Sunday, February 22, 2009

And the winners are...

Best Actor
My Pick: Sean Penn, Milk


The Winner: Sean Penn, Milk

Best Actress
My Pick: Kate Winslet, The Reader

The Winner: Kate Winslet, The Reader

Best Supporting Actor
My Pick: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

The Winner: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress
My Pick: Viola Davis, Doubt

The Winner: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Director
My Pick: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

The Winner: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Anamated Feture Film
My Pick: Wall-E

The Winner: Wall-E

Best Picture
My Pick:
Slumdog Millionaire
The Winner: Slumdog Millionaire


I didn't do bad at all... I only missed the best supporting actress... But that was a really tough one. I was torn between Viola Davis and Penelope Cruz, but figured they'd go with Viola... But was wrong... You can check to see who the other winners were below... Slumdog Millionaire was clearly the BIG winner of the night!

BEST PICTURE
"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
LEAD ACTOR
Sean Penn in "Milk" (Focus Features)
LEAD ACTRESS
Kate Winslet in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)
DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"Departures" -- Japan (Regent Releasing)
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (The Weinstein Company)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Dustin Lance Black for "Milk" (Focus Features)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Simon Beaufoy for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
ANIMATED FEATURE
Andrew Stanton for "WALL-E" (Walt Disney)
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Kunio Kato for "La Maison en Petits Cubes" (A Robot Communications Production)
ART DIRECTION
Donald Graham Burt for art direction and Victor J. Zolfo for set decoration on "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"(Paramount and Warner Bros)
COSTUME DESIGN
Michael O'Connor for "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathe and BBC Films)
MAKEUP
Greg Cannom for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros)
CINEMATOGRAPHY Anthony Dod Mantle for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Jochen Alexander Freydank for "Spielzeugland (Toyland)"
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
James Marsh and Simon Chinn for "Man on Wire" (Magnolia Pictures)
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Megan Mylan for "Smile Pinki", a Principle production
VISUAL EFFECTS
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros)
SOUND EDITING
Richard King for "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros)
SOUND MIXING
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
FILM EDITING
Chris Dickens for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
ORIGINAL SCORE
A.R. Rahman for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
ORIGINAL SONG
"Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), music by A.R. Rahman, lyrics by Gulzar