Some dressed down in jeans and hoodies. Others looked camera-ready in suits or chic dresses and spiky stilettos.
Some dressed down in jeans and hoodies. Others looked camera-ready in suits or chic dresses and spiky stilettos.
Daniel Day-Lewis has joined a select group of Academy Award recipients with his third Oscar, taking the best-actor trophy Sunday for his monumental performance as Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War saga "Lincoln."
AND THE FANS SAY ... `ARGO'
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Some dressed down in jeans and hoodies. Others looked camera-ready in suits or chic dresses and spiky stilettos. But all of the stars who rehearsed Saturday for the 85th Academy Awards seemed excited about being a part of the big show.

Just as Oscar host Seth MacFarlane set his sights on a variety of targets with a mixture of hits and misses, the motion picture academy spread the gold around to a varied slate of films. "Argo" won best picture as expected, along with two other prizes. But "Life of Pi" won the most awards with four, including a surprise win for director Ang Lee.
Ang Lee pulled off a huge upset at the Academy Awards with a directing win for the shipwreck story "Life of Pi," taking the prize over Steven Spielberg, who had been favored for "Lincoln."
Some dressed down in jeans and hoodies. Others looked camera-ready in suits or chic dresses and spiky stilettos.