The King’s Speech and Colin Firth were this year’s big Oscar winners at the 83rd Academy Awards. The British film about King George VI won four Oscars and was named Best Picture while star Firth landed the Best Actor gong.
Accepting the award, Firth joked: “I have a feeling my career’s just peaked.”
He then thanked “all the people who have been rooting for me back home” and his wife Livia for “putting up with my fleeting illusions of royalty”.
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Tom Hooper also took away the Best Director prize for the film, which also won Best Original Screenplay.
Accepting the award for The King’s Speech Hooper said: “Thank you to my wonderful actors, the triangle of man-love which is Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and me.”
Other big winners included Natalie Portman, who won Best Actress for Black Swan. In her emotional acceptance speech, a pregnant Portman dedicated her award to: “beautiful love Benjamin Millepied who choreographed the film and has now given me the most important role of my life”.
Christian Bale and Melissa Leo picked up the Actor and Actress In A Supporting Role gongs respectively for The Fighter.
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Picking up his first Academy Award for the portrayal of drug-addicted former professional boxer Dicky Eklund, Bale said:
“What a room full of talented inspirational people – what the hell am I doing here?”
Meanwhile, The Social Network took home three Oscars – for Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing and Original Score, which was provided by Nine Inch Nails man Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
In some light relief from the fairly predictable Oscars night, James Franco appeared on stage with his co-host Anne Hathaway dressed as Marilyn Monroe, quipping: “I just got a text from Charlie Sheen.
Franco’s grandmother also had her comedy hat on, shouting from the audience: “I just saw Marky Mark”, as she clapped eyes on Mark Wahlberg, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in The Fighter.
See Oscar.go.com for a full list of winners.
