
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony was dominated by two films. Given the most nominations (12), 'The King's Speech' only won four Academy Awards, but took home the most important ones, including Best Picture, Best Director (Tom Hooper), Best Actor (Colin Firth), and Best Original Screenplay (David Seidler).
Another acclaimed film, 'Inception,' won four Oscars in the technical categories.
As the overwhelming favorite to win her first award, Natalie Portman won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Darren Aronofsky's film, 'Black Swan.'
Despite some backlash for putting out advertisements in major Hollywood trades, Melissa Leo prevailed and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 'The Fighter,' while her co-star Christian Bale won for Best Supporting Actor.

During her acceptance speech, the the 50-year-old actress dropped the F-bomb, stating, "Yeah, I am kind of speechless; golly sakes, there's people up there too. When I watched Kate (Winslet) two years ago, it looked so f---ing easy!"
Thankfully, the folks at ABC were quick on the trigger to edit that word from being heard around the world.
In a year where there was a lack of black nominees, there were some high profile names who came to the event as presenters, including Oprah Winfrey and Academy Award winners Jennifer Hudson and Halle Berry, who gave a glowing tribute to Lena Horne, who passed away in 2010.
Complete List of 2011 Oscar Winners (In Bold):
Best Picture
'Black Swan' Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
'The Fighter' David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
'Inception' Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
'The Kids Are All Right' Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
'The King's Speech' Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
'127 Hours' Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
'The Social Network' Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
'Toy Story 3' Darla K. Anderson, Producer
'True Grit' Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
'Winter's Bone' Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers
Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in 'Biutiful'
Jeff Bridges in 'True Grit'
Jesse Eisenberg in 'The Social Network'
Colin Firth in 'The King's Speech'
James Franco in '127 Hours'
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in 'The Fighter'
John Hawkes in 'Winter's Bone'
Jeremy Renner in 'The Town'
Mark Ruffalo in 'The Kids Are All Right'
Geoffrey Rush in 'The King's Speech'
Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in 'The Kids Are All Right'
Nicole Kidman in 'Rabbit Hole'
Jennifer Lawrence in 'Winter's Bone'
Natalie Portman in 'Black Swan'
Michelle Williams in 'Blue Valentine'
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams in 'The Fighter'
Helena Bonham Carter in 'The King's Speech'
Melissa Leo in 'The Fighter'
Hailee Steinfeld in 'True Grit'
Jacki Weaver in 'Animal Kingdom'
Animated Feature Film
'How to Train Your Dragon' Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
'The Illusionist' Sylvain Chomet
'Toy Story 3' Lee Unkrich
Art Direction
'Alice in Wonderland'
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1'
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
'Inception'
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
"The King's Speech"
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
"True Grit"
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Cinematography
'Black Swan' Matthew Libatique
'Inception' Wally Pfister
'The King's Speech' Danny Cohen
'The Social Network' Jeff Cronenweth
'True Grit' Roger Deakins
Costume Design
'Alice in Wonderland' Colleen Atwood
'I Am Love' Antonella Cannarozzi
'The King's Speech" Jenny Beavan
'The Tempest" Sandy Powell
'True Grit" Mary Zophres
Directing
'Black Swan' Darren Aronofsky
'The Fighter' David O. Russell
'The King's Speech' Tom Hooper
'The Social Network' David Fincher
'True Grit' Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Documentary (Feature)
'Exit through the Gift Shop' Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
'Gasland' Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
'Inside Job' Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
'Restrepo' Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
'Waste Land' Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
Documentary (Short Subject)
'Killing in the Name'
'Poster Girl'
'Strangers No More' Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
'Sun Come Up' Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
'The Warriors of Qiugang' Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Film Editing
'Black Swan' Andrew Weisblum
'The Fighter' Pamela Martin
'The King's Speech' Tariq Anwar
'127 Hours' Jon Harris
'The Social Network' Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Foreign Language Film
'Biutiful' Mexico
'Dogtooth' Greece
'In a Better World' Denmark
'Incendies' Canada
'Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)' Algeria
Makeup
'Barney's Version' Adrien Morot
'The Way Back' Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
'The Wolfman' Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Music (Original Score)
'How to Train Your Dragon' John Powell
'Inception' Hans Zimmer
'The King's Speech' Alexandre Desplat
'127 Hours' A.R. Rahman
'The Social Network' Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Music (Original Song)
'Coming Home' from "Country Strong" Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
'I See the Light' from "Tangled" Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
'If I Rise' from "127 Hours" Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
'We Belong Together' from "Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Short Film (Animated)
'Day & Night' Teddy Newton
'The Gruffalo' Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
