The 84th Annual Academy Awards aired Sunday night on ABC and ComingSoon.net’s The Oscar Warrior Edward Douglas live-blogged the festivities, hosted by Billy Crystal, as well as some of the pre-show arrivals. You can check out a recap of the live blog below. You can also check out the full list of winners and nominees below the live blog!
Best Picture **Winner**The Artist (The Weinstein Company), Thomas Langmann, Producer The Descendants (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Warner Bros. Pictures), Scott Rudin, Producer The Help (Touchstone Pictures), Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers Hugo (Paramount Pictures), Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers Midnight in Paris (Sony Pictures Classics), Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers Moneyball (Columbia Pictures), Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers The Tree of Life (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner and Grant Hill, Producers War Horse (Touchstone Pictures), Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
Writing (Adapted Screenplay) **Winner**The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash Hugo, Screenplay by John Logan The Ides of March, Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon Moneyball, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan
Writing (Original Screenplay) **Winner**Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen The Artist, Written by Michel Hazanavicius Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig Margin Call, Written by J.C. Chandor A Separation, Written by Asghar Farhadi
Foreign Language Film **Winner**A Separation (Sony Pictures Classics), Iran Bullhead (A Savage Film Production), Belgium Footnote (Sony Pictures Classics), Israel In Darkness (Sony Pictures Classics), Poland Monsieur Lazhar (Music Box Films), Canada
Animated Feature Film **Winner**Rango (Paramount Pictures), Gore Verbinski A Cat in Paris (GKIDS), Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli Chico & Rita (GKIDS), Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal Kung Fu Panda 2 (DreamWorks Animation), Jennifer Yuh Nelson Puss In Boots (DreamWorks Animation), Chris Miller
Art Direction **Winner**Hugo, Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo The Artist, Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan Midnight in Paris, Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil War Horse, Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Documentary (Feature) **Winner**Undefeated (The Weinstein Company), TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas Hell and Back Again (Docurama Films), Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (Oscilloscope Laboratories), Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (A Radical.Media Production), Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky Pina (Sundance Selects), Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
Music (Original Song) **Winner** “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie “Real in Rio” from Rio, Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett
Sound Mixing **Winner**Hugo, Tom Fleischman and John Midgley The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson Moneyball, Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin War Horse, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
Documentary (Short Subject) **Winner**Saving Face, Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement, Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin God Is the Bigger Elvis, Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson Incident in New Baghdad, James Spione The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom, Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
Short Film (Animated) **Winner**The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg Dimanche/Sunday, Patrick Doyon La Luna, Enrico Casarosa A Morning Stroll, Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe Wild Life, Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
Short Film (Live Action) **Winner**The Shore, Terry George and Oorlagh George Pentecost, Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane Raju, Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren Time Freak, Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey Tuba Atlantic, Hallvar Witzø
