{"id":4027,"date":"2011-03-01T10:34:37","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T15:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=4027"},"modified":"2011-03-01T10:34:37","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T15:34:37","slug":"kings-speech-rules-at-the-83rd-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=4027","title":{"rendered":"‘King’s Speech’ Rules At The 83rd Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Oscar battle for best picture was won by \u201cThe King\u2019s Speech.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> Acting honors went to Colin Firth<\/strong>, Natalie Portman<\/strong>, Melissa Leo<\/strong> and Christian Bale<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

LOS ANGELES, CA — The story of a king overcoming a speech impediment to lead his people through World War II took top honors at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.<\/p>\n

“The King’s Speech” won the best picture, best actor, best director and best original screenplay Oscars at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre Sunday night.
\nNatalie Portman<\/strong>, who played a ballet dancer in “Black Swan,”<\/em><\/strong> was given the best actress Academy Award. Portman<\/strong> also won Golden Globe and SAG best actress trophies in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

When “King’s Speech”<\/em><\/strong> director Tom Hooper<\/strong> accepted the best director Oscar, he noted that it was his mother who found the script for him.<\/p>\n

“The moral of this story is listen to your mother,” Hooper<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n

“My father always said to me I would be a late bloomer,” Seidler said, “I hope that record is broken quickly and often.”<\/p>\n

Colin Firth<\/strong>, who portrayed the stuttering King George VI in “The King’s Speech,”<\/em><\/strong> completed his sweep of best actor honors with the Oscar win.”I have a feeling my career has just peaked,” said Firth<\/strong>, who also won a Golden Globe and the SAG award.<\/p>\n

Christian Bale<\/strong> repeated his Golden Globe and SAG award wins by taking the best supporting actor Oscar for his role in “The Fighter.”<\/p>\n

Melissa Leo<\/strong>, who played the mother and manager of two boxers in “The Fighter,”<\/em><\/strong> completed her trifecta of major awards when 94-year-old Kirk Douglas<\/strong> handed her the best supporting actress Oscar. Leo<\/strong> also won Golden Globe and SAG best actress trophies.<\/p>\n

“Inception,”<\/em><\/strong> a film that explores the human mind and dreams, won four Academy Awards, including for cinematography, sound mixing, sound editing and visual effects. The film was also a best picture contender, although most of its eight nominations are in the technical categories.<\/p>\n

Two awards went to “Toy Story 3”<\/em><\/strong> for animated feature film and best original song.<\/p>\n

“The Lost Thing”<\/strong><\/em> won for short animated film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Oscar battle for best picture was won by \u201cThe King\u2019s Speech.\u201d Acting honors went to Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Melissa Leo and Christian Bale. LOS ANGELES, CA — The story of a king overcoming a speech impediment to lead his people through World War II took top honors at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}