KATE WINSLET - WINSLET'S OSCAR FLIES WITH HER

WINSLET'S OSCAR FLIES WITH HER

KATE WINSLET is so elated to have finally won an Academy Award, she is refusing to let the statuette out of her sight.
The star was named Best Actress for her role in The Reader at Sunday's Oscars (22Feb09) - taking the prestigious prize home for the first time after losing out five times previously.
She was then photographed clutching the golden award at aftershow parties and it accompanied her as she appeared on Oprah Winfrey's U.S. TV chat show the following day (23Feb09).
And she refused to pack it away in her suitcase as she flew to New York, arriving at JFK airport with the prize in a protective cloth.
Winslet even rebuffed photographers' pleas to uncover her new honour, insisting: "I have to show my kids before I show anybody else!"