Academy Goes Silent! 'The Artist' Wins Best Picture, Director and Actor

The 84th Academy Awards winners have been announced.

The Artist won best picture, director and actor, as well as original score and costume design. 

Martin Scorsese's Hugo won five Academy Awards—for cinematography, art direction, visual effects, sound editing and sound mixing.

Meryl Streep won the best actress Oscar for The Iron Lady. Octavia Spencer of The Help won best supporting actress.

Christopher Plummer from The Beginners made history by being the oldest actor, at 82, to ever win best supporting actor.

Alas, George Clooney didn't win best actor for The Descendants, nor did he win for writing Ides of March. 

Here is the complete winners list:

Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist 
Alexander Payne, The Descendants 
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

Best Actor
Demián Bichir in A Better Life
George Clooney in The Descendants
Jean Dujardin in The Artist
Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt in Moneyball

Best Actress
Glenn Close in Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis in The Help
Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh in My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill in Moneyball
Nick Nolte in Warrior
Christopher Plummer in The Beginners
Max von Sydow in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo in The Artist
Jessica Chastain in The Help
Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer in Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer in The Help

Best Original Screenplay
The Artist, Written by Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
Margin Call, Written by J.C. Chandor
Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen
A Separation, Written by Asghar Farhadi

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
Hugo, Screenplay by John Logan
The Ides of March, Screenplay by George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon
Moneyball, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian & Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Best Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Best Original Score
The Adventures of Tintin, John Williams
The Artist, Ludovic Bource
Hugo, Howard Shore
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alberto Iglesias
War Horse, John Williams

Best Original Song
"Man or Muppet" from The Muppets, Music & Lyrics by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio" from Rio, Music by Sergio Mendes & Carlinhos Brown, Lyrics by Siedah Garrett

Best Art Direction
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse

Best Costume Design
Anonymous, Lisy Christl
The Artist, Mark Bridges
Hugo, Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre, Michael O'Connor
W.E., Arianne Phillips

Best Cinematography
The Artist, Guillaume Schiffman
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Jeff Cronenweth
Hugo, Robert Richardson
The Tree of Life, Emmanuel Lubezki
War Horse, Janusz Kaminski

Best Editing
The Artist, Anne-Sophie Bion & Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants, Kevin Tent
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall
Hugo, Thelma Schoonmaker
Moneyball, Christopher Tellefsen

Best Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Best Make-Up
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady

Best Sound Editing
Drive The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo 
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Best Sound Mixing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Best Documentary
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated

Best Foreign Film
Bullhead, Belgium
Footnote, Israel
In Darkness, Poland
Monsieur Lazhar, Canada
A Separation, Iran

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