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The 81st Academy Awards: Hosted by Hugh Jackman
ABC .com ^ | 2/22/09

Posted on 02/22/2009 4:06:23 PM PST by 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


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: culturewars; hollywood; oscars; trashtv
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To: 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.”

LOL, outstanding post.

741 posted on 02/23/2009 8:05:57 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: DollyCali

I’m still stunned by Angelina’s emeralds! Go to people.com to see their photo gallery of gowns and close-ups of jewels and handbags. Stunning!


742 posted on 02/23/2009 9:20:42 AM PST by sarasota
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To: cricket

I agree. Jackman was funny, a fine dancer and singer. The recession seems to have brought out a finer comedic sensibility.


743 posted on 02/23/2009 9:24:24 AM PST by sarasota
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To: Niuhuru

Miley did the voiceover for Bolt and wrote the song that was up for Best Song. Beyonce was there to perform.


744 posted on 02/23/2009 9:26:13 AM PST by sarasota
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To: sarasota
Miley did the voiceover for Bolt and wrote the song that was up for Best Song.

No, she didn't. Three songs were nominated--two from Slumdog and one from Wall-E, which was written by Peter Gabriel. There was a studio push to get a nom for the Bolt song, but it didn't work.

The real reason Miley was there is that she's a Disney star and the Oscars were an ABC-Disney extravaganza. I was amused to see that the post-Oscars Barbara Walters special kicked off with an interview of the Jonas Brothers, who had zero to do with the Oscars but who are also Disney stars.

Synergy, baby.

745 posted on 02/23/2009 9:37:51 AM PST by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: abb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyUX6wV1lBQ


746 posted on 02/23/2009 9:44:48 AM PST by edcoil (Hey, I found my round-tuit, guess I'll go to work now.)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep
Miley's song was nominated for a Golden Globe and her concert movie made a fortune for the studio. She has a new one coming out. Beyonce has put on some weight since her "Dreamgirls" days, but she did a great job keeping up with Jackman (in stilettos). "Cadillac Records" was unwatchable.

The Jonas Brothers have a Beatles-type movie coming out and were on barbara Walter's show for the young demos.

747 posted on 02/23/2009 9:59:25 AM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: nufsed

No, please, go right ahead and get the last word. A-holes like you have an obsessive desire for it.


748 posted on 02/23/2009 10:19:38 AM PST by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: OCCASparky

I interrupt this flame war (which I really don’t have the time nor desire to backtrack) to ask if anyone knows if preliminary TV ratings for the the Bollywood Street Urchin Awards were last night?


749 posted on 02/23/2009 10:52:15 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks.)
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To: Arizona Carolyn

Yet.. you have time to stop by and tell us that news flash... >>>>

I sure do, my tv is OFF and my computer on..

where on earth did I say i had “no time” to watch the oscars? I simply stated that it’s boring and not worth watching the hollywood POS liberals.


750 posted on 02/23/2009 11:10:35 AM PST by Coleus (Abortion, Euthanasia & FOCA - - don't Obama and the Democrats just kill ya!)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

You’re right; I was still thinking of the Golden Globes? Award season is overkill and the Oscars fail to surprise by the time they roll around.


751 posted on 02/23/2009 11:32:45 AM PST by sarasota
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To: Arizona Carolyn

She didn’t win for Titanic.


752 posted on 02/23/2009 11:33:27 AM PST by Borges
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To: Coleus

Which you felt compelled to tell those of us who watched.


753 posted on 02/23/2009 12:17:55 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Borges
You're right, I stand corrected. Somehow I was remembering it that she won and Leo did not...in fact neither won. She is, however, on tract to amass more nominations at her young age than Betty Davis in her era... which I found interesting. 2009 Won Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: The Reader (2008)

2007 Nominated Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: Little Children (2006)

2005 Nominated Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

2002 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Iris (2001/I)

1998 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Titanic (1997)

1996 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Sense and Sensibility (1995)

754 posted on 02/23/2009 12:27:19 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Valentine_W

I’d definitely like to see more movies with Hugh Jackman and none with Sean Penn...


755 posted on 02/23/2009 12:30:44 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Arizona Carolyn

Yes, I did, this is the FR and comments are to be made.

Sorry if you don’t like it. I don’t care.


756 posted on 02/23/2009 12:42:34 PM PST by Coleus (Abortion, Euthanasia & FOCA - - don't Obama and the Democrats just kill ya!)
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To: Coleus

It isn’t a matter of liking it, it is very strange when people stop on threads they have no interest in to call the people on the thread names for posting on said thread...


757 posted on 02/23/2009 12:51:17 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Arizona Carolyn

you’re wrong again, this is the FR where we post our comments and ideas and thoughts, I was going through the latest posts, this caught my eye and I stated how I feel. If you don’t like it too bad.


758 posted on 02/23/2009 12:56:47 PM PST by Coleus (Abortion, Euthanasia & FOCA - - don't Obama and the Democrats just kill ya!)
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To: dfwgator; fieldmarshaldj
I don't know about Penn, but Phoebe Cates definately deserved Best Actress in a "nude dream scene."

Second that...

759 posted on 02/23/2009 3:58:58 PM PST by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: drubyfive; Texas Eagle

Contemporary country bites. Give me Marty Robbins over the saccharine Wal-Mart/Cocktail Waitress tripe that Nashville has been putting out for the past 35 years.


760 posted on 02/23/2009 4:00:41 PM PST by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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