So the Oscars have been handed out, the Kodak Theatre has emptied and some poor person has been given the job of rolling up that massive red carpet.
The 83rd Academy Awards are well and truly over and the big winners were The King’s Speech and Inception, both of which received four awards.
Other winning films were The Social Network, which won three awards, The Fighter, Alice in Wonderland and Toy Story 3, each of which got two awards.
Colin Firth and Natalie Portman claimed the Best Actor and Actress awards for their performances in The King’s Speech and Black Swan, whilst the Best Supporting Actor and Actresses gongs went to Melissa Leo and Christian Bale for their incredible roles in The Fighter.
The biggest surprise of the evening was Tom Hooper’s Best Director Award, which was tipped to go to The Social Network’s David Fincher. Fincher had been previously overlooked at the 2009 awards for his stunning direction in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”. Danny Boyle instead won the award.
Here’s the full list of winners from The 83rd Academy Awards:
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