Silent movie "The Artist" crowned its spectacular awards season success by winning five Oscars including the coveted Best Picture prize at the 84th Academy Awards.

0510 GMT: So, that's it for another year, an Oscars of few surprises where things went mostly according to prediction.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Rango" won the Oscar for best animated feature film on Sunday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Rango," starring Johnny Depp as the voice of a pet chameleon who tries to bring law and order to a town in the Wild West, won the Oscar for best animated feature film on Sunday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Help" actress Octavia Spencer and history-making veteran Christopher Plummer in "Beginners" took two major acting Oscars on Sunday and were among a wide range of winners as the world's top film awards headed toward its conclusion.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Help" actress Octavia Spencer and "Beginners" veteran Christopher Plummer won the first two major acting Oscars on Sunday with Plummer making history as the oldest Academy Award winner ever at 82.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood showed some love for its history at the Oscars on Sunday, giving its best film award and four others to silent movie "The Artist" in a ceremony that recalled why cinema is special to so many people.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar organizers on Thursday night celebrated this year's nominees for best animated film, including two foreign language movies that use traditional hand-drawn animation in an era when computer images dominate the art form.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced nominations for the 2012 Academy Awards on Tuesday. The winners will be named at the annual Oscars ceremony in Hollywood on February 26.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced nominations for the 2012 Academy Awards on Tuesday. The winners will be named at the annual Oscars ceremony in Hollywood on February 26.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A group of movies offering personal redemption and hope swept up Oscar nominations on Tuesday, led by Martin Scorsese's colorful "Hugo" with 11 and silent-era romance "The Artist" with 10, including a best film nod for both.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A group of movies offering personal redemption and hope swept up Oscar nominations on Monday, led by Martin Scorsese's colorful "Hugo" with 11 and silent-era romance "The Artist" with 10, including a best film nod for both.

0440 GMT: "The Artist", which entered the race with a leading six nominations, was the night's big winner receiving three Globes - best comedy or musical, best actor in a comedy or drama and best score.

Early Oscars go to Octavia Spencer, "Hugo" and "The Artist"

Paramount Studios announced Wednesday they plan to create an in-house division for animated films, the first of which will debut in 2014.

SYDNEY (Hollywood Reporter) - One doesn't go to Rio searching for the meaning of life at Carnivale and neither will you find it in "Rio," a tropical-colored 3D animated wingding that will have kids and their chaperones shaking a tail feather to its pulsating Latin beats.

LONDON (Reuters) - "Hop," the story of the Easter Bunny's teenage son in Hollywood, was Britain's most popular film over a quiet weekend for UK box offices, earning 1.39 million pounds ($2.27 million), according to Screen International on Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Battle: Los Angeles" led the foreign box office for a second weekend on Sunday, bolstered by robust business in China.

LONDON (Reuters) - Johnny Depp's Wild West chameleon movie "Rango" is Britain's most popular film again after a quiet weekend at the box office, according to Screen International on Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Thriller "Limitless" topped North American box offices with $19 million in ticket sale over a lackluster weekend that continued Hollywood's losing streak versus last year.