As you should know by now, the 81st annual Academy Awards aired last night and personally, I found it highly enjoyable and one of the best in years. Hugh Jackman was in top form and pulled off the trifecta of hosting, singing and dancing all in one fell swoop. Unsurprisingly, Slumdog Millionaire sweeped pretty much everything that it was nominated for and Heath Ledger won for Best Supporting Actor for his vicious and brilliant portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight. In case you missed it, I've put all of the awards down below, with the winner bold faced. Just for fun, I've underlined what my personal preference would have been if I had picked the Oscars (which I totally should). Ready? Go! (Note: I'm not italicizing movie titles for the sole purpose of simplicity--the bold and underlining is enough already.)1) Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire
Milk
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Reader
Frost/Nixon
2) Best Actor
Sean Penn-Milk
Mickey Rourke-The Wrestler
Frank Langella-Frost/Nixon
Brad Pitt-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Richard Jenkins-The Visitor
3) Best Actress
Meryl Streep-Doubt
Anne Hathaway-Rachel Getting Married
Kate Winslet-The Reader
Melissa Leo-Frozen River
Angelina Jolie-Changeling
4) Best Director
Danny Boyle-Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Stephen Daldry-The Reader
Ron Howard-Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant-Milk
5) Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger-The Dark Knight
Robert Downey, Jr.-Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman-Doubt
Josh Brolin-Milk
Michael Shannon-Revolutionary Road
6) Best Supporting Actress
Marisa Tomei-The Wrestler
Amy Adams-Doubt
Penelope Cruz-Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Taraji P. Henson-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Viola Davis-Doubt
7) Best Original Screenplay
Courtney Hunt-Frozen River
Dustin Lance Black-Milk
Martin McDonough-In Bruges
Mike Leigh-Happy Go Lucky
Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon-Wall-E
8) Best Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy-Slumdog Millionaire
Eric Roth-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Peter Morgan-Frost/Nixon
John Patrick Shanley-Doubt
David Hare-The Reader
9) Best Art Direction
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
10) Best Cinematography
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
11) Best Foreign Language Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Class
Departures
Austria
Waltz With Bashir
12) Best Original Score
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Defiance
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
13) Best Animated Film
Wall-E
Kung Fu Panda
Bolt
14) Best Costume Design
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road
15) Best Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Iron Man
The Dark Knight
16) Best Original Song
"Down to Earth"-Wall-E
"Jai Ho"-Slumdog Millionaire
"O Saya"-Slumdog Millionaire
17) Best Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
18) Best Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
19) Best Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
Wanted
20) Best Sound Mixing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
Wanted
21) Best Documentary Feature
The Betrayal
Encounters at the End of the World
Man on Wire
The Garden
Trouble the Water
22) Best Documentary Short
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness-From the Balcony of Room 306
23) Best Animated Short
La Maison de Petits Cubes
Lavatory-Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up
24) Best Live Action Short
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)
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