Tonight the 85th annual Academy Awards aired on ABC. Seth MacFarlane hosted with a rather interesting opener, but who would have expected anything else out of MacFarlane. A tribute to fifty years of James Bond helped to ignite the spark of the evening. Performances of musicals from the last decade, including "Chicago," "Dreamgirls" (Jennifer Hudson's performance was amazing) and "Les Miserables" added some extra musical elements to the evening. Adele gave a terrific performance of "Skyfall." Barbra Streisand gave a touching performance of "The Way We Were" which accompanied the end of the in memoriam.
There were many sure things that won for certain categories, such as Anne Hathaway and Quentin Tarantino. However, there were also some slight surprises with Chris Terrio rightfully winning Best Adapted Screenplay for "Argo" and Ang Lee won for Directing "Life of Pi." Jennifer Lawrence deservingly won for Best Actress and the amazing Daniel Day Lewis won his third Oscar in the Best Actor category. "Argo" wins for Best Picture, continuing its winning streak.
The winners are in bold below:
Best Picture:
Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Directing:
Michael Haneke - Amour
Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Ang Lee - Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
Actor in a Leading Role:
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
Denzel Washington - Flight
Actress in a Leading Role:
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts - The Impossible
Actor in a Supporting Role:
Alan Arkin - Argo
Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
Actress in a Supporting Role:
Amy Adams - The Master
Sally Field - Lincoln
Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook
Writing (Adapted Screenplay):
Argo, Written by Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild, Written by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi, Written by David Magee
Lincoln, Written by Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook, Written by David O. Russell
Writing (Original Screenplay):
Amour, Written by Michael Haneke
Django Unchained, Written by Quentin Tarantino
Flight, Written by John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom, Written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty, Written by Mark Boal
Foreign Language Film:
Amour (Sony Pictures Classics), Austria
Kon-Tiki (The Weinstein Company), Norway
No (Sony Pictures Classics), Chile
A Royal Affair (Magnolia Pictures), Denmark
War Witch (Tribeca Film), Canada
Animated Feature Film:
Brave (Disney•Pixar), Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Frankenweenie (Walt Disney Pictures), Tim Burton
ParaNorman (Focus Features), Sam Fell and Chris Butler
The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Sony), Peter Lord
Wreck-It Ralph (Walt Disney Pictures), Rich Moore
Click here for a full list of all the winner.
What do you think of tonight's winners?
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