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41.3 Million Watch 82nd Academy Awards Telecast
41.3 million people watched the 82nd Academy Awards telecast. It was the largest viewership for the Oscars in five years. Neil Patrick Harris's short opening number was entertaining and hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were both funny.
There were two firsts at this year's Oscars. The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win Best Director and Geoffrey Fletcher and became the first African American screenwriter to win an Academy Award.
The Hurt Locker won the most awards with six, include Best Picture and Best Director. Avatar won three awards. Sandra Bullock and Jeff Bridges won Best Actress and Best Actor. Here is a list of this year's winners.
- Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
- Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
- Best Actress in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
- Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Mo'Nique, Precious
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
- Film Editing: The Hurt Locker, Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
- Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal
- Adapted Screenplay: Precious, Geoffrey Fletcher
- Documentary Feature: The Cove
- Animated Film: Up
- Original Song: "The Weary Kind," Music and Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett (Crazy Heart)
- Visual Effects: Avatar
- Original Score: Michael Giacchino, Up
- Cinematography: Avatar, Mauro Fiore
- Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker
- Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker
- Costume Design: The Young Victoria, Sandy Powell
- Art Direction: Avatar
- Makeup: Star Trek
- Live Action Short Film: The New Tenants
- Documentary Short Subject: Music by Prudence
- Animated Short Film: Logorama
- Foreign Language Film: The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos, Argentina)
You can find ongoing coverage of the Oscars, including fashion coverage, here on ShoppingBlog.com's Oscars' section.
Photo: Michael Yada / © A.M.P.A.S.
Posted on March 8, 2010
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The Dark Knight Snubbed by Academy
The Oscar nominees were announced this morning very early in Los Angeles. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button had a total of 13 nominations. Slumdog Millionaire had ten nominations and The Dark Knight and Milk received 8 nominations each. The biggest shocker is the almost total snub of The Dark Knight. Heath Ledger got a nod for Best Supporting Actor and the film got some technical nominations, but it was totally shut out for Best Picture, Best Director and other major categories. This is going to make for a very boring awards telecast. Even with Hugh Jackman hosting, we expect the audience numbers will be disappointing. Here are the nominees:
Best Picture:
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Frost/Nixon
- Milk
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor:
- Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
- Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
- Sean Penn, Milk
- Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Actress:
- Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
- Angelina Jolie, Changeling
- Melissa Leo, Frozen River
- Meryl Streep, Doubt
- Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Supporting Actor:
- Josh Brolin, Milk
- Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
- Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
- Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
Best Supporting Actress:
- Amy Adams, Doubt
- Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Viola Davis, Doubt
- Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Best Director:
- David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
- Gus Van Sant, Milk
- Stephen Daldry, The Reader
- Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Adapted Screenplay:
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Doubt
- Frost/Nixon
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Screenplay:
- Frozen River
- Happy Go Lucky
- In Bruge
- Milk
- Wall-E
Best Animated Feature Film:
- Bolt
- Kung Fu Panda
- Wall-E
Posted on January 22, 2009
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2008 Oscar Winners
 Here is a list of the winners for the 80th annual Academy Awards. No Country for Old Men took home four Oscars including Best Picture. The Bourne Ultimatum won three awards.
Best Picture: No Country for Old Men.
Lead Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood.
Lead Actress: Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men.
Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton.
Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men.
Foreign Language Film: The Counterfeiters Austria.
Adapted Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men.
Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, Juno
Animated Feature Film: Ratatouille
Art Direction: Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Cinematography: There Will Be Blood
Sound Mixing: The Bourne Ultimatum
Sound Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum.
Original Score: Atonement Dario Marianelli.
Original Song: "Falling Slowly" from Once Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.
Costume: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Documentary Feature: Taxi to the Dark Side
Documentary Short Subject: Freeheld
Film Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum
Makeup: La Vie en Rose
Animated Short Film: Peter & the Wolf
Live Action Short Film: Le Mozart des Pickpockets ('The Mozart of Pickpockets')
Visual Effects: The Golden Compass
Posted on February 25, 2008
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The Oscars Are Coming
The Oscars are this Sunday. Here are the nominees for Best Picture:
"Atonement" (Focus Features) A Working Title Production: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
"Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production) A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production: Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) A Clayton Productions, LLC Production: Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers
We think No Country for Old Men will win Best Picture. Juno would be a big upset. You can see the full list of nominees here.
Posted on February 22, 2008
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