The Guy Named Oscar

I watched the Oscars yesterday, it was telecast by ABS at 9:45 am. The big night was hosted by Wolverine-Hugh Jackman [I didn't know he can sing and dance] and it was held on Kodak Theater. As expected, it was a star-studded occasion, the nominees and some famous celebrity presenters were there [Brangelina and Jen Aniston were on the same room, hehehe]. The program was short yet spectacular. Few intermission numbers, they just go straight to giving the awards-which was the right way to set an awards night, right?......

It began with a musical number by the host himself, paying tribute to all the movies nominated in a comical way. It's a nice way to start the ceremony. Then after some chit-chat, I think the first award given was the Best Supporting Actress [correct me if not, I was switching channels that time, I was also watching NBA on CS 9, Cleveland vs Detroit]. Penelope Cruz got the award and said "Has anybody ever fainted here?, Because I might be the first one"...then Tina Fey and the funny guy came to give the Screenplay awards [I don't know his name] that pair were the most hilarious presenters that night, their first line up to the last were really all funny....Slumdog won the Adapted screenplay. Actually, all the presenters were funny, Jen and Jack Black throw some funny stuffs too as well as Will Smith and Natalie Portman together with the 'bearded' guy whom I think is Ben Stiller [He was funny too]. But the most awaited moment there is the time when The Best Actress/Actor awards have to be given. But before that, Heath Ledger won the Best Supporting Actor trophy again for his remarkable portrayal of the crazy Joker. His family accepted the award very proud and emotional.

I like how the Best Actress/Actor awards were given, the five previous winners of the category were all there, paying tribute to the works of each present nominees. It's really great, each previous winners giving their personal remarks on each present nominees, that's totally awesome, right?. For the Best Actress category, past winners like Shirley MacLaine, Tilda Swinton, Halle Berry, Nicole Kidman and Sophia Lauren threw some wonderful comments on the nominees like Anne Hathaway [she looks really pretty], Angelina Jolie, Marissa Tomei, Kate Winslet and Meryl Streep. On the male counterpart, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Douglas, Robert DeNiro, Kevin Kline and Marion Cotillard did the same thing to the nominees Sean Penn, Rourke, Brad Pitt and the others...[don't know their names]....that part was really great.....and acting awards were eventually won by Kate Winslet (The Reader) and Sean Penn (Milk)....Winslet said that "I'd be lying if i haven't made a version of this speech before. I think I was probably 8 yrs. old and staring into the bathroom mirror, and this would be a shampoo bottle [the Oscar trophy]. But it's not a shampoo bottle now."...From that I think she really wanted that award, and I think she deserved it.....

All in all, the Oscars was really fantastic, Wolverine did a pretty nice job hosting the event, and entertaining the audience for almost 4 hours...I like the visuals presented in the Kodak Theater, the lights and clips were all awesome...Hope the next year's would be a lot more fun and interesting....

Here's the incomplete list of winners.....

Best Picture - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor - Sean Penn (Milk)

Best Actress - Kate Winslet (The Reader)

Best Director - David Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Foreign Language Film - Departures (Japan)

Best Song - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Music Score - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Film Editing - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Sound Mixing -Slumdog Millionaire

Best Sound Editing - The Dark Knight

Best Visual Effects - Curious case of Benjamin Button

Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

Best Cinematography - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Make-up -Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Costume Design - The Duchess

Best Art Direction - Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Animated Film - Wall-E

Best Adapted Screenplay - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Screenplay - Milk

Best Supporting Actress - Penelope Cruz