If last year's ceremony went down as one of the dullest ever, last night's showpiece attempted to regain some showbiz sparkle with centrepieces including a 2.8-metre mirror ball, 10,000 balloons and 30 lasers zigzagging throughout the televised show.
The Cavern, a reproduction of the original club which was bulldozed in the 1970s by a forward-thinking Liverpool council, will be the centrepiece of a celebration including a set from the Mersey Beatles, a tribute band.
When the film reaches Mamie-Claire's chilly modernist mansion, Mistress America settles into an extended centrepiece involving multiple characters – including a couple of Tracy's fellow students, an angry neighbour and a member of a pregnant women's reading group (this week's texts: Faulkner and a biography of Derrida, for light relief).
The Firebird was the hastily-mustered centrepiece, sets and costumes freshly modelled on the 1910 originals, including a gorgeous opening scene in which the purple minarets of a city are gradually visible through evaporating mist.
One of the centrepieces of Duffy's appeal to members at Clacton was what she called a "positive vision for British Islam", a slightly retro-Ukip programme including a restriction on wearing a veil in public places.
The centrepiece is 1987's A Fashionable Marriage, based on William Hogarth's Marriage A-la Mode, which features a cast of cut-out characters including a flirting Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.
Centrepieces include a large painting of himself over the fireplace - and a drawing of Jesus with his hand on Dr Carson's shoulder - in pictures published by the Guardian.
Later, in a sneak preview, the Guardian was invited to see the works, including the centrepiece of the show.
The proposed development will include a library and community centre, and the centrepiece will be a statue of Bobby Moore, captain of West Ham and of the England 1966 World Cup team, set in a landscaped garden.
While tomorrow will see the bulk of commemorative events, including the centrepiece of remembrance with the dimming of lights all over Britain, events also are ongoing throughout the weekend.
