ACADEMY AWARDS ~ RESULTS

Best Motion Picture of the Year
"Slumdog Millionaire" ~ Christian Colson

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

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

Best Achievement in Directing
Danny Boyle for "Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
"Okuribito" (Japan)

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
"Slumdog Millionaire" ~ A.R. Rahman, Sampooran Singh Gulzar ~ Jai Ho

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
"Slumdog Millionaire" ~ A.R. Rahman

Best Achievement in Editing
"Slumdog Millionaire" ~ Chris Dickens

Best Achievement in Sound
"Slumdog Millionaire" ~ Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
"The Dark Knight" ~ Richard King

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" ~ Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
"Smile Pinki" ~ Megan Mylan

Best Documentary, Features
"Man on Wire" ~ James Marsh, Simon Chinn

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Heath Ledger for "The Dark Knight"

Best Short Film, Live Action
"Spielzeugland" ~ Jochen Alexander Freydank

Best Achievement in Cinematography
"Slumdog Millionaire" ~ Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Achievement in Makeup
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" ~ Greg Cannom

Best Achievement in Costume Design
"The Duchess" ~ Michael O'Conner

Best Achievement in Art Direction
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" ~ Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo

Best Short Film, Animated
"La Maison en Petits Cubes" ~ Kunio Kato

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
"WALL-E" ~ Andrew Stanton

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
"Slumdog Millionaire" ~ Simon Beaufoy

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
"Milk" ~ Dustin Lance Black

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

Poll Results

Which movie do you think will win Best Picture?

"Slumdog Millionaire" topped the poll with 62% of the votes!

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" got 25% of the vote, and "Milk" got 12%. Neither "Frost/Nixon" nor "The Reader" received any votes.

Thanks for voting! Stay tuned -- new poll coming soon!

Award: "Slumdog Millionaire"

Last night I had the privilege of watching "Slumdog Millionaire" -- an extraordinary Golden Globe-winning film that is nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Picture.

Also last night, the film's producer -- Christian Colson -- was awarded the top prize at the Producers Guild of America Awards ceremony.

If you haven't yet seen this film, I highly recommend you do! And if you have seen it, what did you think about it? Leave a comment!