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

[Borges]

He’s Sean Penn what did you expect? Overall it was a classy presentation.

[Chunga]

In fact, I think that words like “greatest” and “amazing” should be used with great care, unless one is a teenager.

I'm not too interested in the opinion of anyone who believes that Judy Garland was a "no-talent."

That just defies sense.

[Arizona Carolyn]

I turned it off when Penn opened his mouth and timed it perfectly to tune back as he walked off the stage... BTW Hugh Jackman is adorable! I loved him in Australia.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Wow. Clip of William Wallace (Mel Gibson) in Braveheart in battle dress yelling "What will you people do without freedom??!!"

What a timely question! How in the world did the Academy let that slip in there?

[PennsylvaniaMom]

At first...tears of joy...then...she looked a little pi$$ed.

Looking forward to seeing S-Dog.

Looks Streep will be back for nom numero 16 for Julia Julie next year.

[Cedar]

The show was already ruined with the movie clips of men kissing each other.

Bad thing for children and teens to see who were watching early in the evening. I bet a lot of parents were upset at those clips being shown.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Here it comes again. When “Brokeback Mountain” didn't win best picture the fruits were screaming like we put shards of glass in the nation's KY Jelly supply. We'll probably get the same with “Milk.”

[sonic109]

Im just happy WALL-e won..That was really an amazing ,touching film..Nice work

[ProtectOurFreedom]

What a beautiful and gracious acceptance speech for Best Picture. It was very touching.

[Floratina]

LOL

[Moonmad27]

It was obvious from day one that Penn was going to win for Milk. I’ve been saying that for months. He could have turned in the worst performance ever, but he was going to get the Oscar for portraying that person, just because he was a gay icon/martyr.

[Palladin]

Very refreshing, after being subjected to the nasty words of that skanky Penn.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

All associated W/S-Dog have impressed me greatly. A nice evening for them all...

Looking forward to seeing the after party blogs tomorrow.

Nice thread...except for the poopooers...g-nite.

[Cyropaedia]

From what I’ve read, Winslet is extraordinary in her transformation of the character in her final years. They say that you really can’t recognize that it’s Kate Winslet.

[nufsed]

I went with my daughter. She's 37. We both enjoyed it.

It was well presented. I especially like how they show the characters as children and as adults and the story goes back and forth. There is a structure in the writing which makes it easy to follow.

And it is a message of hope in a situation in which hope may be difficult.

[dfwgator]

I commented on another thread, it’s only a matter of time before they start pushing for a Harvey Milk holiday, just like they’ve done for Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Can’t we just run out and kiss another guy then call it even?

[Arizona Carolyn]

If she was smart she would have dumped him permanently... I can’t imagine what she sees in him

[Arizona Carolyn]

We loved Wall-e (or however you spell it !LOL!)

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Waiting for the Jimmy Kimmel Live After the Academy Awards show, following local news in most Eastern locals. He has Mel Gibson on and Robin Thicke performs. Kimmel will have to go the extra mile to beat his last year's show.