Slumdog Darling At Oscar Awards

SLUMDOG Millionaire won eight Oscars at the 81st Academy Awards - including for Best Picture and Best Director. This is hardly surprising, given the hooha over Danny Boyle's rags to riches story.

There are also no surprises at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles where most of the predicted winners won.

Here is a list of the winners (in Bold).


1. Best Picture: "Slumdog Millionaire", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Frost/Nixon," "Milk," "The Reader,"

2. Best Actor: Sean Penn ("Milk"); Richard Jenkins ("The Visitor"); Frank Langella ("Frost/Nixon"); Brad Pitt ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"); Mickey Rourke ("The Wrestler").

3. Best Actress: Kate Winslet ("The Reader"); Anne Hathaway ("Rachel Getting Married"); Angelina Jolie ("Changeling"); Melissa Leo (" Frozen River"); Meryl Streep ("Doubt")

4. Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"; Josh Brolin, "Milk"; Robert Downey Jr, "Tropic Thunder "; Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"; Michael Shannon, "Revolutionary Road."

5. Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"; Amy Adams, "Doubt"; Viola Davis, "Doubt"; Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler."

6. Best Director: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"; David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon"; Gus Van Sant, "Milk"; Stephen Daldry, "The Reader".

7. Best Foreign Film: "Departures", Japan; "The Baader Meinhof Complex," Germany; "The Class," France; "Revanche," Austria; " Waltz With Bashir ," Israel.

8. Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire", Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; John Patrick Shanley , "Doubt"; Peter Morgan, "Frost/Nixon"; David Hare, "The Reader".

9. Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, "Milk"; Courtney Hunt, "Frozen River"; Mike Leigh , "Happy-Go-Lucky"; Martin McDonagh, "In Bruges"; Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter, "WALL-E."

10. Animated Feature Film: "WALL-E", "Bolt"; " Kung Fu Panda".

11. Art Direction: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Changeling," "The Dark Knight," "The Duchess," "Revolutionary Road."

12. Cinematography: "Slumdog Millionaire", "Changeling," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight," "The Reader".

13. Sound Mixing: "Slumdog Millionaire", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight," "WALL-E," "Wanted."

14. Sound Editing: "The Dark Knight," "Iron Man," "Slumdog Millionaire, " "WALL-E," "Wanted."

15. Original Score: "Slumdog Millionaire", A.R. Rahman; "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Alexandre Desplat; "Defiance," James Newton Howard; "Milk," Danny Elfman; "WALL-E," Thomas Newman.

16. Original Song: "Jai Ho " from "Slumdog Millionaire", A.R. Rahman and Gulzar;" Down to Earth" from "WALL-E," Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; "O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire, " A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam.

17. Costume: "The Duchess," "Australia", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Milk," "Revolutionary Road."

18. Documentary Feature: "Man on Wire," "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)," "Encounters at the End of the World," "The Garden," " Trouble the Water ."

19. Documentary (Short Subject): "Smile Pinki"; "The Conscience of Nhem En," "The Final Inch," "The Witness — From the Balcony of Room 306."

20. Film Editing: "Slumdog Millionaire"; "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight," "Frost/Nixon, " "Milk".

21. Make-up: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight," "Hellboy II: The Golden Army."

22. Animated Short Film: "La Maison en Petits Cubes," "Lavatory — Lovestory," "Oktapodi," "Presto," "This Way Up."

23. Live Action Short Film: "Spielzeugland (Toyland)"; "Auf der Strecke (On the Line)," "Manon on the Asphalt," "New Boy," "The Pig".

24. Visual Effects: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight," "Iron Man."