By Hindustan Times
Silent movie The Artist won the Academy Award for Best Picture on Sunday, crowning its triumphal procession through Hollywood's annual awards season. The French-directed black-and-white movie beat eight rivals for the highest Oscars prize, including Martin Scorsese's Hugo, Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris and hit civil rights drama The Help.
Other movies shortlisted for best film were The Descendants starring George Clooney, baseball movie Moneyball with Brad Pitt, Steven Spielberg's War Horse, The Tree of Life and very Loud & Incredibly Close.
The Artist, which tells the tale of a silent-era film star whose career is torpedoed by the coming of "the talkies," was shortlisted in 10 categories at Sunday's Oscars, just one fewer than top-nominated Hugo with 11.
The Artist won a complete of 5 prizes including a best director Oscar for Michel Hazanavicius and a best actor trophy for Jean Dujardin. The film also won Oscars for best original score and best costume design.
