Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker has received a prestigious double at the Academy Awards, winning both Best Picture and Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow.
Bigelow is the first woman to win the award.
The Hurt Locker director beat competition from her ex-husband James Cameron, with 3D epic Avatar missing out in the major categories.
Veteran actor Jeff Bridges has won the Best Actor award for his role in Crazy Heart, beating heart-throbs George Clooney and Colin Firth.
Sandra Bullock has become the first actress to win both a Razzie and an Oscar Award, winning Best Actress for her role in the Blind Side.
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James Cameron's epic 3D film Avatar has won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, while animated film Up has picked up its first statue for Best Original Score.
Cinematographer Mauro Fiore accepted the statue. Avatar also won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
"El Secreto de Sus Ojos," which landed Argentina its first Oscar statuette in 25 years on Sunday, is a powerful recounting of the thirst for justice during one of the country's most painful periods.
The last time Argentina won the coveted prize, for "The Official Story," it also narrowed in on the 1976 military coup that ushered in a period of brutal dictatorship.
Juan Jose Campanella's latest feature, unofficially titled "The Secret in Their Eyes" in English, beat "Ajami" from Israel, "The Milk of Sorrow" from Peru, "Un Prophete" from France and "The White Ribbon" from Germany to win the prize for best foreign-language film.
A film looking at the fraudulent sale of dolphin meat in Japan, The Cove, has won Best Documentary.
Mo'nique has won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Precious.
The comedienne beat stiff competition from Penelope Cruz, nominated for 9, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air, and Maggie Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart.
An emotional Geoffrey Fletcher has accepted the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire.
Aussie filmmaker Luke Doolan has missed out on an Academy Award for his short film Miracle Fish.
The winner in that category was Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson, who won for their film The New Tenants.
Logorama, a flick that pokes fun at capitalist society, has won the Best Animated Short, while Music by Prudence, a documentary about a disabled Zimbabwean singer/songwriter, has won the best Documentary Short.
Mark Boal wins best original screenplay for Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker, the first statue for the much-touted film.
Up, a film about a lonely man who tries to move his whole house with the help of helium balloons has won best animated film at the Oscar awards.
Austria's Christoph Waltz won the best supporting actor Oscar here Sunday for his portrayal of a sadistic Nazi in the bloody World War II revenge fantasy "Inglourious Basterds."
Waltz, 53, was the odds-on favorite after winning nearly 30 awards for his performance, including best actor at the Cannes Film Festival as well as a Golden Globe Award earlier this year.
