Winners of 81'st Academy Awards(Oscars)

Winners of 81st Academy Awards (Oscars)


Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Actress: Kate Winslet (The Reader)

Best Actor: Sean Penn (Milk)

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger ( The Dark Knight)

Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)

Best Animated Film: Wall-E

Best Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt; Set Direction Victor J. Zolfo (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best in Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle (Slumdog Millionaire)

Best in Costume Design: Michael O. Connor (The Duchess)

Best in Film Editing:Chris Dickens (Slumdog Millionaire

Best Foreign Language Film: "Departures" (Japan)

Best in Make-up: Greg Cannom (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

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The Oscar's fever will finally end as the winners will be announced on Sunday, February 22, 2009, 5:00pt/8 et on ABC. Among the top bet for the best pictures are Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Sean Penn of Milk and Richard Jenkins of The Visitor, two of the favorites for the Best Actor category while Anne Hathaway(Rachel Getting Married and Kate Winslet(The Reader) for Best Actress. This is Kate's sixth nominations in the Academy while a first nomination to Anne Hathaway.



Partial List of Winners:
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, "Milk."
Animated Feature Film: "WALL-E."
Art Direction: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
Cinematography: "Slumdog Millionaire."
Sound Editing: "The Dark Knight."
Costume: "The Duchess."
Documentary Feature: "Man on Wire."
Documentary (short subject): "Smile Pinki."
• Makeup: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
• Animated Short Film: "La Maison en Petits Cubes."
• Live Action Short Film: "Spielzeugland (Toyland)."
• Visual Effects: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

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81st Annual Academy Awards Nominees

81st Annual Academy Awards/Oscars

The 81st Annual Academy Awards also known as the Oscars will be on February 22, 2009, 8:00pm ET/5pm PT on ABC. It will also be Live Via Telecast on ABS-CBN on February 23, 2009 at 9:00 in the morning.

The Nominees are:

Best Picture

1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2. Frost/Nixon

3. Milk
4. The Reader
5. Slumdog Millionaire

Best Director
1. Danny Boyle- Slumdog Millionaire
2. Ron Howard-Frost/Nixon
3. Gus Van Sant-Milk
4. David Fincher-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Stephen Daldry- The Reader

Best Actor
1. Richard Jenkins- The Visitor
2. Frank Langella-Frost/Nixon
3. Sean Penn-Milk
4. Brad Pitt-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Mickey Rourke-The Wrestler

Best Actress
1. Anne Hathaway-Rachel Getting Married
2. Angelina Jolie-Changeling
3. Melissa Leon- Frozen River
4. Merryl Streep-Doubt
5. Kate Winslet-The Reader

Best Supporting Actor
1. Josh Brolin-Milk
2. Robert Downey Jr.- Tropic Thunder
3. Heath Ledger- The Dark Night
4. Michael Shannon-Revolutionary Road
5. Philip Seymour Hoffman-Doubt

Best Supporting Actress
1. Amy Adams-Doubt
2. Penelope Cruz- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
3. Viola Davis-Doubt
4. Marisa Tomei-The Wrestler
5. Taraji Henson-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Animated Feature
1. Bolt
2. Kung Fu Panda
3. Wall-e

Best Foreign Language Film
1. The Baader Mainhof Complex
2. The Class
3. Departure
4. Revanche
5. Waltz with Bashir

Best Originl Song
1. " Down to Earth" Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman -WALL-E
2. "Jai Ho" A.R. Rahman and Gulzar- Slumdog Millionaire
3. "O Saya" A. R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam- Slumdog Millionaire

Summary of the Nominated Movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -13 nominations
Slumdog Millionaire -10 nominations
Milk -8 nominations
The Dark Knight- 8 nominations
Wall-E- 6 nominations

With 5 nominations:
Frost/Nixon
Reader
Doubt

With 3 nominations:
Changeling
Revolutionary Road

With 2 nominations:
The Duchess
The Wrestler
Iron man
Frozen River
Wanted

With 1 nomination:
The Visitor
Rachel Getting Married
Tropic Thunder
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Kung Fu Panda
Bolt
Australia
Defiance
Hellboy: The Golden Army