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2010 Academy Awards Winners List and Recap

March 6, 2010 by Admin/Neil
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The 2010 Academy Awards are on ABC Sunday, Marcy 7th at 8:30PM ET. Red carpet coverage begins in the late afternoon on many entertainment channels. The 82nd Oscars features a rarity with co-hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin leading the presentation of awards for the best of films and performances in the last year.

The 2010 Oscars features 10 nominees for Best Picture and a slew of stalwarts in the industry up for the top awards. Learn more about the nonimees and awards in our 2010 Oscars Previews and Predictions.

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2010 Academy Award Updates (Updated Oscar winners list below)

Red Carpet Coverage: TV Guide Network currently doing some pre red carpet coverage with bits on the films and a nice interview with the real life Tuohy family from The Blind Side. Wow! After seeing that, Sandra Bullock defintely deserves her recognition. She had Leigh Anne Tuohy’s accent and mannerisms down pat!

Live red carpet coverage heats up at 6PM ET with Carrie Ann Inaba (DWTS) and Chris Harrison (The Bachelor). Ryan Seacrest hosts E! coverage. Light rain as the shows get underway.

Coverage shifts solely to ABC at 8PM for the final half hour leading up to the opening of the show at 8:30PM ET. Sherri Shepard (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) is hosting the final stretch.

Introduction: The 2010 Oscars red carpet has lacked a bit of memorable moments. Saw several of the top nominees but lots of lesser knowns as well. Sounds like it is supposed to be an interesting opening to the show at 8:30PM ET. Follow along below throughout the show from 8:30-11:30PM ET for live Oscar updates as the awards are presented. The winners list below will be updated as the awards are in progress with winners, notes, and commentary. Following the end of the Oscars, you can find a complete 2010 Oscar Award winners list here.

Complete List of 2010 Academy Award Winners (winners in bold)

Update: Show kicks off with a Neil Patrick Harris singing performance with accompaniment. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin doing their tag team monologue. A few funny jokes thus far.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Matt Damon in “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Note: Penelope Cruz presents first award for Best Supporting Actor. This should be one of the easiest calls of the night as Waltz has one everything in the awards ‘preseason’. 1 for 1 on predictions – see link above for proof!

Animated Feature Film

“Coraline” Henry Selick
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
“The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
“The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
“Up” Pete Docter

Note: Cameron Diaz and Steve Carell present award for Best Animated Film. Surprise if Up doesn’t win. There it is. Really a fun family film. See link to review below. 2 for 2 on predictions!

Music (Original Song)

“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
“Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Note: Amanda Seyfriend (Big Love) and Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) present Best Original Song Oscar. I predicted “The Weary King” from Crazy Heart, though not overly confident. Could be Princess and the Frog (Blu-ray review link below). Good call on “The Weary King” - 3 for 3 on predictions!

Writing (Original Screenplay)

“The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
“Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
“The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
“A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

Note: Robert Downey Jr and Tina Fey (30 Rock) present award for Best Screenwriting (Original). Downey is very funny! Picked A Serious Man for this, but pretty open. Mark Boal of The Hurt Locker wins - 3 for 4 on predictions!

Update: Ferris Bueller, aka Matthew Broderick, presents recognition of writer John Hughes (Home Alone, Ferris Bueller) who died in 2009. Some of his former actors come out to pay a nice tribute!

Short Film (Animated)

“French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
“Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
“The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
“Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
“A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park

Note: Nice introduction into the purpose of a Short Film. Often used by filmmakers to prove their merits to get street cred to get the chance to make feature length films. Very tough category to pick – opted for “The Lady and the Reaper”. Winner is Logorama - only 3 for 5 on predictions!

Documentary (Short Subject)

“China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
“The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
“The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
“Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
“Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Note: Music by Prudence wins Best Documentary Short. Who could have known? 3 for 6 on predictions!

Short Film (Live Action)

“The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
“Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
“Kavi” Gregg Helvey
“Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
“The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Note: Correctly picked The New Tenants! 4 for 7 on predictions!

Makeup

“Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
“Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
“The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Note: Ben Stiller comes out in full Avatar attire to present award for Best Makeup. Some funny moments, some awkward. Picked “The Young Victoria” as it seemed logical (as Spock would say). Not so much.. Star Trek wins. 4 for 8 on predictions but be fair, they started with many of the toughest to call!

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

“District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
“An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
“In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
“Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Note: Wish they had a bit more of a logical flow to the awards… would make it so much easier to get the info out in quick order. Rachel McAdams and Jake Gyllenhaal present Best Adapted Screenplay Award. Lots of quality nominees, though I went with Up in the Air as it won the earlier awards. An upset as Precious wins. 4 for 9 on predictions. Hard to believe a winner of a screenplay award would stumble so much through an acceptance speech!

Actress in a Supporting Role

Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Note: Academy Award winner Robin Williams presents award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role. Tradition is for last year’s supporting actor to present, but Heath Ledger is sadly not there. This is A LOCK! Mo’Nique will win! Mo’Nique wins for Precious. 5 for 10 on predictions.

Art Direction

“Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
“Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
“Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Note: Sigourney Weaver comes out to present Best Art Direction Oscar. When in doubt, go with Avatar is the rule of the night. Avatar wins. 6 for 11 on predictions.

