84th Academy Awards Winners

Silent movie The Artist has won best picture, best director for Michel Hazanavicius and best actor for Jean Dujardin at the Oscars. Meryl Streep won best actress for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady - her 17th Oscar nomination. Meanwhile Christopher Plummer became the oldest Oscar winner at 82 for his performance in Beginners and The Help's Octavia Spencer won the best supporting actress Oscar.

Silent movie The Artist has triumphed at the Oscars, winning five awards including best picture, best director and best actor for Jean Dujardin.

Director Michel Hazanavicius - winning on his first ever nomination - thanked the dog, Uggie, who appears in the film but added: "I don't think he cares."

Dujardin said of his character: "If George Valentin could speak, he would say 'Wow! Victorie! Genial! Merci!'"

The film also won the Oscars for best original score and best costumes.
Martin Scorsese's Hugo also won five Oscars, mainly in technical categories.
Meryl Streep won best actress for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady - her 17th Oscar nomination and third Oscar win. She thanked the Academy "for this inexplicably wonderful career". "When they called my name I had this feeling I could hear half of America going: 'Aww no. Not her again'. But, you know, whatever. "I look out here and I see my life before my eyes. My old friends, my new friends. This is such a great honour but the thing that counts the most for me is the friendships… Thank you. All of you, departed and here," she added. Dujardin broke into his native French language in celebration shouting: "Wow, victory!" "Thank you to the Academy. It's funny because in 1929, it wasn't Billy Crystal but Douglas Fairbanks who hosted the first Oscars ceremony. Tickets cost $5 and it lasted 15 minutes. Times have changed."

1929 was the last year that a silent movie won an Oscar.Canadian actor Christopher Plummer became the oldest Oscar winner at 82 by taking the best supporting actor prize.

He was widely tipped to win for his portrayal of a father who comes out as a gay man after his wife dies in Beginners. Plummer thanked his real-life wife who, he said, deserved "the Nobel Peace Prize for coming to my rescue every day".The Help's Octavia Spencer won the best supporting actress Oscar and gave an emotional acceptance speech, receiving a standing ovation from the audience.

Total Count Of Wins 

• The Artist - 5
• Hugo - 5
• Iron Lady - 2

Here are the List Of Winners 

1. Best Picture - The Artist 
2. Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
3. Best Actor - Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
4. Best Actress - Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
5. Best Supporting Actor - Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
6. Best  Supporting  Actress - Octavia Spencer (The Help)
7. Best Foreign Language Film - A Separation (Iran)
8. Best Animation - Rango 
9. Best Original Screenplay - Woody Allen ( Midnight in Paris )
10. Best Adapted Screenplay - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash ( The Descendants )
11. Best Art Direction - Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo ( Hugo)
12. Best Cinematography - Robert Richardson ( Hugo )
13. Best Sound Mixing - Tom Fleischman and John Midgley ( Hugo )
14. Best Sound Editing - Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty ( Hugo )
15. Best Original Song - Music and lyrics Bret McKenzie (  The Muppets  )
16. Best Original Score - Ludovic Bource ( The Artist )
17. Best Costumes - Mark Bridges ( The Artist )
18. Best Documentary Feature - Undefeated 
19. Best Documentary Short - Saving Face 
20. Best Film Editing - Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall ( The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo )
21. Best Animated Short Film - The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore
22. Best Live Action Short Film  - The Shore
23. Best Visual Effects - Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning ( Hugo )
24. Best Make-Up - Mark Coulier and J Roy Helland ( The Iron Lady )

Courtesy - bbc.co.uk | Oscars.go.com

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