014