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Best Picture "Amour" "Argo" "Beasts Of The Southern Wild" "Django Unchained" "Les Misé rables" "Life Of Pi" "Lincoln" "Silver Linings Playbook" "Zero Dark Thirty"

Actor In A Leading Role Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook" Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln" Hugh Jackman, "Les Misé rables" Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master" Denzel Washington, "Flight" Oscar Statuette Facts

Actress In A Leading Role Official Name: Academy Award of Merit Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty" Nickname: Oscar Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook" Two stories behind the nickname: Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour" Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts Of The Southern Wild" Betty Davies named the Oscar after her first Naomi Watts, "The Impossible" husband, band leader Harmon Oscar Nelson Academy's Executive Secretary, Margaret Herrick, first saw the award in 1931 and made Actor In A Supporting Role a comment that it reminded her of her Uncle Alan Arkin, "Argo" Oscar Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook" Name origin: Old English “Osgar” meaning Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master “spear of God” Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln" Height: 34 cm Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained" Weight: 3.85 kg Actress In A Supporting Role Material: gold-plated britannium on a black metal base Amy Adams, "The Master Sally Field, "Lincoln" Number of Awards Presented: 2.809 Misé Anne Hathaway, "Les rables" First Recipient: Emil Jannings, named Best Helen Hunt, "The Sessions" Actor for his performances in “The Last Jacki Weaver, "Silver Linings Playbook" Command” and “The Way of All Flesh” in 1929 Design: a knight holding a crusader’s sword, Director standing on a reel of film Michael Haneke, "Amour" The film reel features five spokes, Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts Of The Southern Wild" representing the five original branches of the Academy:actors, directors, producers, Ang Lee, "Life Of Pi" technicians and writers. Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln" David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook" Designer: Cedric Gibbons, chief art director at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sculptor: Los Angeles artist George Stanley Foreign Language Film Manufacturer: R. S. Owens & Company in "Amour" (Austria) Chicago "Kon-tiki" (Norway) "No" (Chile) Manufacturing Time: 3–4 weeks for 50 statuettes "A Royal Affair" (Denmark) "War Witch" (Canada)