INQUIRER.net: ‘Argo’ wins best picture in 85th Academy Awards

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'Argo' wins best picture in 85th Academy Awards Feb 25th 2013, 05:20 LOS ANGELES — Ben Affleck's Iran rescue thriller "Argo" has won best picture from the Academy Awards.   It's the first best picture winner not to be nominated for best director since 1989's "Driving Miss Daisy." But despite the omission of Affleck — or perhaps buoyed by it — "Argo" emerged as the Oscar favorite, winning top honors from the directors, producers, screen actors and writers guilds.   Affleck and fellow producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov accepted the award Sunday night.   Among the other eight nominees, Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" was perceived as the biggest competition to "Argo." The other nominees were "Life of Pi," ''Silv... Keep on reading: ‘Argo’ wins best picture in 85th Academy Awards Media files: argo1.jpg (image/jpeg)

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