AND THE OSCAR WINNERS ARE…

BEST PICTURE - Argo 

BEST ACTOR - Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln

BEST ACTRESS -Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables

BEST DIRECTOR -Ang Lee – Life of Pi

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE - Brave

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - Argo

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - Django Unchained

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – “Skyfall,” Adele and Paul EpworthBEST ORIGINAL SCORE – Life of Pi

BEST FOREIGN FILM - Amour

BEST DOCUMENTARY – Searching for Sugar Man

BEST DOCUMETARY (SHORT) - Inocente

BEST COSTUME DESIGN – Anna Karenina

BEST MAKE UP AND HAIR STYLING – Les Miserables

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - Lincoln

BEST FILM EDITING - Argo

BEST SOUND EDITING – (a tie) – Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall

BEST SOUND MIXING – Les MIserables

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Life OF Pi

BEST VISUAL EFFECT – Life of Pi

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) - Paper Man

BEST SHORT FILM LIVE ACTION - Curfew

ACADEMY AWARDS WRAP-UP

The 85^th Annual Academy Awards were handed out last night and it looks like Ben Affleck’s Best Director snub didn’t ruin his film’s chances, because Argo continued its award show dominance, nabbing the night’s big honor Best Picture (which was announced by First Lady Michelle Obama). Overall Argo took home three awards, also winning Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing. As for the acting categories, there really weren’t too many surprises, with all of the frontrunners walking away winners. As expected, Best Actor went to Daniel Day Lewisfor Lincoln (the first actor to win three Oscars in the Lead Actor category), with Jennifer Lawrence taking home Best Actress for Silver Linings Playbook (and falling up the stairs as she went to accept); Anne Hathaway winning Best Supporting Actress for Les Miserables andChristoph Waltz winning Best Supporting Actor for Django Unchained. Other winners included: Ang Lee, Best Director for Life of Pi; Brave,Best Animated Feature; Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, Best Original Screenplay and Adele’s “Skyfall,” Best Original Song.