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A black and white French silent film with no big name stars that had somehow become known as the ‘safe’ choice won five awards at the 84th Academy Awards last night. The Artist won the award for best picture, Michel Hazanavicius picked up the best director prize, while Jean Dujardin won the best actor award. It also won for Ludovic Bource’s score and best costume design. The film tied for most awards with another film in thrall to the silent era of film-making, Martin Scorsese’s Hugo 3D. Predominantly filmed here in the UK at Shepperton Studios, Hugo collected five major technical awards including best cinematography (Robert Richardson).
Although George Clooney missed out on the best actor statuette to Jean Dujardin, The Descendants won the award for best adapted screenplay and Woody Allen won his fourth Oscar for best original screenplay for Midnight In Paris. As is his usual stance he was not in person to collect it.
Meryl Streep won her third Oscar, having been nominated a record seventeen times, for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. The remaining acting awards went to Octavia Spencer for best supporting actress in The Help and Christopher Plummer for best supporting actor in Beginners. In doing so, the 82-year-old Plummer became the oldest person to win an Oscar.
Full list of winners and nominations can be found below.
BEST PICTURE
The Artist - Winner! The Descendants Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jean Dujardin, The Artist - Winner! Demián Bichir, A Better Life George Clooney, The Descendants Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Brad Pitt, Moneyball
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christopher Plummer, Beginners - Winner! Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn Jonah Hill, Moneyball Nick Nolte, Warrior Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady - Winner! Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs Viola Davis, The Help Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Octavia Spencer, The Help - Winner! Bérénice Bejo, The Artist Jessica Chastain, The Help Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Rango - Winner! A Cat in Paris Chico & Rita Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots
ART DIRECTION
Hugo - Winner! The Artist Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Midnight in Paris War Horse
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hugo - Winner! The Artist The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Tree of Life War Horse
COSTUME DESIGN
The Artist - Winner! Anonymous Hugo Jane Eyre W.E.
DIRECTING
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist - Winner! Alexander Payne, The Descendants Martin Scorsese, Hugo Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Undefeated - Winner! Hell and Back Again If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Pina
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Saving Face - Winner! The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement God Is the Bigger Elvis Incident in New Baghdad The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
FILM EDITING
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Winner! The Artist The Descendants Hugo Moneyball
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Separation, Iran - Winner! Bullhead, Belgium Footnote, Israel In Darkness, Poland Monsieur Lazhar, Canada
MAKEUP
The Iron Lady - Winner! Albert Nobbs Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
The Artist - Winner! The Adventures of Tintin Hugo Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy War Horse
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
Man or Muppet, The Muppets - Winner! Real in Rio, Rio
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore - Winner! Dimanche/Sunday La Luna A Morning Stroll Wild Life
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
The Shore - Winner! Pentecost Raju Time Freak Tuba Atlantic
SOUND EDITING
Hugo - Winner! Drive The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Transformers: Dark of the Moon War Horse
SOUND MIXING
Hugo - Winner! The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Moneyball Transformers: Dark of the Moon War Horse
VISUAL EFFECTS
Hugo - Winner! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Real Steel Rise of the Planet of the Apes Transformers: Dark of the Moon
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
The Descendants - Winner! Hugo The Ides of March Moneyball Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Midnight in Paris - Winner! The Artist Bridesmaids Margin Call A Separation
And finally below is the video sweeping the internet of Ryan Seacrest getting covered in the ashes of 'Kim Jong-Il' by 'The Dictator' Sacha Baron Cohen.
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