The 81st Academy Awards: Hosted by Hugh Jackman

ABC .com ^ | 2/22/09

[lewisglad]

Best Picture 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' 'Frost/Nixon' 'Milk' 'The Reader' 'Slumdog Millionaire'

Best Director Danny Boyle 'Slumdog Millionaire' Stephen Daldry 'The Reader' David Fincher 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' Ron Howard 'Frost/Nixon' Gus Van Sant 'Milk'

Best Actor Richard Jenkins 'The Visitor' Frank Langella 'Frost/Nixon' Sean Penn 'Milk' Brad Pitt 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' Mickey Rourke 'The Wrestler'

Best Actress Anne Hathaway 'Rachel Getting Married' Angelina Jolie 'Changeling' Melissa Leo 'Frozen River' Meryl Streep 'Doubt' Kate Winslet 'The Reader'

Best Supporting Actor Josh Brolin 'Milk' Robert Downey Jr. 'Tropic Thunder' Philip Seymour Hoffman 'Doubt' Heath Ledger 'The Dark Knight' Michael Shannon 'Revolutionary Road'

Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams 'Doubt' Penelope Cruz 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' Viola Davis 'Doubt' Taraji P. Henson 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' Marisa Tomei 'The Wrestler'

Best Animated Feature Film 'Bolt' 'Kung Fu Panda' 'Wall-E' Best Foreign Film 'The Baader Meinhof Complex' Germany 'The Class'France 'Departures'Japan 'Revanche' Austria 'Waltz With Bashir' Israel

Best Original Screenplay 'Milk' Dustin Lance Black 'Frozen River' Courtney Hunt 'Happy Go Lucky' Mike Leigh 'In Bruges' Martin McDonagh 'Wall-E' Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter

Best Adapted Screenplay 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' Eric Roth, Robin Swicord 'Doubt' John Patrick Shanley 'Frost/ Nixon' Peter Morgan 'The Reader' David Hare 'Slumdog Millionaire' Simon Beaufoy

Best Documentary Feature 'The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)' 'Encounters at the End of the World' 'The Garden' 'Man on Wire' 'Trouble the Water' Best Original Score 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' 'Defiance' 'Milk' 'Slumdog Millionaire' 'WALL-E'

Best Original Song 'Down to Earth'

'WALL-E' 'Jai Ho'

'Slumdog Millionaire' 'O Saya'

'Slumdog Millionaire' Best Film Editing 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall 'The Dark Knight' Lee Smith 'Frost/Nixon' Mike Hill, Dan Hanley 'Milk' Elliot Graham 'Slumdog Millionaire' Chris Dickens

[eleni121]

Thank you - arigato - thank you - oh God - who watches this stuff? I teach film courses and I have really really tried to get Jap manga - 99 pecent of my students don’t get it either.

[free-n-TX]

I love Mickey Rooney, why was he there? (I am boycotting the show) :)

[hugorand]

STYX is quoted at the Oscars, LOL. Domi Arigato Mr. Roboto

[SomeCallMeTim]

I’ve seen almost all of them.. but, I seem to be alone. So, what’s the point? Nothing but Hollywood haters here..

I’m going to try to figure out Twitter..

[spectre]

All these years, and I never knew that. WOW..

sw

[Revolting cat!]

Dear Abby, I signed up for Facebook, but no one has asked to be my “friend”. What to do? Shall I Tweet?

[BunnySlippers]

Mickey Rooney is there. He was born in 1920.

And this is the 81st annual Oscars.

[spectre]

Nahhh, Tim. It's just that most of Hollywood are liberals and in the tank for Obama.

I'll be good...:)

sw

[nutmeg]

Mickey Rooney is still alive, according to Wikipedia...

[PJ-Comix]

WALL-E!!! WALL-E!!! WALL-E!!! WALL-E!!!

[BunnySlippers]

I don’t hate Hollywood. I live here!

And here’s my posr 191:

Hollywood has won more converts to America n the last 100 years than probably anything else.

Yeah, sometimes they’re wrong. But they win more fans for the USA than not,

[gwilhelm56]

have friends that were in that position... released a film direct to video, when it was picked up for Theatrical release in Europe, which caused it to be picked up for US Release.. who knows ....

[BunnySlippers]

He was at the Oscars about 45 minutes ago so I hope he’s alive.

[eleni121]

The last beautiful actress was this female - all downhill since Louise Brroks - the girl from Kansas

Louise

[hugorand]

Sarah Jessica Parker got some, ummm, work done. At least they’re even

[nutmeg]

My aunt and uncle (who are very fussy about movies) saw Slumdog about a week ago and are still telling me I need to go see it.

Thanks! I really want to see "Slumdog"... my husband and I just haven't had the time on weekends. (We've also been snowed in a few times)

I don't know if Slumdog is anything like "Monsoon Wedding", but I loved that movie...

[Revolting cat!]

Godless Darwinists. All of them!

[BunnySlippers]

She was a beauty all right. But so was Ava Gardner IMO.

[eleni121]

Well you know what they say - those who can do, and those who cannot teach.

I’m so modest...

[nutmeg]

He was at the Oscars about 45 minutes ago so I hope he’s alive.

LOL, I didn't realize that! Sorry, Mickey! Glad to hear he's alive and well... :o)