81st Annual Academy Awards®

So this last night the the 81st annual acdamey awards were held. I Just watched the whole thing on the red carpet because the it started at 12pm here in Sweden. My fave dress at the red carpet were probably Natalie Portman. Miley looked beautiful but I liked Natalies dress more.
Best dressed male was - by my choice - Dev Patel, that guy from Sulmdog milionare. He looked really good on the red carpet. So Natalie Portman and Dev Patel was absolutly best dressed on the red carpet.
Watch this video below of Heath Ledgers family accepting his award for best performance by an actor in a supporting role:


Best Motion Picture of the Year
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Christian Colson
Other Nominees: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Ceán Chaffin, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall
Frost/Nixon (2008): Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Eric Fellner
Milk (2008/I): Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
The Reader (2008): Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
WINNER: Sean Penn for Milk (2008/I)
Other Nominees: Richard Jenkins for The Visitor (2007/I)
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon (2008)
Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
WINNER: Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008)
Other Nominees: Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Angelina Jolie for Changeling (2008)
Melissa Leo for Frozen River (2008)
Meryl Streep for Doubt (2008/I)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
WINNER: Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008)
Other Nominees: Josh Brolin for Milk (2008/I)
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder (2008)
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt (2008/I)
Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
WINNER: Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Other Nominees: Amy Adams for Doubt (2008/I)
Viola Davis for Doubt (2008/I)
Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (2008)

Best Achievement in Directing
WINNER: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Other Nominees: Stephen Daldry for The Reader (2008)
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon (2008)
Gus Van Sant for Milk (2008/I)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
WINNER: Milk (2008/I): Dustin Lance Black
Other Nominees: Frozen River (2008): Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008): Mike Leigh
In Bruges (2008): Martin McDonagh
WALL·E (2008): Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Simon Beaufoy
Other Nominees: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Doubt (2008/I): John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon (2008): Peter Morgan
The Reader (2008): David Hare

Best Achievement in Cinematography
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Anthony Dod Mantle
Other Nominees: Changeling (2008): Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight (2008): Wally Pfister
The Reader (2008): Roger Deakins, Chris Menges

Best Achievement in Editing
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Chris Dickens
Other Nominees: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
The Dark Knight (2008): Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon (2008): Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
Milk (2008/I): Elliot Graham

Best Achievement in Art Direction
WINNER: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
Other Nominees: Changeling (2008): James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
The Dark Knight (2008): Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
The Duchess (2008): Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
Revolutionary Road (2008): Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt

Best Achievement in Costume Design
WINNER: The Duchess (2008): Michael O'Connor
Other Nominees: Australia (2008): Catherine Martin
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Jacqueline West
Milk (2008/I): Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road (2008): Albert Wolsky

Best Achievement in Makeup
WINNER: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Greg Cannom
Other Nominees:The Dark Knight (2008): John Caglione Jr., Conor O'Sullivan
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008): Mike Elizalde, Thomas Floutz

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman
Other Nominees The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Alexandre Desplat
Defiance (2008): James Newton Howard
Milk (2008/I): Danny Elfman
WALL·E (2008): Thomas Newman

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman, Sampooran Singh Gulzar("Jai Ho")
Other Nominees:Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman, Maya Arulpragasam("O Saya")
WALL·E (2008): Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman("Down to Earth")

Best Achievement in Sound
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
Other Nominees: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten
The Dark Knight (2008): Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo
WALL·E (2008): Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt
Wanted (2008): Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
WINNER: The Dark Knight (2008): Richard King
Other Nominees: Iron Man (2008): Frank E. Eulner, Christopher Boyes
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Tom Sayers
WALL·E (2008): Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood
Wanted (2008): Wylie Stateman

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
WINNER: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
Other Nominees: The Dark Knight (2008): Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin
Iron Man (2008): John Nelson, Ben Snow, Daniel Sudick, Shane Mahan

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
WINNER: WALL·E (2008): Andrew Stanton
Other Nominees: Bolt (2008): Chris Williams, Byron Howard
Kung Fu Panda (2008): John Stevenson, Mark Osborne

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
WINNER: Okuribito (2008)(Japan)
Other Nominees: Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008)(Germany)
Entre les murs (2008)(France)
Revanche (2008)(Austria)
Vals Im Bashir (2008)(Israel)

Best Documentary, Features
WINNER: Man on Wire (2008): James Marsh, Simon Chinn
Other Nominees: The Betrayal - Nerakhoon (2008): Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath
Encounters at the End of the World (2007): Werner Herzog, Henry Kaiser
The Garden (2008/I): Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Trouble the Water (2008): Tia Lessin, Carl Deal

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
WINNER: Smile Pinki (2008): Megan Mylan
Other Nominees: The Conscience of Nhem En (2008): Steven Okazaki
The Final Inch (2009): Irene Taylor Brodsky, Tom Grant
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306 (2008): Adam Pertofsky, Margaret Hyde

Best Short Film, Animated
WINNER: Maison en petits cubes, La (2008): Kunio Katô
Other Nominees: Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya (2007): Konstantin Bronzit
Oktapodi (2007): Emud Mokhberi, Thierry Marchand
Presto (2008): Doug Sweetland
This Way Up (2008): Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes

Best Short Film, Live Action
WINNER: Spielzeugland (2007): Jochen Alexander Freydank
Other Nominees: Auf der Strecke (2007): Reto Caffi
Manon sur le bitume (2007): Elizabeth Marre, Olivier Pont
New Boy (2007): Steph Green, Tamara Anghie
Grisen (2008): Tivi Magnusson, Dorthe Warnø Høgh


your writer, Erika.