Wendi McLendon-Covey Pictures: Wendi McLendon-Covey arrives on the red carpet at the 84th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California.
"The Artist" won five Academy Awards on Sunday including best picture, becoming the first silent film to triumph at Hollywood's highest honors since the original Oscar ceremony 83 years ago. Among other prizes for the black-and-white comic melodrama were best actor for Jean Dujardin and director for Michel Hazanavicius. The other top Oscars went to Meryl Streep as best actress for "The Iron Lady," Octavia Spencer as supporting actress for "The Help" and Christopher Plummer as supporting actor for "Beginners."
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