"The Artist" by French director Michel Azanavicius dominated this year's Oscars, winning five awards in the main categories, while the movie "Hugo", which had the most nominations, won the same number of awards.

Martin Scorsese's childhood adventure took the awards for Art Direction, the Photography, the Best Special Effects, the Best Sound, and the Best Sound Effects.
"Hugo" had the most nominations, 11 in the number, however "The Artist", with 10 nomination, an ode to the silent film era, dominated, as expected, in the most important categories.

Meryl Streep won the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in 'The Iron Lady' (The Iron Lady), in which she plays former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
The same film took, also, the award for Best Makeup by Mark Coulier and J. Roy Hiland.
It is Streep's third Golden Globe and first since 30 years, although he has the record with 17 nominations for the most coveted award in the film industry.

Octavia Spencer won Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of the sassy housekeeper in The Maids (The Help), depicting stories of black African-American women who worked for wealthy white families in Mississippi during the early civil rights era.

The 39-year-old American actress, which was considered the favorite, she has never been nominated for an Oscar before.

Christopher Plummer was awarded the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in the movie "The Rookies" (Beginners) directed by Mike Mills, where he plays an old man, who reveals and accepts his homosexuality.
So, the 82-year-old Canadian Plummer, veteran film and theater actor, became the oldest actor ever to receive an Academy Award. He was nominated only once before.

The movie "A Separation" (A Separation) written and directed by the Iranian Asghar Farhadi won the award for Best Foreign Language Film. It is the first Iranian film to receive an American Academy Award.
The film deals with the divorce of a couple and touches on traditions, male-female relations and the functioning of justice in modern Iran.
He was considered a favorite in the category, after winning several awards in Europe and the United States and is the second Iranian film to be nominated for this American Academy Award and the first to win.

The director Farhadi, receiving the award, stated that "at the moment many Iranians around the world are watching us and I imagine they will be very happy".

Woody Allen wins Best Original Screenplay for 'Midnight in Paris' (Midnight in Paris), while the award for Best Adapted Screenplay was shared by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rush for The Descendants (The Descendants).

The award for Best Editing went to Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter for The Girl with the Tattoo (The girl with the dragon tattoo) directed by David Fincher and the award for Best Original Song went to Brett McKenzie for “Man or Muppet” (in the movie The Muppets).

“Rango” took home the award for Best Animated Feature, while in the movie "Undefeated", directed by Daniel Lindsey and T. J. Martin, was awarded the prize for Best Documentary.

In the less prominent categories, the award for Best Documentary Short went to "Saving Face" by Emmy-winning Pakistani journalist Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoi and American Daniel Jang, a film about the female victims of acid attacks in Pakistan.

The award for Best Animated Short Film “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”, directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenberg, while the award for Best Short Film went to the film “The Shore”, written and directed by Terry George.

The 84th Academy Awards of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, hosted by veteran American comedian Billy Crystal, was televised live on over 200 Countries.

List of Academy Award winners:

Best movie: “The Artist”
First Female Role: Meryl Streep for the movie "The Iron Lady"
First Male Role: Jean Dujardin for the movie "The Artist"
Second Female Role: Octavia Spencer for the movie "The Handmaids"
Second Male Role: Christopher Plummer for the movie "The Rookies"
Best director: Michel Azanavicius for the movie "The Artist"
Best cartoon movie: "Range"
Best original script: "Midnight in Paris"
Best scenario adapted: "The Descendants"
Better address: “Hugo”
Best Photo: “Hugo”
Better suits: “The Artist”
Best documentary: “Undefeated”
Best Documentary Short: “Saving Face”
Best editing: "The Girl with the Tattoo"
Best foreign language movie: "A Separation"
Better makeup: "The Iron Lady"
Best Original Music: “The Artist”
Best Original Song: “Μan or Muppet”
Best Animated Short Film: “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”
Best short film: “The Shore”
Better sound: “Hugo”
Better sound effects: “Hugo”
Better visual effects: “Hugo”

Source : nooz.gr