The 1977 swansong of surrealist maestro Luis Buñuel, That Obscure Object of Desire, was beaten by a French film rarely mentioned today, Madame Rosa – perhaps because the latter didn't baffle voters by having two actresses play one part.
But Tsonga accounted for Roger Federer at the same stage in 2013 and, if he can reproduce the form he showed against Berdych, it is not inconceivable he could set up a Paris rematch with the Swiss maestro.
In no particular order we've had Tilda Swinton wearing androgynous suits, Bobby Gillespie wearing chiffon and a girly hair parting, Annie Hall and, of course, the maestro himself, David Bowie.
So it seems this year the Blairs are off to Barbados to stay with either (depending on your choice of daily newspaper) top Christian and Wimbledon a cappella ace Sir Cliff Richard (a £3 million mansion) or leading Tory backer and JCB digger maestro Sir Anthony Bamford at his Heron Bay paddette (no price available, but recently refurbished for countless millions).
Standing beside his leather-clad backing band 3RDEYEGIRL, the diminutive pop maestro thanked London for making him feel "extra loved" and handed out the best British female award to an awestruck Ellie Goulding.
Over a 60-year career, the Italian maestro has written some of cinema's most memorable scores, from Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly to Oscar-winning classics such as The Mission and Cinema Paradiso.
He received a rapturous welcome from Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, who introduced him as "maestro" – the nickname once given to Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan.
Mr Gergiev's next ambition is to beam the Mariinsky's ballets and operas live in 3D format across the world.The maestro is well aware that news coverage about Russia is dominated by stories of repression, killing and corruption, especially in the West.
In the gala's closing moments, one of Mr Gergiev's favourite singers, Anna Netrebko, as Zerlina, was wooed by four Don Giovannis, each carrying an ever larger bouquet of roses before she was swept away by the maestro himself.Yet, it would not have been Mr Gergiev if he stopped then; the party carried on for another two days.
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