News Story - 08/03/2010

2010 Academy Award Winners

The Hurt Locker wins 6 awards at last night's ceremony making Kathryn Bigelow the first woman ever to win a Best Director Oscar. Best Actor and Actress awards went to the two hollywood favourites.

In Los Angeles last night the 2010 Oscar winners were presented with their trophies. The excellent Hurt Locker won a total of 6 prizes including Best Director won for the first time by a female director: Kathryn Bigelow. This was also the lowest grossing film to have ever won!

Oscars for Best Actor and Actress were gained by the fabulous Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) and Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side). These much loved Americans beat the British BAFTA winners Colin Firth (A Single Man) and Carey Mulligan (An Education).

The Argentine film "The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)", a thriller about a 25-year-long manhunt, won the Academy Award for best foreign language film. The Oscar win was the second for Argentina, following the win by "The Official Story" in 1985. The film's director, Juan Jose Campanella, previously directed a movie that was also nominated for best foreign film: "Son of the Bride" in 2002. He has also worked frequently in American TV, including the shows "House" and "30 Rock."

Best Supporting actress went to Mo’Nique for Precious, and Best Supporting Actor to Christopher Waltz for Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. Both these admirable films are available on DVD as are most of the winners. Watch and see what you think.

Full List of Winners

BEST PICTURE
"The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges for "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight)
BEST ACTRESS
Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros.)
DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow for "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"The Secret in Their Eyes" (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) - Argentina (Sony Pictures Classics)
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz for "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo'Nique for "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal for "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Geoffrey Fletcher for "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
ANIMATED FEATURE
"Up" by Pete Docter (Disney/Pixar)
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
"Logorama" by Nicolas Schmerkin (Autour de Minuit)
ART DIRECTION
Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg for art direction and Kim Sinclair for set decoration on "Avatar" (20th Century Fox)
COSTUME DESIGN
Sandy Powell for "The Young Victoria" (Apparition)
MAKEUP
Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow for "Star Trek" (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mauro Fiore for "Avatar" (20th Century Fox)
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
"The New Tenants" by Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson (A Park Pictures and M & M Production)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"The Cove" by Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens for (Roadside Attractions)
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
"Music by Prudence" by Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett (iThemba Production)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones for "Avatar" (20th Century Fox)
SOUND EDITING
Paul N.J. Ottosson for "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)
SOUND MIXING
Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett for "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)
FILM EDITING
Bob Murawski and Chris Innis for "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)
ORIGINAL SCORE
Michael Giacchino for "Up" (Disney/Pixar)
ORIGINAL SONG
"The Weary Kind" from "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight), music and lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

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