The silent, black-and-white “The Artist” movie took Oscar in “The Best Picture” category.

Its opponents were “The Descendants”, “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”, “The Help”, “Hugo”, “Midnight in Paris”, “Moneyball”, “The Tree of Life”, “War Horse” movies.

The main actor of “The Artist” Jean Dujardin was awarded as the best actor.

Meryl Streep was awarded as the best actress for her role in “The Iron Lady” movie, gazeta.ru reports.