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| Christopher Plummer becomes oldest Oscar winner at 82 | |
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| Christopher Plummer has become oldest Oscar winner at 82 for his performance in Beginners. | |
| Plummer was widely tipped to pick up the prize for his portrayal of a father who comes out as a gay man after his wife dies. | |
| He thanked his real-life wife, who he said deserved "the Nobel Peace Prize for coming to my rescue every day". | |
| The Help's Octavia Spencer won the best supporting actress Oscar and gave an emotional acceptance speech. | |
| "Oh my God, thank you... I'm freaking out," she told the audience, after struggling to the stage. | |
| Plummer's fellow nominee in the category, Max von Sydow, is also aged 82. | |
| Best adapted screenplay went to Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash for The Descendants, which stars George Clooney. | |
| The first two awards of the night went to Hugo for cinematography and art direction. | The first two awards of the night went to Hugo for cinematography and art direction. |
| Robert Richardson was cinematographer on Martin Scorsese's 3D film and Francesca Lo Schiavo was art director. | Robert Richardson was cinematographer on Martin Scorsese's 3D film and Francesca Lo Schiavo was art director. |
| Rango won best animation, a first Academy award and nominaton for Gore Verbinski, who said it was "made by grown-ups acting like a bunch of children". | Rango won best animation, a first Academy award and nominaton for Gore Verbinski, who said it was "made by grown-ups acting like a bunch of children". |
| The film features the voiceover of Johnny Depp, who plays a chameleon. | The film features the voiceover of Johnny Depp, who plays a chameleon. |
| The Oscar for costume design went to Mark Bridges for The Artist, who thanked the Academy "for making a lifelong dream come true". | The Oscar for costume design went to Mark Bridges for The Artist, who thanked the Academy "for making a lifelong dream come true". |
| Best make-up went to J Roy Helland and British artist Mark Coulier for The Iron Lady. | Best make-up went to J Roy Helland and British artist Mark Coulier for The Iron Lady. |
| Iran's A Separation became the first Iranian film to win an Oscar, Sandra Bullock presented director Asghar Farhadi with best foreign language film. | |
| Set in contemporary Iran, it tells the story of a marriage break-down. | Set in contemporary Iran, it tells the story of a marriage break-down. |
| Best film editing went to Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall for Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - the pair also won last year for The Social Network - both films were directed by David Fincher. | Best film editing went to Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall for Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - the pair also won last year for The Social Network - both films were directed by David Fincher. |
| Hugo picked up another Oscar for best sound editing, won by Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty. | Hugo picked up another Oscar for best sound editing, won by Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty. |
| Another technical category, sound mixing, was also won by Hugo's Tom Fleishman and John Midgley. | Another technical category, sound mixing, was also won by Hugo's Tom Fleishman and John Midgley. |
| Hugo also won best visual effects, bringing Hugo's total tally so far to five. | |
| The Artist won its second award of the night for best original score, picked up by French composer Ludovic Bource. | |
| The Oscar for best original song was won by Bret Mackenzie for the soundtrack to the Muppets. | |
| Best documentary went to Undefeated, a film about an inner city Memphis football team whose fortunes are turned around by a new coach. | Best documentary went to Undefeated, a film about an inner city Memphis football team whose fortunes are turned around by a new coach. |
| The executive producer of the film was Sean Combs. | The executive producer of the film was Sean Combs. |
| Earlier, Morgan Freeman introduced the evening before a comic video was shown of George Clooney waking up Crystal with a kiss - in a parody of his nominated film The Descendants. | Earlier, Morgan Freeman introduced the evening before a comic video was shown of George Clooney waking up Crystal with a kiss - in a parody of his nominated film The Descendants. |
| Freeman said: ""All of us are mesmerised by the magic of the movies. This magnificent event allows us to celebrate the present and look back at its magnificent past". | Freeman said: ""All of us are mesmerised by the magic of the movies. This magnificent event allows us to celebrate the present and look back at its magnificent past". |
| Billy Crystal is hosting the 84th Oscars ceremony at the Kodak theatre in Los Angeles. | Billy Crystal is hosting the 84th Oscars ceremony at the Kodak theatre in Los Angeles. |
| He joked: "This is my ninth time - just call me War Horse." | He joked: "This is my ninth time - just call me War Horse." |
| On the red carpet, British comedy actor Sacha Baron Cohen turned up dressed in a white military uniform and sporting a beard and sunglasses, promoting his upcoming film The Dictator. | On the red carpet, British comedy actor Sacha Baron Cohen turned up dressed in a white military uniform and sporting a beard and sunglasses, promoting his upcoming film The Dictator. |
| Cohen arrived holding an urn he jokingly claimed contained the ashes of Kim Jong Il, the late leader of North Korea. | Cohen arrived holding an urn he jokingly claimed contained the ashes of Kim Jong Il, the late leader of North Korea. |
| Cohen then tipped the container on to American Idol host Ryan Seacrest | Cohen then tipped the container on to American Idol host Ryan Seacrest |
| Nominees on the red carpet included Melissa McCarthy, Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, Michel Hazanavicius and Viola Davis. | |
| Black-and-white silent movie The Artist is hotly tipped to win the coveted best picture Oscar. | Black-and-white silent movie The Artist is hotly tipped to win the coveted best picture Oscar. |