82nd annual Academy Awards

Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin made me laugh out loud when Steve turned to Gabourey(from Precious)and said we both got our starts in moves the same way. I enjoyed their jokes

The Winners:

Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Waltz Inglourious Basterds

Best Animated Feature: UP! Directed by Pete Docter LOVED IT!!!

Best Original Song: "The Weary Kind(Theme from Crazy Heart)"
Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett A real SONG!!!


Best Original Screenplay: "The Hurt Locker"  Mark Boal

John Hughes tribute presented by Molly Ringwald and Matthew Broadrick,

     The storyteller of movies that influenced my childhood...The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller, Pretty in Pink, 16 Candles, Some Kind of Wonderful... ALL OF THEM..because his movies were about a young person trying to find their place in the world that is strange and they don't seem to belong.

Best Short Film Animated: "Logorama" Nicolas Schmerkin BRILLIANT




Best Documentary Short: "Music by Prudence" Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett

Best Live Action Short: "The New Tenants" Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Best Make-up:  "Star Trek" Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow

Best Adapted screenplay: Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Mo'Nique Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire Clean sweep for Mo'Nique

Outstanding Art Direction: Avatar
Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (Art Direction); Kim Sinclair (Set Decoration)'

Best Costume Design: The Young Victoria Sandy Powell

Best Sound: "The Hurt Locker" Paul N.J. Ottosson

Best Sound Mixing: "The Hurt Locker" Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett

Best Cinematography: "Avatar" Mauro Fiore

Demi Moore introduced the remembering of the dead....picture montage to the tune song live by James Taylor:

Best Original Score: "Up" Michael Giacchino

Visual Effects: Avatar
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones SURPRISE SURPRISE..


Best Documentary Feature: "The Cove"Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens

Best Film Editing: The Hurt Locker
Bob Murawski and Chris Innis

Best Foreign Language Film: The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)
Argentina
Directed by Juan José Campanella

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges "Crazy Heart"

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock "The Blind Side"

Best Director: "The Hurt Locker" Kathryn Bigelow

Best Picture: "The Hurt Locker"
Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro

Kinda cool to see a woman make a gritty war movie that was told with heart.

What a late night....DIDN'T end until midnight!

Night Night

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