In aceasta dimineata au fost anuntate Premiile celei de-a 81-a editii a Galei Premiilor Oscar. A fost o ceremonie plina de surprize, in care Slumdog Millionaire s-a ales cu 8 premii Oscar, iar The Curious Case of Benjamin Button cu 3. Sean Penn a castigat Oscarul pentru rolul din Milk, iar Kate Winslet pentru cel din The Reader.

La categoria cel mai bun film de animatie, WALLE a iesit triumfator.

Ceremonia a fost transmisa in direct in toata lumea, in peste 200 de tari. La noi HBO a transmis in direct si in exclusivitate, nedublata intreaga Gala. Castigatorii Premiilor Oscar 2009: Cel mai bun film Slumdog Millionaire Actrita in rol secundar Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) Actor in rol secundar Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) Actrita in rol principal Kate Winslet (The Reader) Actor in rol principal Sean Penn (Milk) Regie Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) Scenariu original Dustin Lance Black (Milk) Scenariu adaptat Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) Film strain Departures (Japonia) Animatie lung metraj WALLE

Scenografie Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

Imagine Anthony Dod Mantle (Slumdog Millionaire)

Costume Michael OConnor (The Duchess)

Documentar lung metraj Man on Wire - James Marsh, Simon Chinn

Documentar scurt metraj Smile Pinki - Megan Mylan

Montaj Chris Dickens (Slumdog Millionaire)

Machiaj Greg Cannom (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

Muzica originala Jai Ho din Slumdog Millionaire Muzica A.R. Rahman, Versurile Gulzar

Coloana sonora A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire

Scurt metraj animat La Maison en Petits Cubes - Kunio Kato

Scurt metraj Spielzeugland (Toyland) - Jochen Alexander Freydank

Efecte sonore Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty (Slumdog Millionaire)

Montaj sonor Richard King (The Dark Knight)

Efecte vizuale Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)