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Ang Lee wins Oscar for Best Director
Ang Lee, director of Life of Pi, won the Oscar for Best Director Sunday night at the 85th Academy Awards. In true sharing-the-wealth mode, Oscar voters spread honors among a range of films, with Argo winning three trophies including Best Picture, but Life of Pi still leading with four.

"Argo" wins Oscar's Best Picture
Argo won the Oscar Award for Best Picture Sunday night at the 85th Academy Awards Ceremony, together with Awards for Best Film Editing and Adapted Screenplay Writing.

Pale blush, greys and metallic sparkle grace Oscars red carpet
Ethereal, strapless silhouettes and wavy tresses gave the Oscars red carpet a patina of old Hollywood glamour on Sunday as the year's top actresses and presenters led the way in blush, grey and black sequined gowns.

Big  Winners

Best Director
		Ang Lee Age: 58 Born: Taiwan, China Movie: Life of Pi Extended speech: "Thank you, thank you so much, thank you movie god, I really need to share this with all 3,000 and everybody who worked with me on Life of Pi. I really want to thank you for believing in this story and sharing this incredible journey with me. I could not make this movie without the help of Taiwan, we shot there, I want to thank everybody there who helped us."

Awards received by Ang Lee
Award	Category	Year	Movie
Academy Awards	Best Foreign Language Film	2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
	Best Director	2005	Brokeback Mountain
		2012	Life of Pi
Berlin International Film Festival	Golden Berlin Bear	1993	The Wedding Banquet
		1996	Sense and Sensibility
Venice Film Festival	Golden Lion	2005	Brokeback Mountain
		2007	Lust, Caution
Golden Globe Award	Best Foreign Language Film	2001	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
	Best Motion Picture — Drama	1996	Sense and Sensibility
		2006	Brokeback Mountain
	Best Director	2001	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
		2006	Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee's movies

Best Actor
	Daniel Day-Lewis Age: 55 Born: London, UK Movie: Lincoln Speech: "I really don't know how any of this happened. I am so grateful to the Academy for this beautiful honor. "It's a strange thing because, three years ago... I had actually committed to play Margaret Thatcher, and Meryl was Steven's first choice for 'Lincoln,' and I'd like to see that version."

Famous roles
Movie	Role	Year	Awards
There Will Be Blood	Daniel Plainview	2007	Academy Award for Best Actor
My Left Foot	Christy Brown	1989	Academy Award for Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis's performance in Lincoln

Best Actress
	Jennifer Lawrence Age:22 Born: Kentucky, US Movie: Silver Linings Playbook Extended speech: "This is nuts. Thank you to the Academy and thank you to the women this year. You were so magnificent and so inspiring and not just those of you in my category. And its been so amazing getting to know you and you've just been so nice and you've made this experience unforgettable."

Famous roles
Movie	Role	Year	Awards
The Burning Plain	Mariana	2008	Venice Film Festival – Marcello Mastroianni Award
The Hunger Games	Katniss Everdeen	2012
Jennifer Lawrence's performance in Silver Linings Playbook

Hot  Movies

	Argo
	Director: Ben Affleck
	Budget: $44.5 million
	Awards: Best Picture                Best Adapted Screenplay                Best Film Editing
	Synopsis: When six Americans take refuge in the Canadian embassy in Tehran during the 1979 hostage crisis, US government agent Tony Mendez turns to Hollywood for help.  Working with a producer and a makeup artist, he devises a rescue mission that centers on the creation of a fake film production company scouting locations in Iran.

	Life of Pi
	Director: Ang Lee
	Budget: $120 million
	Awards: Best Director                Best Cinematography                Best Directing                Best Music
	Synopsis: Young Pi, the son of zookeepers in Pondicherry, India, finds the world he knows swept away when his family sells the zoo and sets sail for Canada with a few of its remaining animals.  A storm capsizes the ship and only Pi escapes, set adrift in a lifeboat that is also the refuge of an enormous Bengal tiger.

	Les Misérables
	Director: Tom Hooper
	Budget: $61 million
	Awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role                Best Makeup and Hairstyling                Best Sound Mixing
	Synopsis: In early 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned years earlier for stealing a loaf of bread, decides to break his parole following his release and assume a new identity.  Although he succeeds in building a new life for himself, the relentless pursuit of Inspector Javert threatens the security of Valjean and his adopted daughter, Cosette.

Full Winner List

Best picture: Argo

Best actor: Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln

Best actress: Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook

Best director: Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Best supporting actor: Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained

Best supporting actress: Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables

Best foreign language film: Amour (Love)

Best animated feature: Brave

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