Mickey snubbed: Click picture to read
Kate Winslet has won her first Oscar, best actress,
for her performance in The Reader.
I can’t say there was much else to celebrate at this year’s Oscars.
Mickey Rourke winning really made me
happy and he damn well deserved to win!
Slumdog Millionaire continued its winning ways at this year’s BAFTA Awards, snagging seven honors including Best Picture and Director.
The underdog-turned-Oscar favorite also won awards for
adapted screenplay, cinematography, editing, sound and music, easily trouncing
its competition, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which went into the awards
ceremony with the same number of nominations as Slumdog (11), but took home
only three awards, for production design, make-up/hair and visual effects. Those
two films were the only movies to pick up more than one BAFTA award, with all
other films winning only one trophy each.
Mickey Rourke received the Best Actor honor for The Wrestler,
while Kate Winslet, a Best Actress nominee for both The Reader and Revolutionary
Road, won the award for The Reader. Supporting honors went to Heath Ledger (The
Dark Knight) and Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), and the Outstanding
British Film award went, in a bit of a surprise, to the documentary Man on Wire.
Other winners included In Bruges (original screenplay),
The Duchess (costumes), WALL-E (animated film), and I’ve Loved You So Long (film
not in the English language). 33 year-old Noel Clarke received the Orange Rising
Star Award, the only award voted on by the public, and writer-director Steve
McQueen (Hunger) won the Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer.
Film — "Slumdog Millionaire"
British Film — "Man on Wire"
Actor — Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"
Actress — Kate Winslet, "The Reader"
Supporting Actor — Heath Ledger, "The
Dark Knight"
Supporting Actress — Penelope Cruz, "Vicky
Christina Barcelona"
Director — Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
First-time Director — Steve McQueen, "Hunger"
Rising Star — Noel Clarke
Original Screenplay — Martin McDonagh, "In
Bruges"
Adapted Screenplay — Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog
Millionaire"
Film Not in the English Language — "I’ve
Loved You So Long"
Music — A.R. Rahman, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Cinematography — Anthony Dod Mantle, "Slumdog
Millionaire"
Editing — Chris Dickens, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Production Design — "The Curious Case
of Benjamin Button"
Costume Design — "The Duchess"
Sound — "Slumdog Millionaire"
Visual Effects — "The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button"
Makeup and Hair — "The Curious Case
of Benjamin Button"
Animated Feature — "WALL-E"
Short Animation — "Wallace and Gromit:
A Matter of Loaf and Death"
Short Film — "September"
Academy Fellowship — Terry Gilliam
