OMG! That was fantastic, wasn’t it?
This year’s 81st Annual Academy Awards were definitely among the most memorable! So many stars on the redcarpet, so much fashion and glam…
I can’t put into words how glad I was when Kate Winslet got the Best Actress award for The Reader. She had to go a long way of 5 noms to get the so long-awaited golden statuette.
Congrats, Kate!
Slumdog Millionaire was the ultimate winner of the night taking the main awards for best film, best director, best screen play, best cinematography. All in all, Millionaire took home 8 Oscars out of 8 it was nominated for.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button led in nominations for the 2009 Oscars but ended up with 4 wins. Not so bad, anyway.
Neither Brad Pitt, nor Angelina Jolie got the Best Actor award. Actually, these last two months weren’t pretty successful in getting awards for the couple. But as some people like to say, participation is what matters, right?
And one more important thing. This year’s Oscar is the second time in The Awards’ history when a late actor gets a posthumous Oscar. Heath Ledger was awarded Best Supporting Actor for the Joker in The Dark Knight.
I was backing him, well, practically everyone was backing him.
As it was reported long before the ceremony, Ledger’s statuette will be given to his daughter Matilda, now 3, when she turns 18.
And here’s the complete list of 2009 Oscars winners:
Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor
Sean Penn, Milk
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Actress
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Director
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Screenplay
Milk
Best Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated Feature Film
Wall-E
Best Art Direction
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Costume Design
The Duchess
Best Documentary
Man on Wire
Best Documentary Short
Smile Pinki
Best Film Editing
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Film
Departures, Japan
Achievement In Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Original Score
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Song
‘Jai Ho,’ Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated Short
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Best Live Action Short
Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Best Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Best Sound Mixing
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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