Express. Amazing Adele's Oscar triumph

Humble Oscars hero Daniel Day-Lewis dismissed as “daft” claims yesterday that he is now the world’s greatest screen star after claiming the Best Actor award for a record third time.

The 55-year-old led the way in a night of success for British talent, including an award for singer Adele, at the glittering Hollywood event.

Day-Lewis was honoured for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg’s drama.

Even with her amazing voice, Adele had some stiff competition up on stage, with Barbra Streisand and Dame Shirley Bassey also putting in performances. Dame Shirley, 76, sang Goldfinger nearly 50 years since she first recorded the song for the 1964 Bond film. And Streisand, 70, performed her classic song The Way We Were.

But the ladies seemed to get along famously and were seen posing and laughing for photos all night as they bonded over shepherd’s pie at the Oscars Governors Ball straight after the ceremony.

Skyfall also won the award for best sound editing, which was tied with Zero Dark Thirty. It is only the third time in Oscars history that winners have been tied.

The presentation of the awards was broken up by a series of musical performances including one show-stopping performance from Welsh star Catherine Zeta-Jones singing All That Jazz from Chicago and Jennifer Hudson performing I’m Telling You from Dreamgirls.

Best Actress went to Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook while Anne Hathaway won Best Supporting Actress for Les Miserables.

Christoph Waltz picked up the Best Supporting Actor award for Django Unchained.