Here's the Oscar results for 2013
Best Director - Ang Lee for LIFE OF PI (The biggest surprise of the night! Life Of Pi will also return to theaters this week)
Best Picture - ARGO (Congratulations, Ben Affleck. A truly remarkable turnaround for who was thought once a has been actor, ARGO will return to theaters this week in addition the DVD is also out)
Best Adapted Screenplay goes to Chris Terrio for ARGO ! (Onwards for Best Picture, we say!)
Best Original Score - Mychael Danna, LIFE OF PI. (Deserving win in our opinion!)
Best Editing - ARGO (Might be the start of a great night for the Ben Affleck film)
Best Sound Mixing - LES MISERABLES. (For putting up with Russell Crowe's voice, we think they deserve it.)
Best Foreign Language Film - AMOUR . (Available on DVD now)
Best Makeup - LES MISERABLES. (The PG13 version is still showing in cinemas now)
Best Animated Feature Film - BRAVE (Go, Pixar!)
Best Actor - Daniel Day Lewis for LINCOLN. (Again, no surprises here)
Best Leading Actress - Jennifer Lawrence, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK. (Great performance in our opinion!)
Best Original Screenplay to Quentin Tarantino for DJANGO UNCHAINED! (Catch it in cinemas 21 Mar!)
Best Original Song - SKYFALL by Adele. (One of the best Bond songs in a long while if you ask us)
Best Production Design - LINCOLN. (Did you catch the Steven Spielberg film last weekend?)
Best Supporting Actress - Anne Hathaway, LES MISERABLES. (No surprises on this one)
Best Sound Editing goes to SKYFALL and ZERO DARK THIRTY! (Have you seen both excellent movies?)
Best Costumes - ANNA KARENINA. (The Joe Wright film starring Keira Knightley is available on DVD now)
Best Visual Effects and Best Cinematography - LIFE OF PI (Congratulations to the team of the splendid Ang Lee film!)
Best Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz, DJANGO UNCHAINED. (Movie opens 21 Mar in Singapore).
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2013 Oscar Nominees
Not a surprise, Ben Affleck and Quentin Tarantino are out for Best Director though ARGO and DJANGO UNCHAINED are both up for Best Picture. Some of the nominated titles are streaming in slowly into local theaters but here are our reviews for those that are currently showing:
LIFE OF PI - 11 Nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay
LES MISERABLES - 8 Nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK - 8 Nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay
ARGO - 7 Nominations including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay
AMOUR - 5 Nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film
SKYFALL - 5 Nominations including Best Cinematography
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD - 4 Nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY - 3 Nominations including Best Visual Effects
THE MASTER - 3 Nominations including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN - 2 Nominations including Best Visual Effects
FRANKENWEENIE - Nominated for Best Animated Film
THE IMPOSSIBLE - Nominated for Best Actress
THE AVENGERS - Nominated for Best Visual Effects
MIRROR MIRROR - Nominated for Best Costume Design
MOONRISE KINGDOM - Nominated for Best Original Screenplay
PARANORMAN - Nominated for Best Animated Film
THE PIRATES: BAND OF MISFITS - Nominated for Best Animated Film
PROMETHEUS - Nominated for Best Visual Effects
BRAVE - Nominated for Best Animated Film
TED - Nominated for Best Song
WRECK-IT RALPH - Nominated for Best Animated Film
Here's this year's host Seth MacFarlane doing an Oscar promo video:
Click here for the full list of nominees for Oscar 2013.
The Awards will be handed out on Feb 24 2013.