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BEST ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence for "Silver Linings Playbook." "Thank you so much... thanks," she says. She tripped on the stairs. But recovered well. "That's so embarrassing." Nominees: Naomi Watts for "The Impossible," Jessica Chastain for "Zero Dark Thirty," Jennifer Lawrence for "Silver Linings Playbook," Emmanuelle Riva for "Amour" and Quvenzhane Wallis for "The Beasts of the Southern Wild." Fun fact: Emmanuelle Riva, at age 85, is the oldest Oscar nominee in Oscar history. Quvenzhane Wallis, at age 9, is the youngest nominee.

BEST DIRECTOR: Ang Lee for "Life of Pi." "Thank you movie god," he says. He went on to thank his agents, his family, his cast, his various crews... You get it. Nominees: David O Russel for "Silver Linings Playbook," Ang Lee for "Life of Pi," Steven Spielberg for "Lincoln," Michael Haneke for "Amour" and Ben H Zeitlin for "Beasts of the Southern Wild."

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: "Django Unchained" Quentin Tarantino thanks the actors and actresses for making his characters come to life, and says he only has one chance to make sure future audiences remember his writing by casting the right people. "Boy this time, did I do it, thank you guys," he says. "This will be writers year, man!" he says. Nominees: John Gatins for "Flight," Mark Boal for "Zero Dark Thirty," Quentin Tarantino for "DJango Unchained," Michael Haneke for "Amour" and Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola for "Moonrise Kingdom."

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: "Argo." Chris Terrio dedicates the award to the people like Tony Mendez, who use their creativity to rescue people trapped, due to politics, in unsafe areas. Nominees: Lucy Alibar and BenH Zeitlin for "Beasts of the Southern Wild," Chris Terrio for "Argo," Tony Kushner for "Lincoln," David O'Russell for "Silver Linings Playbook," David Magee for "Life of Pi."

BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Skyfall from "Skyfall." Nominees: Before my Time from "Chasing Ice," Pi's Lullaby from "Life of Pi," Suddenly from "Les Miserables," Everybody Needs a Best Friend from "Ted:" Skyfall from "Skyfall."

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: "Life of Pi." Nominees: "Anna Karenina," "Argo," "Life of Pi," Lincoln" and "Skyfall."

PRODUCTION DESIGN: "Lincoln" Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration). He said the crew tried to worthy of the legacy of the great president. Nominees: "Anna Karenina," Sarah Greenwood (Production Design) and Katie Spencer (Set Decoration); "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," Dan Hennah (Production Design) and Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration); "Les Miserables" Eve Stewart (Production Design) and Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration); "Life of Pi:" David Gropman (Production Design) and Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration); and "Lincoln" Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration).

FILM EDITING: "Argo." Nominees: "Argo," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln," "Silver Linings Playbook" and "Zero Dark Thirty."

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway for "Les Miserables." "I must thank Hugh Jackman. The cast, the crew... I want to thank my friends... my family." She said the best moment of her life was when she met her husband. "Here's hoping that some day, in the not too distant future, the misfortunes of Fantine will only be found in stories and not in real life." Fantine is a character in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel "Les Miserables." The young Parisian becomes pregnant and is abandoned by the baby's dad, a rich student. To provide money for her daughter Cosette, she is forced to become a prostitute. Nominees: Sally Field for "Lincoln," Anne Hathaway for "Les Miserables," Jacki Weaver: for "Silver Linings Playbook," Helen Hunt for "The Sessions" and Amy Adams for "The Master."