Costume Design

“Bright Star” Janet Patterson
“Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
“Nine” Colleen Atwood
“The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

Note: Tom Ford and Sarah Jessica Parker present award for Costume Design. Another one hard to call. Nine seemed like a good choice. The Young Victoria wins! 6 for 12 on predictions.

Update: Funny spoof of Paranormal Activity featuring Martin and Baldwin.

Sound Editing

“Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
“The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
“Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
“Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
“Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Note: Zac Efron and Anna Kendrick (Best Supporting Actress nominee) present award for Best Sound Editing. Up should win as it won the other major awards for this category. The Hurt Locker wins in an upset. Could it be a prelude to the Best Picture? 6 for 13 on predictions.

Sound Mixing

“Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
“The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
“Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
“Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Note: The Hurt Locker wins another sound award – 6 of 14 on predictions.

Cinematography

“Avatar” Mauro Fiore
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
“The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
“Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
“The White Ribbon” Christian Berger

Note: Best Actress nominee Sandra Bullock presents award for Cinematography. Went with Avatar – see rule above. Correct Pick- 7 of 15 on predictions.

Update: Mrs. Kutcher, aka Demi Moore, does the traditional tribute presentation of this past year’s lost actors and actresses.

Music (Original Score)

“Avatar” James Horner
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
“The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
“Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
“Up” Michael Giacchino

Note: JLo and the guy from Avatar with goofy glasses introduce a musical mash up featuring nominees for Best Original Score. Brilliant dancing… many of them from So You Think You Can Dance since Adam Shankman choreographs. The award is likely to go to Up, though who knows tonight. Up wins - 8 of 16 on predictions.

Visual Effects

“Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
“District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
“Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Note: The “Jennifer Anison exes” Bradley Cooper and Gerard Butler present for Visual. Should be Avatar. It is. Making a surge. 9 of 17 on predictions.

Documentary (Feature)

“Burma VJ” Anders Ostergaard and Lise Lense-Moller
“The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
“Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
“Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa

Note: Matt Damon presents award for Best Documentary Feature. I predicted “The Most Dangerous Man in America”. Wrong – The Cove wins. 9 of 18 on predictions.

Film Editing

“Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
“District 9” Julian Clarke
“The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
“Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz

Note: Tyler Perry presents Film Editing Award. Again, Avatar rule applies. Nope - The Hurt Locker saved up for the Oscars and wins another. 9 of 19 on predictions.

Foreign Language Film

“Ajami” Israel
“El Secreto de Sus Ojos” Argentina
“The Milk of Sorrow” Peru
“Un Prophète” France
“The White Ribbon” Germany

Note: Quinten Tarrantino and Pedro A present award for Foreign Film. The White Ribbon won other awards shows. Wow - hard to predict based on previous award shows as El Secreto wins. 9 of 20 on predictions.

Actor in a Leading Role

Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

Note: Robbins, Farrell, Pfeiffer et al go through the tedious one by one intros for Best Actor nominees. Kate Winslet comes out to present the award. Jeff Bridges is the expected winner and sentimental favorite with George Clooney considered his top competition. Correct pick on Bridges – 10 for 21 on picks.

Actress in a Leading Role

Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

Note: Forest Whitaker, Martin Sheen, Oprah, Stanley Tucci, Chad Louiso present nominees for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Bullock will win (see The Blind Side DVD Review link below). Last year’s best actor Sean Penn presents. Bullock wins. 11 of 22 on predictions.

Directing

“Avatar” James Cameron
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
“Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
“Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

Note: Barbara Streisand comes out to present for Best Director. The big question here is whether Bigelow beats ex Cameron to be the first female winner. Or, will Daniels be the first African-American winner? I picked Reitman. Bigelow wins. 11 of 23 on predictions.

Best Picture

“Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
“The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
“An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro
“Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
“A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
“Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
“Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Note: Avatar seemed like a shoe-in pre Oscars, but The Hurt Locker has been picking up momentum all night. What an interesting award. Wow! The Hurt Locker was the silent player tonight as it was hardly heard from in the Globes and SGA. 11 of 24 on predictions.

2010 Academy Awards Recap

On one hand, I feel a bit defeated that I finished a hair below 50 percent on my predictions. However, given that The Hurt Locker hardly won anything at the SGA and Golden Globes, its collection of wins to nice had to catch most forecasters by surprise. Biggest surprise by far was The Hurt Locker over Avatar for Best Picture. Hard to believe THL will go down in history as the best film of 2009. It is a nice film (see DVD review below), but not up there with the elite Best Picture winners of all time. I guess it goes to show that a big budget, flashy visuals, and the top grossing film ever doesn’t buy you an award.

Overall, the trend of The Hurt Locker winning lots of awards caught me off guard. Generally, when the SGA’s and Gloves are as consistent as they were this year, the Oscars are fairly predictable. Obviously, this was not the cast this time around. Bullock and Bridges were always going to win the top actor awards, but somehow in the last month, Avatar fell off the map.

The Baldwin Martin comedy duo was fine, though really not a major factor in the show. Their Paranormal Activity bit was clever, but otherwise, not much to like or not to like about the two-host idea.

Our Reviews of Oscar movies or films with nominees: