So it’s all over but the drinking. Crystal came back and delivered his thing. Sacha Baron Cohen was a moron. And Berenice Bejo looked ravishing. Those were the only locks of tonight. Well, that and The Artist winning best picture. But there were a few upsets as well. There will be much dissection of the Academy Awards over the next couple of days I’m sure (including a couple of our own podcasts here in the third row), so let’s just get to it. And the winners are…

BEST MOTION PICTURE:
The Artist
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

DIRECTOR:
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)

ACTOR:
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
George Clooney (The Descendants)
Demian Bichir (A Better Life)
Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)

ACTRESS:
Viola Davis (The Help)
Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Nick Nolte (Warrior)
Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
Max Von Sydow (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Octavia Spencer (The Help)
Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Jessica Chastain (The Help)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
The Artist
Midnight in Paris
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
A Separation

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Descendants
Moneyball
Hugo
The Ides of March
Tinker Tailor Solder Spy

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
A Separation (Iran)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
Footnote (Israel)
Bullhead (Belgium)

ANIMATED FILM:
Rango
Kung Fu Panda 2
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Puss in Boots

ART DIRECTION:
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (part 2)
Hugo
War Horse

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

COSTUME DESIGN:
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.

DOCUMENTARY:
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated

DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

EDITING:
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball

MAKE-UP:
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (part 2)
The Iron Lady

ORIGINAL SCORE:
The Adventures of Tintin, John Williams
The Artist, Ludovic Bource
Hugo, Howard Shore
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alberto Iglesias
War Horse, John Williams

ORIGINAL SONG:
“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Music and Lyrics by Bret McKenzie
“Real in Rio” from Rio, Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyrics by Siedah Garrett

SOUND EDITING:
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

SOUND MIXING:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

VISUAL EFFECTS:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

ANIMATED SHORT:
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

LIVE ACTION SHORT:
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

And just for fun, here is Kurt’s video review of THE ARTIST: