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Hollywood's biggest night got under way with the start of the 84th Academy Awards ceremony.

27 February,2012 06:48 am

The Artist, a silent black-and-white tribute to American cinema, earned 10 Oscar nominations, just one fewer than Martin Scorseses Hugo, a 3D family film that looks at the work of a early French film pioneer.Billy Crystal, in his ninth appearance as Oscars host, opened the show with a comic video montage of scenes from films nominated for best picture and others from 2011 that earned warm applause from the A-list audience.Following months of campaigning and a flurry of lesser prizes, Tinseltowns annual awards season has reached its high point with the most prestigious honors of them all -- the coveted golden Oscar statuettes.Hundreds of millions around the globe were expected to tune in for the ceremony, after A-listers strutted their stuff down the most-watched red carpet in the world.