"The Artist" wins Oscar for best picture
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STORY: French silent movie "The Artist" won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday.
"The Artist," filmed in black and white, is the tale of a silent movie star whose career plummets when he refuses to embrace the advent of talkies in the late 1920s.
The film is directed by Michel Hazanavicius and stars Frenchman Jean Dujardin.
Jean Dujardin won the best actor Oscar for the movie, becoming the first Frenchman to win the coveted accolade and beating out frontrunners George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
Dujardin was largely unknown outside of France until "The Artist" became the toast of film festivals and started racking up awards last year for his moving, virtually silent portrayal of a dashing actor struggling with Hollywood's transition from silent to talking pictures.
Meryl Streep won the Oscar for best lead actress for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron
Lady."
It was Streep's third Oscar, and her first in 30 years, although she has a record 17 nominations for the most coveted prize in the movie industry.
STORY: French silent movie "The Artist" won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday.
"The Artist," filmed in black and white, is the tale of a silent movie star whose career plummets when he refuses to embrace the advent of talkies in the late 1920s.
The film is directed by Michel Hazanavicius and stars Frenchman Jean Dujardin.
Jean Dujardin won the best actor Oscar for the movie, becoming the first Frenchman to win the coveted accolade and beating out frontrunners George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
Dujardin was largely unknown outside of France until "The Artist" became the toast of film festivals and started racking up awards last year for his moving, virtually silent portrayal of a dashing actor struggling with Hollywood's transition from silent to talking pictures.
Meryl Streep won the Oscar for best lead actress for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron
Lady."
It was Streep's third Oscar, and her first in 30 years, although she has a record 17 nominations for the most coveted prize in the movie industry.