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'Argo' wins best picture on shared Oscars night

Ben Affleck's Iran hostage drama "Argo" won the coveted best film Oscar late Sunday, while Daniel Day-Lewis took a record third best actor prize at the 85th Academy Awards, Hollywood's biggest night.

Argo director Ben Affleck accepts the Oscar for Best Movie onstage at the 85th Annual Academy Awards on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Iran hostage drama "Argo" won the coveted best film Oscar late Sunday, while Daniel Day-Lewis took a record third best actor prize at the 85th Academy Awards, Hollywood's biggest night.

Taiwan-born Ang Lee won best director for his spectacular 3D fantasy "Life of Pi," while Jennifer Lawrence was crowned best actress for "Silver Linings Playbook."

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    Discussion 1 : 26 Feb 2013 at 16.041

    "Argo" is for Canada what "Anna & The King" is for Thailand - a totally distorted, screwed up Americanized version of history.

    For the record, the hero CIA agent actually spent one and a half days in Teheran.

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