The 82nd annual Oscar winners have been announced. And apart from Hollywood's It girl, Sandra Bullock, who scooped the prestigious best actress gong, it was director Kathryn Bigelow's night.
Not only is she the first ever female director winner, but her movie, The Hurt Locker, notched up an impressive six oscars.
See who else got the all-important nod.
BEST ACTOR:
WINNER:
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
NOMINEES:
George Clooney - Up In The Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTRESS:
WINNER:
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
NOMINEES:
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
WINNER:
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
NOMINEES:
Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
WINNER:
Mo'Nique - Precious
NOMINEES:
Penelope Cruz - Nine
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick - Up In The Air
Vera Farmiga - Up In The Air
BEST FILM:
WINNER:
The Hurt Locker
NOMINEES:
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
Inglourious Basterds
Up In The Air
Precious
A Serious Man
BEST DIRECTOR:
WINNER:
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
NOMINEES:
James Cameron - Avatar
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
Jason Reitman - Up In The Air
Lee Daniels - Precious
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
WINNER:
Precious
NOMINEES:
District 9
An Education
In The Loop
Up In The Air
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
WINNER:
The Hurt Locker
NOMINEES: Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up
The Messenger
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
WINNER:
The Secret Of Her Eyes
NOMINEES:
Ajami
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
The Milk Of Sorrow
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
WINNER:
Up
NOMINEES:
The Princess And The Frog
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Secret Of Kells
BEST ART DIRECTION
WINNER:
Avatar
NOMINEES:
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER:
Avatar
NOMINEES:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon
BEST FILM EDITING
WINNER:
The Hurt Locker
NOMINEES:
Avatar
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
WINNER:
Up
NOMINEES:
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
WINNER:
The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) from Crazy Heart
NOMINEES:
Almost There from The Princess and the Frog
Down in New Orleans from The Princess and the Frog
Loin de Paname from Paris 36
Take It All from Nine
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER:
The Young Victoria
NOMINEES:
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
BEST LONG DOCUMENTARY
WINNER:
The Cove
NOMINEES:
Burma VJ
Food Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
WINNER:
Music by Prudence
NOMINEES: China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner JB
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Rabbit à la Berlin
BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
WINNER:
Logorama
NOMINEES:
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
A Matter of Loaf and Death
BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
WINNER:
The New Tenants
NOMINEES:
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
BEST MAKEUP
WINNER:
Star Trek
NOMINEES:
Il Divo
The Young Victoria
BEST SOUND EDITING
WINNER:
The Hurt Locker
NOMINEES:
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
BEST SOUND MIXING
WINNER:
The Hurt Locker
NOMINEES:
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
WINNER:
Avatar
NOMINEES:
District 9
Star Trek
SOURCE: BBC
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