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"It was an evening of firsts at the 85th Academy Awards Sunday night- Daniel Day-Lewis, star of Steven Spielberg&amp;#039;s Lincoln, became the first to win three Oscars in the Best Actor category; comedian Seth MacFarlane of Family Guy hosted the show for the first time (to mixed reviews); and Ben Affleck&amp;#039;s Argo took home the top prize for Best Picture, despite not receiving a Best Director nomination. Affleck&amp;#039;s riveting film tells the true story of a CIA agent who, with the help of a Hollywood producer and makeup artist, rescues six American hostages from Iran. Affleck can be particularly proud of this Best Picture win, considering his heavy involvement in all aspects of the film. He wore nearly every important hat in the making of Argo, including those for lead actor, producer and director, a position for which he was granted a Golden Globe just last month. A touch of controversy surrounded the Best Director category at this year&amp;#039;s Oscars, as rumors spread that Affleck had been &amp;quot;snubbed&amp;quot; from a nomination. However, the multi-talented actor seemed nothing but grateful last night. Fifteen years after taking home a gold statue for Best Original Screenplay for Good Will Hunting, Affleck stated, &amp;quot;I never thought I&amp;#039;d be back here. And I am.&amp;quot; Other winners from last night include Ang Lee for Best Director (Life of Pi), 22-year-old Jennifer Lawrence, who took a tumble up the stairs on the way to accepting her award for Best Actress (Silver Linings Playbook), Christoph Waltz for Best Supporting Actor (Django Unchained) and Anne Hathaway for Best Supporting Actress (Les Miserables). Rounding out the evening of surprises was a shocking tie between Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall for Best Sound Editing, the sixth tie ever in Oscar history. What were your Oscar highlights? Comment below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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