I have to start out by admitting that I never actually made it to see Milk.  I’m sure it’s amazing, and I’m sure Sean Penn deserved it.  But did he deserve it over Mickey Rourke?  Mickey Rourke gave the performance of a lifetime!  How could he have lost!!

Were you shocked with any of the awards?  I have to admit, I was surprised that Penelope Cruz got it…I sort of thought Marisa Tomei would get it.

PS: Wasn’t the Oscars amazing this year?  I loved the whole thing! I thought Hugh Jackman did an amazing job! What did you think?

Best Actress:
WINNER:
Kate Winslet – The Reader
NOMINEES:
Sean Penn Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Melissa Leo – Frozen River

Best Actor:
WINNER:
Sean Penn – Milk
NOMINEES:
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Best Supporting Actor:
WINNER:
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
NOMINEES:
Josh Brolin – Milk
Robert Downey Jr – Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress:
WINNER:
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
NOMINEES:
Amy Adams – Doubt
Viola Davis – Doubt
Taraji P Henson – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler

Best Film:
WINNER:
Slumdog Millionaire
NOMINEES:
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader

Best Director:
WINNER:
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
NOMINEES:
Gus Van Sant – Milk
Stephen Daldry – The Reader
David Fincher – The Curious Case Of Benjamin ButtonPenelope Cruz
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon

REST OF THE OSCAR WINNERS AFTER THE JUMP!

Best Original Screenplay:
WINNER:
Dustin Lance Black – Milk
NOMINEES:
Courtney Hunt – Frozen River
Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonagh – In Bruges
Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter – Wall-E

Best Adapted Screenplay:
WINNER:
Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire
NOMINEES:
Eric Roth and Robin Swicord – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley – Doubt
Peter Morgan – Frost/Nixon
David Hare – The Reader

Best Animated Feature:
WINNER:
Wall-E
NOMINEES:
Kung Fu Panda
Bolt

Best Animated Short Film:
WINNER:
La Maison De Petits Cubes – Kunio Kato
NOMINEES:
Lavatory Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto – Doug Sweetland
This Way Up

Achievement In Costume Design:
WINNER:
The Duchess – Michael O’Connor
NOMINEES:
Australia – Catherine Martin
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – Jacqueline WestDanny Boyle
Milk – Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road – Albert Wolsky

Achievement In Make-Up:
WINNER:
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – Greg Cannom
NOMINEES:
The Dark Knight – John Caglione Jr, Conor O’Sullivan
Hellboy II: The Golden Army – Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz

Achievement In Cinematography:
WINNER:
Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle
NOMINEES:
Heath Ledger Changeling – Tom Stern
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister
The Reader – Chris Menges, Roger Deakins

Best Live Action Short Film:
WINNER:
Spielzeugland
NOMINEES:
Auf Der Strecke
Manon On The Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig

Achievement In Music (Original Song):
WINNER:
Slumdog Millionaire – Jai Ho by A.R. Rahman and Gulzar
NOMINEES:
Wall-E – Down To Earth by Peter Garbriel and Thomas Newman
Slumdog Millionaire – O Saya by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragsam

Best Foreign Language Film:
WINNER:
Departures
NOMINEES:
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
The Class
Revanche
Waltz With Bashir.