Golden night for "Argo" at the Oscars!
Hello, everybody. Not even a Best Director snub for Ben Affleck couldn't stop "Argo" from winning big at the 85th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, with Film Editing, Adapted Screenplay, and the ultimate consolation prize: Best Picture of 2012. This is not only Affleck's second win, but producer George Clooney's as well.
"Life of Pi" took the most haul with four: Visual Effects, Cinematography, Original Score, and Director for Ang Lee (his second).
As expected, Daniel Day-Lewis makes history as a three-time Best Actor winner thanks to his role in "Lincoln", while the odds were in Jennifer Lawrence's favor as she picks up Best Actress for "Silver Linings Playbook"...but not before she stumbled on the way to the stage (at 22, she's now the second youngest winner behind Marlee Matlin)!
Christoph Waltz claims his second Supporting Actor for "Django Unchained" (which also got Original Screenplay for Quentin Tarantino), and of course, Supporting Actress went to Anne Hathaway for "Les Miserables." Consider that payback for her wooden hosting stint two years ago with James Franco. By the way...I was 4 out of 6 in my picks this year.
Its star Emmanuelle Riva may have been denied quite a birthday present by upsetting Lawrence (and thus becoming the oldest Oscar winner ever at 86), but "Amour" did pick up Foreign Language Film. Adele added Best Song for "Skyfall" to go along with her several Grammys, "Brave" received Animated Feature Film, and in a tie...Sound Editing go to Skyfall and Zero Dark Thirty.
For the first 17 minutes of the 3 1/2 hour extravaganza, host Seth McFarlane turned the Oscars into the mini-Tonys with a little help from William Shatner, who from the future warned McFarlane about his emceeing performance. From there, it started with a pre-taped production number that featured Seth singing "We Saw Your Boobs." Hey, tell that to Halle Berry and Kate Winslet, who bared theirs and won Oscars.
The highlights of the show: Barbra Streisand's tribute to Marvin Hamlisch that capped off the In Memoriam segment, the 50th anniversary of James Bond with Adele and Shirley Bassey performing "Skyfall" and "Goldfinger" respectively, and First Lady Michelle Obama from the White House co-presenting Best Picture to "Argo" with Jack Nicholson.
As for the fashion highlights: Anne Hathaway decided to substitute Prada for Valentino, while Armani was the choice for Naomi Watts, Jessica Chastain, and Quvenzhane Wallis. Jennifer Lawrence was the bell of the ball in Dior (who also dressed Charlize Theron), Valentino had Jennifer Aniston, and Halle Berry looked cougarlicious in Versace. As for the men, the fashion accessory for Clooney, Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, and Bradley Cooper? Beards!
Far and away, the best-dressed was far and away from Hollywood with the First Lady in silver Naeem Khan (who also did Stacy Keibler). As for Helena Bonham Carter? Since the Oscars almost ended at midnight, I guess her gown might've been turned back into a potato sack.
Daniel Day-Lewis now holds the distinction of being the first actor to win three Best Actor Oscars. For Anne Hathaway, what a difference two years have made; last time, she had the unfortunate task of hosting the show with James Franco to pitiful ratings, though she held her ground nonetheless. Her Supporting Actress prize proved to be quite the redemption.
And of course, you've got the young lady from Louisville, Kentucky who started her long journey on the TBS comedy "The Bil Engvall Show" as a teenager. Though she never took acting classes, she would educate herself along the way to "Winter's Bone" that put her on the map.
2012 was quite a banner year with "X-Men: First Class" and the "The Hunger Games" upgrading her to superstar status. A sequel to the latter is on the way, and you can bet it will say on the trailer and poster: "Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence"!
Just like the Grammys a few weeks ago, Oscar spread its wealth all around for the 85th time. But in the end, it was the two Sexiest Men Alive in Ben Affleck and George Clooney that ruled the night and for the former, it was sweet revenge. So long and stay strong.
(RATINGS UPDATE: This year's Oscarcast brought in its best ratings since 2010 with 40.3 million viewers tuning in)
The highlights of the show: Barbra Streisand's tribute to Marvin Hamlisch that capped off the In Memoriam segment, the 50th anniversary of James Bond with Adele and Shirley Bassey performing "Skyfall" and "Goldfinger" respectively, and First Lady Michelle Obama from the White House co-presenting Best Picture to "Argo" with Jack Nicholson.
As for the fashion highlights: Anne Hathaway decided to substitute Prada for Valentino, while Armani was the choice for Naomi Watts, Jessica Chastain, and Quvenzhane Wallis. Jennifer Lawrence was the bell of the ball in Dior (who also dressed Charlize Theron), Valentino had Jennifer Aniston, and Halle Berry looked cougarlicious in Versace. As for the men, the fashion accessory for Clooney, Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, and Bradley Cooper? Beards!
Far and away, the best-dressed was far and away from Hollywood with the First Lady in silver Naeem Khan (who also did Stacy Keibler). As for Helena Bonham Carter? Since the Oscars almost ended at midnight, I guess her gown might've been turned back into a potato sack.
Daniel Day-Lewis now holds the distinction of being the first actor to win three Best Actor Oscars. For Anne Hathaway, what a difference two years have made; last time, she had the unfortunate task of hosting the show with James Franco to pitiful ratings, though she held her ground nonetheless. Her Supporting Actress prize proved to be quite the redemption.
And of course, you've got the young lady from Louisville, Kentucky who started her long journey on the TBS comedy "The Bil Engvall Show" as a teenager. Though she never took acting classes, she would educate herself along the way to "Winter's Bone" that put her on the map.
2012 was quite a banner year with "X-Men: First Class" and the "The Hunger Games" upgrading her to superstar status. A sequel to the latter is on the way, and you can bet it will say on the trailer and poster: "Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence"!
Just like the Grammys a few weeks ago, Oscar spread its wealth all around for the 85th time. But in the end, it was the two Sexiest Men Alive in Ben Affleck and George Clooney that ruled the night and for the former, it was sweet revenge. So long and stay strong.
(RATINGS UPDATE: This year's Oscarcast brought in its best ratings since 2010 with 40.3 million viewers tuning in)
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