Slumdog Millionaire dominates Oscars

Slumdog Millionaire took the Best Picture Oscar and in the process scored eight wins out the ten for which it was nominated.

Hugh Jackman began the show with a bang and never let up. Jackman, surprisingly, was one of the show’s best hosts in years- period. Here are Oscars’ winners:

Best Picture:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader, Slumdog Millionaire
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire

Actor:

Richard Jenkins, The Visitor; Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon; Sean Penn, Milk; Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Winner: Sean Penn, Milk

Actress:

Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married; Angelina Jolie, Changeling; Melissa Leo, Frozen River; Meryl Streep, Doubt; Kate Winslet, The Reader
Winner: Kate Winslet, The Reader

Supporting Actor:

Josh Brolin, Milk; Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt; Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight; Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
Winner: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

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.
Winner: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Christina Barcelona

Director:

David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon; Gus Van Sant, Milk; Stephen Daldry, The Reader; Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Winner: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Foreign Film:

The Baader Meinhof Complex, Germany; The Class, France; Departures, Japan; Revanche, Austria; Waltz With Bashir, Israel
Winner:  Departures, Japan

Adapted Screenplay:

Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; John Patrick Shanley, Doubt; Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon; David Hare, The Reader; Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Winner: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

Original Screenplay:

Courtney Hunt, Frozen River; Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky; Martin McDonagh, In Bruges; Dustin Lance Black, Milk; Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter, Wall-E
Winner: Dustin Lance Black, Milk

Animated Feature Film:

Bolt; Kung Fu Panda; Wall-E
Winner: Wall-E

Art Direction:

Changeling, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, The Duchess, Revolutionary Road
Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Cinematography:

Changeling, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, The Reader, Slumdog Millionaire
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire

Sound Mixing:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Slumdog Millionaire, Wall-E, Wanted
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire

Sound Editing:

The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Slumdog Millionaire, Wall-E, Wanted
Winner: Dark Knight

Original Score:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Alexandre Desplat; Defiance, James Newton Howard; Milk, Danny Elfman; Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman; Wall-E, Thomas Newman
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire

Original Song:

Down to Earth from Wall-E, Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman and Gulzar; O Saya from Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam
Winner: Jai Ho, Slumdog Millionaire

Costume:

Australia, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Duchess, Milk,  Revolutionary Road
Winner: The Duchess

Documentary Feature:

The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), Encounters at the End of the World, The Garden, Man on Wire, Trouble the Water
Winner: Man on Wire

Documentary (short subject):

The Conscience of Nhem En, The Final Inch, Smile Pinki, The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306
Winner: Smile Pinki

Film Editing:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Frost/Nixon, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire

Makeup:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Animated Short Film:

La Maison en Petits Cubes, Lavatory – Lovestory, Oktapodi, Presto, This Way Up
Winner: La Maison en Petits Cubes

Live Action Short Film:

Auf der Strecke (On the Line), Manon on the Asphalt, New Boy, The Pig, La Maison en Petits Cubes
Winner: La Maison en Petits Cubes

Visual Effects:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Iron Man
Winner: The Curious of Benjamin Button