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From ‘Hugo‘ to ‘The Artist‘ it was a night of big wins during Hollywood’s biggest night of the year. The 84th Annunal Academy Awards were held on Sunday (February 26) which honoured the best in motion picture and are the highlight of the year.

Hosted by Billy Crystal, the Oscars were presented at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood and it was a night most winners will remember forever. With Octavia Spencer winning her first Oscar for ‘The Help‘ to Christopher Plummer, Meryl Streep, and Jean Dujardin all taking home the golden trophy as well.

Here’s a complete list of the winners…

BEST PICTURE
The Artist – WINNER
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango – WINNER

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist – WINNER
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners – WINNER
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady – WINNER
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Octavia Spencer, The Help – WINNER
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help

BEST DIRECTOR 
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist – WINNER
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo

ART DIRECTION
Laurence Bennett and Robert Gould, The Artist
Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo, Hugo – WINNER
Anne Seibel and Helene Dubreuil, Midnight in Paris
Rick Carter and Lee Sandales, War Horse

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Guillaume Schiffman, The Artist
Jeff Cronenweth, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Robert Richardson, Hugo – WINNER
Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life
Janusz Kaminski, War Horse

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner, Hell and Back Again
Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman, If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel, Pina
TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas, Undefeated – WINNER

COSTUME DESIGN
Lisy Christl, Anonymous
Mark Bridges, The Artist – WINNER
Sandy Powell, Hugo
Michael O’Connor, Jane Eyre
Arianne Philips, W.E.

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin, The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson, God Is the Bigger Elvis
James Spione, Incident in New Baghdad
Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Saving Face - WINNER
Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen, The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

FILM EDITING
Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Kevin Tent, The Descendants
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – WINNER
Thelma Schoonmaker, Hugo
Christopher Tellefsen, Moneyball

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
Bret McKenzie, “Man or Muppet,” The Muppets – WINNER
Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett, “Real in Rio,” Rio

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
John Williams, The Adventures of Tintin
Ludovic Bource, The Artist – WINNER

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran) – WINNER