Happy Birthday Meryl Streep !

Also, see the 60 Appropriate Ways to Celebrate Meryl Streep Month
at Film Experience Blog

Kate Winslet Oscar acceptance Speech

"I think we all can't believe we are in the category of Meryl Streep at all, I'm sorry Meryl but you have to just suck that up !"

Some Pictures from the Oscars 2009 Red Carpet

Dev Patel & Freida Pinto




Anne Hathaway




Marion Cotillard





Kate Winslet




Mickey Rourke




Sarah Jessica Parker




Daniel Craig




Beyonce Knowles




Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates




Penelope Cruz




Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn

2009 Academy Awards Winners

Here is the full list of the Oscars 2009 winners:



Best Picture :

"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight- Christian Colson, producer)

Lead Actor:

Sean Penn in "Milk" (Focus Features)

Lead Actress:

Kate Winslet in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)

Director:

Danny Boyle for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)

Foreign Language Film:

"Departures" - Japan (Director Yojiro Takita-Regent Releasing)

Best Supporting Actor:

Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros)

Supporting Actress:

Penelope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (The Weinstein Company)

Original Screenplay:

Dustin Lance Black for "Milk"(Focus Features)

Adapted Screenplay:

Simon Beaufoy for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)

Best Animated Feature:

Andrew Stanton for "WALL-E" (Walt Disney)

Best Animated Short Film:

Kunio Kato for "La Maison en Petits Cubes" (A Robot Communications Production)

Art Direction:

Donald Graham Burt for art direction and Victor J. Zolfo (In the Picture) for set decoration on "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros)

Costume Design:

Michael O'Connor for "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathe and BBC Films)

Makeup:

Greg Cannom for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros)

Cinematography:

Anthony Dod Mantle for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)

Live Action Short Film:

Jochen Alexander Freydank for "Spielzeugland (Toyland)", a Mephisto Film production

Documentary feature:

James Marsh (Right) and Simon Chinn (Left) for "Man on Wire" (Magnolia Pictures)

Documentary short:

Megan Mylan for "Smile Pinki", a Principle production

Visual effects:

Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros)

Sound Editing:

Richard King for "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros)

Sound Mixing:

Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)

Film Editing:

Chris Dickens for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)

Original Score:

A.R. Rahman for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)

Original Song:

"Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), music by A.R. Rahman, lyrics by Gulzar

It's Oscars night

Fabolous dresses, bets and predictions, memorables acceptance speeches, awkward "back-up smiles" when the camera catches you in a bad mood, the after parties (we can only dream of and see the recaps on the news because we weren't invited), the occasional surprise sweep by an underrated movie (my favorite)..........
Everybody is looking fantastic, but I can't wait for the main course to start.
I love this night of the year.