Best Director Kathryn Bigelow backstage with Barbra Streisand during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, March 7, 2010. credit: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.
It was good to be Kathryn Bigalow Sunday Night. The Hurt Locker filmmaker won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture of theYear. Bigalow just became the first female ot win the dfirecting honorand yet backstage she ws praising her ex-husband, James Cameron, who was nominated in the same categories as Bigalow for his moneymaking dynamo, Avatar.
Sandra Bullock won her first Academy Award for her Leading Role in The Blind Side. Bullock was probably more surprised than anyone else by the Oscar, claiming it came “out of left field.”
Jeff Bridges was giddy accepting his Leading Actor Oscar for his role as a hard-living, Country Music musician in Crazy Heart. The actor comes from a Hollywood family as the son of Lloyd Bridges and brother of Beau Bridges. And it was obvious how important family is to Bridges as he accepted the award.
Best Supporting Actress winner Mo'Nique backstage during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, March 7, 2010. credit: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.
Mo ‘Nique was the favorite to win the Academy Award in the Supporting Actress category. And apparently Hattie McDaniel’s family expected it as well. McDaniel was the first black actress to take home the Oscar in that category for her performance as Mammy the house servant in the 1939 classic Gone with the Wind. As a tribute to the Oscar winner, Mo ‘Nique wore clothing similar to McDaniel’s dress from the Awards that year and a hair bobble on loan directly from the McDaniel family.
The competition was stiff, but Christoph Waltz continued his winning streak with the Academy Award for Actor in a Supporting Role. Waltz spent most of the time backstage gushing about his Supporting Actor win IN GERMAN. However, when he did speak English it was to remark how he never expected any recognition when he took on the role of the killer Nazi in Inglorious Basterds.
We give the Academy Awards show itself a B in terms of moving swiftly. It really didn’t go much faster than previous telecasts. However, the hosts, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were great choices. They kept the humor on target and moving in a forward direction.
Best Actor Jeff Bridges backstage during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, March 7, 2010. credit: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.
Click onto videos for:
1. Kathryn Bigalow’s praise for James Cameron.
2. Jeff Bridges explaining how his wife and daughters keep him grounded.
3. Why Sandra Bullock never expected to win a Leading Actress Oscar.
4. Why Christoph Waltz believes you should not act to win awards.
5. Mo ‘Nique detailing the choices she made in fashion to honor 1939 Supporting Actress Oscar winner Hattie McDaniel.
The list of winners is as follows:
Best Picture
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
Directing
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow
Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds
Actress in a Supporting Role
Mo’Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Animated Feature
Out on the arrivals line, Ed Asner, who is the voice of Carl Fredericksen in the animated feature, Up told HollywoodOutbreak.com to “vote smart and vote often.” Apparently the voting members of the Academy agreed because Up took the statue for Animated film.
Up Pete Docter
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Hurt Locker Written by Mark Boal
Film Editing
The Hurt Locker Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Foreign Language Film
The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) Argentina
Documentary (Feature)
The Cove Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
Documentary (Short Subject)
Music by Prudence Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Music (Original Score)
Up Michael Giacchino
Music (Original Song)
The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) from Crazy Heart Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Short Film (Live Action)
The New Tenants Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
Short (Animated)
Logorama Nicolas Schmerkin
Makeup
Star Trek Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
Cinematography
Avatar Mauro Fiore
Art Direction
Avatar Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
Costume Design
The Young Victoria Sandy Powell
Sound Editing
The Hurt Locker Paul N.J. Ottosson
Sound Mixing
The Hurt Locker Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
Visual Effects
Avatar Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
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