The 81st Academy Awards Nominations

The 81st Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. I wonder how many will be big winners after the Golden Globes snubs that happened recently; that said, there were some great moments.

A) Kate Winslet winning two awards and her acceptance speech professing her love for Leonard DiCaprio. And yes I am a big fan of Titanic.

B) Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin winning their awards.

C) HEATH LEDGER

Other than that – I found it all to be quite boring and drab and a lot of really bad dressed stars. Enough said!!

And the winners were:

The Big Screen

Cecil B. DeMille Award: Steven Spielberg

Best Motion Picture - Drama: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama: Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama: Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy: Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy: Colin Farrell – In Bruges

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Kate Winslet – The Reader

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

Best Animated Feature Film: Wall-E

Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

Best Director - Motion Picture: Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: Slumdog Millionaire, Written by Simon Beaufoy

Best Original Score - Motion Picture: Slumdog Millionaire, Composed by A. R. Rahman

Best Original Song - Motion Picture: "The Wrestler" – The Wrestler. Music & Lyrics By: Bruce Springsteen


The Little Screen

Best Television Series - Drama: Mad Men


Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama: Anna Paquin – True Blood

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama: Gabriel Byrne – In Treatment

Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy: 30 Rock

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy: Tina Fey – 30 Rock

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy: Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television: John Adams

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television - Laura Linney – John Adams

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Paul Giamatti – John Adams

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Laura Dern – Recount

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Tom Wilkinson