Black Country and Staffordshire stars gather at Oscars 2016
There was a flavour of the Black Country and Staffordshire in California as the best of British gathered for the 2016 Oscars ceremony.
The 88th Academy Awards, which finally saw Leonardo diCaprio land his first-ever Oscar gong, was attended by Cannock's rock legend Glenn Hughes.
Hughes, the former Deep Purple bassist who recently rescheduled his American tour due to a knee operation setback, overcame any pain he may have felt to enjoy the glitz and glamour of the awards.
He even made it to actor Russell Crowe's after party. The 64-year-old tweeted pictures from Crowe's Beverly Hills crib.
They included a photograph of himself posing with the Gladiator actor – who earlier had the Oscars audience in stitches as he delivered a hilarious presenting sketch alongside Canadian actor and musician Ryan Gosling.
"Yours truly and mate Russell Crowe at his Oscar aftershow party – what a lovely evening in Beverly Hills," Hughes posted to his fans following him on Twitter.
The Voice star Boy George, who once lived in Walsall, also uploaded pictures from an exclusive Elton John 'viewing party'.
He was snapped alongside glamorous American singer Lana Del Rey as well as appearing arm-in-arm with host Elton himself and American reality star and television personality Caitlyn Jenner. Mariah Carey was also at the star-studded party.
