DJ Fatboy Slim was today celebrating after taking home six prizes at MTV's annual Video Music Awards.

The Hove-based artist, also known as Norman Cook, won in six out of the nine categories he was nominated for with his video Weapon Of Choice.

The video won awards for best direction, choreography, art direction, editing, cinematography and breakthrough video.

He had flown to New York with wife Zoe Ball for the show, playing a surprise set at a trendy club in the city earlier in the week.

The director of Fatboy Slim's winning video, Spike Jonze, paid tribute to the DJ and Christopher Walken, a cult American figure who danced in the video.

Mr Jones said: "Norman wrote the music and Chris danced and it all came together very quickly."