Special report: The 80th Academy Awards

List of winners of Academy Awards

Joel (L) and Ethan Coen walk on stage to accept their best Picture Oscar during the 80th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, Feb. 24, 2008(Photo: chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, Feb. 25 -- "No Country For Old Men" won the Oscar for best film and its makers, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, were named best directors on Sunday, giving the bleak crime drama four of the world's top movie awards.

    Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored a wide range of movies, actors and actresses from several countries.

    Briton Daniel Day-Lewis won the Oscar for best actor as a sadistic oil prospector in the early 20th century whose rise to wealth and power comes at a deep cost to his soul.

    France's Marion Cotillard was named best actress, Britain's Tilda Swinton took supporting actress and Spain's Javier Bardem won supporting actor.

    Cotillard earned her Academy Award portraying singer Edith Piaf in "La Vie en Rose" and became the first French actress to win the Oscar in that category since 1960.

    "I'm speechless now," Cotillard said on stage, visibly surprised and overjoyed. "Thank you life, thank you love. It is true there (are) some angels in this city."

    Swinton won supporting actress playing an ethically challenged corporate lawyer in the thriller "Michael Clayton" and Bardem was given his award for portraying a sadistic killer in "No Country For Old Men."

    Bardem, who hails from a family of performers, took the occasion to thank his family in Spanish, apologizing in advance to the Hollywood audience.

    "Mama, this is for you. This is for your grandparents and your parents," said Bardem. "This is for the comedians of Spain who like you have brought dignity and pride to our profession. This is for Spain and this is for all of you."

    The fourth Oscar for "No Country For Old Men" also went to the Coen brothers for best adapted screenplay by basing their movie on the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name.

(Source: chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies)

"No Country for Old Men" wins best picture Academy Award

"No Country for Old Men" won the best picture Academy Award on Sunday. (File Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

   LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- "No Country for Old Men" won the best picture Academy Award on Sunday. Full story

Daniel Day-Lewis wins Best Actor Oscar

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis accepts the Oscar for best actor for "There Will Be Blood" during the 80th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, Feb. 24, 2008.  (Photo: chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, Feb. 25 -- Daniel Day-Lewis won his second Oscar on Sunday for his role as a vicious early 20th century oil entrepreneur in the drama "There Will Be Blood."

    Day-Lewis, 50, has swept this year's awards season with a performance that dominates the screen as an ambitious oil explorer with a sadistic streak. Full story

Cotillard wins best actress Oscar, Bardem takes supporting-actor

Actress Marion Cotillard accepts the Oscar for best actress for "La Vie en Rose" during the 80th annual Academy Awards, the Oscars, in Hollywood Feb. 24, 2008. (Photo: chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies) Photo Gallery>>>

    LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- France's Marion Cotillard won the best actress Oscar award Sunday for her role in "La Vie en Rose."

    Acting as a French singer in the film, Cotillard beat favorite Julie Christie, who had been expected to grab a second Oscar for "Away From Her." Full story

Javier Bardem wins Oscars best supporting actor

Actor Javier Bardem accepts the Oscar for best supporting actor for "No Country for Old Men" during the 80th annual Academy Awards, the Oscars, in Hollywood Feb. 24, 2008. (Photo: chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, Feb. 25 -- Spanish performer Javier Bardem won the Oscar as best supporting actor on Sunday for his chilling portrait of a psychopathic killer in "No Country For Old Men."

    Bardem, 38, who has won virtually every movie award this season for his performance, claimed the Oscar in his second bid for the film industry's highest honor. Full story

Actress Tilda Swinton accepts the Oscar for best supporting actress for "Michael Clayton" during the 80th annual Academy Awards, the Oscars, in Hollywood Feb. 24, 2008. (Photo: chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies) Photo Gallery>>>