And the Oscar Goes To…

The Oscars last night were not nearly as exciting as I would have hoped. I spent it online Ustreaming the event and hanging out with the International Friends in a live show. I might do that again sometime.

Our hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin were really only involved at the very beginning after an awesome Neil Patrick Harris musical number (I vote for Neil to host next year’s Oscars!!) and after that they did the standard “Oh look its (fill in celebrity’s name)” and make a funny shot at them. But they really felt like they were reading and were not able to just be themselves. I was really disappointed with them as a whole, even if they had a few good jokes.

I wasn’t disappointed by any of the winners, but most of them were to be expected. I was glad that Hurt Locker won Best Director and Best Picture, and Bigalow’s speech was emotional and genuine. I also loved Sandra Bullock’s speech. She’s funny, poised and classy. And she called Meryl Streep her lover.

Here’s the full list:

Best Picture

*The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro

Actor in a Leading Role

* Jeff Bridges
Crazy Heart

Actor in a Supporting Role

*Christoph Waltz
Inglourious Basterds

Actress in a Leading Role

* Sandra Bullock
The Blind Side

Actress in a Supporting Role

* Mo’Nique
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

Animated Feature Film

* Up
Pete Docter

Art Direction

*Avatar
Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (Art Direction); Kim Sinclair (Set Decoration)

Cinematography

*Avatar
Mauro Fiore

Costume Design

*The Young Victoria
Sandy Powell

Directing

*The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow

Documentary Feature

*The Cove
Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens

Documentary Short

*Music by Prudence
Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burket

Film Editing

*The Hurt Locker
Bob Murawski and Chris Innis

Foreign Language Film

*The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)
Argentina
Directed by Juan José Campanella

Makeup

*Star Trek
Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow

Music (Original Score)

*Up
Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)

* Crazy Heart

“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)”
Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Short Film (Animated)

*Logorama

Short Film (Live Action)

*The New Tenants
Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing

*The Hurt Locker
Paul N.J. Ottosson

Sound Mixing

*The Hurt Locker
Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett

Visual Effects

*Avatar
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

*Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

Writing (Original Screenplay)

*The Hurt Locker
Written by Mark Boal

Any upsets for you?