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Oscars Backstage 2013: The 10 Best Things Said Offscreen At The Academy Awards (PHOTOS)

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

This year’s Academy Awards may have been full of zingers and inappropriate Seth MacFarlane jokes, but some of the best banter took place backstage in the interview room where all the winners were harassed by a sea of reporters.

Questions ranged from the boring (“How does it feel to be a winner?”) to the completely off-topic (“Are you able to attend this teeny-tiny press event in Timbuktu next week?”) to the provocative (“Did you like the Boob song?”) to the very direct (“Are you impressed with yourself?”)

With the winners riding a wave of excitement, shock and alcohol, the very best things said at the Oscars were most likely not aired on television. Herewith are the top quotes of the night from behind the scenes:

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Oscars Recap: Affleck’s ‘Argo’ Wins Best Picture, Michelle Obama Appears & More

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

LOS ANGELES — Just as Oscar host Seth MacFarlane set his sights on a variety of targets with a mixture of hits and misses, the motion picture academy spread the gold around to a varied slate of films. “Argo” won best picture as expected, along with two other prizes. But “Life of Pi” won the most awards with four, including a surprise win for director Ang Lee.

“Les Miserables” also won three Academy Awards, while “Django Unchained” and “Skyfall” each took two.

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Andy Griffith & Oscars: Iconic Actor Missed In Academy’s ‘In Memoriam’ Honors

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

The 85th annual Academy Awards took a moment Sunday evening to honor a number of late Hollywood greats. The memoriam nodded to an extraordinary group, including Nora Ephron and Richard Zanuck. However, one actor was noticeably absent from the list.

Andy Griffith, who died on July 3, 2012 at the age of 86, wasn’t included as a part of the televised memoriam.

Griffith is perhaps best known for his television show, “The Andy Griffith Show.” He also starred in “Matlock,” recorded a Grammy-winning album, and appeared in multiple films.

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Academy Awards Winners List 2013: Winners From The 85th Annual Oscars

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

Ben Affleck, Anne Hathaway, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Bradley Cooper and more stars celebrated Hollywood’s biggest night on Feb. 24 at the Oscars. (An Academy Awards winners list for 2013 can be found below.)

Hosted by Seth MacFarlane (“Ted”), the 85th annual Academy Awards included a wide array of box office hits. For the first time ever, the Best Picture category included six films with grosses over $100 million, including “Argo,” “Django Unchained,” “Les Miserables,” “Life of Pi,” “Lincoln” and “Silver Linings Playbook.” “Zero Dark Thirty,” another Best Picture nominee, was in striking distance of nine figures as well. (The other Best Picture nominees, “Amour” and “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” were limited releases.)

The history making didn’t end there. The Oscars 2013 ceremony also included opportunities for Day-Lewis and Affleck to enter the record books. Day-Lewis, nominated for “Lincoln,” won his third Best Actor Oscar, an Academy Awards record. Affleck, meanwhile, became only the fourth director in the 85-year history of the Academy Awards to see his film win Best Picture without a subsequent nomination for Best Director. (The last time this happened was at the 1990 ceremony when “Driving Miss Daisy” won.)

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Fashion's Finest Fete the Academy Awards

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By Justin Fenner

Just because the Oscars celebrate the movies doesn’t mean fashion people don’t come out to play, too. Even in the middle of the international Fashion Weeks, the parties that start after the Oscars red carpet wraps up are filled with people who work in the industry. The annual Vanity Fair Oscar Party regularly draws designers like Tom Ford, Diane von Furstenberg, and Tory Burch – all of whom attended the bash this year – and Elton John‘s viewing party is famous for bringing in the stylish set. DSquared2 designers Dean and Dan Caten showed up to the singer’s party this year, as did supermodels Naomi Campbell and Heidi Klum.

A look at those boldface names – and all the other industry darlings who showed up to party – here in the gallery.

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Jennifer Lawrence Falls At Oscars When Accepting Best Actress Award (PHOTO, VIDEO)

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

Poor Jennifer Lawrence. She may have undeniable talent, but she might not always have grace.

Lawrence fell when walking to the stage to accept the Oscar for Best Actress on Sunday night. The “Silver Linings Playbook” actress took a tumble on her voluminous gown when she attempted to walk up the stairs.

