Oscars 2010: And The Winners Are...

Forget the media-initiated battle between ex-husband and wife, the real face-off at this year's Oscars was between new technology and old-fashioned storytelling... and the victor, we're happy to report, is the latter.

As the dust settles on the gong-giving broo-ha-ha that was the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, it's Kathryn Bigelow's brilliant and brave The Hurt Locker that has emerged the big winner with golden baldies for Best Picture and Best Director among its five statuette haul, while former hubbie James Cameron's Avatar was left holding his rightful prizes for technical prowess in the Art Direction, Cinematography and Visual Effects categories.

After the Academy made its big decision about which movie to put their weight behind (and we do think they went with the right one!), the rest of the big winners were fairly predictable with the likes of Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock walking away with Best Actor and Actress awards for their turns in Crazy Heart and The Blind Side respectively. Inglourious Basterd Christoph Waltz and Precious star Mo'Nique both were recognized for their fine work, while Pete Docter and Bob Peterson grabbed another Oscar for Pixar with their incredible animated feature Up.


Check out the full list of winners below...

Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up In The Air

Winner: The Hurt Locker


Best Director
James Cameron - Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels - Precious: Based On The Novel 'Push' By Sapphire
Jason Reitman - Up In The Air

Winner: The Hurt Locker


Best Actor In A Leading Role
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up In The Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker

Winner: Jeff Bridges


Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

Winner: Christoph Waltz


Best Actress In A Leading Role
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based On The Novel 'Push' By Sapphire
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

Winner: Sandra Bullock


Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz - Nine
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Crazy Heart
Vera Farmiga - Up In The Air
Anna Kendrick - Up In The Air
Mo'Nique - Precious: Based On The Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Winner: Mo'Nique


Best Animated Feature
Up - Pete Docter and Bob Peterson
The Princess And The Frog - Ron Clements and John Musker
Coraline - Henry Selick
The Fantastic Mr. Fox - Wes Anderson
The Secret Of Kells

Winner: Up


Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell - District 9
Nick Hornby - An Education Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner - Up In The Air
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin and Tony Roche - In The Loop

Winner: Precious


Best Writing - Original Screenplay
Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
Pete Docter and Bob Peterson - Up
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman - The Messenger

Winner: The Hurt Locker


Best Art Direction
Avatar
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes

Winner: Avatar


Best Cinematography
Avatar
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon

Winner: Avatar


Best Costume Design
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria

Winner: The Young Victoria


Best Documentary Feature
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
Which Way Home

Winner: The Cove


Best Documentary Short
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears Of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign Of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing Of A GM Plant
Rabbit à la Berlin
Music By Prudence

Winner: Music By Prudence


Best Film Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds

Winner: The Hurt Locker


Best Foreign Language Film
Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani - Ajami (Israel)
Jacques Audiard - A Prophet (France)
Juan José Campanella - The Secret In Their Eyes (Argentina)
Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon (Germany)
Claudia Llosa - La Teta Asustada (Peru)

Winner: The Secret In Their Eyes


Best Live Action Short Film
Juanita Wilson and James Flynn - The Door
Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström - Istället för abrakadabra
Gregg Helvey - Kavi
Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey - Miracle Fish
Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson - The New Tenants

Winner: The New Tenants


Best Make-Up
Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano - Il Divo
Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow - Star Trek
Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore - The Young Victoria

Winner: Star Trek


Best Original Score
James Horner - Avatar
Alexandre Desplat - The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders - The Hurt Locker
Hans Zimmer - Sherlock Holmes
Michael Giacchino - Up

Winner: Up


Best Original Song
Randy Newman - Almost There - The Princess And The Frog
Randy Newman - Down In New Orleans - The Princess And The Frog
Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas - Loin de Paname - Paris 36
Maury Yeston - Take It All - Nine
Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett - The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) - Crazy Heart

Winner: Crazy Heart - The Weary Kind


Best Sound Editing
Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle - Avatar
Paul N.J. Ottosson - The Hurt Locker
Wylie Stateman - Inglourious Basterds
Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin - Star Trek
Michael Silvers and Tom Myers - Up!

Winner: The Hurt Locker


Best Visual Effects
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones - Avatar
Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken - District 9
Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton - Star Trek

Winner: Avatar


Best Animated Short Film
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
Logoramam
The Lady And The Reaper
A Matter Of Loaf And Death

Winner: Logorama


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