The others oscar winners:

Best Original Song :
'Jai Ho'-A.R Rehman and Gulzar
'Slumdog Millionaire'

Best Film Editing:
'Slumdog Millionaire'
Chris Dickens

Best Documentary - Short Subject:
'Smile Pinki'

Best Cinematography:
'Slumdog Millionaire'
Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Costume Design:
'The Duchess'
Michael O'Connor

Best Sound Mixing:
'Slumdog Millionaire'
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty

Best Sound Editing:
'The Dark Knight'
Richard King

Best Live Action Short Film:
'Spielzeugland (Toyland)'

Best Animated Short Film:
'La Maison de Petits Cubes'

Best Makeup:
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Greg Cannom

Best Art Direction:
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo

Best Visual Effects:
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'

And the winners of the 81st Academy Awards....

	Best Picture: 'SlumDog Millionaire'
	Best Director: 'SlumDog Millionaire'
	Best Original Score:A.R Rehman 'SlumDog Millionaire'
	Best Actor: Sean Penn 'Milk'
	Best Actress: Kate Winslet 'The Reader'
	Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger 'The Dark Knight'
	Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
	Best Animated Feature Film: 'Wall-E'

Best Foreign Film:
'Departures'
Japan

Best Original Screenplay:
'Milk'
Dustin Lance Black

Best Adapted Screenplay :
'Slumdog Millionaire'
Simon Beaufoy

Best Documentary Feature:
'Man on Wire'

The 81st Academy Awards

The most awaited event at the beginning of this year, the Oscars, the 81st Academy awards is to be held at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on Feb 22nd.The actor Hugh Jackman would be hosting this year’s Oscars for the first time.

Here are some of the movies nominated for the oscars:
Changeling, The Visitor, Doubt, Milk, Frost/Nixon, The Dark Knight



Lets keep our fingers crossed until the 22nd.

The movie : "SlumDog Millionaire"

"SlumDog Millionaire",as the name suggests is a story of how an orphan boy from the slums in Mumbai, goes on to win the Indian version of the popular game show "Who wants to be a Millionaire"(Kaun Banega Crorepati).The story line is taken from the book 'Q and A' written by Indian author Vikas Swarup.

This British drama is directed by English born Danny Boyle and co directed by Lovely Tandon.The film is set in India and Indian actors and actresses have been cast in this movie.This film has been much talked about as it has been nominated for 10 awards at the Oscars.In addition it has won 5 Critics Choice awards and 7 BAFTA Awards.The lead role of Jamal Malik is played by Dev Patel and the game show host Prem Kumar is played by Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor.The character of the orphan girl Latika is played by a model Freida Pinto.

The film has been nominated for the following categories : Best Picture,Best Adapted Screenplay – writer for Simon Beaufoy, Achievement in Directing for Danny Boyle,Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing,Best Sound Mixing,Best Original Score for A.R Rehman , Best Original Song -2 Nominations for the songs 'Jai Ho' and 'O Saya'.

The Curious case of Benjamin Button

This movie indeed stirs our curiosity to watch the movie.Nominated this year for nearly 13 Academy Awards,is altogether a totally different story.The nominations include Best Actor for Brad Pitt,Best Picture,Best Director for David Fincher as well as Best Supporting Actress for Taraji P. Henson. It was released on December 25th in USA.

The movie is an inspiration from the 1921 short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald,which was of the same name.Scott Fitzgerald, was inspired from a quote by Mark Twain: "Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18."

It depicts the life of a man named Benjamin Button who is born in his eighties and ages backwards with weird consequences.The story is set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918 to the 21st century, following the unusual journey of life of Benjamin Button.

Oscar delays......Did you know?

There have been couple of times when the oscars have been delayed.

In 1938 the oscars were delayed by nearly a week due to heavy flooding in Los Angeles.

In 1968,again after a long gap,due to the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr,the date of the oscar was shifted from April 8th to April 10th.The funeral was held on April 9th.

In 1981,the oscars was delayed by 24 hours due to an assasination attempt on President Reagan.

In 2003,the Red Carpet area was restricted to the area in front of the theatre door and the bleachers were excluded because of the US troop invasion of Iraq which happened very recent to the Oscars.

Movies with maximum number of nominations and Oscars:

All About Eve(1950) - This drama was nominated for 14 oscars and it won 6 of the awards



Ben Hur(1959)- A great movie was nominated for 12 oscars and won 11 awards


Titanic(1997)-This fantasic movie was nominated for 14 oscars and it won 11 awards.

Lord of the Ring: Return of the King(2003) - This fantasy film was nominated for 11 oscars and it won all 11 of them

Categories for the Oscars

Major Categories:
Best Picture
(originally known as Best Production)

Best Director
(Best achievement in directing)

Best Actor
(Best performance by an Actor in a leading role)

Best Actress
(Best performance by an Actress in a leading role)

Best Supporting Actor
(Best performance by an Actor in a supporting role -first awarded in 1936)

Best Supporting Actress
(Best performance by an Actress in a supporting role -first awarded in 1936)

Best Screenplay/Writer
(Aliases:Motion Picture Story, Adaptation, Original Story, Screenplay, Writing Achievement, etc.)

Other categories:
Best Animated
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short Subject
Best Film Editing
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Makeup
Best Original Music Score
Best Song
Best Animated Short Film
Best Live Action Short Film
Best Sound
Best Sound Effects Editing
Best Visual Effects