81st Annual Oscar Awards… And The Award Goes To:

You know it’s going to be what everyone is talking about at the water cooler today. If you don’t know the winners already, check out the list and avoid sounding like an idiot when you talk about how Slumdog Millionaire was robbed.

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Achievement in Directing
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Sean Penn – Milk

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Kate Winslet – The Reader

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Heath Ledger – Dark Knight

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Original Screenplay
Milk – Dustin Lance Black

Best Adapted Screenplay
Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy

Best Animated Feature
WALL-E – Andrew Stanton

Best Animated Short
La Maison En Petits Cubes – Kunio Kato

Best Art Direction
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo

Best Costume Design
The Duchess – Michael O’Connor

Best Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Greg Cannom

Best Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Live Action Short
Toyland (Spielzeugland)

Best Documentary Feature
Man on Wire

Best Documentary Short
Smile Pinki

Best Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron

Best Sound Editing
The Dark Knight – Richard King

Best Sound Mixing
Slumdog Millionaire – Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty

Best Film Editing
Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens

Best Original Score
Slumdog Millionaire – A.R. Rahman

Best Original Song
“Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman (music), Gulzar (lyrics)

Best Foreign Language Film
Departures (Japan) in Japanese – Yojiro Takita