2009 Academy Awards

2009 Academy Awards

Check here for all your 2009 Academy Award nominations, winners and otherwise brilliant coverage of the big event, Sunday, February 22, 2009 on ABC.

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Actors Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala ,Ayush Mahesh Khededar, Azhar Mohammed Ismail, Dev Patel, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar and Freida Pinto at the Fox Searchlight Oscar after party for Slumdog Millionaire and The Wrestler held at One Sunset on February 22, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala;Ayush Mahesh Khededar;Azhar Mohammed Ismail;Dev Patel;Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar;Freida Pinto (Getty Images) more pics » Danny Boyle's  Slumdog Millionaire took home 8 awards tonight, crushing its closest competitor, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , which won 3. Winning both Best Director and Best Picture, Slumdog Millionaire took home 8 out ... Read Full Story
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THE OSCAR WINNERS... Best Picture: Producer Christian Colson for Slumdog Millionaire. “It has been collaboration between hundreds of people. All of us are here to share this moment. This was an extraordinary journey,” says the Slumdog... team. Best Direction: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire Best Original Song: A R Rahman and Gulzar for ‘Jai Ho...’ (Slumdog Millionarie) The Indian music maestro, Rahman wooed the audience with ‘O Saya’ and ‘Jai Ho...’ the nominated songs from ‘Slumdog...’, as the nominees for Best Original Song were being announced. Best Original Score: A R Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire . “I have nothing but my mother and she ... Read Full Story
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Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner at the Academy Awards taking home 8 Oscars. Danny Boyle won his first Oscar for directing. We've been Danny Boyle fans since his Trainspotting days. Slumdog Millionaire wins big at The Oscars Congrats to Danny and the cast and crew of Slumdog Millionaire for your well deserved wins! Congrats to all of this years winners and nominees. The other big winners of the night were Kate Winslet who won Best Actress for her performance as a Nazi pedophile in the Reader. Sean Penn won Best Actor for his pitch perfect performance as slain civil rights leader Harvey Milk. ... Read Full Story
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Browse > Home / FILM , PRESS RELEASE / Tribeca Film Institute Announces Documentary Fund Recipients July 17, 2009 Seven International and Domestic Projects Selected Highlighting Critical Issues of Social Importance From Around The World NEW YORK ( RPRN ) 7/17/2009– The Tribeca Film Institute and Gucci have announced the recipients selected for the 2009 Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund which provides finishing finances to documentary filmmakers whose projects promote social change and illuminate issues in need of deeper coverage currently missing from mainstream media. In the second year of the fund, seven projects have been selected from 350 submissions from 41 countries to receive ... Read Full Story
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Best Motion Picture of the Year Winner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Christian Colson Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Winner: Sean Penn for Milk (2008/I) Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Winner: Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008) Best Achievement in Directing Winner: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Winner: Okuribito (2008)(Japan) Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song Winner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - A.R. Rahman, Sampooran Singh Gulzar(”Jai Ho”) Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Winner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - A.R. Rahman Best ... Read Full Story
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A couple days ago it was reported that Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) had found his next film project, 127 Hours, a story of Aron Ralston, the mountain climber who amputated his own arm to free himself after being trapped by a boulder for nearly five days. Indiewire had a chance to talk to the filmmaker at the BAFRA Brittania Awards, and Boyle confirmed that Slumdog Millionaire writer Simon Beaufoy has not yet...  
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Theater veterans Alec Baldwin, Will Ferrell, America Ferrera, Neil Patrick Harris, Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Hudson, Hugh Jackman, Anna Paquin, Chris Pine, Daniel Radcliffe, Ben Stiller, Liev Schreiber, and Usher are among the nominees for the 2010 People's Choice Awards, which will be held...  
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Aw shucks! Variety is reporting that Hugh Jackman "quietly turned down the job within the past few weeks." There was much speculation that the Academy might bring back Jackman to host the Oscars once again next March, but that's no longer the case. Last year's presentation was like nothing we've ever seen the Academy do before, with musical numbers and cardboard sets and duets with Anne Hathaway. I enjoyed it, I liked Jackman as the host, now...  
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Omelet (www.omeletla.com), a hybrid creative and entertainment agency recognized for its big ideas and innovative use of non-traditional media, announced today that it has been awarded strategic and creative duties for the marketing campaign for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards show scheduled to air on March 7th at 5PT/8ET on ABC. Omelet won the repeat business without a competitive review.  
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Apparently it takes two hosts to rival Hugh Jackman’s performance from last year’s Oscar ceremony.  Jackman said he wasn’t interested in hosting two years straight and the “Tropic Thunder” duo of Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. also turned down the offer, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin have stepped up and will attempt to make [...]  
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We like newly appointed Oscar hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin — but can they really follow Hugh Jackman's heroic performance at last year's ceremony? We're still skeptical! One guy who isn't, though, is the man himself. We ran into Jackman at last night's Valentino: The Last Emperor DVD-release party at the Standard Hotel and asked him about the Academy's decision. "I had no idea they were [hosting the Oscars]! You are breaking the news to...  
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A Slumdog Millionaire reunion took place at The 18th Annual BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards held at The Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City, California last night. Stars Freida Pinto, Dev Patel,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]  
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BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTOR
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt
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

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

DIRECTOR
David Fincher
Ron Howard
Gus Van Sant
Stephen Daldry
Danny Boyle

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Andrew Stanton - WALL-E

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Eric Roth and Robin Swicord - Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
David Hare - The Reader
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
The Class
Departures
Revanche
Waltz with Bashir

ANIMATED
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E
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