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

[nufsed]

I wonder if she ever paid her debts?

[johnthebaptistmoore]

Se7en is a amazing movie, and Spacey is so creepy in it.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Until people on our side start doing what illegals did and pour into the streets they will not listen to us.

[dfwgator]

I don’t always like what he does, but boy can he act.

When he plays a straight character, now that's acting.

[NinoFan]

Hahaha!

[Arizona Carolyn]

I don’t know, the last I saw was her home was going to be sold for her debt last year and PETA said they would pay it off if she stopped wearing fur...

[nufsed]

Thanx. I’m out.

[Arizona Carolyn]

It’s one I’ll watch on DVD... I’ve found since 911 we tend to watch lighter fare, I still suffer insomnia since then.

[Arizona Carolyn]

This is why I don’t like knowing... I could never have watched all those Rock Hudson/Doris Day romantic comedies if I’d know Hudson was gay.

[Arizona Carolyn]

BTW I loved the musical number they did tonight.. THAT is what Hollywood used to be about... entertainment!

[Yaelle]

The a-holes sat on their hands when Heston came up.

I was shocked and stunned and had to go back and see and hear it 3 times. They really would not clap for him. Because he believed in the 2nd Amendment. Can you imagine how many claps he would have gotten if he'd only been gay instead of conservative? How sad for his family and friends.

These Hollywooders hate blacklisting, but they do it so well.

[NinoFan]

Anne Hathaway has a decent voice (especially since I never knew she had even attempted singing, so it was a total shock). I’ve never been a huge fan of Jackman’s voice, but it’s tolerable.

[Valentine_W]

Yes, I loved Australia as well! It made me laugh and cry. I loved the sweeping landscapes, the romance and drama, and sympathized with the storyline of a misunderstood and cranky horsewoman who found love and a family in an unexpected place. It kind of reminded me of a the Man from Snowy River. And wow, did Hugh Jackman look great in that movie...it was like an earthquake whenever he came on screen, lol.

[Lmo56]

Thing is, I’ve never seen Sean Penn in a role where I thought he was a great actor. OK actor, yes. Good? Maybe. But never great. Kevin Spacey, on the other hand, is one of the greats. I don’t always like what he does, but boy can he act.

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Penn WAS AWESOME as Spicoli in “Fast Times At Ridgemont High” - DESERVED a nomination for that one ...

Remember the pizza scene in Mr. hand’s History class? When Mr. Hand allowed EVERYONE BUT Spicoli to have a slice of the pizza he ordered?

Penn looked like a puppy who had just lost his bone !!!

CLASSIC ...

BTW - The pizza guy in the scene was Nicholas Cage !!! 3 future Oscar winners are in the pic - Penn, Cage, and Forrest Whitaker. Also, Lana Clarkson (shot dead by Phil Spector) was in it ...

[dfwgator]

Penn WAS AWESOME as Spicoli in “Fast Times At Ridgemont High” - DESERVED a nomination for that one

I don't know about Penn, but Phoebe Cates definately deserved Best Actress in a "nude dream scene."

[Lmo56]

Penn WAS AWESOME as Spicoli in “Fast Times At Ridgemont High” - DESERVED a nomination for that one

I don’t know about Penn, but Phoebe Cates definately deserved Best Actress in a “nude dream scene.”

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I’m sure Kevin Kline will agree with you ...

[Bokababe]

And wow, did Hugh Jackman look great in that movie...it was like an earthquake whenever he came on screen, lol.

Especially that waist-up bathing scene -- can't wait until it comes out on video and I can keep hitting rewind! LOL!

[beaversmom]

Thanks for posting. Looks like a good movie. I had never heard of her or her brother. I saw Downfall and found it very interesting.

[beaversmom]

The pizza delivery guy was Taylor Negron. You are right though—Nicholas Cage (listed as Nicholas Coppola) was in the movie. I don’t think I ever noticed that before.

[rintense]

So was Eric Stolz.