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No Country for Old Men picks up four gongs as Daniel Day-Lewis and Tilda Swinton triumph in the acting categories

Jon Stewart's best Oscar night gags

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart hosted the ceremony, keeping proceedings moving in delightful, tongue-in-cheek style

Best Oscar night acceptance speeches

George Clooney, you know, your seriousness and dedication to your art, seeing you in that rubber batsuit from Batman...

Dazzlers and disasters. Our fashion team?s verdict on this year?s Oscar frocks

Red Carpet fashion

Anne Hathaway arrives for the 80th Academy Awards

Bare shoulders and lots of red

Red frocks dominated the Oscars red carpet, with actresses demonstrating old-fashioned glamour in feathers and jewels

Oscars pictures: all the slideshows

See the dresses, the parties and the highlights from the 2008 Academy Awards plus the best and worst from previous years

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Daniel Day-Lewis, Tilda Swinton, Marion Cotillard and Javier Bardem

Coens clean up at Oscars

No Country for Old Men picks up four gongs as Daniel Day-Lewis and Tilda Swinton triumph in the acting categories

No Country for Old Men

No Country whips There Will Be Blood

Did the Academy get it right? I don’t think so, and it needs to be discussed, says chief film critic James Christopher

Jon Stewart, the Oscars host who didn't try too hard

Reviewing the proceedings on TV, Andrew Billen rates Jon Stewart and sees silliness from Tilda Swinton and Daniel Day-Lewis

Oscar nominee Ronald Harwood is still starstruck

The Oscar nominee Ronald Harwood enjoys his day - from the red carpet to late-night chicken soup and bagels

Oscar for British animated film

Winning short film was rejected by more than 90 producers over two years but its little known makers refused to give up

France celebrates its first Oscar for actress

President Sarkozy leads chorus of praise for Marion Cotillard and her uncanny performance as Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose

Rejected Peter & The Wolf wins Oscar for Best Animated Short Film

Peter & The Wolf was rejected by more than 90 producers, broadcasters and financiers but won at the Oscars

£10m theft as owners host Oscars party

The heist at the Damiani jewellery showroom in Milan was compared with the 'perfect robberies' in films such as Ocean’s Eleven

Actress Nicole Kidman arrives at the 80th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood

Red carpet tented roof protects stars

Hastily-erected structure protected actors and actresses as rain threatened to dampen ceremony in Hollywood

France celebrates its first Oscar for actress

President Sarkozy leads chorus of praise for Marion Cotillard and her uncanny performance as Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose

Life after Oscar: it's not all glitter

They've got the statuette, but how do the stars make the most of it? Ten tips for surviving the post-red-carpet blues

Ten steps to Oscar glory

Yes it's that easy, says the anonymous Hollywood producer Mr X. All you need is your own crack team of PR assassins. Plus James Christopher's picks

Oscars night: how it unfolded 

Chris Ayres

open quote mark Handsomest bludgeon? Golden sapling? The man is a lunatic, but a fine actor nevertheless close quote mark

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Make Oscar night a winner

Don't be envious of all the glitz and glam in Hollywood - here's some tips for your own Oscar night knees-up

The 10 most memorable Oscar speeches

To celebrate the Academy Awards 80th year we run down the 10 speeches that Oscar winners wish we could all forget

Vanity Fair cancels Oscars party

The glossy magazine has cancelled its famous annual bash in support of the Hollywood writers' strike

Hollywood on brink of ending strike

Writers are reported to be close to agreeing a deal after bringing the production of films and TV shows to a halt

Marion Cotillard receives the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

Cotillard will not apologise over 9/11

Oscar-winning French actress 'in shock' over controversy sparked by 9/11 remarks but says she was quoted out of context

Bradford Winters is back at work on the TV series The Philanthropist

Writers end strike and save Oscars

Three-month strike that has cost LA economy $2bn and halted production of hit TV shows and films is called off

Hollywood writers go back to work

Vote on deal ends a three-month strike that lost the industry and related businesses more than $1 billion

Deal with writers to save Oscars?

Hollywood's striking writers start talks to save awards from cancellation and reach a deal with their studio employers

Watch Oscar trailers: Best Picture nominees

Atonement

Keira Knightley and James McAvoy star in the year's most successful British picture

Juno

Teenage Juno gets pregnant and faces tough choices in one of the most enjoyable films of the year

Michael Clayton

George Clooney stars as a lawyer struggling with the biggest case of his career

No Country for Old Men

Javier Bardem wreaks violence and mayhem in the Coen Brothers superb, Oscar-winning Western

There Will Be Blood

And yes there were Oscars. Daniel Day-Lewis stars in the latest from Magnolia's Paul Thomas Anderson

Best picture nominees: reviews

There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood review

Paul Thomas Anderson's movie about the scramble for oil is a masterclass in how the West was truly sold

Atonement

Atonement

The swell of excitement in the press that followed the film’s premiere at the Venice Film Festival is not misplaced

Michael Clayton

Gorgeous George Clooney is jaundiced as an amoral corporate lawyer who has made his name by defending the indefensible

No Country for Old Men

The Coens have created a film packed with characters: a requiem for the past, and a warning about the future

Oscar verdict    

James Christopher

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Oscar 2008: Red carpet

Model Heidi Klum arrives at the 80th Academy Awards

High glamour and stunning frocks as the stars stroll the red carpet in Hollywood

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Daniel Day-Lewis thanks the Academy, and Dame Helen

Oscar winners

Producers Ethan Coen, Scott Rudin and Joel Coen

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US actress Faye Dunaway arrives at the 80th annual Academy Awards

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Jon Stewart Oscar gags

Hillary Clinton's feelgood movie of the year: host's best jokes

Men at the Oscars

John Travolta arrives for the 80th Academy Awards in Los Angeles

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Oscars 2009

Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman

Who will win the gongs next year?

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