Finally, an Oscar for “Lincoln.”
Steven Speilberg’s epic, nominated for a dozen Oscars at the 85[SUP]th[/SUP] Academy Awards, finally nabbed its first Oscar, for production design for Rick Carter and Jim Erickson.
The film is up for best director, film, adapted screenplay, score and lead actor for Daniel Day Lewis.
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“Les Miserables” leads the Oscar tally at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. It went into the evening with eight nominations, including best film. It has picked up three Oscars, including for makeup and hairstyle and for sound mixing.
But the marquee win came for Anne Hathaway. “It came true!” she said as she collected her first Oscar, for supporting actress playing the tragic prostitute Fantine in “Les Miserables.”
Hathaway had won the vast majority of awards this year, including the Golden Globe, the Screen Actors Guild Award and the BAFTA, which led to widespread predictions that she was the one to beat.
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In other victories, Austria’s “Amour” was honored for foreign language film. The harrowing drama about an elderly married couple struggling to cope when the wife suffers a stroke is also nominated for four other Oscars, including best film, director and screenplay for Michael Haneke and actress Emmanuelle Riva.
Meanwhile, “Life of Pi” continues to defy expectations. The fable-adventure about a young man and a tiger sharing a life raft after a ship wreck has earned nearly $600 million worldwide.
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Ang Lee’s film headed into the awards with 11 nominations, including best picture and director. It’s won for cinematographer Claudio Miranda and for its stunning visual effects.
And now it has three Oscars to show for the leap of faith it took to bring the bestselling book to the big screen.
Ang Lee’s film headed into the awards with 11 nominations, including best picture and director. It’s won score for Mychael Danna, cinematography for Claudio Miranda and for its stunning visual effects.
Christoph Waltz took supporting actor for his performance as a bounty hunter in the slavery Western “Django Unchained.”
The ceremony has been marked by a number of standing ovations.
Christoph Waltz took supporting actor for his performance as a bounty hunter in the slavery Western “Django Unchained.”
The ceremony has been marked by a number of standing ovations.
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Singer Shirley Bassey, who made her Oscar debut Sunday night, received one for her performance of her classic 1965 hit “Goldfinger” during the ceremony’s celebration of 50 years of James Bond. The age-defying 76-year-old Welsh singer was appropriately decked out in a strapless, curve-hugging gold gown with matching full-length gloves.
The audience at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood also leaped to its feet for Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, who performed her iconic number “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going” from “Dreamgirls,” as well as for the cast for best picture nominee, “Les Miserables,” whose members performed several songs from the musical.
In other honors, the ceremony was marked by a rare tie — in the sound editing category. The Oscars went to “Zero Dark Thirty” and “Skyfall."
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The Bond film also won an Academy Award for the title tune, written by Paul Epworth and pop superstar Adele.
“Argo” took its first Oscar, for film editing for William Goldenberg. Disney’s “Paperman” won animated short, while Disney / Pixar’s “Brave” won animated feature film. Mark Andrews, one of “Brave’s” directors, wore a kilt onstage to accept the honor for the film, set in Scotland. Jacqueline Durran won costume design for the period romance “Anna Karenina.”
Live-action short went to “Curfew,” directed by Shawn Christensen. “Inocente,” directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, won documentary short subject. Director Malik Bendjelloul’s “Searching for Sugar Man,” about the quest to find out what happened to a 1970s singer named Rodriguez, won best documentary.
Host Seth MacFarlane did the impossible Sunday night as he kicked off the awards: He made Tommy Lee Jones smile.
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“It’s an honor that everyone else said no,” MacFarlane joked about being asked to host the show.
MacFarlane — and his raunchy sense of humor — was an edgy choice for the Oscars. And some of those fears came true. There was a song about boobs, jokes about Jews in Hollywood, cracks about Lincoln’s assassination and Latino accents, and talk of post-Oscars orgies – lines that had the audience groaning at times.
The biggest awards of the night are still to come.
Though Ben Affleck’s Iran hostage drama, “Argo,” has swept most of the awards this year, the Academy Awards have always been full of surprises. Remember the audiences’ shock seven years ago when the best picture winner was “Crash” and not the favored “Brokeback Mountain”?
As far as the acting races, it would be a major upset if Daniel Day-Lewis didn’t win his third lead actor Oscar, for “Lincoln.”
Other races are open. Jennifer Lawrence (“Silver Linings Playbook”) and Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty”) are among the top contenders for lead actress, but one can’t rule out Riva, who turned 86 on Oscar Sunday. The youngest nominee of the night is also competing for lead actress: 9-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis (“Beasts of the Southern Wild”).
Affleck’s omission from the list of director nominees means that if “Argo” wins best picture, it will be the only the fourth time that a movie has won an Oscar without its director being nominated for an Academy Award as well.
Spielberg and Lee are seen as having the edge in the director’s race because both were nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award. History shows that since the inception of the DGA Awards, no director has won the best director Oscar without also earning a DGA nomination.
Competing with Spielberg and Lee are David O. Russell for “Silver Linings Playbook,” Benh Zeitlin for “Beasts of the Southern Wild” and Haneke for “Amour.”
The Oscars are telecast live on ABC.
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Steven Speilberg’s epic, nominated for a dozen Oscars at the 85[SUP]th[/SUP] Academy Awards, finally nabbed its first Oscar, for production design for Rick Carter and Jim Erickson.
The film is up for best director, film, adapted screenplay, score and lead actor for Daniel Day Lewis.
