The 81st Annual Academy Award Winners

So the Oscars are officially over and we figured that if you didnt already know, you might want to see a list of ALL the winners. Here you go:

BEST PICTURE
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) A Celador Films Production, Christian Colson, producer

LEAD ACTOR
Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)

LEAD ACTRESS
Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)

DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle for “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Departures” Japan (Regent Releasing) A Departures Film Partners production

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company) [didn’t like the movie, but she did great job]

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Dustin Lance Black for “Milk” (Focus Features) [In Bruges was robbed]

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Simon Beaufoy for “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) [of all the awards this movie won, this one was the one it least deserved. Here, I’ll give you a sample of the brilliant writing: “Latika!” In fact, that’s two thirds of the movie.]

ANIMATED FEATURE
Andrew Stanton for “WALL-E” (Walt Disney) [Also had better writing than Milk]

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Kunio Kato for “La Maison en Petits Cubes” (A Robot Communications Production) [Never saw it, but his “Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto” acceptance speech was the highlight of the night.]

ART DIRECTION
Donald Graham Burt for art direction and Victor J. Zolfo for set decoration on “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros)

COSTUME DESIGN
Michael O’Connor for “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathe and BBC Films) [Come on, Academy, don’t encourage them. Winning an award for costumes was the only reason they made this movie.]

MAKEUP
Greg Cannom for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros)

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anthony Dod Mantle for “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox
Searchlight) [I’m torn on this one. The movie definitely looked pretty, but I’m also really sick of the “Oh my God, everything’s tilted!” trend in cinematography. Congratulations, you’re arty, now can you hold the goddamned camera straight, please?]

LIVE ACTION SHORT FIRM
Jochen Alexander Freydank for “Spielzeugland” (Toyland) – a Mephisto Film production

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
James Marsh and Simon Chinn for “Man on Wire” (Magnolia
Pictures) A Wall to Wall production [Gonzo not being nominated is a crime, but at least Encounters didn’t win.]

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Megan Mylan for “Smile Pinki”, a Principle production [weird, I thought Smile Pink was something way different.]

VISUAL EFFECTS
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros)

SOUND EDITING
Richard King for “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros)

SOUND MIXING
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty for “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)

FILM EDITING
Chris Dickens for “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)

ORIGINAL SCORE
A.R. Rahman for “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)

ORIGINAL SONG
“Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)