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

[BunnySlippers]

I take comfort in knowing Brad and Angie will not marry “until all American’s are equal to marry” BARF!

[Arizona Carolyn]

yep

[spectre]

Yes, that’s Robert...still “hot” after all these years!

[Arizona Carolyn]

I actually hope he wins this

[BunnySlippers]

... then he flamed out ...

[Arizona Carolyn]

I know... that was stupid thing to say...

Oh, poop... Sean Penn won!!

[gwilhelm56]

UGH ... that was a GIVEN

[BunnySlippers]

NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO .

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Best Actor up now...will Randy the Ram take it?

Oscar goes to oh noes, Sean Penn.

[Cyropaedia]

I haven't seen it, but a couple of people told me that she actually delivers a better performance in Revolutionary Road.

Rod Lurie (the Contender, Deterrence) wrote a big editorial about The Reader effectively being "Nazi-apologia".

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Sean Penn, Best actor. Everybody get ready to turn it.

[dfwgator]

Oh, poop... Sean Penn won!!

Oh gee, what a surprise....NOT!

[Arizona Carolyn]

well, I’m out of her... won’t listen to that SOB

[BunnySlippers]

I had to turn it off.

[hugorand]

Sean Penn takes best actor

[spectre]

Oh CRAP!!!!!

[Mad Dawgg]

"I know 3 Potential “hollywierd directors” that are going to CPAC .. that gives me HOPE!"

My Brother-law works in the Industry (He even got a Credit in John Adams, He works in Costuming).

He tells me that the Idea that Hollywood and the Movie Industry is mostly liberal is wrong. (he is a Moderate/Liberal himself) He says the upper echelon is mostly liberal but all the Working people behind the scenes are mostly Conservative to Moderate.

[nutmeg]

F’in Sean Penn... for F’in Harvey Milk. Why am I watching this crap?

[RichInOC]

I’m shocked. Shocked, I say.

[Petronski]

He actually was pretty good in the role.

But given the Prop 8 thing, his win was a given. Hollywood is so reactionary.