Colin Firth forgets his Oscar in the bathroom

Colin Firth partied hard after his Oscar win for the Best Actor but the 'King's Speech' star almost lost his 8lb golden statuette after he left it in the bathroom.

The actor, who won the accolade for his performance as the stuttering King George VI in the British drama, was celebrating the win at a string of swanky champagne soirees but he almost lost the trophy during his trip to the toilet. Luckily, the cloakroom attendant spotted it on a cistern and chased after the star to hand it back, the Mirror reported.

"Everyone was trying to buy him drinks. He may be 50 but he knows how to party and was determined to make the most of the occasion," an Oscar source said. The British film eclipsed its big US rival The Social Network to win best picture, director and original screenplay.

After the ceremony, Colin hit the Governor's Ball, a Latin-themed bash where he and wife Livia mingled with Best Actress winner Natalie Portman before heading to Vanity Fair's party. His final venue was the private Harvey Weinstein bash where the cast and crew of 'The King's Speech' drank cocktails until after 2 am. They included Helena Bonham Carter, who lost out on Best Supporting Actress to 'The Fighter's Melissa Leo.

Divorce Made Me A Better Person: Sandra Bullock

Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock, who separated from husband Jessie James last year, said that her divorce has made her a better person.

The 46-year-old star, who divorced James when she discovered he was cheating on her just days after winning the Academy award, admitted that the whole experience has made her more patient and accommodating, reported E online.

"It's made me a better person, I'm more patient and accommodating. I really appreciate where I am," said Bullock.

The Blind Side star faced many changes in her personal life in the past year as she secretly adopted son Louis in January 2010, admitting that her role as a new mother had left her too exhausted to remember last year's ceremony.

"When I was presenting last time I'd only had like two hours [of sleep] and I don't remember anything. I remember none of it," Bullock added.

Wearing red Vera Wang gown, the actress looked stunning at the award ceremony this year, where she presented Colin Firth with his Best Actor Oscar for The King's Speech. Speaking about her dress, Bullock insisted that it was chosen for her son. "It felt good. And I know a little guy who likes red."

'The King's Speech' big winner of Oscar evening

"The King's Speech" and "Inception" tied at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards here Sunday night with four Oscars each, with the British royal drama bagging the big four of best picture, best direction, best actor and best writing while the sci-fi dominated the technical categories.

"The King's Speech", which was leading the Oscar nomination list with a presence in 12 categories, however, picked up the golden statuette in best picture as well as best direction (Tom Hooper), best actor (Colin Firth) and best original screenplay (David Seidler).

Natalie Portman bagged the best actress Oscar for her role in "Black Swan" at the ceremony in Hollywood's Kodak Theatre Sunday night.

Christopher Nolan's "Inception", starring Leonardo Di Caprio, won the awards for best cinematography, best sound editing, best sound mixing and best visual effects.

David Fincher's immensely popular "The Social Network" came close on the heels of the two films as it was awarded in three categories - best film editing, best music (original score) and best writing (adapted screenplay). The movie is based on the founding of the social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits, and is inspired from the 2009 non-fiction book "The Accidental Billionaires".

"In a Better World" from Denmark took the best foreign language film award.

"True Grit", which had 10 nominations at this year's Oscars, went empty handed.

However, films like "Toy Story 3", "Alice In Wonderland" and "The Fighter" won two honours each.

"Toy Story 3", which amassed USD 1.1 billion at the box office in 2010, won the Oscar in best animated feature film. It also picked the award for best music (original score) category, beating Indian music composer A.R. Rahman, who was nominated for Danny Boyle's "127 Hours".

Rahman was also nominated for best song "If I Can Rise" as well, but he missed the Oscar in that too.

"Alice In Wonderland" was given the Oscar for best art direction and best costume design, while "The Fighter" won the honours for Christian Bale and Melissa Leo for best supporting actor male and female respectively.

"Inside Job", which takes a closer look at what brought about the financial meltdown, won Oscar for the best documentary, features at the 83rd Academy Award. The golden statuette was given to Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs for the film.

Director Luke Matheny's "God of Love" was declared the best short film, (Live Action). It is about a lovestruck, lounge-singing darts champion who finds his prayers are answered when he mysteriously receives a box of love-inducing darts.

Oscar for the best documentary, short subjects went to "Strangers No More" by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon.

Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb and Paul J. Franklin walked away with the Oscar for best visual effects for their work in the much appreciated sci-fi movie "Inception", while Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall got the award for best editing for "The Social Network".

India-born film editor Tariq Anwar was also among the nominees for best editing.