Oscar goes to Argo, Life of Pi, Daniel Day Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence

Iran hostage drama "Argo" won the Best Film award, the top prize at the Oscars 2013, movie industry's most coveted awards, beating rival "Lincoln"
The thriller, which is based on a true story, recounts a CIA mission to rescue six American diplomats from Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, under the cover of making a fake Hollywood film.
"Argo" was voted Best Film on Sunday after winning a slew of other Hollywood awards despite its director, Ben Affleck, being left off the Academy Award directing shortlist.
Taiwanese-American Ang Lee beat master directors like Steven Spielberg and Michael Haneke to take home the best director Oscar for "Life of Pi", his visually stunning 3D tale of an Indian boy adrift in the ocean for months with a Bengal tiger.
In a unique race, 22-year-old Jennifer Lawrence defeated the oldest and youngest Oscar nominees to take home the Best Actress Oscar for her role of a recovering sex addict in David O Russell's 'Silver Linings Playbook'.
Daniel Day-Lewis has won the Academy Award for best actor for his exactingly authentic performance as President Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's historical drama.

Argo’, ‘Les Miserables’, ‘Life of’ Pi’ win Golden Globe honours

Hollywood’s most loved stars came down to Beverly Hills, Calif to take home the much-coveted Golden Globe trophies during the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the awards honor achievements in film and television.

The Iran hostage thriller ‘Argo’ was awarded as the best motion picture in the drama category while Daniel Day-Lewis and Jessica Chastain took away the best performers in the same category for ‘Lincoln’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ respectively.

The winner in the best motion picture comedy/musical was ‘Les Miserables’. Besides that, the movie proved lucky for actor Hugh Jackman who was chosen as the best actor comedy/musical for playing Jean Valjean in the film and actress Anne Hathaway was announced as the best supporting actress for her stint as Fantine.