A look at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards

And the third and last Oscar for The Social Network was awarded to Australia’s Kirk Baxter with his American colleague Angus Wall, who made a triumphant walk on stage inside the Kodak Theatre. Overall, Read More">the 83rd Annual Academy Awards was the showdown between the two most heavily favoured contenders going into the Oscar night –Read More

And the third and last Oscar for The Social Network was awarded to Australia's Kirk Baxter with his American colleague Angus Wall, who made a triumphant walk on stage inside the Kodak Theatre.

Overall, the 83rd Annual Academy Awards was the showdown between the two most heavily favoured contenders going into the Oscar night - The King's Speech and The Social Network. And as we said earlier, The Oscars is all about honouring the talent, well, we've witnessed just that. No winners, no losers, just pure talent in abundance.

First-time nominee Tom Hooper, the director of The King’s Speech, in accepting his Oscar for Best Director, thanked his cast and producers but saved a special thank-you to his mom, who in 2007 attended a reading in London of an unproduced, unknown play called The King’s Speech. Tom quotes, “She rang me up and said, Read More">Read More

First-time nominee Tom Hooper, the director of The King's Speech, in accepting his Oscar for Best Director, thanked his cast and producers but saved a special thank-you to his mom, who in 2007 attended a reading in London of an unproduced, unknown play called The King's Speech. Tom quotes, "She rang me up and said, Tom, I think I found your next film." And before going backstage, he added, "The moral of the story is: Listen to your mother."

But before Tom Hooper won, the film's first award for the evening was grabbed by David Seidler for The Best Original Screenplay. Seventy year old Seidler is the oldest person to win under the screenplay category. He jokes, "I believe I am the oldest person to win this particular award. I hope that record is broken quickly and often."

Hollywood has always been about honouring the talent and not the stars, and that’s why, even before the who’s who of Hollywood and the film fraternity from around the globe walked down the red carpet at the Kodak Theatre, Read More">2010’s Oscar predictions were always going to be a close call. And to top up theRead More

Hollywood has always been about honouring the talent and not the stars, and that's why, even before the who's who of Hollywood and the film fraternity from around the globe walked down the red carpet at the Kodak Theatre, 2010's Oscar predictions were always going to be a close call.

And to top up the list of the highest number of Oscar trophies this year, Tom Hooper's The King's Speech shared their joy with Chris Nolan's Inception with four golden statuettes each. Not to forget, David Fincher's The Social Network won three Oscars and David O Russell's The Fighter too came close to winning their share of accolades with two trophies.

As expected, Colin Firth won the Best Actor Oscar for The King’s Speech. “I have a feeling my career just peaked, ” the actor joked. “I have to warn you I am experiencing stirrings somewhere in the upper abdominals, which are threatening to form themselves into dance moves. Joyous as they may be for me, Read More">itRead More

As expected, Colin Firth won the Best Actor Oscar for The King's Speech. "I have a feeling my career just peaked," the actor joked. "I have to warn you I am experiencing stirrings somewhere in the upper abdominals, which are threatening to form themselves into dance moves. Joyous as they may be for me, it would be extremely problematic if they make it to my legs before I get off stage."

David Seidler adds more humour, “My father always said to me, I would be a late bloomer, ” drawing laughs from the crowd at Kodak Theatre. Seidler went on to thank his family and the producers, director, cast and crew of the film.

David Seidler adds more humour, "My father always said to me, I would be a late bloomer," drawing laughs from the crowd at Kodak Theatre. Seidler went on to thank his family and the producers, director, cast and crew of the film.