The King's Speech wins big at Oscars

With 12 nominations going into the ceremony, “The King’s Speech” took home four of the biggest awards on Oscar night, including Best Picture.

The film was also awarded the lead actor Oscar for Colin Firth’s performance. 

“The King’s Speech” director Tim Hooper and writer David Seidler also took home Oscars for the film. 

The movie is about a British monarch with a stutter whose speech therapist helps him overcome it.

Other winners included “Inception” with four Oscars, “The Social Network” with three and "The Fighter" won two. 

Quebec was well-represented, but could not bring home any gold.

Denis Villeneuve’s “Incendies” lost the Foreign Language Oscar to Denmark’s entry “In a Better World.”

Montreal-shot “Barney’s Version,” based on Mordecai Richler’s book, was nominated for the Achievement in Makeup Oscar, but lost it to the team from “The Wolfman.”

Celine Dion performed “Smile” during the In Memoriam tribute. 

Actors Melissa Leo, Christian Bale and Natalie Portman also won awards for their performances in their films.