The 74th Academy Awards will go down in history as the first time that a black actor and actress both won major prizes in the same year, but otherwise the Oscars were a tame affair.

Denzel Washington's Best Actor triumph for "Training Day" was overshadowed by Halle Berry's Best Actress victory for "Monster's Ball" - the first time a woman of colour has won the main prize for actresses. Berry's emotional acceptance speech was a combination of Cuba Gooding Jr's 1997 speech and Gwyneth Paltrow's 1999 blub-fest. Washington, by comparison, was coolness personified.

Ron Howard delivered a low-key speech when accepting the Best Director award for "A Beautiful Mind". Ditto his film's co-star Jennifer Connelly when claiming the Best Supporting Actress prize. Howard got to perform an encore when "Mind" walked away with the big prize of the evening, Best Picture.

In one of the few surprises, Brit actor Jim Broadbent walked off with Best Supporting Actor for "Iris". Another Brit victory came in the shape of Julian Fellowes, who claimed the Best Original Screenplay award for "Gosford Park".

The inaugural Best Animation Feature went to DreamWorks' "Shrek", ahead of "Monsters, Inc.". Pixar had small consolation, however, when its short "For the Birds" won the Best Animated Short.

Although "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" had received 13 nominations, it only went away with four awards (the same number as "Beautiful Mind") - claiming Best Makeup, Cinematography, Visual Effects, and Original Score.

The other winners on the evening were "Black Hawk Down", which picked up two awards (Best Editing and Sound), and "Moulin Rouge", which scored two for Best Costume and Art Direction - both won by the same woman, Catherine Martin.

Honorary Oscars were handed out to actors Sidney Poitier and Robert Redford, and director Arthur Hiller.

See the full list of winners.

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