The Academy Awards

On Sunday night, Hollywood went abuzz as all the stars came out for the prestigious ceremony for the 81st Academy Awards Ceremony. Though all nominees are worthy of recognition, only a few took home gold.

-Best Motion Picture of the Year: Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Christian Colson

-Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Sean Penn for Milk (2008/I)

-Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008)

-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008)

-Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Penelope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

-Best Achievement in Directing: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

-Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Dustin Lance Black for Milk (2008/I)

-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

-Best Achievement in Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

-Best Achievement in Editing: Chris Dickens for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

-Best Achievement in Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

-Best Achievement in Costume Design: Michael O'Connor for The Duchess (2008)

-Best Achievement in Makeup: Greg Cannom for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

-Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score: A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

-Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: A.R. Rahman, Sampooran Singh Gulzar("Jai Ho") for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

-Best Achievement in Sound: Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

-Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Richard King for The Dark Knight (2008)

-Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

-Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: WALL·E (2008): Andrew Stanton

-Best Foreign Language Film of the Year: Okuribito (2008)(Japan)

-Best Documentary, Features: Man on Wire (2008): James Marsh, Simon Chinn

-Best Documentary, Short Subjects: Smile Pinki (2008): Megan Mylan

-Best Short Film, Animated: Maison en petits cubes, La (2008): Kunio Katô

-Best Short Film, Live Action: Spielzeugland (2007): Jochen Alexander Freydank

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