The 82nd Annual Academy Awards were held tonight at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Neil Patrick Harris opened the show with a fun song-and-dance number, and hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin did a great job of keeping things moving along.
What I loved most is that they didn’t belittle anyone in their jokes, and that’s (one of the ways) in which Ricky Gervais fell flat with his Golden Globes hosting gig. You don’t have to insult people to be funny, because it usually comes off the exact opposite.
I especially loved the backstage shot where Martin and Baldwin were sitting in their Snuggies watching TV. Those guys were a lot of fun, and I would gladly support them hosting the Oscars or other awards ceremonies in the future.
There were no real surprises with the winners. Everyone I thought was going to win actually won, and having Barbra Streisand present the Best Director Oscar to Kathryn Bigelow was a dead giveaway that she’d win. Streisand was overlooked with a best director nomination for ‘The Prince of Tides,’ after she scored noms for best director at the Golden Globes and Directors Guild of America in 1992.
Both Sandra Bullock and Jeff Bridges were shoe-ins for the Best Actor wins, as was Mo’Nique and Christoph Waltz for Supporting Actor, and ‘The Hurt Locker’ for Best Picture.
After the jump, check out the complete list of winners…
BEST PICTURE
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
**The Hurt Locker – winner
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
BEST DIRECTOR
James Cameron: Avatar
**Kathryn Bigelow: The Hurt Locker – winner
Quentin Tarantino: Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels: Precious
Jason Reitman: Up in the Air
BEST ACTOR
**Jeff Bridges: Crazy Heart – winner
George Clooney: Up in the Air
Colin Firth: A Single Man
Morgan Freeman: Invictus
Jeremy Renner: The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTRESS
**Sandra Bullock: The Blind Side – winner
Helen Mirren: The Last Station
Carey Mulligan: An Education
Gabourey Sidibe: Precious
Meryl Streep: Julie & Julia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon: Invictus
Woody Harrelson: The Messenger
Christopher Plummer: The Last Station
Stanley Tucci: The Lovely Bones
**Christoph Waltz: Inglourious Basterds – winner
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz: Nine
Vera Farmiga: Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal: Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick: Up in the Air
**Mo’Nique: Precious – winner
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
**Up – winner
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
**Mark Boal: The Hurt Locker – winner
Quentin Tarantino: Inglourious Basterds
Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman: The Messenger
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen: A Serious Man
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter: Up
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell: District 9
Nick Hornby: An Education
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche: In the Loop
**Geoffrey Fletcher: Precious – winner
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner: Up in the Air
OTHER WINNERS:
Art Direction
Avatar, Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
Cinematography
Avatar, Mauro Fiore
Costume Design
The Young Victoria, Sandy Powell
Directing
The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow
Documentary (Feature)
The Cove, Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
Documentary (Short Subject)
Music by Prudence, Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Film Editing
The Hurt Locker, Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Foreign Language Film
El Secreto de Sus Ojos, Argentina
Makeup
Star Trek, Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
Music (Original Score)
Up, Michael Giacchino
Music (Original Song)
The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) from Crazy Heart, Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Short Film (Animated)
Logorama, Nicolas Schmerkin
Short Film (Live Action)
The New Tenants, Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
Sound Editing
The Hurt Locker, Paul N.J. Ottosson
Sound Mixing
The Hurt Locker, Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
Visual Effects
Avatar, Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
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