LOS ANGELES – “Slumdog Millionaire” won the best-picture Academy Award and seven other Oscars Feb. 22 amid surprises and new ways of presenting awards. Unlike previous years where the producers hired a comedian to host the show, they went instead with actor and song-and-dance man Hugh Jackman, who has been host of Broadway’s Tony Awards.
Listed below is a complete of winners at the 81st annual Academy Awards, presented at the Kodak Theatre.
- Motion Picture: “Slumdog Millionaire”
- Actor: Sean Penn, “Milk”
- Actress: Kate Winslet, “The Reader”
- Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Night”
- Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
- Director: Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
- Foreign Film: “Departures,” Japan
- Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire”
- Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, “Milk”
- Animated Feature Film: “WALL-E”
- Art Direction: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
- Cinematography: “Slumdog Millionaire”
- Sound Mixing: “Slumdog Millionaire”
- Sound Editing: “The Dark Knight”
- Original Score: “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman
- Original Song: “Jai Ho,” from “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman and Gulzar
- Costume: “The Duchess”
- Documentary Feature: “Man on Wire”
- Documentary (short subject): “Smile Pinki”
- Film Editing: “Slumdog Millionaire”
- Makeup: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
- Animated Short Film: “La Maison en Petits Cubes”
- Live Action Short Film: “Spielzeugland (Toyland)”
- Visual Effects: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
- Academy Award winners previously announced this season:
- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (Oscar statuette): Jerry Lewis
- Gordon E. Sawyer Award (Oscar statuette): Pixar Animation co-founder Ed Catmull
