Iraq war drama 'The Hurt Locker', Quentin Tarantino's holocaust story 'Inglorious Basterds' and the country biopic 'Crazy Heart' were the early winners at the 82nd Academy Awards here
Iraq war drama 'The Hurt Locker', Quentin Tarantino's holocaust story 'Inglorious Basterds' and the country biopic 'Crazy Heart' were the early winners at the 82nd Academy Awards here
The first award of the night went to Austrian actor Christoph Waltz in the best supporting actor category for his villainous role as Nazi officer Hans Landa in the World War II drama. It is the first Oscar for the 53-year-old was presented the award by Penelope Cruz. 'Crazy Heart' registered its first victory in the best original song category for 'The Weary King (Theme from Crazy Heart). While 'The Hurt Locker', which has nine nominations, won in the category of best original screenplay.
The award went to Mark Baol. Disney-Pixar's film 'Up', which is also nominated for the best picture, won the Oscar for the best animation film. While the award for Best make-up went to 'Star Trek's Barney Burman. The award was present to Burman by Ben Stiller, who was dressed as 'Na'vi, from 'Avatar'. The Hollywood extravaganza got under way with a formal introduction of the 10 nominees in the best actor and actress categories before 'How I Met Your Mother' star Neil Patrick Harris led off a song and dance routine. It was followed by the introduction of show hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, who warmed up the star-studded audience with an opening double act by cracking jokes at the nominees including Meryl Streep.
ADVERTISEMENT
"Meryl Streep holds the record for most nominations or as I like to put it, most losses," Martin quipped. The comedian also took a pot shot at 'The Hurt Locker' director Kathryn Bigelow, who is nominated for best director alongside ex-husband James Cameron. "She was so pleased to be nominated with (Cameron) she sent him a gift basket with a timer," Martin said. "He reciprocated by sending her a Toyota," Baldwin added.
Actress Mo'Nique, who plays an abusive mother in the film won the trophy of the Best supporting actress for her turn as an abusive mother in movie 'Precious', which also won the award for the Best Adapted Screenplay, which went to Geoffrey Fletcher for his adaptation of novel 'Push' by Saphire The award for Best Short Film '(Animated) went to 'Logorama by Nicolas Schmerkin while Danish short film 'The New Tenants' edged passed Hindi film 'Kavi' to win in the category of Best Short Film (Live Action). James Cameron's sci-fi epic 'Avatar', which is leading the nominations with nine nods alongwith 'The Hurt Locker', registered its first win with taking home the trophy for Best Art Direction, which was shared by Rick Carter, Robert Stromber and Kim Sinclair. The film also won the award in the category of Best Cinematography with Mauro Fiore being handed over the trophy by Sandra Bullock. The award for Best Costume Design went to opulent period drama 'The Young Victoria' while the trophy for Best Make-Up went to the futuristic franchise 'Star Trek'. The Iraq war drama 'The Hurt Locker' beat off competition from 'Avatar' in the sound categories taking the Oscar for both Sound Mixing and Sound Editing. 'Music by Prudence' by Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett won in the Best Documentary (Short Subject) category. The Governor's award were received by Hollywood veterans, producer-executive John Kalley, Actress Lauren Bacall, producer-director Roger Corman and Cinematographer Gordon Willis. The Academy also paid a tribute to John Hughes, the maker of cult hits like 'Pretty In Pink', 'The Breakfast Club' and 'Home Alone', who died last year.
Avatar won its third torphy for Best Visual Effects. The award was presented by Hollywood hunks Gerard Butler and Bradley Cooper to the team, which included Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Ricahrd Baneham and Andrew R Jones. Animated film 'Up', about an old man and a kid's adventurous journey to Africa, also won its second award for Best Original Score. The award went to Michael Giacchino. "If you want to be creative, do it, its not a waste of time," said Giacchino. The award for the Best Documentary (Feature) went to 'The Cove', which depicts the illegal slaughter of Dolphins in Japan. The academy paid tribute to Patrick Swayze, 'King of Pop' Michael Jackson, actress Brittany Murphy and Jean Simmons, who passed away last year.
Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest news!" Click here!
