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Oscars Recap 

>>"Argo," "Life Of Pi" Among Oscar Night's Big Winners 

(Los Angeles, CA)  --  The stars came out for Sunday's 85th Academy Awards, among them -- First Lady Michelle Obama.  Mrs. Obama was tasked with announcing the winner of the coveted Best Picture award.  The honor went to Ben Affleck's "Argo."  The Best Picture victory was one of three Oscars for "Argo."  

The film also won the editing award and screenwriter Chris Terrio won for Best Adapted Screenplay.  But the biggest haul belonged to Ang Lee's "Life of Pi."  The film picked up a total of four awards, including Best Director for Lee. 

In the Best Actor and Actress categories, each winner had memorable acceptance speeches.  Daniel Day-Lewis won for "Lincoln," and joked that he and presenter Meryl Streep had swapped roles at the last minute and he was actually supposed to play Margaret Thatcher.  Jennifer Lawrence won the Best Actress award for "Silver Linings Playbook," but drew some unwanted attention when she tripped walking to the stage.  Lawrence laughed it off, however, and joked that the audience was probably giving her a standing ovation just because they felt bad for her.  

In the best Original Screenplay category, Quentin Tarantino won for "Django Unchained," while one of the film's stars, Christoph Waltz, won the Best Supporting Actor trophy.  Anne Hathaway was named Best Supporting Actress for her work in "Les Misérables," which was the second film to win three Oscars this year.  Other winners Sunday night included Adele's "Skyfall" for Best Original Song, "Brave" for Best Animated Feature Film, "Amour" for Best Foreign Language Film, and "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Skyfall," which both got a statue for Best Sound Editing in a rare Oscar tie. 

"Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane served as host for this year's Oscars, and got a few assists during his opening monologue from a time -traveling William Shatner, Charlize Theron, Daniel Radcliffe, Joseph Gordon-Levit and more.  The ceremony also featured performances from Shirley Bassey, Adele, Norah Jones, Barbra Streisand and others.  The 85th Academy Awards took place in Hollywood's Dolby Theatre and were broadcast live on ABC. 

Here is the complete list of winners for the 85th Academy Awards: 

BEST PICTURE 
"Argo" 

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE 
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln" 

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE 
Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook" 

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE 
Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained" 

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE 
Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables" 

BEST DIRECTOR 
Ang Lee, "Life of Pi" 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 
"Amour" (Austria) 

MUSIC (SCORE) 
"Life of Pi," Mychael Danna 

MUSIC (SONG) 
"Skyfall" from "Skyfall" 

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 
"Brave" 

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) 
"Argo," Chris Terrio 

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) 
"Django Unchained," Quentin Tarantino 

CINEMATOGRAPHY 
"Life of Pi" 

PRODUCTION DESIGN 
"Lincoln" 

COSTUME DESIGN 
"Anna Karenina" 

MAKEUP 
"Les Misérables" 

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 
"Searching for Sugar Man" 

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT 
"Inocente" 

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) 
"Paperman" 

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) 
"Curfew" 

FILM EDITING 
"Argo" 

SOUND EDITING 
"Zero Dark Thirty" (tie) 
"Skyfall" (tie) 

SOUND MIXING 
"Les Misérables" 

VISUAL EFFECTS 
"Life of Pi"