The 2009 Oscar Winners have been announced with Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” taking away eight gongs including Best Picture.
Australians featured heavily with Hugh Jackman hosting the ceremony and Heath Ledger winning a posthumous Oscar for Best Actor In A Supporting Role. Check out Hugh Jackman’s Oscar opening song and dance (that dude is some kind of next level human) and the full list of winners below…
And the winners are…
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Richard Jenkins–The Visitor
Frank Langella–Frost/Nixon
**Sean Penn–Milk**
Brad Pitt–The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke–The Wrestler
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Josh Brolin–Milk
Robert Downey Jr.–Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman–Doubt
**Heath Ledger–The Dark Knight**
Michael Shannon–Revolutionary Road
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Anne Hathaway–Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie–Changeling
Melissa Leo–Frozen River
Meryl Streep–Doubt
**Kate Winslet–The Reader**
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams–Doubt
**Penelope Cruz–Vicky Cristina Barcelona**
Viola Davis–Doubt
Taraji Henson–The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei–The Wrestler
BEST DIRECTOR
David Fincher–The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard–Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant–Milk
Stephen Daldry–The Reader
**Danny Boyle–Slumdog Millionaire**
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Frozen
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
**Milk**
Wall-E
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Eric Roth–The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley–Doubt
Peter Morgan–Frost/Nixon
David Hare–The Reader
**Simon Beaufoy–Slumdog Millionaire**
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
**Wall-E**
BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
**Slumdog Millionaire**
