The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today handed out the Oscars - the highest honors in the movie industryFollowing is a list of winners in leading categories for the 84th annual Academy Awards.
BEST PICTURE - The Artist
BEST ACTOR - Jean Dujardin [The Artist]
BEST ACTRESS - Meryl Streep [The Iron Lady]
BEST DIRECTOR - Michel Hazanavicius [The Artist]
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Christopher Plummer [Beginners]
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Octavia Spencer [The Help]
ANIMATED FILM - Rango
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - A Separation [Iran]
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - The Descendants, by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - Midnight in Paris, by Woody Allen
DOCUMENTARY - Undefeated
ORIGINAL SCORE - The Artist, [Ludovic Bource]
ORIGINAL SONG - Man or Muppet from The Muppets, music and lyric by Bret McKenzie
ART DIRECTION - Hugo, production design: Dante Ferretti; set decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
CINEMATOGRAPHY - Hugo, Robert Richardson
COSTUME DESIGN - The Artist, Mark Bridges
FILM EDITING - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
MAKEUP- The Iron Lady, Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
VISUAL EFFECTS - Hugo, Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
SHORT FILM (Live Action) - The Shore Terry George and Oorlagh George
SHORT FILM (Animated) -The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) - Saving Face
SOUND EDITING - Hugo, Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
SOUND MIXING - Hugo, Tom Fleischman and John Midgley