THE 81ST ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS WINNERS

Well, the ceremony has gone as gone....time to vent. Firstly, I think Hugh Jackman did a wonderful job. I thought he really gave it his all. I thought the "how a movie is made" stream actually worked pretty well, and if I had any big problem with the show, it was simply the lack of the wow moments, the surprises, the shocks. The only win I didn't have as a win or alternate was Departures for Foreign, which I had 3rd. All in all....I got 19 of 24 correct. Not too shabby.

Anyways, here are the winners, and the ()'s respresent the categories I missed.

BEST PICTURE: Slumdog Millionaire
BEST DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle "Slumdog Millionaire"
BEST ACTOR: Sean Penn "Milk" (Mickey Rourke)
BEST ACTRESS: Kate Winslet "The Reader"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger "The Dark Knight"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Milk
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Wall-E
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Slumdog Millionaire
BEST FILM EDITING: Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ART DIRECTION: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: The Duchess
BEST SOUND: Slumdog Millionaire (The Dark Knight)
BEST SOUND EDITING: The Dark Knight
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BEST MAKEUP: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: "Jai Ho" -- Slumdog Millionaire
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Departures (The Class)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Man On Wire
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: Smile Pinki (The Conscience of Nhem En)
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: Spielzeugland
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM: La Maison en Petites Cubes (Presto)