Big Wins At the Oscars

Mitch Krieger, Staff Writer

February 25, 2013

Last Sunday, the biggest awards show in Hollywood was held to award the men and women in show-business with “excellence in cinematic achievements.”

Hosted by Family Guy star and creator Seth MacFarlane, there was sure to be countless laughs coming from inappropriate and offensive jokes. At one point, William Shatner (as Captain Kirk) came back from the future to keep MacFarlane from performing acts, such as a song recognizing all the famous actresses’ boobs in film and a reenactment of the movie Flight with sock puppets.

Overall, MacFarlane was funny enough to please his fans, while appropriate enough to please the more conservative viewers.

Beginning the night, Austrian actor Christoph Waltz won his second Academy Award for “Best Actor in a Supporting Role” for his extremely entertaining role as bounty-hunter Dr. King Schultz in the film Django Unchained. Both films that Waltz has won the award for have been directed by Quentin Tarantino, the first being from the film Inglorious Basterds.

The Oscar for “Best Animated Feature Film” went to the Disney/Pixar film Brave. This was Pixar’s seventh win in this category, putting Brave on the same level as Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, WALL-E, Up, and Toy Story 3.

Anne Hathaway won an Oscar for “Best Actress in a Supporting Role” for her powerful performance of Fantine in Les Misérables. It was her first Academy Award, beating big name nominees, such as Amy Adams, Sally Field, and Helen Hunt.

Music superstar Adele won an Oscar for her performance of “Skyfall” from the James Bond film Skyfall.

Django Unchained writer and director Quentin Tarantino won an Oscar for “Best Original Screenplay.” The Oscar for “Best Adapted Screenplay” went to Chris Terrio for the film Argo.

A huge win came for Jennifer Lawrence, who won the Oscar for “Best Leading Actress” for her role in Silver Linings Playbook. This was the only Academy Award for the film, which had 7 nominations total.

An even bigger win came to the intense actor Daniel Day-Lewis. He won the Oscar for “Best Leading Actor” for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in Stephen Spielberg’s Lincoln. This was a huge win for Daniel Day-Lewis, for he became the first person to win 3 Academy Awards for best actor, his first coming from the 1989 film My Left Foot, and the second coming from the 2007 film There Will Be Blood.

The biggest award of the night, the Oscar for “Best Picture” went to the hugely successful film Argo, produced by Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, and George Clooney. Argo won three Academy Awards total, for “Best Picture”, “Best Adapted Screenplay”, and “Best Film Editing.”

The top winner of the night was Life of Pi, which won 4 total awards.

Here is a list of every winner:

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Best Animated Short Film: Paperman

Best Animated Feature Film: Brave

Achievement in Cinematography: Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda

Achievement in Visual Effects: Life of Pi

Achievement in Costume Design: Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran

Achievement in Makeup & Hairstyling: Les Misérables

Best Live-Action Short Film: Curfew

Best Documentary Short Subject: Inocente

Best Documentary Feature: Searching for a Sugar Man

Best Foreign-Language Film: Amour (Austria)

Achievement in Sound Mixing: Les Misérables

Achievement in Sound Editing: Zero Dark Thirty & Skyfall

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Achievement in Film Editing: Argo

Achievement in Production Direction: Lincoln

Original Score: Life of Pi, Mychael Danna

Original Song: “Skyfall,” Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth; Skyfall

Adapted Screenplay: Argo, Chris Terrio

Original Screenplay: Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino

Achievement in Directing: Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Motion Picture: Argo

About the Contributor

Mitch Krieger, Staff Writer

As you walk through the halls and see the many faces of students of Bethel Park High School, a certain person catches the eye of the people throughout the building. This young man’s name is Mitchell Alexander Krieger. Mitchell, a Senior member of yearbook club, Ways'n Means, the National Honors Society, Hawk Eye, PACS, and DECA, is the definition of a well-rounded, intelligent high school student. Mitch is intrigued by other cultures and traditions around the world. One of his dreams in life is to travel the world and experience all of the unique cultures and ways of life. Mitchell’s favorite part of the world is Europe because he likes how one small area can be so diverse. Mitch said if he could switch lives with anyone in the entire world, it would be Anthony Bourdain. He admires Anthony because he travels the world but doesn’t experience the tourist attractions in countries. He said Anthony experiences different cultures first-hand by living with families from that area and lives as they would for awhile. When it comes to his future, Mitchell is completely undecided. He has gone back and forth in his head multiple times, yet still has no idea. Something that most people don’t know about Mitch is that he isn’t just “the funny guy.” He has feelings and is in fact, sort of sensitive. Mitch values being different in life. He doesn’t necessarily want to be another face in the crowd. Mitch said, “Life is a gift, not to be wasted. You can’t settle for being the same, or for being good enough. In life, whenever everyone says something is perfect, you must be the one to say it can be better.” Written by: Jake McCall, Staff Writer