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The film is up for best picture at the Oscars, where Russell is nominated for adapted screenplay and director and Cooper and Lawrence are in the running for the lead-acting honors.

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Oscar-winner Silver Linings Playbook took three awards including best male and female for lead actors Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.

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The film won best comedy actor and actress for leads Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, best comedy film, and best ensemble for a cast which includes Oscar nominees Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver.

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Silver Linings Playbook garnered nods for Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in the best actress and best actor categories.

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This is where Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper) and Tiffany Maxwell (Jennifer Lawrence) meet for a late-night bowl of Raisin Bran.

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David O Russell was rewarded with the best adapted screenplay prize for Silver Linings Playbook, but hotly tipped Oscar contender Jennifer Lawrence and her co-star Bradley Cooper missed out in the acting categories.

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"Silver Linings Playbook" centers on the relationship between a man (Bradley Cooper) just out of a mental hospital and a young widow (Lawrence).

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CNN's Anderson Cooper, Susan Candiotti, Rich Phillips, Arthur Brice, Eric Marrapodi and Chris Lawrence contributed to this report.

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