What a night! By far one of the most unforeseen Oscars I’ve ever watched.  I fully expected Avatar to walk away with everything, but what an upset by The Hurt Locker.  A film I  remember seeing a ad for and thought to myself, that’s a stupid name, just on it’s name alone I shunned it’s existence.

Congratulations to Kathryn Bigelow for becoming the first woman to ever win an Oscar for BEST DIRECTOR, and winning the Ex-war.  For those who don’t know James Cameron (Avatar) is Kathryn Bigelow’s (The Hurt Lockers) Ex-Husband.

No love for District 9 :-(.  I thought they were oddly placed in the Adaption Category, even if it is based of Neil Blomkamp’s short film.  I didn’t see Sandra Bullock win, it’s her first award so I’m sure she cried, and had to be dragged off the stage.  Mo’nique!!!!! You go Girl!!!!!  I was so happy for her, she’s come a long way from being the host of Showtime at the Apollo.  If you’ve never seen it, it’s like the Last Call with Carson Daily of variety shows.  It comes on after SNL, after the news, a rerun of some NBC program, then Showtime at the Apollo.

It’s fair to say the competition was pretty stacked this year.  A lot of great movies came out, and I’m glad the Academy recognized this by expanding the BEST PICTURE nominees.  I anxiously await the upcoming movies we will see this year.  Is Shutter Island Oscar worthy?  Could it win Martin Scorsese a 2nd award? May be?  See you next year.

82nd Annual Academy Award Results:

Best Pictures: The Hurt Locker
Actor in Leading Role: Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
Actor in Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
Actress in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
Actress in a Supporting Role: Mo’Nique (Precious)
Animated Feature Film: Up
Art Direction: Avatar
Cinematography: Avatar
Costume Design: The Young Victoria
Directing: The Hurt Locker
Documentary Feature: The Cove
Documentary Short: Music by Prudence
Film Editing: The Hurt Locker
Foreign Language Film: The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) (Argentina)
Makeup: Star Trek
Music (Original Score): Up
Music (Original Song): Crazy Heart (“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)”)
Short Film (Animated): Logorama
Short Film (Live Action): The New Tenants
Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker
Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker
Visual Effects: Avatar
Writing (Adapted Screenplay): Precious
Writing (Original Screenplay): The Hurt Locker

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