Oscar fever has hit the world and it's finally the night everyone in Hollywood is looking forward to. In a night full of hot air, hot men and sultry women, only the best of the best stand out. Who won the golden statues for the night? Here are all the big winners for the 54th Academy Awards.

The nominees for the Oscar Awards 2012 were announced last Jan. 25 by "Hunger Games'" rising star, Jennifer Lawrence and Academy President, Tom Sherak. "The Artist" and "Hugo" led the race by 10 and 11 nominations respectively. As for the show's presenters, the talented and lovely Angelina Jolie was set to present along with action superstar Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Tom Hanks, Milla Jovovich and Jennifer Lopez. Halle Berry was set to present during the night but had backed out prior to the event. Now with the Oscar buzz over and done, who rose as the best among all the rest?

Best Achievement in Art Direction:

The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo - Winner (Robert Richardson)
Midnight in Paris

Best Achievement in Cinematography

The Artist, Guillaume Schiffman
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Jeff Cronenweth
Hugo, Robert Richardson - Winner
The Tree of Life, Emmanuel Lubezki
War Horse, Janusz Kaminski

The Best Costume Design:

Anonymous, Lisy Christl
The Artist, Mark Bridges - Winner
Hugo, Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre, Michael O'Connor
W.E., Arianne Phillips

The Best MakeUp

Albert Nobbs, Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
The Iron Lady, Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland - Winner

The Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran) - Winner

Best Supporting Actress:

Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help - Winner

Best Achievement in Film Editing:

The Artist, Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants, Kevin Tent
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall - Winner
Hugo, Thelma Schoonmaker
Moneyball, Christopher Tellefsen

Best Achievement in Sound Editing:

Drive, Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Ren Klyce
Hugo, Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty - Winner
Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
War Horse, Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing:

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
Hugo, Tom Fleischman and John Midgley - Winner
Moneyball, Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
War Horse, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Best Documentary Feature:

Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated - Winner

Best Animated Feature Film:

"A Cat in Paris" Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
"Chico & Rita" Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
"Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson
"Puss in Boots" Chris Miller
"Rango" Gore Verbinski - Winner

Best Visual Effects:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo - Winner
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Best Supporting Actor:

Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners - Winner
Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Original Score:

The Adventures of Tintin, John Williams
The Artist, Ludovic Bource - Winner
Hugo, Howard Shore
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Alberto Iglesias
War Horse, John Williams

Original Song:

"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie - Winner
"Real in Rio" from "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best Adapted Screenplay

"The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash - Winner
"Hugo" Screenplay by John Logan
"The Ides of March" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
"Moneyball" Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Best Original Screenplay

"The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius
"Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
"Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor
"Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen - Winner
"A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi

Best Live Action Short Film

"Pentecost" Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
"Raju" Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
"The Shore" Terry George and Oorlagh George - Winner
"Time Freak" Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
"Tuba Atlantic" Hallvar Witzø

Best Short Documentary Feature

"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement" Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
"God Is the Bigger Elvis" Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
"Incident in New Baghdad"James Spione
"Saving Face" Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy - Winner
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom" Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Best Animated Short Film

"Dimanche/Sunday" Patrick Doyon
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg - Winner
"La Luna" Enrico Casarosa
"A Morning Stroll" Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
"Wild Life" Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Best Achievement in Directing

"The Artist" Michel Hazanavicius - Winner
"The Descendants" Alexander Payne
"Hugo" Martin Scorsese
"Midnight in Paris" Woody Allen
"The Tree of Life" Terrence Malick


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