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Monday 25 February 2008
The only thing that outshone the lovely designer evening gowns of actresses were the dazzling trophies for the winners of the Academy Awards 2008. A grand show befitting the occasion of the 80th Annual Academy Awards ceremony was held on 24th February 2008 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Several actors and actresses from across the world took flights to USA to be a part of this ceremony and celebrate the annual awards ceremony. Numerous producers and directors who also took flight to USA to enjoy the Oscar Awards 2008 ceremony joined them.
The Academy Awards 2008 had some great performances and presenters. Needless to say, Jon Stewart tickled the funny bone of the audience and over a billion viewers who enjoyed the Oscar Awards 2008 show on their television sets.
The winners of the Academy Awards 2008 were:
Best PICTURE: No Country for Old Men
Contenders: Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, There Will Be Blood
Best DIRECTOR: Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Contenders: Julian Schnabel -The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Jason Reitman –Juno, Tony Gilroy -Michael Clayton, Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Best ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Contenders: George Clooney - Michael Clayton, Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd, Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah, Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
Best ACTRESS: Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Contenders: Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Julie Christie - Away from Her, Laura Linney - The Savages, Ellen Page - Juno
Best SUPPORTING ACTOR: Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Contenders: Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War, Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild, Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
Best SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
Contenders:Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There, Ruby Dee - American Gangster, Saoirse Ronan – Atonement, Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: No Country for Old Men, Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Contenders:Atonement - Screenplay by Christopher Hampton, Away from Her - Written by Sarah Polley, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Screenplay by Ronald Harwood, There Will Be Blood - Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Juno, Written by Diablo Cody
Contenders:Lars and the Real Girl - Written by Nancy Oliver, Michael Clayton - Written by Tony Gilroy, Ratatouille - Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird, The Savages - Written by Tamara Jenkin
Best ANIMATED FEATURE: Ratatouille
Contenders: Persepolis, Surf's Up
Achievement in ART DIRECTION: Sweeney Todd
Contenders: American Gangster, Atonement, The Golden Compass, There Will Be Blood
Achievement In CINEMATOGRAPHY: There Will Be Blood
Contenders: The Assassination of Jesse James, Atonement, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, No Country for Old Men
Achievement In COSTUME DESIGN: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Contenders: Across the Universe, Atonement, La Vie en Rose, Sweeney Todd
Best DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Taxi to the Dark Side
Contenders: No End in Sight, Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience, Sicko, War Dance
Achievement In FILM EDITING: The Bourne Ultimatum
Contenders: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Into the Wild, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood
Best FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: The Counterfeiters - Austria
Contenders: Beaufort – Israel, Katyn – Poland, Mongol – Kazakhstan, 12 - Russia
Achievement In MAKE-UP: La Vie en Rose
Contenders: Norbit, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Original SCORE: Atonement
Contenders: The Kite Runner, Michael Clayton, Ratatouille, 3:10 to Yuma
Original SONG: Falling Slowly - Once
Contenders: Happy Working Song – Enchanted, Raise It Up - August Rush, So Close – Enchanted, That's How You Know - Enchanted
Achievement In SOUND EDITING: The Bourne Ultimatum
Contenders: No Country for Old Men, Ratatouille, There Will Be Blood, Transformers
Achievement In SOUND MIXING: The Bourne Ultimatum
Contenders: No Country for Old Men, Ratatouille, 3:10 to Yuma, Transformers
Achievement In VISUAL EFFECTS: The Golden Compass
Contenders: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Transformers
Best ANIMATED SHORT FILM: Peter & the Wolf
Contenders: I Met the Walrus, Madame Tutli-Putli, Szczerbowski Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven), My Love (Moya Lyubov)
Best Live Action Short Film: Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
Contenders: At Night, Il Supplente (The Substitute), Tanghi Argentini, The Tonto Woman
Best DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: Freeheld
Contenders: La Corona (The Crown), Salim Baba, Sari's Mother
So grab the latest world travel guide and head for Hollywood. You would surely want to meet as many winners as possible!
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