Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (for “Lincoln”)
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence (for “Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Director: Ang Li (for “The Life of Pi”)
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway (for “Les Miserables”)
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz (ftr “Django Unchained”)
Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino (for “Django Unchained”)
Best Adapted Screenplay: “Argo”
Best Original Score: "Life of Pi"
Best Original Song: "Skyfall"
Best Documentary Short Subject: "Innocente"
Best Documentary Feature: "Searching for Sugar Man"
Best Foreign Language Film: "Amour"
Best Sound Mixing: "Les Miserables”
Best Sound Editing: "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Skyfall" (a tie)
Best Animated Short Film: "Paper Man"
Best Animated Feature Film: "Brave"
Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda for "Life of Pi"
Best Visual Effects: "Life of Pi"
Best Costume Design: "Anna Karenina"
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: "Les Miserables"
Best Live Action Short Film: "Curfew"
Best Film Editing: "Argo"
Best Production Design: "Lincoln"

Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance at the Oscars, opening the envelope that contained the name of the Best Picture winner, "Argo."

Appearing via streaming video from the White House, Mrs. Obama said all of the nominees demonstrated that "we can overcome any obstacle."

She said that message is "especially important for our young people" and thanked Hollywood for encouraging children "to open their imaginations."

The first lady was introduced by Jack Nicholson, who noted that the Best Picture trophy is usually announced solo.

Mrs. Obama wore a silver, art deco-inspired gown by Indian-born American fashion designer Naeem Khan. It was the same dress she wore for the Obamas' dinner with the nation's governors at the White House Sunday night.

Highlights of the Awards included a tribute to fifty years of James Bond movies and a performance of “All That Jazz” from the musical “Chicago.”

Jennifer Hudson and the cast of “Les Misérables” earned a standing ovation after their live performances.

Reports from inside the venue said the downstairs bathroom flooded as guests entered the venue. Some said an inch of water covered forty-percent of the foyer. A mishap no one saw coming, it did not put an end to the night of festivities.