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‘Life of Pi’ wins 4 but ‘Argo’ takes Best Picture: 2013 Academy Award winners

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Affleck gets his Oscar

What a night. Wait, let me rephrase. What a long night. There weren’t a whole lot of surprises at the 2013 Academy Awards. “Argo” won Best Picture but it was “Life of Pi” that won the most awards including the Best Director award that many thought should have gone to Ben Affleck.

Congratulations to Daniel Day-Lewis for becoming the first actor to win three Best Actor awards.

Seth Macfarlane did a fine enough job as host. You could tell he didn’t have a very long leash, though. He was a hell of a lot better than Billy Crystal was last year.

For a full list of winners of 2013 Academy Award winners

Movies, Television

85th annual Academy Awards weekend

AcadAwardsposterIt’s Oscar weekend and this year’s show could be full of surprises. Be sure to cast your vote for Best Picture and check out my predictions for who will take home those little golden Oscar trophies.

You can also see the full list of nominees, pick your own winners and compare notes with me.

Be sure to follow me @tbenglish on Twitter during the Oscars as I will be live tweeting during the telecast from an undisclosed location in the continental United States.

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‘Argo’ shocks Hollywood at 2013 Golden Globes

Affleck wins Best Director

Last night in Hollywood, the 2013 Golden Globes were held. While the show was a snooze as usual, it did offer up a few alarming surprises.

On the TV side, cable TV is flexing it’s muscle over the networks. Both the drama winner “Homeland” (Showtime) and “Girls” (HBO) come from cable channels and they pretty much dominated the Globes. Check out the 2013 Golden Globes TV winners.

Everyone thought “Lincoln” was going to roll as an early preview of what would be to come from the upcoming Oscars in February. Instead, it was “Argo” that would up winning Best Motion Picture Drama, with Ben Affleck winning Best Director. It’s an interesting turn of events, especially after Affleck was considered one of the bigger snubs when the 2013 Academy Award nominations were handed out last week.

“Les Misérables” took home the Best Movie Comedy or Musical, making it the early favorite to win the Oscar. See the full list of 2013 Golden Globes Movie winners.

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