Oscars 2013: Daniel Day-Lewis makes Hollywood history
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Daniel Day-Lewis has made Oscars history by becoming the first man to win the best actor prize three times.
The British-born star, who had been the runaway favourite, was rewarded for his role in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln.
"I really don't know how any of this happened. I do know I've received much more than my fair share of good fortune in my life," he said.
Argo, directed by and starring Affleck, is the first best picture winner not to have also been nominated for best director since 1989's Driving Miss Daisy.
Oscars host Seth MacFarlane joked at the start of the ceremony: "Argo's story is so top-secret that its director remains unknown to the Academy."
Accepting his award alongside fellow producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov, Affleck paid tribute to the "genius" Steven Spielberg, who lost out in the same category.
Referring to his previous Oscar success with 1997's Good Will Hunting, he said: "I never thought I would be back here and I am because of so many of you who are here tonight.


















































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