It's been a fantastic night for Hollywood glamour at the Oscars, with The Artist taking Best Film as well as Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius and Best Actor for Jean Dujardin. Nominated 17 times and with only two wins before, Meryl Streep finally took the Best Actress prize for her turn as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, while Octavia Spencer won Best Supporting Actress for The Help, giving a genuinely emotional speech and being all the more excited because she got to receive her award from a particularly dashing Christian Bale. Best Supporting Actor went to Christopher Plummer, the oldest actor ever to win an Oscar, for Beginners.
There were some fabulous dresses on display and everybody in good humour. Jessica Chastain, Glenn Close, Meryl Streep and Tina Fey were the darlings of the fashion crowd, and Kermit and Miss Piggy also graced the red carpet despite earlier threats of a boycott, perhaps because fellow four-footer Uggie was allowed to attend with The Artist team, even appearing on stage at the end of the night.
In a very well choreographed show, not everything went exactly as the organiswers had planned it. Sacha Baron-Cohen arrived in character as The Dictator, throwing what he alleged were the ashes of Kim Jong Il all over Ryan Seacrest.
Award Winners
Best Picture - The Artist
Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius, for The Artist
Best Actress - Meryl Streep, for The Iron Lady
Best Actor - Jean Dujardin, for The Artist
Best Supporting Actress - Octavia Spencer for The Help
Best Supporting Actor - Christopher Plummer, for Beginners
Best Foreign Language Film - A Separation
Best Documentary - Undefeated
Best Animated Feature - Rango
Best Live Action Short - The Shore
Best Documentary Short - Saving Face
Best Animated Short - The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr Morris Lessmore
Best Cinematography - Robert Richardson for Hugo
Best Editing - Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Best Art Direction - Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo for Hugo
Best Costume - Mark Bridges for The Artist
Best Make-Up - Mark Coulier and J Roy Helland for The Iron Lady
Best Visual Effects - Hugo
Best Original Score - Ludovic Bource for The Artist
Best Original Song - Man Or Muppet? from The Muppets
Best Sound Editing - Hugo
Best Sound Mixing - Hugo
Best Adapted Screenplay - The Descendants
Best Original Screenplay - Midnight In Paris
