Oscars Round Up
The Oscar Awards were held on March 7, 2010, a rescheduled date which was a result of avoiding a clash with the Winter Olympics. Hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin lit up the grand evening, and this was the first show since 1987 to have multiple hosts.
James Cameron’s “Avatar” overwhelmingly won the battle of the box-office and picked up a trio of Oscars along the way. But it was “The Hurt Locker,” the relatively tiny film directed by his ex-wife, Kathryn Bigelow, that was the big winner Sunday night. Bigelow’s film led with six Oscars, including the best-picture prize. It made history as well, as Bigelow became the first woman to win for directing. As for the ceremony itself: Co-hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin got it off to a rollicking start, though they disappeared for long, long stretches. Let’s hope they’re invited back.
| Best Picture | The Hurt Locker |
| Best Actor | Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) |
| Best Actress | Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Mo’Nique (Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire) |
| Best Director | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) |
| Best Original Screenplay | The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal) |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (Geoffrey Fletcher) |
| Best Foreign Language Film | El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina) |
| Best Animated Film | Up |
| Best Film Editing | The Hurt Locker (Chris Innis & Bob Murawski) |
| Best Visual Effects | Avatar (Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham & Andrew Jones) |
| Best Makeup | Star Trek (Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow & Barney Burman) |
| Best Costume Design | The Young Vistoria (Sandy Powell) |
| Best Art Direction | Avatar (Kim Sinclair, Rick Carter & Robert Stromberg) |
| Best Cinematography | Avatar (Mauro Fiore) |
| Best Sound Editing | The Hurt Locker (Paul Ottosson) |
| Best Sound Mixing | The Hurt Locker (Paul Ottosson & Ray Beckett) |
| Best Original Score | Up (Michael Giacchino) |
| Best Original Song | The Weary Kind – Theme from Crazy Heart (Ryan Bingham & T-Bone Burnett) |
| Best Animated – Short | Logorama |
| Best Live Action – Short | The New Tenants |
| Best Documentary Feature | The Cove |
| Best Documentary Short | Music by Prudence |
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