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2013 Oscar Winners: ‘Lincoln’ And ‘Argo’ Among The Big Winners

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

The 85th annual Academy Awards were held Sunday and it was a big night for “Argo,” “Lincoln,” and “Les Miserables.”

“Lincoln” began the night with the most Academy Awards nominations. The film, which starred Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln, was up for 12 awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director. Close behind was “Life of Pi,” with 11 nominations.

“Argo” took home the award for Best Picture, with Daniel Day-Lewis winning Best Actor for “Lincoln.”

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Eiko Ishioka & Oscar: Late Designer Loses Best Costumes For ‘Mirror Mirror’

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Eiko Ishioka, the late costume designer who worked on “Mirror Mirror,” has lost at the Oscars 2013 ceremony. jacqueline Durran won for “Anna Karenina.”

Ishioka was nominated in the Best Costume Design category for the Snow White film, which starred Julia Roberts and Armie Hammer. Ishioka died in January of 2013 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 73.

Ishioka was already an Oscar winner once before. She took home a trophy at the 1993 ceremony for the costumes in “Bram Stoker’s Dracula.”

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Latinos At The Oscar Awards 2013: Salma Hayek, Zoe Saldaña And More Stars In The Red Carpet

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There were no big nominations for Latinos at the Oscars this year, yet those who attended the special evening sure knew how to make an impression on the red carpet where stars like Salma Hayek and Zoe Saldaña looked stunning.

Held at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday in Hollywood, Saldaña of Puerto Rican descent, shined in an asymmetrical gown, embellished with a belt and tridimensional features designed by Alexis Mabille Couture.

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Amanda Seyfried Oscar Dress 2013: See Her Red Carpet Look! (PHOTOS)

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The last time Amanda Seyfried attended the Oscars in 2010, the actress stunned in her Armani Prive gown but was only there to present an award. At this year’s Oscars, however, the actress’ film “Les Miserables” is up for quite a few Academy Awards — so our sartorial hopes were even higher.

Thus far, the blonde has aced all of her 2013 award show red carpets. Remember her blush-colored Givenchy number at the Golden Globes? And her navy blue Zac Posen stunner at the SAGs? Well, let’s just say, all of these looks have led up to Amanda’s finale red carpet turn at the Oscars.

See the 27-year-old’s Alexander McQueen dress at the 2013 Academy Awards and tell us what you think!

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Seth MacFarlane Oscars: Host Looks Toward Payoff On Brutal Preparation Work

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

Sunday night, it was Seth MacFarlane‘s <a target=_blank href="http://huffingtonpost.com/news/oscars-2013
” target=”_hplink”>Oscars. Win or lose, the comedian behind “Family Guy,” “Ted” and a host of other projects knew he had a lot of to live up to.

MacFarlane — who said he was working “150 hours a week” — admitted to being “a little exhausted” in the week before the Academy Awards.

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Jessica Chastain Oscar Dress 2013: See The Star’s Red Carpet Look! (PHOTOS)

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Jessica Chastain hasn’t been on the scene too long, but she already feels like an Oscars staple. Remember how gorgeous she looked last year in her regal Alexander McQueen gown?

Leading up to the big night, Ms. Chastain stunned a the Golden Globes in her Givenchy Couture dress and then at the SAG Awards in a Jessica Rabbit-inspired look. Tonight, at this year’s Academy Awards, the “Zero Dark Thirty” actress is up for a Best Actress honor, so we expected Jessica to bring out the star power in full force on the Oscars 2013 red carpet.

And she did — her glimmering nude Armani gown paired with red lipstick and vintage waves screamed Old Hollywood glamour. See Jessica Chastain’s look at the 2013 Oscars below and tell us what you think!

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Robin Roberts’ Oscars 2013 Red Carpet Appearance Is Stunning Surprise (PHOTOS)

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Robin Roberts made a triumphant return to the Oscars on Sunday, hitting the red carpet in a stunning blue velvet dress by Marc Bouwer.

Roberts, who just days ago resumed her “Good Morning America” hosting duties after a prolonged medical leave, took a private jet to Los Angeles so that her still-fragile immune system would not be compromised. She had made it a personal goal of hers to be able to host the Oscar pre-show for ABC, since it was at the 2012 Oscars that she began feeling signs of fatigue. She would soon discover that she needed a bone marrow transplant.

