The King's Speech came out on top at yesterday's 83rd Academy Awards - but only just, earning itself four of the golden baldies, including the coveted Best Picture gong.

In a disappointingly conservative ceremony, the biggest surprise turned out to be that The King's Speech only took home four awards despite being nominated for 12.

But it grabbed the ones that counted, mostly, with Colin Firth finally earning the Best Actor gong that was snaffled from him last year (by Jeff Bridges). Tom Hooper snatched the Best Director award, while his film also earned the Best Original Screenplay trophy.

Elsewhere, Natalie Portman bagged Best Actress for her virtuoso turn in Black Swan, Christian Bale and Melissa Leo's performances in The Fighter earned them both Best Supporting statuettes, and Toy Story 3 won Best Animated Feature.

Happily, Inception wasn't overlooked (despite that controversial Best Director nom snub for Chris Nolan), earning a clutch of technical prizes ? four in total.

Meanwhile, The Social Network scooped three awards including Best Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay (for Aaron Sorkin) and Best Score - for Trent Reznor's innovative, atmospheric and much-deserving soundtrack.

For the full list of winners, see below?

BEST PICTURE: The King's Speech

BEST DIRECTOR: Tom Hooper, The King's Speech

BEST ACTOR: Colin Firth, The King's Speech

BEST ACTRESS: Natalie Portman, Black Swan

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christian Bale, The Fighter

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Melissa Leo, The Fighter

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Toy Story 3

BEST ART DIRECTION: Alice in Wonderland

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Inception

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Alice in Wonderland

BEST DOCUMENTARY: Inside Job

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: Strangers No More

BEST EDITING: The Social Network

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: In a Better World

BEST MAKE-UP: The Wolfman

BEST SCORE: The Social Network

BEST SONG: Toy Story 3

BEST ANIMATED SHORT: The Lost Thing

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT: God of Love

BEST SOUND EDITING: Inception

BEST SOUND MIXING: Inception

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Inception

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Social Network

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The King's Speech
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The King’s Speech reigns at the BAFTAs [14th February 2011 06:53:31]

The King's Speech emerged victorious at yesterday's BAFTA awards ceremony, earning itself seven big wins ? including Best Film and Outstanding British Film.

Star Colin Firth won the Best Actor award, while Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter both bagged a Best Support trophy each.

Toy Story 3 surprised absolutely nobody by winning the Best Animation award, while The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo ? ignored at this year's Oscar noms ? won Best Film Not In The English Language.
Inception also took home a clutch of technical awards, while Alice In Wonderland won for its costumes and make-up.

Other contenders to King's crown came in the form of Natalie Portman ? who took home the Best Actress statuette for Black Swan ? and David Fincher, who nabbed Best Director for Social Network.

TF favourite Tom Hardy also emerged victorious with the Orange Rising Star Award, beating Andrew Garfield, Aaron Johnson, Gemma Arterton and Emma Stone to the trophy.

As a sign of how things could play out at this year's Oscars, these are exciting ? if not exactly surprising ? results.

BEST FILM
The King's Speech

OUSTANDING BRITISH FILM
The King's Speech

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Four Lions, Chris Morris

DIRECTOR
The Social Network, David Fincher

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The King's Speech, David Seidler

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

ANIMATED FILM
Toy Story 3

LEADING ACTOR
Colin Firth, The King's Speech

LEADING ACTRESS
Natalie Portman, Black Swan

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech

ORIGINAL MUSIC
The King's Speech, Alexandre Desplat

CINEMATOGRAPHY
True Grit, Roger Deakins

EDITING
The Social Network, Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Inception, Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat

COSTUME DESIGN
Alice In Wonderland, Colleen Atwood

SOUND
Inception, Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Inception, Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb

MAKE UP AND HAIR
Alice In Wonderland, Valli O'Reilly, Paul Gooch

SHORT ANIMATION
The Eagleman Stag

SHORT FILM
Until Ihe River Runs Red

THE ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD
Tom Hardy

ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
Christopher Lee

OUTSTANDING CONRTIBUTION TO BRITISH FILM
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The Queen herself is a fan of The King’s Speech [4th February 2011 09:18:47]

The King's Speech is a seriously hot contender at the Oscars this year, with a massive 12 nominations in the annual competition.

Clearly it has a lot of fans out there ? including, apparently, Queen Elizabeth II herself (who is played in the film by young Freya Wilson).

An insider at the monarch's household has revealed that the Queen received two copies of the film just before Christmas and watched it at Sandringham House.

"The Queen loves a good film," the insider tells The Sun. "The King's Speech is close to the bone as it is a portrayal of her family in the 1930s, but she found it moving and enjoyable.

"She was clearly amused by some of the lighter moments."

Nice to know who HRH will be backing when the Oscar winners are announced during the ceremony on 27 February. Source: www.totalfilm.com

The King’s Speech takes home two SAG awards [31st January 2011 06:17:15]

Oscar-nominated films The King's Speech and The Fighter came out victorious at yesterday's Screen Actor's Guild awards, each film taking home two trophies a-piece.

The cast of The King's Speech earned themselves the Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture trophy, as well as the Outstanding Actor award for Colin Firth.

A typically gracious Firth thanked security "for letting me into the building". This man better get a shot at an Oscar acceptance speech.

Meanwhile, The Fighter's Christian Bale and Melissa Leo each grabbed a gong for Outstanding Supporting Role.

Elsewhere, Natalie Portman's frazzled, electrifying turn in Back Swan garnered her an Outstanding Leading Role award. She thanked her parents for teaching her to "never be an asshole".

On the TV front, the cast of Martin Scorsese's Boardwalk Empire won the Outstanding Ensemble In A Drama Series, while Alec Baldwin and Al Pacino both won big for their respective roles in 30 Rock and You Don't Know Jack.

As a sign of how things should play out at this year's Oscars, attention and love is clearly being lavished upon The King's Speech, The Fighter and Black Swan. It'll be between those three at the Oscar ceremony on 27 February, if SAG's anything to go by. Source: www.totalfilm.com

The King's Speech takes Best Picture at the PGA Awards [23rd January 2011 08:37:15]

In the run-up to the Oscars, British period drama The King's Speech has bagged another big award.

The Producers Guild of America handed out the 21st Annual PGA Awards yesterday, in a ceremony hosted by Judd Apatow.

The Colin Firth-starrer took home the Best Picture award after having recently bagged a bucketload of BAFTA noms, and this latest accolade will only strengthen its Oscar hopes.

In other news, it was unlikely that anyone fainted with shock when Toy Story 3 was announced as the winner of the animated category. Source: www.totalfilm.com