Sean Penn was great in Milk, but I have to admit I was desperately hoping that Mickey Rourke would be the one taking home the best actor gong.

Not only because he's battled back from nowhere to give an Oscar-worthy performance in The Wrestler, but because he lost his beloved little dog Loki - the one he took to recent premieres - last week.

Seeing him wearing a photo of her round his neck on the red carpet choked me up, but then when he admitted, "I said to myself I'd rather have Loki for another two years than an Oscar and I told her that. But she stayed as long as she could", I just about lost it.

That's so very sad. Not that an Oscar would have taken away the pain of losing her. But losing out on top of losing her must have been very hard indeed.