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British actor Daniel Day-Lewis has made cinema [history / historical] by picking up his third Best Actor award at the Academy Awards in Hollywood. He becomes the first actor ever to win three [so / such] Oscars. Day-Lewis, 55, was the favourite to [scoop / scrape] the [prestigious / prestige] prize for his stunning [portrait / portrayal] of the USA's 16th president in the biopic “Lincoln”. The actor [previously / perilously] won for “My Left Foot” in 1990 and “There Will Be Blood” in 2008. He moves [passed / past] eight other men who won two Best Actor Oscars. Day-Lewis joked with reporters that he had no plans to [act / play] another famous person in his next movie, saying: "I can't think of anyone right now because I need to [lay / lie] down for a couple of years. It's really hard to imagine [do / doing] anything after this."

Britain's “Daily Telegraph” newspaper asked Day-Lewis [whether / which] he thought he was now the greatest ever actor because of this third Hollywood [accolade / acolyte] . He [humbly / dumbly] replied: "It's [daft / deft] isn't it? Sean Penn had to go through all this a [several / few] years ago. It changes all the time." Day-Lewis gave an [emotional / emotionally] and humorous acceptance speech in front of a [star-struck / star-studded] audience. He [paid / saved] tribute both to the president he portrayed, and to his wife Rebecca Miller. He said he was inspired [of / by] the, "beautiful mind, body and spirit of Abraham Lincoln" and joked that his [spouse / sparse] had "lived with some very strange men" throughout their 16-year marriage, referring to the different roles he had been practising for.