Oscars 2011: all the winners – in pictures

The 83rd Academy Awards kicked off with an opening monologue – widely considered slightly substandard – from James Franco and Anne Hathaway Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Early on Wally Pfister picked up the cinematography gong for Inception Photograph: GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images

Friends With Benefits stars Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis introduced the award for best animated short with a flopping bit of business about a Shrek app Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

While Lee Unkrich picked up the full-length animation award for Toy Story 3 Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Franco and Hathaway returned, but consensus was the ceremony hadn't quite taken off yet … Photograph: GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images

Enter Kirk Douglas, 96, whose near-unintelligible, almost endless chat-up of Anne Hathaway provided some much-needed unexpectedness Photograph: GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images

He presented the award to Melissa Leo, who beat out her Fighter co-star Amy Adams Photograph: GARY HERSHORN/REUTERS

Leo made an emotional speech in she which professed she was "lost for words up here" Photograph: Michael Caulfield/WireImage

Then she found them again: "I saw Cate do this a few years ago and it looked so fucking easy!" Photograph: Michael Caulfield/WireImage

Still, she stood her ground on stage, despite the best efforts of the elderly presenter Photograph: Michael Caulfield/WireImage

Leo was joyfully unrepentant in the press room afterwards Photograph: Steve Granitz/WireImage

Christian Bale picked up his first ever Oscar for best supporting actor in The Fighter. In his speech he promised not to follow in Leo's footsteps ("I've already done that in private"). Still, he did let rip with a big cockney "Bloody hell!" like the LA-dwelling Welshman he is Photograph: Michael Caulfield/WireImage

Sorry, Christian, sorry – we take it all back Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Not a highlight … Hathaway's tux-clad Hugh Jackman spoof did not go down well Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Likewise Franco's Monroe impression. Though his Charlie Sheen gag fared better Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Tempest co-stars Russell Brand and Helen Mirren did a bilingual presentation of the best foreign language film Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

And here they are with the winner, Susanne Bier, director of In a Better World Photograph: Jason Merritt/Getty Images

The one you've all been waiting for … Tom Hanks, set decorator Karen O'Hara and production designer Robert Stromberg Photograph: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

Yes, it's best sound mixing … Lora Hirschberg, Ed Novick and Gary A Rizzo for Inception Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Australia co-stars Hugh Jackman, left, and Nicole Kidman presented for best original score award Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

The evening's one bonafide shoo-in: The Social Network screenwriter Aaron Sorkin Photograph: Jason Merritt/Getty Images

The wolf and the man … Rick Baker, left, and Dave Elsey accept the Oscar for best makeup for The Wolfman Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

A popular winner … Jake Gyllenhaal hands Luke Matheny his Oscar for best live action short film for God of Love Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Less popular … Zachary Levi and Mandy Moore sang a song from Tangled Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Oprah Winfrey, whose air Anne Hathaway was pleased to breathe Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Two people whose Prius's may be treated to impromptu paint jobs … Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs whose Inside Job beat Banksy to the best documentary Oscar Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Randy Newman accepts his Oscar for best original song for We Belong Together in Toy Story 3 Photograph: GARY HERSHORN/REUTERS

Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law presented the awards for film editing and visual effects Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Apple cart. Upset. Tom Hooper accepts the Oscar for best achievement in directing Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Hilary Swank congratulates Tom Hooper Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Best actress winner Natalie Portman was 'in awe' of her fellow nominees Photograph: Chris Carlson/AP

Kirk Douglas and Hugh Jackman on stage Photograph: Michael Caulfield/WireImage

Colin Firth mysteriously said he was about to give in to some 'impulses' as he picked up the best actor Oscar
Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images

Whether those impulses included an insatiable urge to pose in front of a posse of press photographers seems debatable Photograph: Ian West/PA

Producers Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Gareth Unwin accepted the best picture award for The King's Speech Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images