The Oscars!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/81st_Academy_Awards

On Sunday, February 22, 2009, the 81st Academy Awards were held. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button held the most nominations, with 13, followed by Slumdog Millionaire, with 10 nominations. The Major Award Winners are as follows:

Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire.

Best Foreign Language Film: Departures - Japan

Best Documentary Feature: Man On Wire

Best Animated Feature: Wall-E

Best Director: Danny Boyle, for Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Sean Penn, for Milk

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Kate Winslet, for The Reader

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger, for The Dark Knight

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Penelope Cruz, for Vicky Christina Barcelona

Best Writing - Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, for Milk

Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, for Slumdog Millionaire

Jerry Lewis was also awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

The Oscars are one of the biggest events of the year, if not the biggest.

There were however, some controversies involved in the most recent Oscars. Such as, Gran Torino was not nominated for anything at all. That film deserved a Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor nomination. Also, The Wrestler, the song written by Bruce Springsteen for the film, The Wrestler, was nominated for Best Song, despite winning that award at the Golden Globes. Also, Christopher Nolan was not nominated for Best Director, even though he did deserve a nomination, at the very least. As you can see, the most recent Oscars was an interesting one.

I thought that this year's Oscars was one of the best, if not the best that they have ever seen. Hugh Jackman did a great job as host.