FULL COVERAGE: Oscars 2013 | Winners
“Les Miserables” leads the Oscar tally at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. It went into the evening with eight nominations, including best film. It has picked up three Oscars, including for makeup and hairstyle and for sound mixing.
But the marquee win came for Anne Hathaway. “It came true!” she said as she collected her first Oscar, for supporting actress playing the tragic prostitute Fantine in “Les Miserables.”
Hathaway had won the vast majority of awards this year, including the Golden Globe, the Screen Actors Guild Award and the BAFTA, which led to widespread predictions that she was the one to beat.
Oscars 2013: Nominee list | Red carpet | Highlights
In other victories, Austria’s “Amour” was honored for foreign language film. The harrowing drama about an elderly married couple struggling to cope when the wife suffers a stroke is also nominated for four other Oscars, including best film, director and screenplay for Michael Haneke and actress Emmanuelle Riva.
Meanwhile, “Life of Pi” continues to defy expectations. The fable-adventure about a young man and a tiger sharing a life raft after a ship wreck has earned nearly $600 million worldwide.
FULL COVERAGE: Oscars 2013 | Quotes | Winners
Ang Lee’s film headed into the awards with 11 nominations, including best picture and director. It’s won for cinematographer Claudio Miranda and for its stunning visual effects.
And now it has three Oscars to show for the leap of faith it took to bring the bestselling book to the big screen.
Ang Lee’s film headed into the awards with 11 nominations, including best picture and director. It’s won score for Mychael Danna, cinematography for Claudio Miranda and for its stunning visual effects.
Christoph Waltz took supporting actor for his performance as a bounty hunter in the slavery Western “Django Unchained.”
The ceremony has been marked by a number of standing ovations.
Christoph Waltz took supporting actor for his performance as a bounty hunter in the slavery Western “Django Unchained.”
The ceremony has been marked by a number of standing ovations.
Oscars 2013: Quotes | Red carpet | Ballot | Fashion | Trivia | Timeline
Singer Shirley Bassey, who made her Oscar debut Sunday night, received one for her performance of her classic 1965 hit “Goldfinger” during the ceremony’s celebration of 50 years of James Bond. The age-defying 76-year-old Welsh singer was appropriately decked out in a strapless, curve-hugging gold gown with matching full-length gloves.
The audience at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood also leaped to its feet for Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, who performed her iconic number “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going” from “Dreamgirls,” as well as for the cast for best picture nominee, “Les Miserables,” whose members performed several songs from the musical.
In other honors, the ceremony was marked by a rare tie — in the sound editing category. The Oscars went to “Zero Dark Thirty” and “Skyfall."
Oscars 2013: Nominee list | Red carpet | Ballot | Fashion | Trivia | Timeline
The Bond film also won an Academy Award for the title tune, written by Paul Epworth and pop superstar Adele.
“Argo” took its first Oscar, for film editing for William Goldenberg. Disney’s “Paperman” won animated short, while Disney / Pixar’s “Brave” won animated feature film. Mark Andrews, one of “Brave’s” directors, wore a kilt onstage to accept the honor for the film, set in Scotland. Jacqueline Durran won costume design for the period romance “Anna Karenina.”
Live-action short went to “Curfew,” directed by Shawn Christensen. “Inocente,” directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, won documentary short subject. Director Malik Bendjelloul’s “Searching for Sugar Man,” about the quest to find out what happened to a 1970s singer named Rodriguez, won best documentary.
Host Seth MacFarlane did the impossible Sunday night as he kicked off the awards: He made Tommy Lee Jones smile.
Oscars 2013: Quotes | Red carpet | Ballot | Fashion | Trivia | Timeline
“It’s an honor that everyone else said no,” MacFarlane joked about being asked to host the show.
MacFarlane — and his raunchy sense of humor — was an edgy choice for the Oscars. And some of those fears came true. There was a song about boobs, jokes about Jews in Hollywood, cracks about Lincoln’s assassination and Latino accents, and talk of post-Oscars orgies – lines that had the audience groaning at times.
The biggest awards of the night are still to come.
Though Ben Affleck’s Iran hostage drama, “Argo,” has swept most of the awards this year, the Academy Awards have always been full of surprises. Remember the audiences’ shock seven years ago when the best picture winner was “Crash” and not the favored “Brokeback Mountain”?
As far as the acting races, it would be a major upset if Daniel Day-Lewis didn’t win his third lead actor Oscar, for “Lincoln.”
Other races are open. Jennifer Lawrence (“Silver Linings Playbook”) and Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty”) are among the top contenders for lead actress, but one can’t rule out Riva, who turned 86 on Oscar Sunday. The youngest nominee of the night is also competing for lead actress: 9-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis (“Beasts of the Southern Wild”).
Affleck’s omission from the list of director nominees means that if “Argo” wins best picture, it will be the only the fourth time that a movie has won an Oscar without its director being nominated for an Academy Award as well.
Spielberg and Lee are seen as having the edge in the director’s race because both were nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award. History shows that since the inception of the DGA Awards, no director has won the best director Oscar without also earning a DGA nomination.
Competing with Spielberg and Lee are David O. Russell for “Silver Linings Playbook,” Benh Zeitlin for “Beasts of the Southern Wild” and Haneke for “Amour.”
The Oscars are telecast live on ABC.
ALSO:
PHOTOS: Red carpet arrivals
PHOTOS: Academy Awards fashion
VIDEO: Acting nominees' definining scenes
Play-at-home ballot: Have you made your picks yet?
TIMELINE: Academy Awards through the years