by JULIA VALDEPENA
Staff Writer
The Academy Awards is where movies are honored for their impact on the audience and the actors and actresses portrayal of fictional or realistic characters. Not only are the actors honored but also the directors, screen writers, editor, the writers for the musical scores,the make-up artists and new technology that was invented for the movie-making magic.
This years host was Billy Crystal who started out his opening with a montage of nominated movies with him in the mix. Some celebrities that showed up in it were Justin Bieber, George Clooney, Jonah Hill, and Tom Cruise. Crystal also cracked several jokes throughout the show relating to the economy and the Kodak Theater calling it "Chapter 11 Movie Theater".
A clever thing that the Academy inserted was various actors and actresses own opinions on movies in general. It was very touching to witness how they were impacted by movies and how they decided that they would go into the movie making career. The main winners were Hugo and The Artist both with 5 Academy Awards, but The Artist took the Oscar for Best Film. The classic black and white, silent film left many nostalgic for the old Hollywood films.
Here is a list of the categories and the winners:
Presented by Tom Hanks-Achievement in Cinematography
Presented by Tom Hanks-Achievement in Art Direction
- Hugo-Dante Ferrett, Francesca Coshiao
Presented by Jennifer Lopez and Cameron Diaz-Achievements in Costume Design
Presented by Jennifer Lopez and Cameron Diaz- Achievements in Make-up Design
Presented by Sandra Bullock- Best Foreign Language Film
Presented by Christian Bale- Best Supporting Female
Presented by Tina Fey and Bradley Cooper- Achievement in Film Editing
- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo- Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
Presented by Tina Fey and Bradley Cooper- Achievement in Sound Editing
- Hugo-Philips Stockton, Eugene Gearty
Presented by Tina Fey and Bradley Cooper- Achievement in Sound Mixing
- Hugo- Tom Fleishman and John Midgley
Presented by Gwneyth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr.- Best Documentary Feature
- Undefeated- J.J. Martin, Dan Lindsay, Rich Middleman
Presented by Chris Rock- Best Animated Feature Film
Presented by Ben Stiller and Emma Stone- Best Visual Effects
- Hugo-Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henge
Presented by Melissa Luco- Best Supporting Male Role
- Christoper Plummer- Beginners
Presented by Penelope Cruz and Owen Wilson- Best Original Score
- The Artist-Ludovic Bource
Presented by Will Ferrel and Zach Galifinakas- Best Original Song
- Man or Muppet from The Muppets- Brett Mckenzie
Presented by Angelina Jolie- Adapted Screenplay
Presented by Angelina Jolie- Original Screenplay
- Midnight in Paris-Woody Allen
Presented by Bridesmaid cast- Best Live Action Short
- The Shore-Terry George, Oarlagh George
Presented by Bridesmaid cast- Documentary Film Feature
- Saving Face-Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chingo
Presented by Bridesmaid cast- Animated Short Film
- The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore- William Joyce, Brandon Gidenberg
Presented by Michael Douglas- Achievement in Directing
- The Artist- Michel Hazanavicius
Presented by Natalie Portman- Best Actor Performance
- The Artist- Jean Dujardin
Presented by Colin Firth- Best Actress Performance
Presented by Tom Cruise- Best Picture
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