CONGRATS: OSCAR WINNERS

The lights are down. All the wonderful fashions are now today's news. Some where winners and some well we wont call them losers here since it is an honor in itself to be nominated. We here at La Luna Readers would like to say well done to all those that took home and Oscar last night. If you missed the show here is a list of the winners:

Best Motion Picture of the Year: ARGO

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Jennifer Lawrence (Yes Katniss won--Take that)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis (Like we didn't already know)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Anne Hathaway

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz

And to all those that were nominated and did not get to take home that little guy we say good job. I am especially proud of Quenzhane Wallis, from Beasts of the Southern Wild. This young sister is out there showing us this month that anything is possible from us now even at that age.

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