Annnnd the results are in!

Australian actors may have lost out in several major categories, but when it comes to the Oscars a quirky animator proved yes we Tan! Melbourne filmmaker Shaun Tan took home the Academy Award yesterday in the short animated film category for The Lost Thing. Animation powerhouse Pixar was expected to take out the gong for Night & Day, with Tan's victory causing one of the few upsets at the ceremony.
``Wow, this is quite surreal,'' Tan said on stage at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood accepting his award.
``Our film is about a creature that nobody pays any attention to and it is wonderfully ironic.''

The win continues a strong tradition for Australians in the category, with Adam Elliot's claymation short animated film Harvie Krumpet taking out the Oscar in 2005. Although Hollywood star Nicole Kidman and underdog Jacki Weaver both lost out in their respective categories, Aussies had plenty to celebrate with British-Australian co-production The King's Speech taking the top honours for best picture, best actor for Colin Firth and best director for Tom Hooper. Geoffrey Rush may have lost to Christian Bale in the best supporting actor category, but the veteran Australian actor still had the opportunity to get up on stage and collect the best picture award for The King's Speech, which he shared with several other producers including Aussie Emile Sherman.
(Above) Ok, yeah, I know she didn’t win an Oscar but Scar Jo looked so darn hot how could I NOT include this pic? My fave outfits with Sacr Jo, Mila Kunis, Cate Blanchett, Mandy Moore and Natalie Portman.

Other Australians to win at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards were Kirk Baxter in the editing category for The Social Network and make-up artist Dave Elsey for his work on The Wolfman. Ben Snow and Joe Farrell missed out on the award for Visual Effects for Iron Man 2 and Hereafter respectively. Fan favourite Natalie Portman won the best actress award for Black Swan, giving a tearful acceptance speech, with The Fighter's Melissa Leo claiming best supporting actress.

Actors Anne Hathaway and James Franco took over the hosting duties from Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin last year, but the online community was not happy with their performance. Twitter was flooded with negative comments about the duo, calling for British comedian Ricky Gervais to host in 2012 after his notorious Golden Globes performance.