Video Highlights of a Truly Magical Oscar Night

As we all know, the Oscars are the big talk of the entertainment industry today, and the only reason for which I gave it a couple of extra hours before starting to post about the big night as well was that I decided to wait for the most significant highlights of last night's award ceremony to be available online. So, be warned: this is a mega post containing acceptance speeches for best actor and actress, best actors and actress in a supporting role, best movie -plus a little extra Oscar glamor on the side, for the movie lovers everywhere.

I don't know if it was because the writers working on the show were happy to come back to work or there was some other reason involved, but I must hand it to them - they did a great job. Last night's event was one of the best Oscar ceremonies we've seen in a long time, with little to no red carpet fashion faux pas, a great opening monologue courtesy of Jon Stewart and some rather unexpected (but still spectacular) wins.

You can find the complete list of winners below. As far as I'm concerned, the truly remarkable - and surprising - part of the show was that the four main acting awards were taken home by non-American artists: Britain's Daniel Day-Lewis Best Actor and Tilda Swinton Best Supporting Actress, France's Marion Cotillard Best Actress and Spain's Javier Bardem, Best Supporting Actor. How's that for globalization? In the end, it was a great night, and I think that it's best if I let the clips embedded below do the talking.

Best Picture: "No Country For Old Men"
Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor in a Supporting Role: Javier Bardem, "No Country For Old Men"
Actress in a Leading Role: Marion Cotillard
Actress in a Supporting Role: Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton"
Animated Feature Film: "Ratatouille"
Art Direction: "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Cinematography: "There Will Be Blood"
Costume Design: "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Directing: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country For Old Men"
Documentary Feature: "Taxi To The Dark Side"
Documentary Short: "Freeheld"
Film Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum"
Foreign Language Film: "The Counterfeiters"
Makeup: "La Vie En Rose"
Music (Score): "Atonement"
Music (Song): "Once"
Short Film (Animated): "Peter & The Wolf"
Short Film (Live Action): "Le Mozart Des Pickpockets" ("The Mozart of Pickpockets")
Sound Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum"
Sound Mixing: "The Bourne Ultimatum"
Visual Effects: "The Golden Compass"
Writing (Adapted Screenplay): "No Country For Old Men"
Writing (Original Screenplay): Diablo Cody, "Juno"

And here are the evening's highlights:

Daniel Day-Lewis accepting his award for Best Actor in a Leading Role:



Marion Cotillard accepting her award for Best Actress in a Leading Role:



Javier Bardem for Best Actor in a Supporting Role:



Tilda Swinton for Best Actress in a Supporting Role:



The award for Best Picture: