2012 Oscar Winners!

Well the 84th Annual Academy Awards aired last night. It was a great show. Billy Crystal hosted for the 9th time and was great as usual. Not really any true surprises winner wise from the show, but none the less still entertaining. Here are the winners in the order they were announced last night.

Best Cinematography: Robert Richardson, "Hugo"

Best Art Direction: Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schavo, "Hugo"

Best Costume Design: Mark Bridges, "The Artist"

Best Makeup: Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, "The Iron Lady"

Best Foreign Language Film: "A Separation"

Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, "The Help"

Best Editing: Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"

Best Sound Editing: Phillip Stockton and Eugene Gearty, "Hugo"

Best Sound Mixing: Tom Fleischman and John Midgley, "Hugo"

Best Documentary: "Undefeated"

Best Animated Feature: "Rango"

Best Visual Effects: "Hugo"

Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"

Best Original Score: Ludovic Bource, "The Artist"

Best Original Song: Bret McKenzie, "Man or Muppet"

Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, "The Descendants"

Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"

Best Live Action Short: "The Shore"

Best Documentary Short: "Saving Face"

Best Animated Short: "The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore"

Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"

Best Actor: Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"

Best Actress: Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"

Best Picture: "The Artist"

As you can see The Artist was the big winner, taking most of the major awards. My predictions of the major awards didn't go so well as I only went 2/6, but hey you can't win them all. I guess if I had been able to see The Artist in time for last night's show I may have been able to make more accurate predictions. Thus the importance of seeing all best picture nominees. Oh well. Here's the best video I could find showing Crystal's opening monologue skit from the show. It's hilarious, but the volume is a little low in the video so you'll probably need to turn it up a bit.