she brought the young lover to the oscars! but he didnt walk the red carpet with her! (i wonder why.....
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Tilda Swinton shares her Oscar joy with young lover...while her children's father stays home
Oscar winner Tilda Swinton drew a standing ovation as she accepted Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Michael Clayton.
But her biggest fan was sitting right next to her.
Swinton chose to attend last night's ceremony with the younger of her two lovers, artist Sandro Kopp.
Meanwhile her other man, 68-year-old John Byrne, stayed at home in Scotland.
It was recently revealed that Swinton, Kopp and Byrne - who is the father of her ten-year-old twins, Xavier and Honor - all live in a menage a trois style arrangement at her home in Nairn, Scotland.
Tilda sat with 29-year-old Kopp in the audience at today's ceremony, and he was the first to congratulate her on her win.
The 47-year-old actress was a surprise winner, beating Cate Blanchett in the best supporting actress category, for her role as a hard-bitten corporate lawyer in Michael Clayton.
She was pictured on the red carpet with her son, but clearly fearing widespread publicity over her unconventional romantic life, kept German-born artist Sandro, who she travelled to Los Angeles with, away from the media glare.
Artist Byrne, is her partner of 18 years, and she met her German artist lover Kopp on the set of the Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
Last month she finally spoke out about the couple's complicated relationship, following a spate of rumours on the internet.
She described Mr Byrne, a director and artist, as a "phenomenal father" and said: "We are the best of pals and adore being parents and are devoted to that project.
"We ostensibly live in the same house, but I travel the world with another delightful painter."
That would be Kopp, who describes himself as a travelling painter with bases in New York, Paris, Germany, New Zealand and Rome.
He met Swinton when he worked on The Chronicles of Narnia, both as a performer and as a visual artist. She took on the role of the White Witch for the films.
Swinton, met Byrne in 1985. Five years later they fell in love when she played the stroppy, butch cowgirl in Your Cheatin' Heart, the follow-up to his acclaimed TV series Tutti Frutti, which was set in the Fifties.
He had designed the set of a play she was appearing in at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh.
They first began a relationship in 1990, after he left his wife. Byrne left his wife and the couple set up home in London, before moving to Tain and later to Nairn, near Inverness.
Byrne agrees with Tilda's summation of their unusual relationship: "We're amicably living together in the same house, under the same roof. It's extraordinary.
"We love each other too, in an extraordinary way. We have always been the best of chums and will remain the best of chums for the rest of our lives.
"We love our children and our children love us. The rest is our business."
But even on the biggest night of her film career, their distinctly unconventional set up soon came under scrutiny.
The actress, and mother of two corrected a journalist who asked about her husband, saying: "I don't have a husband, I've never been married."
And now that she has been so firmly planted under the showbiz spotlight, there can only be more questions to follow about her unconventional home life.
Later Tilda said she still felt dazed by her win. "I'm still standing, but I'm not complaining, it's good."
She explained that when her name was called she didn't hear it.
She told Daily Mail writer Baz Bamigboye: "I was really just having a reverse Zoolander moment when I think I heard someone else's name and suddenly, slowly heard my own.
"I'm still recovering from that moment, and I have absolutely no idea what happened after that. "So, you know, you can tell me my dress fell off and I'd believe you, so don't be cruel."
) story and images from the dailymailTilda Swinton shares her Oscar joy with young lover...while her children's father stays home
Oscar winner Tilda Swinton drew a standing ovation as she accepted Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Michael Clayton.
But her biggest fan was sitting right next to her.
Swinton chose to attend last night's ceremony with the younger of her two lovers, artist Sandro Kopp.
Meanwhile her other man, 68-year-old John Byrne, stayed at home in Scotland.
It was recently revealed that Swinton, Kopp and Byrne - who is the father of her ten-year-old twins, Xavier and Honor - all live in a menage a trois style arrangement at her home in Nairn, Scotland.
Tilda sat with 29-year-old Kopp in the audience at today's ceremony, and he was the first to congratulate her on her win.
The 47-year-old actress was a surprise winner, beating Cate Blanchett in the best supporting actress category, for her role as a hard-bitten corporate lawyer in Michael Clayton.
She was pictured on the red carpet with her son, but clearly fearing widespread publicity over her unconventional romantic life, kept German-born artist Sandro, who she travelled to Los Angeles with, away from the media glare.
Artist Byrne, is her partner of 18 years, and she met her German artist lover Kopp on the set of the Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
Last month she finally spoke out about the couple's complicated relationship, following a spate of rumours on the internet.
She described Mr Byrne, a director and artist, as a "phenomenal father" and said: "We are the best of pals and adore being parents and are devoted to that project.
"We ostensibly live in the same house, but I travel the world with another delightful painter."
That would be Kopp, who describes himself as a travelling painter with bases in New York, Paris, Germany, New Zealand and Rome.
He met Swinton when he worked on The Chronicles of Narnia, both as a performer and as a visual artist. She took on the role of the White Witch for the films.
Swinton, met Byrne in 1985. Five years later they fell in love when she played the stroppy, butch cowgirl in Your Cheatin' Heart, the follow-up to his acclaimed TV series Tutti Frutti, which was set in the Fifties.
He had designed the set of a play she was appearing in at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh.
They first began a relationship in 1990, after he left his wife. Byrne left his wife and the couple set up home in London, before moving to Tain and later to Nairn, near Inverness.
Byrne agrees with Tilda's summation of their unusual relationship: "We're amicably living together in the same house, under the same roof. It's extraordinary.
"We love each other too, in an extraordinary way. We have always been the best of chums and will remain the best of chums for the rest of our lives.
"We love our children and our children love us. The rest is our business."
But even on the biggest night of her film career, their distinctly unconventional set up soon came under scrutiny.
The actress, and mother of two corrected a journalist who asked about her husband, saying: "I don't have a husband, I've never been married."
And now that she has been so firmly planted under the showbiz spotlight, there can only be more questions to follow about her unconventional home life.
Later Tilda said she still felt dazed by her win. "I'm still standing, but I'm not complaining, it's good."
She explained that when her name was called she didn't hear it.
She told Daily Mail writer Baz Bamigboye: "I was really just having a reverse Zoolander moment when I think I heard someone else's name and suddenly, slowly heard my own.
"I'm still recovering from that moment, and I have absolutely no idea what happened after that. "So, you know, you can tell me my dress fell off and I'd believe you, so don't be cruel."
She sounds colorful. 
At least she's doesn't bore us with her cuteness or her perfect mariage like so many others...
Go on, Tilda!
