Movie The Artist won five Oscars including best picture and director

'The Artist' takes five Oscars, including best picture, director

The black-and-white comic melodrama took five prizes Sunday, including best picture, actor for Jean Dujardin and director for Michel Hazanavicius. Not since the World War I saga "Wings" was named outstanding picture at the first Oscars in 1929.

'The Artist' earns best-picture Oscar; Streep, Dujardin win lead-acting prizes

LOS ANGELES — “The Artist” won five Academy Awards on Sunday including best picture, becoming the first silent film to triumph at Hollywood's highest honors since the original Oscar ceremony 83 years ago. Among other prizes for the black-and-white

Oscars: 'The Artist' wins best picture; Jean Dujardinbest actor, Meryl Streep

It was, however, the sole win for the most popular (in terms of grosses) of the nine nominated best picturetitles. “Rango,” an animated Sergio Leone-inflected Western that suited this Oscar year's obsession with nostalgia and populist mythmaking