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Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" bagged the title for best film at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards here Sunday. The award was presented by Steven Spielberg

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Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" bagged the title for best film at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards here Sunday. The award was presented by Steven Spielberg.

"The King's Speech" was competing with Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan", David O. Russell's "The Fighter", Christopher Nolan's "Inception", Lisa Cholodenko "The Kids Are All Right", Danny Boyle's "127 Hours", David Fincher's "The Social Network", Lee Unkrich.'s "Toy Story 3", Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's "True Grit" and Debra Granik's "Winter's Bone".

The film had 12 Oscar nominations this year.

Colin Firth won the best actor Oscar for his role in "The King's Speech".

Firth was competing with Javier Bardem for "Biutiful", Jeff Bridges for "True Grit", Jesse Eisenberg for "The Social Network", and James Franco for "127 Hours".

The King's Speech" is the story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.

Actress Natalie Portman won her first Oscar for best actress for "Black Swan" at the prestigious 83rd Academy Awards here Sunday night.

Portman beat Annette Bening for "The Kids Are All Right", Nicole Kidman for "Rabbit Hole", Jennifer Lawrence of "Winter's Bone" and Michelle Williams of "Blue Valentine".

Director Tom Hooper also walked away with the Academy award for best direction for "The King's Speech".

Hooper beat Darren Aronofsky ("Black Swan"), David O. Russell ("The Fighter"), David Fincher ("The Social Network") and Joel Coen and Ethan Coen ("True Grit") to win the prestigious award.

Indian music maestro A.R. Rahman lost the Oscar for best original song to Randy Newman, who won it for "We Belong Together" in "Toy Story 3".

Rahman was nominated with Dido and Rollo Armstrong, who wrote the lyrics for the song "If I Rise" for the movie "127 Hours". He was also nominated in the best original score category for Danny Boyle directed "127 Hours", but lost it to composer duo Trent Rezmor and Atticus Ross who won it for "The Social Network".

Danish film In a Better World collected the best foreign language film prize.

Actor Christian Bale took home his first Oscar by winning the best supporting actor for his role in 'The Fighter'

List of the 83rd Annual Academy Award winners announced Sunday:

1. Best Picture: "The King's Speech."
2. Actor: Colin Firth, "The King's Speech."
3. Actress: Natalie Portman, "Black Swan."
4. Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, "The Fighter."
5. Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, "The Fighter."
6. Directing: Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech."
7. Foreign Language Film: "In a Better World," Denmark.
8. Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, "The Social Network."
9. Original Screenplay: David Seidler, "The King's Speech."
10. Animated Feature Film: "Toy Story 3."
11. Art Direction: "Alice in Wonderland."
12. Cinematography: "Inception."
13. Sound Mixing: "Inception."
14. Sound Editing: "Inception."
15. Original Score: "The Social Network," Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
16. Original Song: "We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3," Randy Newman.
17. Costume Design: "Alice in Wonderland."
18. Documentary Feature: "Inside Job."
19. Documentary (short subject): "Strangers No More."
20. Film Editing: "The Social Network."
21. Makeup: "The Wolfman."
22. Animated Short Film: "The Lost Thing."
23. Live Action Short Film: "God of Love."
24. Visual Effects: "Inception."

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