83rd Academy Awards

Yessssss .... finally the Oscars gets it right .... I'm so happy with the result ... 
What can I say ... the night went on very smoothly and some of the early predictions came true.  It was also filled with some interesting choices of colour for dresses on this auspicious night eg. purple, lavender, brown, red to name a few ...

Here are my top 5 best dress of the night ... 

I'm maybe a little bit bias because I love purple :) 

No. 5

Scarlett Johansson looked stunning with kinda maroon + purple Dolce and Gabbana dress that very much shows her beautiful silhouette yet still looked elegant.

No. 4

Mandy Moore looked so beautiful with this simple, yet sophisticated nude colour Monique Lhuillier dress.  I would prefer she did something else with her hairstyle to suit the dress rather than wrap it up into a bun. 

No. 3 

A very pregnant Natalie Portman wore Rodarte's Violet Silk Chiffon Draped Gown.  A very wise choice and I love love love this colour on her and she looked practically glowing that night. 

No. 2 

Halle Berry walks the red carpet wore a nude and crystal encrusted Marchesa corset gown with organza and silk tulle ruffles.  The colour suits perfectly with her skin tone and she looked radiant.

No. 1  

Hailee Steinfield, Best Supporting Actress Nominee wore pretty cream Marchesa cinderella gown.  She's my pick for Best Dress because she looked stylish, yet elegant with this dress and it's perfectly appropriate for this 14- year old uprising actor.

Other best dresses that night

 

My heartiest congratulations to Colin Firth because he truly deserve to win the Best Actor.   His potrayal as King George (the stutter King) really was amazing and I have so much respect to him.  Also to Tom Hooper for winning the Best Director and the Best Picture goes out to The King's Speech as well.  Despite the Oscar's recognition for this movie, I know that if this film would be screening here in my country many wouldn't go and watch it but I do believe this is brilliant movie I've watched in years.

Colin Firth - Best Actor

Best Picture - The King's Speech

Here's a complete list of results..

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids are All Right
The King’s Speech - WINNER
The Social Network
127 Hours
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Annette Bening (The Kids are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone)
Natalie Portman (Black Swan) - WINNER
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) - WINNER
James Franco (127 Hours)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Christian Bale (The Fighter) - WINNER
John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone)
Jeremy Renner (The Town)
Mark Ruffalo (The Kids are All Right)
Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech)

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams (The Fighter)
Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech)
Melissa Leo (The Fighter) - WINNER
Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3 - WINNER

Best Documentary Short Subject

Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More - WINNER
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang

Best Short Film (Animated)

Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let’s Pollute
The Lost Thing - WINNER
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)

Best Short Film (Live Action)

The Confession
The Crush
God of Love - WINNER
Na Wewe
Wish 143 

Achievement in Art Direction

Alice in Wonderland - WINNER
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit

Achievement in Cinematography

Black Swan
Inception - WINNER
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
True Grit

Achievement in Costume Design

Alice in Wonderland - WINNER
I Am Love
The King’s Speech
The Tempest
True Grit

Achievement in Directing

Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
David O. Russell (The Fighter)
Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) - WINNER
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Joel and Ethan Coen (True Grit)

Best Documentary Feature

Exit through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job - WINNER
Restrepo
Waste Land

Achievement in Makeup

Barney’s Version
The Way Back
The Wolfman - WINNER

Achievement in Film Editing

Black Swan
The Fighter
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network - WINNER

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Biutiful (Mexico)
Dogtooth (Greece)
In a Better World (Denmark) - WINNER
Incendies (Canada)
Hors la Loi (Algeria)

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)

How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network - WINNER

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)

“Coming Home” from Country Strong
“I See the Light” from Tangled
“If I Rise” from 127 Hours
“We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 - WINNER

Achievement in Sound Editing

Inception - WINNER
Toy Story 3
TRON: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable

Achievement in Sound Mixing

Inception - WINNER
The King’s Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit

Achievement in Visual Effects

Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Hereafter
Inception - WINNER
Iron Man 2

Adapted Screenplay

127 Hours (Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle)
The Social Network (Aaron Sorkin) - WINNER
Toy Story 3 (Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich)
True Grit (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)
Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik and Anne Rossellini)

Original Screenplay

Another Year (Mike Leigh)
The Fighter (Paul Attanasio, Lewis Colich, Eric Johnson, Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy)
Inception (Christopher Nolan)
The Kids are All Right (Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko)
The King’s Speech (David Seidler) - WINNER