Oscars 2013: Ben Affleck's Argo wins the Best Picture Award

Los Angeles: Ben Affleck's Iran rescue thriller Argo has won best picture from the Academy Awards.It's the first best picture winner not to be nominated for best director since 1989's "Driving Miss Daisy." But despite the omission of Affleck — or perhaps buoyed by it — Argo emerged as the Oscar favorite, winning top honors from the directors, producers, screen actors and writers guilds.[caption id="attachment_638124" align="alignleft" width="380"] AP[/caption]Affleck and fellow producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov accepted the award Sunday night.Among the other eight nominees, Steven Spielberg's Lincoln was perceived as the biggest competition to Argo. The other nominees were Life of Pi, Silver Linings Playbook, em>Zero Dark Thirty," ''Les Miserables," ''Amour," ''Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "Django Unchained."AP