82nd annual Academy Awards nominees and winners

Best picture

• “Avatar”
• “The Hurt Locker” [WINNER]
• “Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
• “Up in the Air”
• “Inglourious Basterds”
• “Up”
• “The Blind Side”
• “District 9”
• “An Education”
• “A Serious Man”

Actor

• George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
• Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart” [WINNER]
• Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
• Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”
• Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker”

Actress

• Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”
• Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side” [WINNER]
• Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
• Helen Mirren, “The Last Station”
• Carey Mulligan, “An Education”

Supporting actor

• Matt Damon, “Invictus”
• Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
• Christopher Plummer, “The Last Station”
• Stanley Tucci, “The Lovely Bones”
• Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds” [WINNER]

Supporting actress

• Vera Farmiga, “Up in the Air”
• Mo’Nique, “Precious” [WINNER]
• Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
• Penelope Cruz, “Nine”
• Maggie Gyllenhaal, “Crazy Heart”

Director

• Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”
• Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker” [WINNER]
• James Cameron, “Avatar”
• Lee Daniels, “Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
• Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”

Animated feature

• “Up” [WINNER]
• “Coraline”
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
• “The Princess and the Frog”
• “The Secret of Kells”

Original screenplay

• “The Hurt Locker” [WINNER]
• “Inglourious Basterds”
• “The Messenger”
• “A Serious Man”
• “Up”

Adapted screenplay

• “District 9”
• “An Education”
• “In the Loop”
• “Precious” [WINNER]
• “Up in the Air”

Best foreign-language film

• “Ajami”
• “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” [WINNER]
• “The Milk of Sorrow”
• “Un Prophète”
• “The White Ribbon”

Best film editing

• “Avatar”
• “District 9”
• “The Hurt Locker” [WINNER]
• “Inglourious Basterds”
• “Precious”

Art direction

• “Avatar” [WINNER]
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
• “Nine”
• “Sherlock Holmes”
• “The Young Victoria”

Cinematography

• “Avatar” [WINNER]
• “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
• “The Hurt Locker”
• “Inglourious Basterds”
• “The White Ribbon”

Costume design

• “Bright Star”
• “Coco Before Chanel”
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
• “Nine”
• “The Young Victoria” [WINNER]

Best documentary feature

• “Burma VJ”
• “The Cove” [WINNER]
• “Food, Inc.”
• “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers”
• “Which Way Home”

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”
• “Music by Prudence” [WINNER]
• “Rabbit à la Berlin”

Makeup

• “Il Divo”
• “Star Trek” [WINNER]
• “The Young Victoria”

Music (original score)

• “Avatar”
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
• “The Hurt Locker”
• “Sherlock Holmes”
• “Up” [WINNER]

Music (original song)

• “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog”
• “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog”
• “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36”
• “Take it All” from “Nine”
• “The Weary Kind (Theme from “Crazy Heart”) from “Crazy Heart” [WINNER]

Short film, animated

• “French Toast”
• “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty”
• “The Lady and the Reaper”
• “Logorama” [WINNER]
• “A Matter of Loaf and Death”

Short film, live action

• “The Door”
• “Instead of Abracadabra”
• “Kavi”
• “Miracle Fish”
• “The New Tenants” [WINNER]

Sound editing

• “Avatar”
• “The Hurt Locker” [WINNER]
• “Inglourious Basterds”
• “Star Trek”
• “Up”

Sound mixing

• “Avatar”
• “The Hurt Locker” [WINNER]
• “Inglourious Basterds”
• “Star Trek”
• “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

Visual effects

• “Avatar” [WINNER]
• “District 9”
• “Star Trek”

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Dual awards agian for A.R Rahman

The ‘Mozart of Madras’ has done it again. A.R Rahman reached an exceptional milestone at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards winning two Grammys for his music from Oscar Award winning film ‘Slumdog Millionaire.’

Rahman who was nominated for two gramophones for his Slumdog Millionaire score in the Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media and Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media categories (Jai ho) walked away with the awards during the pre show event.

‘This is insane, god is great again,’ Rahman said as he accepted his second award.

The song, ‘Jai Ho’ was sung by Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Vijay Prakash and Rahman himself. This is the first time Rahman has been nominated for a Grammy.

He joins other Indian music greats like Pandit Ravi Shankar, Zakir Jussain, Vikku Vinayak and Vishvamohan Bhatt who have won a Grammy in the past.

Rahman’s took on Steve Jordan for ‘Cadillac Records,’ Quentin Tarantino for ‘Inglourious Basterds’, and the producers of ‘Twilight’ and ‘True Blood’ in the soundtrack category.

In the best song category Rahman’s beaten rivals included Bruce Springsteen for his song ‘The Wrestler’, from the Oscar-nominated flick ‘The Wrestler’.

The Grammy success comes after Rahman earned two Oscars for his music in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ at last year’s Academy Awards.

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Boyle takes Oscar on home visit

Director Danny Boyle has returned to his home town in Greater Manchester to show off his Oscar.

The 52 year old arrived to gathered crowds outside St Mary’s Social Club in Radcliffe, Bury, where his family and supporters watched the ceremony.

The film Slumdog Millionaire won eight Oscars, including Boyle’s best director award and the best picture prize.

Boyle mentioned the club in his acceptance speech and said lacals were “very proud” of his success.

He is now being considered for the honour of Freeman of the Borough of Bury, by the local council.

Boyle kept to a promise to mention the club, where his father Frank is a regular, if he won the Oscar.

He said he took his Golden Globe and Bafta prizes to the club a few weeks ago.

“the first thing anyone said to me here was, ‘How did someone like you win a Bafta?’ and that’s exactly the sort of thing you need saying”, he said.

“They are very proud and it’s a lovely environment”.

Boyle said he drank lemonade at the club when he was a child. His father used to run the club.

“He used to get up and sing, ‘Oh Danny Boyle’, which was pretty embarrassing when you’re 11 year old”, he said.

Boyle said music was one of his biggest influences. He said Burry band elbow, which is also being considered for a Freeman honour, was among his favourites.

Albert Waters, chairman of St Mary’s Social Club, said: “I think it’s superb.

“He’s done something no one else around here has ever done.

“I think he deserves some sort of award for his achievements”.

Boyle also directed the films Shallow Grave, Trainspotting and The Beach.

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Danny Boyle’s father not impressed

Slumdog Millionaire‘s Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle’s father has praised A R Rahman’s music in the movie, but is not too enthused about the film and dismissed it as just “reasonable”.

Based in Radcliffe in Greater Manchester, 88-year-old Frank Boyle stayed up all night with family and friends

watching his son’s glory at the Oscars, but did not go over the top in his praise for the film.

Slumdog Millionaire won eight Oscars awards with two going to music maestro A R Rahman.

He said: “I think it’s reasonable. He is not making films for me. He is making them for younger film goers so I won’t say anything more about it. I really liked the music I thought it was wonderful.

“I always knew that Danny would be successful but I never thought he would be the number one director in the world. He has always been interested in films. He got into it when he was a boy”.

But Boyle’s twin sister, Maria, is delighted by her brother’s success. She told The Daily Telegraph: “It was a tremendous night at the Oscars, we’ve not spoken to him yet although we sent a text. We did speak to him yesterday afternoon and the kids were in a limo on the way to the ceremony. It was fantastic to see him up there and great that he spoke about us because he had a lot of people to thank. I can’t believe he referred to Radcliffe.”

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