NEW YORK TIMES: Hollywood gave its top honor to Ben Affleck’s “Argo” at a song-and-dance-filled Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, completing a remarkable turnaround for a film that was once a long-shot contender…
But in a break from recent years Oscar voters also found a way to take care of a wide variety of movies, especially “Life of Pi,” which won four trophies, including the best director honor for Ang Lee. “Les Misérables” joined “Argo” in taking home three awards, and “Django Unchained” was honored with two, including one for Quentin Tarantino for best original screenplay…
“Lincoln,” considered the early Oscar front-runner, seemed to overreach by getting Bill Clinton to introduce a clip at the Golden Globes last month. “Lincoln,” the most nominated film going into the night with 12 nods, left with two statuettes, including one for Daniel Day-Lewis as best actor, his third in that category… (more)
