Acadamy Awards Recap

The 81st Annual Academy Awards was held at the Theatre in Hollywood where Hugh Jackman hosted it. Jackman spiced up his emcee duties by performing a little song and dance but was out done by both the wit of Steve Martin and Tin fey as they presented the scriptwriting awards and Beyonce and Queen Latifah musical performances.
The big winner of this years Academy Awards was Slumdog Millionaire with a resounding eight nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. However, Slumdog millionaire was not even nominated for any of the acting categories, which allowed a little diversity.

Lead Actor went to Sean Penn (milk) which upset many Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) fans and Kate Winslet (The Reader) won Best Actress with Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) the fist Spanish actress to win an academy award as Best Supporting Actress.

One of my favorite nominations of the night was when Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) was awarded Best supporting Actor, a much-awaited win for many Joker fans.
All the movie posters from the academy award winning movies can be found here and now without much a due the rest of the Academy Award winners.

ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS
Picture: "Slumdog Millionaire"
Actor: Sean Penn, "Milk"
Actress: Kate Winslet, "The Reader"
Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Director: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, "Milk"
Documentary, Feature-Length: Man on Wire
Foreign Language Film: "Okuribito" (Japan)
Animated Feature: WALL-E
Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Sound Mixing: Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Sound Editing: Richard King, "The Dark Knight"
Original Score: A.R. Rahman, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Original Song: "Jai Ho" by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Costume: Michael O'Connor, "The Duchess"
Film Editing: Chris Dickens, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Makeup: Greg Cannom, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Visual Effects: Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Animated Short: La Maison en Petites Cubes
Live Action Short: Spielzeugland
Documentary, Short: Smile Pinki