With the 81st Academy Awards about half way through, here are the winners so far and as more come I’ll post em’ up too!
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz-’Vicky Cristina Barcelona’
Writing (Original Screenplay)
‘Milk’-Dustin Lance Black
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
‘Slumdog Millionaire’-Simon Beaufoy
Animated Feature Film
‘Wall-E’-Andrew Stanton
Short Film (Animated)
‘La Maison En Petits Cubes’-Kunio Kato
Art Direction
‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’-Donald Graham Burt (Art Direction); Victor J. Zolfo (Set Decoration)
Costume Design
‘The Duchess’-Michael O’Connor
Make Up
‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’-Greg Cannom
Cinematography
‘Slumdog Millionaire’-Anthony Dod Mantle
Short Film (Live Action)
‘Spielzeugland (Toyland)’-Jochen Alexander Freydank
Actor in a Supporting Role
Heath Ledger-’The Dark Knight’
Documentary Feature
‘Man on Wire’-James Marsh and Simon Chinn
Documentary (Short)
‘Smile Pinki’-Megan Mylan
Visual Effects
‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’-Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
Sound Editing
‘The Dark Knight’-Richard King
Sound Mixing
‘Slumdog Millionaire’-Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
Film Editing
‘Slumdog Millionaire’-Chris Dickens
Music (Score)
‘Slumdog Millionaire’-A.R. Rahman
Music (Song)
‘Slumdog Millionaire’-”Jai Ho”
Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar
Foreign Language Film
‘Departures’-Yojiro Takita (Japan)
Directing
‘Slumdog Millionaire’-Danny Boyle
Actress in a Leading Role
Kate Winslet-’The Reader’
Actor in a Leading Role
Sean Penn-’Milk’
Best Picture
‘Slumdog Millionaire’-Christian Colson
Well in conclusion I don’t think there were too many surprises during the night. The biggest may have been Sean Penn winning Best Actor for ‘Milk’ I thought it would be either him or Mickey Rourke in ‘The Wrestler’.
‘Slumdog Millionaire’ – 8 Wins
‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ -3 Wins
‘Milk’ – 2 Wins
‘The Dark Knight’ – 2 Wins
Post your thoughts, comments, compliments and or complaints below!
Source: Oscars
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Worst oscars to date and that’s an understatement as the show keep getting worse every year. Is there only drama that the oscar nominators watch? I mean there is other genres that they seem determined to ignore. The highlight was the action movies of 2008 montage and Will Smith’s comment about his preference on action movies and why was spot on. The academy should take notes…
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