French actor Jean Dujardin has picked up the best actor award for silent black and white movie The Artist. The film picked up five awards out of the eleven for which it was nominated.Meryl Streep is true Hollywood gold. And so if you ever see Streep jumping ship to join some famous colleagues - like her Kramer vs. Kramer co-star Dustin Hoffman - who are flocking to appear in cable TV dramas, you’ll know that the movie industry really is in trouble.
But the longing for the old, untouchable Hollywood was even more evident as The Artist, a movie about the transition from the silent screen to talkies, swept the awards. That Jean Dujardin won Best Actor for playing a silent leading man said it all. Those were the days when a star was star - even if he couldn’t utter a word.
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