[1]Christain Bale and Reese Witherspoon pose backstage in the press room at the 83rd Academy Awards
The King's Speech has been crowned best picture at an Academy Awards ceremony as precise as a state coronation, the monarchy drama leading as expected with four Oscars and predictable favourites claiming acting honours.
Colin Firth as stammering British ruler George VI in The King's Speech earned the best-actor prize on Sunday, while Natalie Portman won best actress as a delusional ballerina in Black Swan.
The boxing drama 'The Fighter' claimed both supporting-acting honors, for Christian Bale as a boxer-turned-drug-abuser and Melissa Leo as a boxing clan's domineering matriarch.
The King's Speech also won the directing prize for Tom Hooper and the original-screenplay Oscar for David Seidler, a boyhood stutterer himself.
Colin Firth is official hollywood royalty: He has won the best-actor Academy Award as stammering monarch George VI in The King's Speech, while Natalie Portman is the best-actress winner as a delusional ballerina in Black Swan.
The King's Speech, which led with 12 nominations, also won two other Oscars on Sunday, best director for Tom Hooper and original screenplay for David Seidler, a boyhood stutterer who was inspired by the British ruler's struggle to overcome his own stammer.
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