By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
Can a French, silent, black-and-white movie dominate the Academy Awards? That was the general critical consensus going into the ceremony Sunday night in Los Angeles, with "The Artist" favored in numerous categories.
"Hugo" leads all nominees with 11 nominations, but "The Artist" is right behind with 10.
In the first big acting award of the night, Octavia Spencer claimed the best supporting actresss Oscar for her role as a maid in "The Help." Her tearful acceptance speech thanked the Academy for pairing her with "the hottest guy in the room," as she cradled her trophy. The announcement of her win was greeted with a standing ovation.
She is the fifth African-American woman to ever win the honor.
The show led off with a montage inserting host Billy Crystal into various nominated movies. He discussed the show with the scouts from "Moneyball," ate the tainted pie from "The Help," and greeted Justin Bieber instead of famous authors in a spoof of "Midnight in Paris."
The first?two awards went to "Hugo,"?for cinematography and art direction. "Hugo" also won for sound editing, sound mixing, and best visual effects.
"The Artist" won for costume design, and "The Iron Lady" for makeup.
"Rango," with Johnny Depp voicing a chameleon who saves a town in the Old West, won for best animated feature film.
"A Separation," Iran's entry in the foreign-language film category, won that Oscar.
"Undefeated," about an underdog high-school football team, won for best documentary feature. The filmmakers used their speech to apologize to a friend who had told them they'd win a year ago, saying they were sorry for calling him an idiot.
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" won for film editing.
Early buzz on the red carpet was all about Sacha Baron Cohen, who was allowed to come in costume as Admiral General Aladeen from his upcoming movie "The Dictator." Not only did he come in costume, but Baron Cohen brought an urn, joking that it contained the ashes of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, and then dumped the urn's contentson E! red carpet host Ryan Seacrest.
In other news, actress Halle Berry, who was scheduled to present at the awards, sent word she cannot attend after she injured her foot chasing her daughter, who was chasing a goat, in Majorca.
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