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Seth MacFarlane Academy Awards: Actor Hosts The 2013 Oscars

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Seth MacFarlane joins the ranks of Bob Hope, Fred Astaire, and Frank Sinatra Sunday evening as he hosts the Academy Awards.

“Certainly Billy Crystal, Johnny Carson and Bob Hope are the three that stand out as the paragons of class and effectiveness and comedic balance in the history of the Oscars,” MacFarlane told the AP last week. “I’m going to go out there and certainly be mindful that that’s what works but also try and inject some of what I do into the mix and hopefully come out with something that is fresh and surprising and has an edge but doesn’t completely thumb its nose at the Oscars.”

MacFarlane was seen as a risky choice by some for his boundary-pushing sense of humor.

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Christoph Waltz Oscar: Best Supporting Actor At Academy Awards Announced

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Christoph Waltz won Best Supporting Actor at the 85th annual Academy Awards, besting four other former Oscar winners.

Waltz’s Oscar win capped off one of the more competitive races in Academy Awards history.

Waltz, who plays a German bounty hunter in Quentin Tarantino’s Spaghetti Western homage, had previously won Best Supporting Actor awards from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globes) and BAFTA. Pairing with Tarantino has been a bingo for Waltz; he also won Best Supporting Actor for “Inglourious Basterds,” Tarantino’s revisionist World War II drama, at the 2010 Oscars ceremony.

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No Matter Who Takes The Oscars, Disney Already Won This Year

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By Dan Bigman, Forbes Staff

An hour or so into this year’s Academy Awards broadcast it’s already long enough to surmise that this year’s telecast probably won’t be a whole lot better or more tasteful or entertaining than any other recent broadcast. But no matter. The Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC, is already a winner thanks to the astounding prices they brought in for advertising on the show. …read more
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Roger Deakins & Oscar: ‘Skyfall’ Cinematography Loses Academy Award Again

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Roger Deakins and Oscar can’t get together.

Deakins, one of the most acclaimed cinematographers of the modern era, lost in the Best Cinematography category to “Life of Pi” cinematographer Claudio Miranda at the 85th annual Academy Awards. This was Deakins’ 10th nomination without securing a win.

The 63-year-old Deakins is responsible for the look of some of the most beloved films from the last 20 years. To wit, he was nominated in the Best Cinematography category for “The Shawshank Redemption,” “Fargo,” “Kundun,” “O Brother Where Art Thou?,” “The Man Who Wasn’t There,” “No Country for Old Men,” “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” “The Reader” and “True Grit.” Deakins is a frequent collaborator of the Coen Brothers and “Skyfall” director Sam Mendes; in addition to “Skyfall,” Deakins also shot “Jarhead” and “Revolutionary Road.”

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Best Animated Film: ‘Brave’ Wins At 2013 Academy Awards

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The 85th annual Academy Awards were held on Sunday and “Brave” took the Oscar for Best Animated Film.

“Frankenweenie,” “ParaNorman,” “The Pirates! Band of Misfits,” and “Wreck-It Ralph” were all vying, along with “Brave,” for the Best Animated Feature award.

Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman accepted the award for the film.

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‘Brave’ Oscar: Best Animated Film At 2013 Academy Awards

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“Brave”: Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature at the 85th annual Academy Awards.

Director Mark Andrews accepted the Oscar statue.

“Brave” is the seventh Pixar film to win Best Animated Feature in the 12 years that the category has existed at the Oscars. Co-directed by Andrews and Brenda Chapman, the film was a worldwide smash, grossing over $535 million. “Brave” was an important feature for the animation studio as it was the first Pixar film to feature a female protagonist.

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Jack Nicholson Oscars Memories: A Look Back On Jack At The Academy Awards

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Jack Nicholson will appear at the 2013 Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 24. This marks the first Academy Awards ceremony Nicholson has attended since 2008.

It’s possible that Nicholson will present Best Picture on Sunday night. “Argo” is expected to win that award, with “Lincoln” and “Silver Linings Playbook” as possibilities as well.

Nicholson is a three-time Oscar winner and 12-time nominee. He won Best Actor at the 1976 ceremony for “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.” (Here he is with Michael Douglas, Milos Forman, Louise Fletcher, and Saul Zaentz at the 48th annual Academy Awards.)

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