The King’s Speech & Inception Big Winners of The 83rd Academy Awards (Oscar)
February 27, 2011 by Esteban Escobar
Filed under Awards, Featured, FEATURES
On Sunday, February 27, 2011, Hollywood’s biggest movie night awards were held at the Kodak Theatre inside of the Hollywood & Highland Center® on Hollywood, CA, and it was broadcast live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m.
Complete list of the 83rd Academy Awards (Oscars) Winners:
*, NAME BOLD = WINNER
Actor in a Leading Role
- *Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech” (1)
Actor in a Supporting Role
- *Christian Bale in “The Fighter” (1)
Actress in a Leading Role
- *Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Actress in a Supporting Role
- *Melissa Leo in “The Fighter” (2)
Animated Feature Film
- *“Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich
Art Direction
- *“Alice in Wonderland”
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
Cinematography
- *“Inception” Wally Pfister (1)
Costume Design
- *“Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
Directing
- *“The King’s Speech” Tom Hooper (2)
Documentary (Feature)
- *“Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Documentary (Short Subject)
- *“Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Film Editing
- *“The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter (1)
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 (2)
Music (Original Song)
- *“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Best Picture
- *“The King’s Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers (3)
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 (2)
Sound Mixing
- *“Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick (3)
Visual Effects
- *“Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb (4)
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
- *“The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Writing (Original Screenplay)
- *“The King’s Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler (4)
About The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences:
Is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards – in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners – the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies. For more information about The Academy visit http://www.oscars.org, http://www.facebook.com/TheAcademy, http://www.youtube.com/Oscars and http://www.twitter.com/TheAcademy
Photos Courtesy ©A.M.P.A.S
Sources: The Academy Awards & Diversity News Magazine
Editor’s Note: Congratulations to all the winners and let’s see wins next year in 2012.
About Esteban "Steven" Escobar
Executive Editor In Chief, Director of Public/Media Relations & Community Affairs, Sales, Reporter, Webmaster & Graphic Designer Specialist. About Esteban “Steven” Escobar: Esteban A. Escobar (born in El Salvador, Central America on September 6th) is an Award Winning American (Journalist, reporter, editor, columnist, writer, producer, director, publicist, radio personality, accounts receivable specialist, humanitarian and philanthropist). Esteban is known as Steven Escobar. He is the Executive Editor-In-Chief of Diversity News Magazine, an online & special print consumer news magazine that is visited by close to two million visitors a month while growing each day. Esteban “Steven” Escobar is also Producer, Director of Diversity News TV, the host of Diversity News Radio, on Air with Steven Escobar and the President of Diversity News Publications, a news/entertainment multimedia firm in Hollywood, CA. Steven Escobar owns E.E.Enterprises and an affiliate of The Diversity News Publications Family of Companies. Steven Escobar is also the official Hollywood and Los Angeles County Events Examiner for Examiner.com and contributor for Yahoo.com distributed via Yahoo Voices. Steven Escobar also gives back to the community by helping charities, and since 2003 to the present, he has been raising money and awareness for AIDS Walk LA benefiting AIDS Project Los Angeles. Also in 2011 Steven Escobar raised money and awareness for The Life Group LA and volunteered for Exotifit For Humanity and The Human Rights Campaign Los Angeles Steering Committee. Steven was nominated for The Shorty Awards 2011 and the People’s Choice Fan Award 2012. In 2012 Steven Escobar receives the Humanitarian Award at the 2012 International Noble Awards. Also on June 2, 2012 Steven Escobar Received the Community and Humanitarian Services Award at Kayamanan ng Bayan for all his contributions to the Filipino American community in Southern California. On 12-12-12 Steven Escobar received Award for Most Fascinating Person of the Year 2012. On 2-22-2013 Steven Escobar is nominated for a 2013 EOTM Award (Entrepreneurs on the Move) for Outstanding Journalist and on April 25, 2013 receives nomination for 2013 EOTM Award for Outstanding Internet Radio. On April 4, 2013 Steven Escobar receives award for Diversity News TV “Best B-Roll." Yahoo.com names Steven Escobar the Hot 500 contributors during the month of March 2012 of Yahoo! Contributor Network. Steven Escobar currently resides in Los Angeles County in the City of Hollywood, CA. For more information visithttp://www.stevenescobar.diversitynewspublications.com, http://www.stevenescobar.blogspot.com or his IMDB at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4164655/
