The Oscars, hosted by Seth Macfarlane, was a star studded event with some exciting wins.
The thriller, Argo, from Ben Affleck won best picture sweeping over "Lincoln," "Zero Dark Thirty," and "Silver Linings Playbook."
Both Affleck and Kathryn Bigelow of "Zero Dark Thirty" were not nominated for Best Director, which was a notorious Oscar snub for the both. However, both movies were nominated for Best Picture.
The Chicago Tribune reported that "Argo" is only the fourth movie in history to win best picture without a directorial nomination.
Ang Lee who directed "Life of Pi" took home the Best Director Award. "Life of Pi" won four Oscars in total. This is Lee's second Oscar the last being from "Brokeback Mountain" which he directed.
"Lincoln" directed by Steven Spielberg won two awards, one for Daniel Day Lewis' stunning performance as Abraham Lincoln and one for production design. Argo won three awards.
Lincoln was nominated for the most awards than any other movie at 12. The best actress nominees included Emmanuelle Rivera for the movie Amour. At 86-years-old she is the oldest actress to ever be nominated for an Oscar, while Quyenzhane Wallis is the youngest actress to ever be nominated at 9-years-old. She starred in "Beasts of the Southern Wild."
Jennifer Lawrence however, took home the trophy for her acting in "Silver Linings Playbook." This was her first Oscar and second nomination, previously for "Winters Bone."
Anne Hathaway took home the Best Supporting Actress award for her stunning portrayal of a destitute prostitute, Fantine, in "Les Miserables." This is the first time she's won an Oscar and she was previously nominated for her roll in the movie "Rachel Getting Married." Christopher Waltz took home the Supporting Actor award from his roll in "Django Unchained," beating out greats like Robert De Niro for "Silver Lingings Playbook" and Tommy Lee Jones in "Lincoln." Waltz previously won an actor for his roll as a Nazi in the Tarantino flick, "Inglorious Bastards."
"The "In Memoriam" segment of Sunday's Academy Awards paid tribute to film industry talents who died last year. We lost beloved character actors: Charles Durning, Jack Klugman, Ernest Borgnine. Even avant-garde filmmaker Chris Marker got his (fleeting) due, along with film critic Andrew Sarris. And Barbra Streisand sang "The Way We Were" in honor of that infernally durable song's late composer, Marvin Hamlisch," reported The Chicago Tribune.
Check out these highlights from the show:
Here's the full list of winners:
Best Picture: "Argo"
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables"
Best Director: Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
Animated Feature Film: "Brave"
Cinematography: "Life of Pi"
Costume Design: "Anna Karenina"
Documentary Feature: "Searching for Sugar Man"
Documentary Short: "Inocente"
Film Editing: "Argo"
Foreign Language Film: "Amour" (Austria)
Makeup: "Les Misérables"
Original Score: "Life of Pi"
Original Song: "Skyfall" from "Skyfall"
Production Design: "Lincoln"
Short Film (Animated): "Paperman"
Short Film (Live Action): "Curfew"
Sound Editing: "Skyfall" & "Zero Dark Thirty" (tie)
Sound Mixing: "Les Misérables"
Visual Effects: "Life of Pi"
Best Adapted Screenplay: "Argo"
Best Original Screenplay: "Django Unchained"
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