The King’s Speech

The Oscars was, a wee bit not what we all were expecting (oh we were expecting The King’s Speech to win anyways), it was quite, shortish and it felt a little more rushed than usual. Anne Hathaway was great as a hostess but Franco was a bit off. Still, it was nice seeing the stars all suited up and dressed up for the occasion. With big films like The Fighter, The Social Network, Inception, Black Swan etc. 2010 surely was a great year for films.

Nominated 20 times, Randy Newman celebrates his second win, for best song “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3. His last win was best song for Monsters, Inc., another Pixar film, where he has done six pictures. “I want to be good television so badly,” he says. “I’ve slowed the show down almost every time.” Newman challenges the Academy’s timer. “To hell with it!” he says.

Robert Downey Jr. gave Ricky Gervais a scathing retort for when the comedian poked fun at his past during the Golden Globes when in this latest Oscars Robert pretended to be annoyed with the Visual Effects nominees, the conversation with Jude Law are as follows: “It’s their moment. You know, if it wasn’t for them your closest association wait a superhero would have been in 2001. When you got busted in a cheap hotel with a woman dressed as Batgirl.”

Robert corrected him by replying: “Okay, first of all, that cheap hotel room cost $1250 with a corporate discount. Secondly, it was 2000 not 2001. And most importantly, she was dressed as Wonder Woman. And THAT attention to detail is what has won the respect of all the Academy voters for these fine men and women.” Thus the witty retort for Ricky Gervais.

The winners of the Oscars are as follows:

Best Picture
“The King’s Speech,” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers

Achievement in directing
“The King’s Speech,” Tom Hooper

Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”

Actress in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”

Animated Feature Film
“How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
“The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
“Toy Story 3″ Lee Unkrich

Achievement in Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland”

Achievement in Cinematography
“Inception,” Wally Pfister

Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland,” Colleen Atwood

Documentary (Feature)
“Inside Job,” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

Documentary (Short Subject)
“Strangers No More”

Film Editing
“The Social Network”

Foreign Language Film
“In a Better World,” Denmark

Makeup
“The Wolfman,” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)
“The Social Network,” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3,” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Short Film (Animated)
“The Lost Thing,” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann

Short Film (Live Action)
“God of Love,” Luke Matheny

Sound Editing
“Inception,” Richard King

Sound Mixing
“Inception,” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

Visual Effects
“Inception,” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“The Social Network,” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

Writing (Original Screenplay)
“The King’s Speech,” Screenplay by David Seidler