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Curtains down to the 83rd Academy Awards, and the big winner this year is 'The King's Speech' which bagged the Oscar for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and the Best original Screenplay. Colin Firth and Natalie Portman were named the Best Actor and Actress Award respectively. Firth won the award for portraying King George VI in Tom Hooper's 'The King's Speech' while Natalie bagged the award for her portrayal of the 'psychotic' ballerina Nina Sayers in Darren Aronofsky's 'Black Swan'. The Best Director Award went to Tom Hooper for 'The King's Speech'.

Cristopher Nolan's 'dream-stealing' drama 'Inception', one of the clear favourites, has bagged 4 Oscar Awards: Best Visual Effect, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing and Best Cinematography. However 'The Social Network' got only 3 Oscar Awards: Best Film Editing,Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score.

Christian Bale and Melissa Leo won their first Academy Awards for their respective supporting roles in the movie "The Fighter". Leo was so overcome by her win that she dropped the F bomb during her acceptance speech. Bale, later while accepting his award said, " Bloody hell, its such an honour,I am hoping not to drop the 'f' bomb like Melissa had done before. " Check out the other Oscar winners...


Best Picture


The King's Speech


Best Actor


Colin Firth for 'The King's Speech'


Best Actress


Natalie Portman for 'Black Swan'


Best Director


Tom Hooper 'The King's Speech'


Best Original Song


Randy Newman for "We belong together" in 'Toy Story 3'





Best Film Editing


Angus Wall Kirk Baxter for 'The Social Network'


Best Visual Effect


Paul Franklin,Chris Corbould and Andrew Lockley for 'Inception'


Best Documentary of the Year


Inside Job by Charles Fergusson and Audrey Marrs


Best Live Action Short Film


Luke Matheny for 'God of Love'


Best Short Documentary


Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon for 'Strangers No More'


Best Costume Design


Colleen Atwood for 'Alice in Wonderland'


Best Makeup


Rick Baker Dave Elsley for 'The Wolfman'


Best Sound Editing


Richard King for Inception


Best Sound Mixing


Lora Hirshberg and Gary A Rizzo for Inception


Best Original Score


Trent Reznor Atticus Ross for 'The Social Network'


Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Christian Bale


Best Foreign Language Film


In A better World (Denmark)





Best original Screenplay


David Seidler for 'The King's Speech'


Best Adapted Screenplay


Aron Sorkin for 'The Social Network'


Best Animated Feature Film


Toy Story 3: Directed by Lee Unkrich


Best Animated Short Film


The Lost Thing Directed by Andrew Ruhemann


Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Melissa Leo for 'The Fighter'


Best Cinematography


Movie: Inception


Winner: Wally Pfister


Best Art direction


Movie: Alice in Wonderland


Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O'Hara (Set Decoration)