The Coen brothers swept the top categories....winning best picture, directing and adapted screenplay for "No Country for Old Men."

Ethan Cohen -

"And we are very thankful to all of you for letting us play in our corner of

the sandbox, so thank you very much."

Their movie also won an oscar in the best supporting actor category - with

Spanish actor Javier Bardem portraying a serial killer chasing after two

million dollars in drug money.

Another European actor -- Daniel Day Lewis picked up the best actor oscar

for "There will be Blood."

Fellow Brit Tilda Swinton won supporting actress for her role in the movie "

Michael Clayton."

Tilda Swinton - From Late Lineup

"I'm sort of stoked as they say. I think it's fantastic.

And from France.... Marion Cotillard took the stage to accept the best

actress Oscar for playing singer Edith Piaf in "La Vie en Rose."

Marion Cotillard
"I am speechless.....thank you life. Thank you love."

Best original screenplay went to former stripper turned writer Diablo Cody

for the hit teen pregnancy comedy "Juno."

Diablo Cody
"Most of all I want to thank my family for loving me exactly the way I am (

crying)."

Host Jon Stewart delivered political one-liners during Hollywood's big

glamor night.

Jon Stewart
"Oscar is 80 this year which makes him automatically the front runner for

the republican nomination."