I totally forgot about the Oscars! A few weeks ago I had FOP set up an Oscar Pool for me, then I completely forgot about it.
My bad! Here’s a link to sign up for the pool HERE. Those of you who are interested can play along. Also, don’t forget the chat room!
Slumdog Millionaire wins 8 Oscars, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button wins 3, Milk wins 2, Dark Knight wins 2.
Welcome to the Oscar live blog!
Here’s is the list of nominees.
Hugh Jackman is hosting. He looks awesome. This opening number is pretty lame, though. Meryl Streep has had 15 career Oscar nominations. A record. Wow. Tina Fey and Steve Martin together to give out Best Original and Adapted screenplay–awesome! Dustin Lance Black’s speech was really moving… Oh look at Angelina laughing a Jennifer Aniston’s jokes! She and Jack Black present Best Animated Feature Film and Short Film… Ben Stiller (with Natalie Portman) in a fake beard and sunglasses (eta: oh, he’s making fun of Joaquin) give away Best Cinematographer… Jessica Biel: Do you own a comb? Seth Rogan and James Franco as the characters they played in Pineapple Express watching movies = Hilarious! Hugh Jackman and Beyonce perform a musical number with Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron and the peeps from Mama Mia…Baz Luhrman created the number…Heath Ledger’s father, mother and sister accept his Best Supporting actor award on his behalf…Albert and David Maysles directed the little short to introduce best documentary…The winner of Best Documentary balancing Oscar on his chin–ha ha! Eddie Murphy presents the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Jerry Lewis… John Legend sings “Down to Earth” from Wall-E… he joins the Big Bollywood production for “Jai Ho” from Slumdog…Paul Newman ended the in memorium montage…thought the prior oscar winners’s speeches to current oscar nominees went on too long as was a little stilted…I bet those Swarovski crystals looked magnificent from inside the Kodak…
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role goes to Penelope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Best Original Screenplay goes to Dustin Lance Black for Milk
- Best Adapted Screenplay goes to Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Animated Feature Film goes to Wall-E – Andrew Stanton, Producer
- Best Animated Short Film goes to La Maison en Petits Cubes – Kunio Kato
- Best Art Direction goes to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt (Art Direction); Victor J. Zolfo (Set Decoration)
- Best Costume Design goes to The Duchess – Michael O’Connor
- Best Makeup goes to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Greg Cannon
- Best Cinematography goes to Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle
- Best Live Action Short goes to Spielzeugland (Toyland) – Jochen Alexander Freydank
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role goes to Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
- Best Documentary Feature goes to Man on Wire -James Marsh and Simon Chinn
- Best Documentary Short Subject goes to Smile Pinky – Megan Mylan
- Best Visual Effects go to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt (Art Direction); Victor J. Zolfo (Set Decoration)
- Best Sound Editing goes to The Dark Knight – Richard King
- Best Sound Mixing goes to Slumdog Millionaire – Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
- Best Film Editing goes to Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens
- Best Original Score goes to Slumdog Millionaire – A.R. Rahman
- Best Original Song goes to Slumdog Millionaire – A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar
- Best Foreign Language Film goes to Departures – Japan – Yojiro Takita
- Best Director goes to Slumdog Millionaire – Danny Boyle
- Best Actress goes to Kate Winslett for The Reader
- Best Actor goes to Sean Penn for Milk
- Best Motion Picture goes to Slumdog Millionaire – Christian Colson -Producer
