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

[John W]

Actually 10 per my scorecard. One to an actor out of the four.

[nufsed]

Etta needs to move on. Beyonce is not the best vocalist out there. She's easy to look at. But in the movie, I thought she did a good portrayal.

James has her long record, but she should be thankful for the movie.

[Revolting cat!]

I’ll have to do that, yes, because what I know about her, and admittedly it isn’t much, has been rather annoying. Cheers.

[Borges]

I agree. American cinema is one of our greatest cultural achievements. People need to grab their culture by the throat not sit home and whine. Do research about what the good films are and support them. The alternative is what we have now. Juvenile tripe rules the roost and anything that's vaguely adult is called an ‘Art Film’.

[Chunga]

Frances Ethel Gumm was a pretentious no talent, alcoholic and a tragedy to her family perhaps, but certainly not to the rest of us.

This is moronic.

[nufsed]

LOL. It’s sad but the thread IS more entertaining than the show.

[Petronski]

Well I guess monitoring this thread to find out the results was not such a good idea.

[Palladin]

They just gave an award to the dead heroin addict.

Depraved, disgusting, decadent Hollywood at its worst.

But no surprises here.

[nufsed]

Joker for best supporting. Family accepts the award. Poeple from 6 states give it back. LOL!

[John W]

Most of the 10 were technical, however Slumdog foe adapted screenplay and Milk for original screenplay and Wall-E for best animated along with Cruz and now Ledger for supporting.

[Borges]

He was great in that film. Just about everyone here thought so.

[nufsed]

He was good in the movie. In the supporting categories, they’re all good.

[Chunga]

Heath Ledger deserved that award. His performance was incredible.

[Petronski]

Ledger seems to have been a stone cold lock, given the story.

[Palladin]

To each his own.

[BunnySlippers]

So true. Thank you. I want to kick liberalism out of movies, not kick out movies.

Too many Freepers don’t acknowledge the long loyal heritage movies have had. We are the envy of the world for our cinematic feats.

[nufsed]

I am shocked that an actor would take drugs or drink. This must be the first one in history to die from it.

[Valentine_W]

I am rooting for Slumdog Millionaire and Heath Ledger’s performance in the Dark Knight. I am kind of bummed Australia wasn’t nominated for anything, because I thought it was a great movie.

[nufsed]

Easy vote, they think every one else has another chance.

[nufsed]

Just to make the remaining 1% mad. Bill Maher.