Admit One covered the 2012 Academy Awards live via blog. The Artist triumphed on the night, taking three of the four major Oscars – Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor. For us Kiwis, it was great to see local lad Bret McKenzie win for Best Original Song. Other highlights included the Cirque du Soleil performance, Angelina Jolie’s ridiculous leg pose, the subsequent mockery of said pose by The Descendants writers, and the acceptance speeches of Christopher Plummer, Octavia Spencer and Jean Dujardin.
All the winners from the night are posted below.
But enough from us. Hopefully you’ve caught up by now, if you didn’t get to see the awards live, so it’s time for you to tell us what you thought. Who did you think deserved to take an Oscar home? We’re any of the awards a surprise? What were your best and worst moments from the telecast? Let us know.
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Here are 2012 Academy Award winners:
BEST PICTURE:
The Artist (Winner!)
Moneyball
The Descendants
The Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
War Horse
BEST ACTRESS:
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady (Winner!)
Viola Davis – The Help
Michelle Williams – My Week With Marilyn
Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
BEST ACTOR:
Jean Dujardin – The Artist (Winner!)
Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Clooney – The Descendants
Brad Pitt – Moneyball
Demian Bichir – A Better Life
BEST DIRECTOR:
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist (Winner!)
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick – Tree of Life
BEST ANIMATED SHORT:
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (Winner!)
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face (Winner!)
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT:
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore (Winner!)
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo – Bridesmaids
J.C. Chandor – Margin Call
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris (Winner!)
Asghar Farhadi – A Separation
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash – The Descendants (Winner!)
John Logan – Hugo
Aaron Sorkin & Steven Zaillian – Moneyball
George Clooney – The Ides of March
Peter Straughan & Bridget O’Connor – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
“Man or Muppet” – The Muppets (Winner!)
“Real in Rio” – Rio
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
John Williams – The Adventures of Tintin
Ludovic Bource – The Artist (Winner!)
Howard Shore – Hugo
Alberto Iglesias – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John Williams – War Horse
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Christopher Plummer – Beginners (Winner!)
Kenneth Branagh – My Week With Marilyn
Nick Nolte – Warrior
Jonah Hill – Moneyball
Max Von Sydow – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo (Winner!)
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango (Winner!)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Pina
Hell and Back Again
If A Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3
Undefeated (Winner!)
BEST SOUND MIXING:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Moneyball
Hugo (Winner!)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
BEST SOUND EDITING:
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo (Winner!)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
BEST FILM EDITING:
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Winner!)
Hugo
Moneyball
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Berenice Bejo – The Artist
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer – The Help (Winner!)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Bullhead (Belgium)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran) (Winner!)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
BEST MAKEUP:
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Iron Lady (Winner!)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Anonymous
The Artist (Winner!)
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.
BEST ART DIRECTION:
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo (Winner!)
Midnight in Paris
War Horse
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo (Winner!)
The Tree of Life
War Horse
