British star Colin Firth celebrated his Oscar win with a string of kisses — before threatening to dance on stage. The King’s Speech actor was named best actor at the 83rd Academy Awards — and promptly kissed wife Livia. Then he kissed co-star — and his wife in the movie — Helena Bonham Carter. And the kissing didn’t stop there — for when he reached the stage he also kissed presenter Sandra Bullock. Then as he began his Oscar speech, he revealed he was “experiencing stirrings” and threatened that they may turn into dance moves on the stage. But he managed to get through his two-minute speech without breaking out any moves before finishing off with: “Now if you will all excuse me I have some impulses I have to tend to backstage!” Firth looked stunned as his name was read out by Bullock for best actor. He stood for a moment on the stage looking down at his award before making his own speech. He then said: “I have a feeling my career has just peaked. My deepest thanks to academy. I am afraid I have to warn you that I am experiencing stirrings, some in the upper abdominals which are threatening to form themselves into dance moves which joyous as they may be for me, would be extremely problematic if they make it to my legs before I get off stage, so I’m going to my best to be brief with my gratitude for being on this extraordinary list of fellow nominees. They are something quite formidable and possibly the greatest honour of this. All the crew and my fellow cast members. All those that are not here and those who are, Geoffrey and Helena and Guy, who virtuosity made it very difficult to be as bad as I was planning to be and David Seidler, whose owns struggles have given so many people the benefit of his beautiful voice. And Tom Hooper whose immense courage and clear-sightedness with which he interpreted that. The men who finessed this to the screen Gareth, Emile, Xavier and of course Harvey who first took me on 20 years ago when I was a mere child sensation. All the people who have been rooting for me back home. And my very fortunate friendship with Tom Ford, who I owe a very piece of this. And to the Anglo-Italian-American-Canadian access which makes up my family. And Livia for putting up with my fleeting delusions of royalty, who I hold responsible for this and for everything that’s really good and happened since I met her. Now if you will all excuse me I have some impulses I have to tend to back stage. Thank you very much.”
Oscar Winners 2011: Your Complete List of Academy Award Winners!
BEST PICTURE
The King’s Speech
BEST ACTOR
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
BEST ACTRESS
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
BEST DIRECTOR
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
BEST SONG
“We Belong Together,” Toy Story 3, Randy Newman
BEST EDITING
The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Inside Job, Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
God of Love, Luke Matheny
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Strangers No More, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood
BEST MAKEUP
The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
BEST SOUND EDITING
Inception, Richard King
BEST SOUND MIXING
Inception, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novick
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Fighter
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
In a Better World (Denmark)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The King’s Speech, Screenplay by David Seidler
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Social Network, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Toy Story 3
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Inception, Wally Pfister
BEST ART DIRECTION
