"The Artist" topped Sunday night's 84th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, Calif., winning five Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius and Best Actor for Jean Dujardin.
"I want to thank the movie, because the movie, since (it) has been made, its life is full of grace and it brings to us joy and happiness," Hazanavicius said in his acceptance speech. "Sometimes life is wonderful and today is one of these days."
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The Best Picture statuette is the latest top honor for producer Thomas Langmann, who since January has won Best Picture from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Golden Globes (Musical or Comedy), the Producers Guild of America and the British Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the Film Indendependent Spirit Awards.
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Director Martin Scorsese's ode to the history of French cinema, "Hugo," went into the ceremony with a leading 11 Oscar nominations and took home five statuettes including Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction.
Other big winners at Sunday night's ceremonies included Meryl Streep, who took home her long-awaited third Oscar for "The Iron Lady," Christopher Plummer for Best Supporting Actor for "Beginners," and Octavia Spencer for Best Supporting Actress for "The Help."
Plummer, 82, easily gave one of the best speeches of the night, and wasn't afraid to poke fun at his age.
"I have a confession to make, when I first emerged from my mother’s womb, I was already rehearsing my Academy thank you speech," Plummer said. "But it was so long ago, mercifully for you, I’ve forgotten it."
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