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\nBy <\/p>\n The King’s Speech wins best film and best director<\/p>\n <\/span><\/li>\n Christian Bale named best supporting actor for The Fighter<\/p>\n <\/span><\/li>\n Melissa Leo apologises after using F-word as she accepts best supporting actress for The Fighter<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n For once Oscars night belonged to a small budget, independent movie that was a labour of love.<\/span> The King\u2019s Speech and its star Colin Firth were And while Natalie \n The Oscar winners: Best supporting actor Christian Bale, best actress Portman, best supporting actress Leo and best actor Firth celebrate backstage at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood<\/p>\n Few in the UK wanted to back The King’s Speech, but a band of With Film 4 As Academy Awards host James Franco noted \u2018The King\u2019s Speech ‘My career has peaked’: Colin Firth had the audience laughing as he picked up his Oscar for best actor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Kiss for the wife: Firth is congratulated by Livia, who he thanked for putting up ‘with my delusions of Royalty’\n<\/p>\n Firth was nominated last year for Tom Ford\u2019s film A Single Man but lost to Jeff Bridges. But now it was Firth\u2019s turn to triumph over his once-again nominated rival. ‘I\u2019ve a feeling my career\u2019s just peaked,’ he joked.<\/span> Firth thanked, ‘all \n The cast and crew of The King’s Speech: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, and the producers, celebrate their trophy for Best Picture\n<\/p>\n The crowd of Oscar nominees and winners watch as Firth gives his thank you speech<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Although it was pretty much a given that Firth was going to collect an Oscar for his powerful portrait \nSeidler dedicated his award to ‘all Group effort: Geoffrey Rush congratulates Tom Hooper as he accepts the Oscar for best director<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Great night for British film: Tom Hooper accepts Halfway through the ceremony when The Social Network That\u2019s because the best editing win is often, but clearly \u00a0<\/p>\n But as the evening \n I did it! Natalie Portman wipes away a tear as she accepts her Oscar for best actress for her role in Black Swan at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles\n<\/p>\n Congratulations: Dancer Benjamin Millepied embraces his fianc\u00e9 Natalie as her win is announced<\/p>\n He dedicated the Hooper said backstage that he would \u2019I don\u2019t want to be the first one to appear on the Oprah show drunk,’ he joked.<\/span><\/p>\n His win surprised many, who had predicted that David Fincher would win for The Social Network.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Now for her next role: With her first child on the way, Natalie said she wasn’t sure whether she would ever work on another movie like Black Swan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Later Gareth Unwin, one of the three producers He admitted he \u2018borrowed\u2019 the silk \u2018It felt lucky so I took it\u2019, Unwin joked.<\/span><\/p>\n The King\u2019s Speech didn\u2019t achieve the sweep that Your honour: Melissa bows to Kirk Douglas as she joins the 94-year-old screen icon onstage<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Black ‘I want to thank my parents,’ she said. ‘First and foremost The pregnant ‘My No hard feelings: Amy Adams congratulates Melissa Leo after The Fighter star won the Oscar for best actress<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Shock: Leo holds her face in horror after realising she has sworn onstage as Douglas holds her Oscar<\/p>\n Portman said backstage that she was \u2018still in a dream-like state\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n She joked that the baby she is carrying started The show: Hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway speak onstage at the Kodak Theatre<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Cross dressers: Anne and Franco swap outfits; Franco joked that he had received a text from Charlie Sheen\n<\/p>\n Someone asked her if she would be naming her baby Asked how her pregnancy would affect her Helena Bonham Carter missed out on the best supporting actress Oscar as Melissa Leo won for her work on The Fighter.<\/span><\/p>\n New haircut: A freshly shorn Scarlett Johansson and Matthew McConaughey walk on stage to present the Oscar for best sound mixing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Tributes: Jennifer Hudson announced an award, Presenters: Oprah Winfrey presents the award for best documentary to Inside Job, while Cate Blanchett presents the Oscar for best makeup to Wolfman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The actress kept her disappointment in check as she applauded Leo, alongside fellow nominee, 14-year-old <\/span>Hailee Steinfeld.<\/span><\/p>\n Leo’s ‘You pinch me?’ Leo asked him, not sure if she was dreaming.<\/span><\/p>\n Fellow Australians: Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman arrive on stage to present the Oscar for best original score<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Silver ladies: Celine Dion performs onstage, while Hilary Swank presents the Oscar for best director<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Leo, nominated for a second time, had ‘Oh ‘I know there’s a lot of real Good news: Reese Witherspoon holds her precious golden envelope, while Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake prepare to announce the winner of the best animated feature and best animated short film<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Also winning for The Fighter was Christian Bale, named best supporting actor.