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THE WINNERS

Best Picture: The King’s Speech
Best Director: Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Best Actress: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Best Actor: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, The Fighter
Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Best Original Screenplay: David Seidler, The King’s Speech
Best Art Direction: Robert Stromberg and Karen O’Hara, Alice in Wonderland
Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister, Inception
Best Editing: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter, The Social Network
Best Original Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
Best Sound Mixing: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, Ed Novick, Inception
Best Sound Editing: Richard King, Inception
Best Makeup: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey, The Wolfman
Best Costume Design: Colleen Atwood, Alice in Wonderland
Best Visual Effects: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb, Inception
Best Original Song: “We Belong Together,” Randy Newman, Toy Story 3
Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 3
Best Foreign Language Film: In a Better World
Best Documentary: Inside Job
Best Documentary Short Subject: Strangers No More
Best Live Action Short Film: God of Love
Best Animated Short: The Lost Thing

BY FILM

Four: The King’s Speech, Inception
Three: The Social Network
Two: The Fighter, Toy Story 3, Alice in Wonderland
One: Black Swan, Inside Job, The Wolfman, In a Better World, Strangers No More, God of Love, The Lost Thing

The King's Speech swept the top honours at the 83rd Academy Awards with four trophies (Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor in a Lead Role).

In the Best Motion Picture Category, The King's Speech left behind Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, 127 Hours, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit and Winter's Bone.

Director Tom Hooper and lead actor Colin Firth also bagged the prestigious Best Director and Best Actor (Male) respectively for The King's Speech.

The film also bagged the award for the Best Original Screenplay.

The other top winners of the evening were Inception with 4 trophies (Achievement in Cinematography, Achievement in Sound Mixing, Achievement in Sound Editing and Achievement in Visual Effects), The Social Network with 3 trophies (Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score and Achievement in Film Editing).

Two times Academy Award winner AR Rahman, who was nominated for Best Original Song and Best Original Score, lost out on both the trophies.

553 posted on 02/28/2011 7:10:48 AM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell God how big your storm is... tell your storm how BIG your God is!)
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To: DollyCali

Just stopped by to check out the winners....Looks like True Grit got skunked


574 posted on 02/28/2011 11:41:52 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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