2011 Oscar Awards: And The Winners Are

The 83rd annual Academy Awards (popularly known as the Oscars) went down last night Sunday, February 27, 2011. The grand event which took place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood,California was hosted by Anne Hathaway and one of this years nominee, James Franco as announced earlier.

The big winners of the night were ‘The King’s Speech‘ and ‘Inception‘ who both bagged four Oscars each. ‘The Social Network‘ followed with three while ‘Alice In Wonderland‘, ’The fighter‘ and animated movie ‘Toy Story 3‘ all received two awards.

The ‘Best Actor’ award was given to Colin Firth for his stellar performance in ‘The King’s Speech‘ while actress Natalie Portman received the ‘Best Actress’ award for her lead role in ‘Black Swan‘. Awards for best supporting actor and actress were given to Christian Bale and Melissa Leo respectively. The biggest surprise of the night however was when the award for ‘Best Director’ was given to Tom Hooper for the movie ‘The King’s Speech‘ which was nominated along side fans favourite, David Fincher for the film ‘The Social Network‘.

Here’s a full list of winners:

BEST PICTURE – The King’s Speech

BEST ACTOR – Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)

BEST ACTRESS – Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

BEST DIRECTOR – Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)

BEST SONG – ‘We Belong Together’ Toy Story 3 (Randy Newman)

BEST EDITING – The Social Network (Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS – Inception (Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN – Alice in Wonderland (Colleen Atwood)

BEST MAKEUP – The Wolfman (Rick Baker and Dave Elsey)

BEST SOUND EDITING – Inception (Richard King)

BEST SOUND MIXING – Inception (Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – The Social Network (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Christian Bale (The Fighter)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – The King’s Speech (Screenplay by David Seidler)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY – The Social Network (Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin)

BEST ANIMATED FILM – Toy Story 3

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Melissa Leo (The Fighter)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Inception (Wally Pfister)

BEST ART DIRECTION – Alice in Wonderland (Robert Stromberg ( Karen O’Hara)