'The Artist' & Meryl Streep Shine At Oscars 2012

'The Artist' & Meryl Streep Shine At Oscars 2012

California dazzled with stars on Sunday evening, when the beautiful celebrities graced the 84th Annual Academy Awards in their very best outfits and The Oscars in return, honored the best in the industry for their work.

Here's a list of winners.

The Artist - Ruling The Roost

Silent movie it may be, but The Artist has the world bowing to it, as it has been declared the Best Picture of 2011 and has won a total of 4 Awards out of the 10 it was nominated for.

Best Picture
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Best Original Score: Ludovic Bource
Best Costume Design: Mark Bridges

Best Actor & Actress

Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady, story of a dominant British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, gave Meryl Streep her 3rd Oscar for acting.

Best Actor: Jean Dujardin, The Artist

After winning the Best Actor Award in Golden Globes and BAFTAs Jean Dujardin has become first French actor to win an Oscar.

Supporting Roles

Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, The Help

39 Year old Octavia Spencer won her first Oscar for her role as a black outspoken maid in a white household of Missisipi in her movie The Help.

Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners

82 Year old Christopher Plummer, became the oldest Oscar Winner ever on Sunday as he received his Award for the Best Supporting actor in The Beginners, in which he plays the role of a gay father.

Hugo Winning Accolades

A 3D adventure film about the life of a young boy who lives alone in Paris railaway station and the mysteries he tries to unfold. Hugo won 5 of the 11 Academy Awards it was nominated for.

Best Visual Effects
Best Cinematography: Robert Richardson
Best Art Direction: Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schavo
Best Sound Editing: Phillip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
Best Sound Mixing: Tom Fleischman and John Midgley

Screenplay

They say, Script is the soul of a film, and here are two shining souls..

Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants
Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

Other Awards

Here's the list of other Academy Honours which were given to various films.

Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation

Best Makeup: Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, The Iron Lady

Best Animated Feature: Rango

Best Editing: Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Best Documentary: Undefeated

Best Original Song: Bret McKenzie, Man or Muppet