The 85th Academy Awards may not be known for the unexpected.
As most would have thought, Oscar favourite Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) won the Best actor award, making it the third time that the British actor had won the coveted prize. Following a series of wins this award season, Best picture and Best supporting actress front runners Argo (dir. Ben Affleck) and Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables) too were awarded the prizes in the respective categories.
But the glitziest international film event of the year still managed a few surprises. In a move that few had expected, Ang Lee received the Best director title for Life of Pi, one of the top honours of this year’s Oscars.
The most unanticipated win went to Jennifer Lawrence (right), who had bagged the Best actress award, upsetting popular predictions that Emmanuelle Riva (Amour), Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) would bring home the Oscar. Lawrence did not seem to expect the win either. In her excitement, she tripped on her heavy Dior Haute Couture dress on the steps of the stage.
Even before the award ceremony commenced, most viewers were already tuning in for the red carpet walk. Stars shone in classic gowns and well-coiffed hairdos; relive the glamour of the night by browsing our selection of red carpet snaps in the gallery below.
Winners of the 85th Academy Awards
Best picture: Argo
Best actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Best actress: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best supporting actor: Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
Best supporting actress: Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Best animated feature film: Brave
Best cinematography: Claudio Miranda (Life of Pi)
Best costume design: Jacqueline Durran (Anna Karenina)
Best director: Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
Best documentary feature: Searching for Sugar Man
Best documentary short: Inocente
Best film editing: William Goldenberg (Argo)
Best foreign film: Amour
Best makeup and hairstyling: Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell (Les Misérables)
Best original score: Mychael Danna (Life of Pi)
Best original song: “Skyfall” from Skyfall
Best production design: Lincoln
Best animated short film: Paperman
Best short film: Curfew
Best sound editing: Skyfall
Best sound mixing: Les Misérables
Best visual effects: Life of Pi
Best adapted screenplay: Argo
Best original screenplay: Django Unchained
The 85th Academy Awards is available on demand in Singapore on FOX Movies Play (mio TV Ch. 409 and StarHub Ch. 623).
Best actress winner Jennifer Lawrence makes an entrance in Christian Dior Hatue Couture and Chopard jewellery.
Best actress winner Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) makes an entrance in Christian Dior Hatue Couture and Chopard jewellery.
Actress Jennifer Garner and Best picture recipient Ben Affleck (Argo) both wear Gucci at the 85th Academy Awards.
Best director winner Ang Lee (Life of Pi) with wife Jane Lin arrive at the Oscars 2013 red carpet; the director wears a Gucci tuxedo for the occasion.
Les Miserables actress Anne Hathaway holds her Best supporting actress trophy at the 85th Academy Awards; she wears a Prada dress and Tiffany & Co. jewellery for the night.
Anne Hathaway wears a Prada column dress at the 2013 Oscars.
Best supporting actor winner Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) wears head-to-toe Prada at the 85th Academy Awards.
Best original song winner Adele (“Skyfall”) sparkles in a Jenny Packham gown and Harry Winston earrings and ring.
Adele wears a crystal-embroidered Burberry dress to perform “Skyfall”, her Academy Award winning track at the 2013 Oscars.
2004 Best actress winner Charlize Theron upped the sartorial stakes in a white Dior gown and Harry Winston jewellery.
Jacqueline Durran, Oscar winner for Best Costume Design (Anna Karenina) wears Chanel jewellery at the 85th Academy Awards.
Fan Bing Bing wears Chopard jewellery at the 85th Academy Awards.
Fan Bing Bing wears a Marchesa gown and Chopard jewellery at the 85th Academy Awards.
The Sessions actress Helen Hunt wears a midnight-blue couture creation from H&M.
Oscar host Seth MacFarlane is in Gucci from head-to-toe at the 85th Academy Awards.
Jessica Chastain shines in an Armani Prive gown and vintage Harry Winston jewellery at the 85th Academy Awards.
Kerry Washington steps out on the Oscars 2013 red carpet in a Miu Miu dress with Chopard earrings.
Kerry Washington steps out on the Oscars 2013 red carpet in a Miu Miu dress with Chopard earrings.
American actress and television personality Olivia Munn appears on the Oscars 2013 red carpet in a Marchesa gown and Harry Winston jewellery.
Reese Witherspoon wears Louis Vuitton gown and jewellery for the 2013 Oscars.
Sandra Bullock glitters in an Elie Saab gown and Harry Winston earrings at the 2013 Oscars.
Making a red carpet appearance with husband Steven Spielberg, actress Kate Capshaw wears diamond jewellery from Harry Winston.
Gucci-wearing actor Channing Tatum dances with actress Charlize Theron at the 2013 Oscars.
Actor Channing Tatum wears Gucci at the Oscars 2013 red carpet.
Actor Chris Evans is in full Gucci attire for the 85th Academy Awards.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt looks ever so dapper in a Gucci tuxedo, bowtie and leather lace-ups at the Oscars 2013 red carpet.
Actor Mark Ruffalo in head-to-toe Bottega Veneta makes a red carpet appearance with wife Sunrise Coigney at the 85th Academy Awards.
Anna Karenina actress Alicia Vikander wears Chanel jewellery at the 2013 Oscars.
Actress Bella Heathcote wears a dress and jewellery from Chanel at the Vanity Fair Oscars after party.
Jennifer Aniston arrives on the Oscars 2013 red carpet in a Valentino Haute Couture dress.
Actress Rose Byrne attends the Vanity Fair Oscar Party wearing a Lanvin dress and Chanel jewellery.
The Impossible actress Naomi Watts accessorises her Armani Prive dress with a Roger Vivier clutch for the 2013 Oscars.
Zoe Saldana wears an Alexis Mabille dress and Roger Vivier sandals at the 85th Academy Awards.
Actress Renee Zellweger wears a Carolina Herrera gown at the 85th Academy Awards.
Jane Fonda wears a Versace gown and Chopard jewels at the 85th Academy Awards.