Oscar Results!

• 28th Feb 2012

And it all came down to this: Billy Crystal with enough make up on and red cheeks to do Vaudeville; Chris Rock being the funniest presenter, Chris Plummer making the best speech; and Will Ferrell (plus shameless co-presenter) making an arse of himself once again whilst managing to not be funny in the process (again). This was the 84th anual Academy Awards:

BEST PICTURE
The Artist

BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)

BEST ACTRESS
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)

BEST ACTOR
Jeam Dujardin (The Artist)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Octavia Spencer (The Help)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash (The Descendants)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Woody Allen (Midnight In Paris)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Man Or Muppet (The Muppets)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Ludovic Bource (The Artist)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Separation

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Rango

BEST FILM EDITING
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo)

BEST ART DIRECTION
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo (Hugo)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robert Richardson (Hugo)

BEST SOUND MIXING
Tom Fleischman and John Midgley (Hugo)

BEST SOUND EDITING
Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty (Hugo)

BEST COSTUMES
Mark Bridges (The Artist)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning (Hugo)

BEST MAKE UP
Mark Coulier and J Roy Helland (The Iron Lady)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr Morris Lessmore

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Undefeated

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Saving Face

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
The Short