Academy Awards	Entertainment News
81st Annual Academy Awards (Televised February 22, 2009) The nominations only include films released during the Eligibility Year of January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008. Additionally, to be eligible a film must be feature length (defined as over 40 minutes), publicly exhibited on either 35mm or 70mm film, be available for paid admission in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County, run for at least seven consecutive days, and be advertised and exploited during its Los Angeles run in a manner considered normal and customary to the industry. Documentary, Foreign Language, Music, and Short Films Awards have their own rules governing length and theater play. Oscar and Academy Awards are registered trademarks of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This site is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Best Motion Picture	Academy Award
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Milk The Reader Slumdog Millionaire The Oscar Went To: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director	Academy Award
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire Stephen Daldry for The Reader David Fincher for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon Gus Van Sant for Milk The Oscar Went To: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor	Leading Role
Richard Jenkins for The Visitor Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon Sean Penn for Milk Brad Pitt for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler The Oscar Went To: Sean Penn for Milk
Best Actress	Leading Role
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married Angelina Jolie for Changeling Melissa Leo for Frozen River Meryl Streep for Doubt Kate Winslet for The Reader The Oscar Went To: Kate Winslet for The Reader
Best Actor	Supporting Role
Josh Brolin for Milk Robert Downey, Jr. for Tropic Thunder Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road The Oscar Went To: Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
Best Actress	Supporting Role
Amy Adams for Doubt Penelope Cruz for Vicky Christina Barcelona Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Viola Davis for Doubt Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler The Oscar Went To: Penelope Cruz for Vicky Christina Barcelona
Best Animated Feature	Academy Award
Bolt Kung Fu Panda Wall-E The Oscar Went To: Wall-E
Best Foreign Language Film	Academy Award
The Baader Meinhof Complex from Germany The Class from France Departures from Japan Revanche from Austria Waltz With Bashir from Israel The Oscar Went To: Departures from Japan
Best Screenplay	Adapted
Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire David Hare for The Reader Peter Morgan for Frost/Nixon Eric Roth And Robin Swicord for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button John Patrick Shanley for Doubt The Oscar Went To: Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire
Best Screenplay	Original
Dustin Lance Black for Milk Courtney Hunt for Frozen River Mike Leigh for Happy-Go-Lucky Martin McDonagh for In Bruges Jim Reardon And Pete Docter for Wall-E The Oscar Went To: Dustin Lance Black for Milk
Best Art Direction	Academy Award
Changeling The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight The Duchess Revolutionary Road The Oscar Went To: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Best Cinematography	Academy Award
Changeling The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight The Reader Slumdog Millionaire The Oscar Went To: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Sound Mixing	Academy Award
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Slumdog Millionaire Wall-E Wanted The Oscar Went To: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Sound Editing	Academy Award
The Dark Knight Iron Man Slumdog Millionaire Wall-E Wanted The Oscar Went To: The Dark Knight
Best Original Score	Academy Award
Alexandre Desplat for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Danny Elfman for Milk James Newton Howard for Defiance Thomas Newman for WALL-E A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire The Oscar Went To: A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Song	Academy Award
Down To Earth from Wall-E Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire O Saya from Slumdog Millionaire The Oscar Went To: Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire
Best Costume	Academy Award
Australia The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button The Duchess Milk Revolutionary Road The Oscar Went To: The Duchess
Best Makeup	Academy Award
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Hellboy II: The Golden Army The Oscar Went To: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Best Film Editing	Academy Award
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Frost/Nixon Milk Slumdog Millionaire The Oscar Went To: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Visual Effects	Academy Award
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Iron Man The Oscar Went To: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Best Documentary Feature	Academy Award
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) Encounters At The End Of The World The Garden Man On Wire Trouble The Water The Oscar Went To: Man On Wire
Best Documentary Short	Academy Award
The Conscience Of Nhem En The Final Inch Smile Pinki The Witness - From The Balcony Of Room 306 The Oscar Went To: Smile Pinki
Best Animated Short	Academy Award
La Maison En Petits Cubes Lavatory - Lovestory Oktapodi Presto This Way Up The Oscar Went To: La Maison En Petits Cubes
Best Live Action Short	Academy Award
Auf Der Strecke (On The Line) Manon On The Asphalt New Boy The Pig Spielzeugland (Toyland) The Oscar Went To: Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award	Academy Award
The Oscar Went To: Jerry Lewis
Gordon E. Sawyer Award	Academy Award
The Oscar Went To: Ed Catmull
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