Jean Dujardin, Meryl Streep, Octavia Spencer, Jon Hamm, J. Lo, Katie Holmes, the Beckhams and, yes, Uggie, celebrate at the post-Oscar bashes

Self-parody! Loud crashes! Angelina Jolie's leg! Five things that managed to keep the 84th Annual Academy Awards from being a total snooze-fest

Many stars attended the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday night, but only a lucky few walked away with golden statuettes. Click through our photo gallery to relive their victories

Streep picks up her fourth Academy Award for playing British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

Hazanavicius became the Oscar favorite after beating Woody Allen, Alexander Payne, David Fincher and Martin Scorsese for the DGA Award

Spencer picks up her first Academy Award, adding to her trophies from the Golden Globes, SAG and Critics Choice Movie Awards

With a paucity of movie stars, no blockbusters and races largely devoid of drama, will the public bother tuning in to the Academy Awards?

As the Oscar race drags on and on, almost everybody just wants the big night to get here

For Clooney, the film led to his coming of age. Oh, and, yes, he's patched things up with "Three Kings" director David O. Russell