2012 Oscars festival held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on Sunday (February 26) in Hollywood and it was a fantastic night for movies.
The Artist and Hugo where the big winners of the evening, which picked up five awards each!
Meryl Streep picked up her 3rd Oscar win for Best Actress in The Iron Lady, The Help‘s Octavia Spencer won Best Supporting Actress, and Beginners‘ Christopher Plummer picked up Best Supporting Actor.
The Artist won the awards for Best Picture, Best Director (Michel Hazanavicius), Best Actor (Jean Dujardin), Best Costume Design, and Best Original Score.
Hugo won for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects.
The winners List are,
BEST PICTURE
Nominees:
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
WINNER – The Artist
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Nominees:
Demián Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
WINNER – Jean Dujardin, The Artist
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Nominees:
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
WINNER - Christopher Plummer, Beginners
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Nominees:
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
WINNER - Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Nominees:
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
WINNER - Octavia Spencer, The Help
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Nominees:
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
WINNER – Rango
BEST ART DIRECTION
Nominees:
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse
WINNER – Hugo
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nominees:
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse
WINNER – Hugo
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Nominees:
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.
WINNER - The Artist
BEST DIRECTING
Nominees:
The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants, Alexander Payne
Hugo, Martin Scorsese
Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen
The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick
WINNER - The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Nominees:
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Fa lls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated
WINNER - Undefeated
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHOT SUBJECT
Nominees:
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
WINNER - Saving Face
BEST FILM EDITING
Nominees:
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
WINNER - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Nominees:
Bullhead
Footnote
In Darkness
Monsieur Lazhar
A Separation
WINNER - A Separation
BEST MAKEUP
Nominees:
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady
WINNER - The Iron Lady
BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Nominees:
The Adventures of Tintin
The Artist
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
WINNER - The Artist
BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
Nominees:
“Man or Muppet”, The Muppets
“Real in Rio”, Rio
WINNER - “Man or Muppet”, The Muppets
BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Nominees:
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Dimanche/Sunday
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life
WINNER - The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Nominees:
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic
WINNER - The Shore
BEST SOUND EDITING
Nominees:
Drive
Hugo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
WINNER – Hugo
BEST SOUND MIXING
Nominees:
Hugo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
WINNER - Hugo
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Nominees:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
WINNER - Hugo
BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Nominees:
The Descendants
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
WINNER - The Descendants
BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Nominees:
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
A Separation
WINNER – Midnight in Paris