Noel Gallagher admitted Gorillaz deserved a prize at the GQ Men of the Year awards last night (07.09.10)

The former Oasis rocker praised the animated group – masterminded by his former bitter chart rival Damon Albarn – as they collected the Band of the Year accolade at the star-studded ceremony at London’s Royal Opera House.

Noel told The Sun newspaper: “Gorillaz definitely deserve some kind of award – if only for having 104 people on stage at Glastonbury. What a f***ing rider that must’ve been to organise.”

Noel was at the ceremony to hand veteran Kinks frontman Ray Davies an Outstanding Achievement award.

Controversial US rocker Alice Cooper, who was sitting next to him at the awards spoke of the influence Ray had on his career.

He said: “It was British bands like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Kinks that got me into music. Ray is the man who made me want to write songs. I learned everything I know from analysing his songs.”

The annual awards show by the English magazine also saw rapper Dizzee Rascal pick up Solo Artist of the Year, while ‘Doctor Who’ star Matt Smith was honoured as Actor of the Year.

Hollywood star Jason Statham picked up the Editor’s Special award, while fashion designer Giorgio Armani was named Designer of the Year.

Though the ceremony honours high-profile men, actress Gemma Arterton also picked up a gong at the bash, taking home the International Woman of the Year trophy.

Other stars to appear at the event included musician and producer Mark Ronson, model Daisy Lowe and pregnant singer Lily Allen.

Full list of GQ Men of the Year awards winners:

Outstanding Achievement – Ray Davies

Solo Artist of the Year – Dizzee Rascal

International Woman of the Year – Gemma Arterton

International Man of the Year – Jon Hamm

Band of the Year – Gorillaz

Actor of the Year – Matt Smith

Sportsman of the Year – Ryan Giggs

Comedian of the Year – James Corden

Chef of the Year – Heston Blumenthal

Editor’s Special – Jason Statham

Most Stylish Man of the Year – Aaron Johnson

Politician of the Year – David Cameron

Designer of the Year – Giorgio Armani

Alfred Dunhill Cultural Icon – Anish Kapoor

Breakthrough Talent of the Year – Ed Westwick

Writer of the Year – Martin Amis

Newspaper Editor of the Year – Simon Kelner

Entrepreneur of the Year – Nick Jones

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The ‘Piranha 3-D’ actress – who split from English rugby hunk Danny Cipriani in June – has reportedly phoned Hollywood action star Jason Statham to ask him to find her a guy in Los Angeles.

A source told heat magazine: “She’s contacted Jason to see if he has any single pals she could line-up for dates in Los Angeles. She actually really trusts his judgement.”

Kelly – who was in a relationship with Jason for seven years before she separated from him in 2004 to embark on a romance with actor Billy Zane – is apparently terrified about being single and wants to get back into a relationship as soon as possible.

The source added: “She doesn’t have to look far – men fall over themselves to date her… But Kelly is phobic about being single. She feels like her brand is a million times stronger when she has a boyfriend in her life. She worries about her career and knows she makes column inches with her relationships and figure.”

Since splitting from Danny, Kelly, 30, has been on a date with ‘Glee’ star Matthew Morrison and has escaped to the Caribbean for a holiday, while the 22-year-old sportsman has been seen out on two occasions in Los Angeles with Lindsay Lohan.

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Kellan Lutz was cut by a machete while shooting his latest film.

The 25-year-old actor loves tackling his own stunts but left his agent horrified when the knife action got out of hand on his new movie ‘The Killing Game’.

He explained: “I loved doing stunts; I don’t have tattoos and I always say that my scars and bruises are my tattoos. I just did this movie called ‘The Killing Game’ and we had real machetes and my chest got cut up by accident. My agent was like, ‘That’s your money maker! You can’t ruin that!’ ”

Kellan – who is best known for playing Emmett Cullen in the ‘Twilight Saga’ – was left disappointed when he had to axe plans to indulge his action-loving side starring opposite Sylvester Stallone in ‘The Expendables’ because it clashed with his commitment to the vampire series.

He explained in an interview with website Dose.ca: “I love action movies, I want to work with Sylvester Stallone one day. I was supposed to work on his movie ‘The Expendables’.

“I auditioned for it and I got the role, but the scheduling didn’t work out with ‘New Moon’. And I was just like, ‘What a bummer.’ It has seven of my favourite action stars. Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Randy Couture… it’s such an all-star cast. If the name ‘Kellan’ would have been up there with them, I would have died happy.”

Source: BANG Showbiz