<\/span><\/p>\n Bale thanked Dicky Eklund, who he played in the movie, asking the retired fighter to take a bow in the audience.<\/span><\/p>\n He No Machine: British singer Florence Welch performs If I Rise from the motion picture 127 Hours, a nominee for best original song<\/p>\n Nominees: Mandy Moore and Gwyneth Paltrow perform tracks nominated for best original song<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Social Network took its first Oscar The film also picked up an Inception’s <\/span><\/span>Gary A Rizzo & Ed Novick<\/span><\/span> The Oscar for best foreign film went to the movie <\/span><\/span>In a Better World, from Denmark, while the Oscar for makeup went to The Wolfman.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Winner for best foreign language Film, Susan Bier accepts her award for her Danish movie In A Better World<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The first award, for art direction, was presented by Tom Hanks to<\/span> Robert Stromberg (production design) and Karen O’Hara (set decoration) for their work on the 3D movie Alice in Wonderland.<\/span><\/p>\n Hanks, a double winner himself, also presented the Oscar for costume design to <\/span>Colleen Atwood, for her work on the Tim Burton directed movie.<\/span><\/p>\n The ‘I’m a married man’: Presenters Russell Brand and Helen Mirren joke around onstage, with Brand implying that Mirren has a crush on him<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Presenter Josh Brolin dances with fellow presenter Javier Bardem as they make their way onto stage<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Toy Story also won original song for We Belong Together, Music and Lyric by Randy Newman.<\/span><\/p>\n Missing The show opened with co-hosts Hathaway and Franco joked about the criticism over their appointment as hosts. ‘You look so lovely and so hip,’ Anne told James. ‘You look very appealing to a younger demographic as well, ‘ he replied.<\/span><\/p>\n Presenter Steven Speilberg, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, producers of The King’s Speech<\/p>\n<\/div>\n There was also some comic relief from the audience as Franco’s grandmother shouted out: ‘I just saw Marky Mark.’<\/span><\/p>\n She was of course referring to Mark The actor At one stage Franco appeared on stage dressed as Marilyn Monroe.<\/span><\/p>\n ‘I just got a text message from Charlie Sheen,’ he remarked, referring to the troubled actor.<\/span><\/p>\n One to treasure: Rick Baker, left, and Dave Elsey pose with presenter Cate Blanchett after receiving the Oscar for achievement in makeup for The Wolfman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n We’ve got Oscars! Lora Hirschberg, Ed Novick, Gary A Rizzo and presenters Matthew McConaughey and Scarlett Johansson pose backstage after Hirschberg, Novick and Rizzo win the Oscar for achievement in sound mixing for Inception<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n BEST PICTURE<\/span><\/p>\n The King’s Speech BEST ACTOR<\/span><\/p>\n Colin Firth BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS\u00a0 <\/span>\n<\/p>\n Melissa Leo, The Fighter\u00a0 <\/p>\n VISUAL EFFECTS<\/p>\n \nKen Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips, Alice in Wonderland <\/p>\n COSTUME DESIGN<\/p>\n Colleen Atwood, Alice in Wonderland\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n ART DIRECTION<\/p>\n Robert Stromberg (production design); Karen O’Hara (set decoration), Alice n Wonderland<\/p>\n FOREIGN FILM<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n In a Better World (Denmark)\u00a0<\/p>\n BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n Christian Bale, The Fighter\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n CINEMATOGRAPHY<\/p>\n Wally Pfister, Inception<\/p>\n DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM<\/span><\/p>\n Strangers No More<\/p>\n SHORT FILM<\/p>\n Luke Matheny, God Of Love<\/p>\n DOCUMENTARY FEATURE<\/p>\n Inside Job<\/p>\n FILM EDITING<\/p>\n Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter <\/p>\n MAKEUP<\/p>\n The Wolfman<\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n \u00a0<\/span>BEST ACTRESS<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n BEST DIRECTOR<\/p>\n Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech<\/span><\/p>\n BEST ORIGINAL SONG<\/p>\n We Belong Together, Music and Lyric by Randy Newman, Toy Story 3<\/span><\/p>\n ANIMATED SHORT FILM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ANIMATED FILM<\/span><\/p>\n Toy Story 3<\/p>\n ADAPTED SCREENPLAY<\/span><\/p>\n Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network<\/p>\n ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY <\/span><\/p>\n David Seidler, The King’s Speech\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n ORIGINAL SCORE <\/span><\/p>\n Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network<\/p>\n SOUND MIXING <\/span><\/p>\n Gary A Rizzo & Ed Novick, Inception<\/p>\n SOUND EDITING <\/span><\/p>\n Richard King, Inception<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nthe toast of Hollywood last night, winning best film, best actor, best director and
\nbest original screenplay.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nPortman walked tears from her eyes as she celebrated her best actress
\nwin, and Melissa Leo and Christian Bale both won for The Fighter, there
\nwas no doubting the night belonged to the British film.
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\nproducers and film-makers slashed their usual rates to get it made. <\/span><\/p>\n
\nand BBC Films both refusing funding, the UK Film Council put up a large
\npart of the money, along with London-based Momentum Pictures and Harvey
\nWeinstein’s Weinstein film company.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nthe people who have been routing for me back home,’ and his wife,
\n‘Livia, for putting up with my fleeting delusions of royalty.’<\/span><\/p>\n![\"The](\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/650d2d1d800_634x459.jpg\")
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\nof\u00a0 King George VI, and that David Seidler would win for best
\noriginal screenplay,\u00a0 the wins for best director and best film
\nweren\u2019t as assured as people believed.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nthe stutterers around the world,’ and thanked ‘Her Majesty The Queen for
\nnot putting me in the Tower for using the F word.’<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n![\"Group](\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/4ea1297e784_634x434.jpg\")
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\nhis Oscar for best director as David Seidler accepts best original
\nscreenplay; both for The King’s Speech<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nwon for best editing, one of the King\u2019s Speech team exclaimed, \u2019well
\nthat\u2019s it, we\u2019ve lost it\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nnot always, seen as a signal to which film will win best film.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nwore on Tom Hooper, The King\u2019s Speech\u2019s 38-year-old director, beat rival
\nDavid Fincher for best director. <\/span><\/p>\n![\"Natalie](\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/661a1c06205_634x817.jpg\")
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\nprestigious gong to his mother. It was she, he revealed, who first
\nsuggested he make the movie, after watching a script read-through of the
\nstage version.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nbe out celebrating – but wanted to take it easy because he planned to ‘do’
\nvarious TV shows, including the Oprah Winfrey show, in the morning.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Now](\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/6059c168550_634x841.jpg\")
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\nwith Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, joked that it was his good luck
\ncharm,\u00a0 a Union Jack pocket square, that helped them win.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nsquare from a table centre piece at the BAFTA awards in
\nLondon two weeks ago.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nsome had hoped, it was up for twelve Oscars,\u00a0 but best picture is by anyone’s standards a
\npretty nice trophy to take home.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Your](\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/dfd88c0a629_634x613.jpg\")
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\nSwan star Portman had showed off her bump in her flowing Rodarte gown
\nas she walked to the stage to give her acceptance speech.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nfor giving me my life. And for the opportunity to work at such a young age.’<\/span><\/p>\n
\nactress wiped away a tear as she also thanked her fianc\u00e9, who she met
\nwhile filming Black Swan, and with whom she is now expecting her first
\nchild.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nbeautiful love Benjamin Millepied who choreographed the film and has now given
\nme my most important role of my life.’<\/span><\/p>\n![\"No](\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/d470616d907_634x477.jpg\")
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\nkicking during the show when the nominated
\nsongs were being sung.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"The](\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/8181512d405_634x397.jpg\")
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\nOscar and she replied that most certainly would not be happening.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nfuture movie choices, she said: \u2019It\u2019s one of the most exciting
\nthings of being pregnant. I\u2019m just accepting that I have
\nno idea, it\u2019s accepting what people go through every day.’<\/span><\/p>\n![\"New](\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/3019d0a190_634x857.jpg\")
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\nwhile Halle Berry paid tribute to trailblazing actress Lena Horne, the
\nfirst black woman to sign a contract with a studio<\/p>\n
\ngong was presented to her by 94-year-old screen legend Kirk Douglas,
\nwho happily eked out his moment in the spotlight, having never won
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\nshook as she took to the stage, before accidentally blurting out a
\nswear word, which was removed by editors.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nwow, really truly wow,’ she gasped.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nlovely people who’ve said a lot of nice things to me for several months
\nbut I’m just shaking in my boots right now.’<\/span><\/p>\n
\nalso referred to his co-star’s slip up, saying: ‘I’m not going to drop
\nthe F-bomb like she did. I’ve done that plenty before.’<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"British](\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/92ee5a2b123_634x783.jpg\")
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\nfor best adapted screenplay – handed to Aaron Sorkin for his adaptation
\nof the book The Accidental Billionaire by Ben Mezrich.<\/span><\/p>\n
\naward for best original score, presented to Trent Reznor and Atticus
\nRoss by Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nwon an Oscar for best sound mixing and the film also won for best sound
\nediting for the work of Richard King. The film took a third for best
\ncinematography, going to <\/span><\/span>Wally Pfister.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n![\"Winner](\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/cde0eaa4424_634x670.jpg\")
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\nwinner for best animated short film was The Lost Thing, while the
\nanimated film Oscar was awarded to the considerably bigger budget Toy
\nStory 3.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"'I'm](\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/41393e9d623_634x572.jpg\")
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\nout an an award was British graffiti artist Banksy, for his film Exit
\nThrough The Gift Shop. Instead the Oscar for best documentary feature
\nwent to Inside Job.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAnne Hathaway and James Franco inserted into a montage scenes from
\nbest-picture nominees, built as a series of dream sequences a la Oscar
\ncontender Inception.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nWahlberg, nominated for an Oscar for his role in The Fighter.
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\nhas made every effort to distance himself from his cheesy past as an 80s pop star.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"One](\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/8a00cef5273_634x421.jpg\")
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<\/p>\nOSCAR WINNERS 2011<\/span>
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