Prior to Sunday, the 85th edition of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), also known as the Academy Awards or Oscar, which held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California would never have been imagined to enthrone the several records that were erased and reset. But that was exactly what happened.

At the ceremony, viewed by over 40 million people worldwide, Adele's Skyfall became the first James Bond theme to win the Oscar for Best Original Song, although three of his themes — Live and Let Die, For Your Eyes Only and Nobody Does it Better ― had been nominated over the last 50 years without winning.

In other highlights of the night, Walt Disney Studios earned a record 17 Oscar nominations in the studio's history in a single award year ― 12 for Lincoln, one for The Avengers, one for Brave, one for Frankenweenie, one for Paperman, and one for Wreck-It Ralph.

Similarly, Daniel Day-Lewis became the first actor in the history of The Oscars to win three Best Actor awards (1989, 2007, and 2012).

Emmanuelle Riva, at 85, became the oldest nominee in the Best Actress category while nine-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis became the youngest nominated actress in the Best Actress category.

Some of the awards at this year’s Oscars were tweaked, the Academy Award for Best Art Direction becoming the Academy Award for Best Production Design (after the Art Directors Branch of AMPAS became the Designers Branch) and the Academy Award for Best Makeup becoming the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

Ben Afleck, who many have constantly bashed for his supposed inexistent acting skills, turned out to be the belle of the ball at the Academy Awards, winning the Best Picture category, the award for Editing, as well as Best Adapted Screenplay for his movie, Argo.

In a dramatic turn of events, 22-year-old Jennifer Lawrence stumbled while gliding to the podium to accept her Oscar for Best Actress in a movie for her eccentric role in David O Russell's Silver Linings Playbook.

Two-time Oscar nominee and first-time winner, Anne Hathaway was unusually composed when her name was announced as winner for the Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in movie-musical Les Miserables but at the backstage, the I-dreamed-A-dream singer became a bag of emotions as she choked up while talking to the press about her win.

Life of Pi, the story of a 16-year-old Indian boy’s passage to America, scooped the highest number of awards (four) and earned Director Ang Lee his second Oscar for Best Director category. It also won The Oscars for Cinematography, Visual Effects and Original Score.

Below is a full list of winners and categories of the awards:
1. Best Picture: Argo
2. Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
3. Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
4. Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
5. Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
6. Best Director: Ang Lee, Life of Pi
7. Foreign Language Film: Amour
8. Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio, Argo
9. Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
10. Animated Feature Film: Brave
11. Production Design: Lincoln
12. Cinematography: Life of Pi
13. Sound Mixing: Les Miserables
14. Sound Editing (tie): Skyfall, Zero Dark Thirty
15. Original Score: Life of Pi, Mychael Danna
16. Original Song: Skyfall from “Skyfall,” Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
17. Costume: Anna Karenina
18. Documentary Feature: Searching for Sugar Man
19. Documentary (short subject): Inocente
20. Film Editing: Argo
21. Makeup and Hairstyling: Les Miserables
22. Animated Short Film: Paperman
23. Live Action Short Film: Curfew
24. Visual Effects: Life of Pi