'Let's Pollute' Geefwee Boedoe
'The Lost Thing' Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
'Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)' Bastien Dubois
Short Film (Live Action)
'The Confession' Tanel Toom
'The Crush' Michael Creagh
'God of Love' Luke Matheny
'Na Wewe' Ivan Goldschmidt
'Wish 143' Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
Sound Editing
'Inception' Richard King
'Toy Story 3' Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
'Tron: Legacy' Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
'True Grit' Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
'Unstoppable' Mark P. Stoeckinger
Sound Mixing
'Inception' Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
'The King's Speech' Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
'Salt' Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
'The Social Network' Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
'True Grit' Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Visual Effects
'Alice in Wonderland' Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1' Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
'Hereafter' Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
'Inception' Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
'Iron Man 2' Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
'127 Hours' Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
'The Social Network' Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
'Toy Story 3' Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
'True Grit' Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
'Winter's Bone' Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
Writing (Original Screenplay)
'Another Year' Written by Mike Leigh
'The Fighter' Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
'Inception' Written by Christopher Nolan
'The Kids Are All Right' Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
'The King's Speech' Screenplay by David Seidler


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By: Khelama on 2/28/2011 11:19AM
I guess this is a sign that the black consciousness movement really is dead and that black people have finally folded. When something this blatently discriminatory and exclusive of us happens, in your face and there is very little reaction, let alone outrage, it is frightening. When movies like FOR COLORED GIRLS (Just the title makes me sick) can be mulled over as Oscar worthy just because it was made, when the only black film director making movies is Tyler Perry because no one else can get financed, and black people wield a whopping 700-800 billion dollars worth of spending power annually in a nation running off our creativity, labor and ingenuity, not to mention making every other ethnic group, including whites as a rule, filthy rich off a culture we have yet to benefit from in a collective way, it makes me ill and wonder why we even marched (And I DID MARCH for freedom) in the first place? Out of hundreds of films over dozens of years, less than ten blacks have taken home an Oscar, almost as few have taken home Emmys or Golden Globes or any other award with a few exceptions. "King's Speech", a film about the British King George, who backed the slave trade, made in England by British producers (we have a lot those made lately) sweeps American Oscars, and no one in the black community blinks. This in the month we set aside for Black History, which has gotten barely a mention in the entire month by mainstream media. Dismissed as summarily as black people's interests these days. "King's Speech" in America should bring to mind Washington D.C. in the 60's, and MLK's famous "King's Speech". Curious irony, don't you think? The illusion of equality has so deceived us, we actually think we have nothing to fight for anymore. A few handpicked success stories carefully screened and placed in the spotlight, masks the fact that you have the same black faces moved around in different contexts to give the illusion of diversity. What? You think we have played this scene before? Zoot Suits and Harlem Renaissance? Black Wall Street? Rosewood, only to have it lost because we got careless? Quick! Name five successful black film directors other than Tyler Perry, that are making movies right now that get greenlighted. How many times can you see the same movie made a different way, by the way? How many "My Man Done Me Wrong--For Colored Girls" or "Medea's Family Issues #9" do we need to see before we realize that it is Lady Sings The Blues, Amos and Andy, Superfly or Shaft remakes all over again? With a little J.J. and The Evans Gang still trying to "Move on Up to the Eastside" thrown in? Still trying to get a "piece of the pie" when we should own the bakery by now. We pour billions into this economy every year. Everyone knows it but us, which is why they come from far and near to put businesses in your community and get rich overnight. Most of us see it as progress. I see as Cyrus did in "The Warriors." "Can you dig it, suckas!? We own the future, if you can COUNT." But we are still doing the wrong math. We are still walking around believing the lie that we are poor. As one of our mentors once said, "We are not poor, we are poorly organized!" Our priorities are always so grounded in getting the approval of others, we have yet to actually focus on our needs as other groups do. We are the only group expected to apologize for empowering ourselves when we can even remember that it is okay to do it. That is because if we the cash cow, start to drink our own milk, everyone else will starve. No wonder we have come so far....BACK! Peace!
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By: raven on 2/28/2011 12:16PM
Maybe you should start a exclusive black awards show. I doubt anyone would whine like a little girl
like you are
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