With a few minor exceptions, this year’s Academy Awards kind of, well… sucked. I am disappointed that hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco didn’t manage to make the telecast more palatable for viewers.
Can we say snore-fest?
Of the whole telecast, I only manged to enjoy three things. The first memorable moment for me was when Melissa Leo won the Best Supporting Actress statue for The Fighter. Leo’s dropping of the F-Bomb was history making, I don’t think that’s ever happened before!
Number two on my list would have to be Cate Blanchett‘s description of Best Makeup Effects winner The Wolfman… In her words; ‘That’s gross!’. Absolute perfection and my personal reaction to watching that film. I have to agree that the film is kind of nasty visually. But I guess that’s what they were going for right?
And my final favorite moment of the broadcast would have to be the cute/witty banter between Sherlock Holmes‘ co-stars Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr.
That was hilarious! Not only that, but I got my eye-candy quota filled for the night.
God those men are sexy beasts, aren’t they?
Best Picture
* “Black Swan”
* “The Fighter”
* “Inception”
* “The Kids Are All Right”
* “The King’s Speech” – Winner!
* “127 Hours”
* “The Social Network”
* “Toy Story 3”
* “True Grit”
* “Winter’s Bone”
Anyways enough of my ranting, you can check out the complete list of tonight’s winners after the jump.
Actress in a Leading Role
* Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
* Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
* Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone”
* Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” – Winner!
* Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”
Actor in a Leading Role
* Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
* Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
* Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
* Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech” – Winner!
* James Franco in “127 Hours”
Foreign Language Film
* “Biutiful” Mexico
* “Dogtooth” Greece
* “In a Better World” Denmark – Winner!
* “Incendies” Canada
* “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria
Actor in a Supporting Role
* Christian Bale in “The Fighter” – Winner!
* John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone”
* Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
* Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
* Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech”
Music (Original Score)
* “How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell
* “Inception” Hans Zimmer
* “The King’s Speech” Alexandre Desplat
* “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
* “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Winner!
Sound Mixing
* “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick – Winner!
* “The King’s Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
* “Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
* “The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
* “True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Sound Editing
* “Inception” Richard King – Winner!
* “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
* “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
* “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
* “Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger
Makeup
* “Barney’s Version” Adrien Morot
* “The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
* “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey – Winner!
Costume Design
* “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood – Winner!
* “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
* “The King’s Speech” Jenny Beavan
* “The Tempest” Sandy Powell
* “True Grit” Mary Zophres
Documentary (Short Subject)
* “Killing in the Name” Jed Rothstein
* “Poster Girl” Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
* “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon – Winner!
* “Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
* “The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Short Film (Live Action)
* “The Confession” Tanel Toom
* “The Crush” Michael Creagh
* “God of Love” Luke Matheny – Winner!
* “Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
* “Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
Documentary (Feature)
* “Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz
* “Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
* “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs – Winner!
* “Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
* “Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
Visual Effects
* “Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
* “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
* “Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
* “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb – Winner!
* “Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
Film Editing
* “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
* “The Fighter” Pamela Martin
* “The King’s Speech” Tariq Anwar
* “127 Hours” Jon Harris
* “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter – Winner!
Music (Original Song)
* “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
* “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
* “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
* “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman – Winner!
Directing
* “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
* “The Fighter” David O. Russell
* “The King’s Speech” Tom Hooper – Winner!
* “The Social Network” David Fincher
* “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland” Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara – Winner!
* “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
* “Inception”
* “The King’s Speech”
* “True Grit”
Cinematography
* “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
* “Inception” Wally Pfister – Winner!
* “The King’s Speech” Danny Cohen
* “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
* “True Grit” Roger Deakins
Actress in a Supporting Role
* Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
* Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech”
* Melissa Leo in “The Fighter” (F BOMB DROPPED) – Winner!
* Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
* Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”
Short Film (Animated)
* “Day & Night” Teddy Newton
* “The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
* “Let’s Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
* “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann – Winner!
* “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois
Animated Feature Film
* “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
* “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
* “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich – Winner!
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
* “127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
* “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin – Winner!
* “Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
* “True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
* “Winter’s Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
Writing (Original Screenplay)
* “Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
* “The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
* “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
* “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
* “The King’s Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler – Winner!
