| 'Hurt Locker' Takes Six Prizes, Including Best Film; Oscar Winners 2010 |
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08/03/2010 12:24 (706 Day 11:47 minutes ago) | |||||
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The FINANCIAL -- "The Hurt Locker" earned six Oscars at the 82nd annual Academy Awards Sunday night, including best film and director for Kathryn Bigelow who became the first woman ever to win an Oscar in that category.
The small-budget movie, one of the lowest-grossing films to be nominated in the post-"Star Wars" blockbuster era, defeated its primary competition, James Cameron's "Avatar," the big-budget, highest-grossing film of all time, according to CNN. The groundbreaking "Avatar," with its dazzling effects and creative presentation, won three Oscars, for cinematography, visual effects and art direction. Both films led the pack with nine nominations each.
"It's the moment of a lifetime," said Bigelow - only the fifth woman to be nominated in Academy Awards history, BBC reports. She praised her fellow nominees "who have inspired me for decades", and paid tribute to those in the military. According to Mercury News, Bigelow beat out her ex-husband, James Cameron, director of "Avatar." In the Oscar acting categories, all the favorites going into the night were winners — including two popular Hollywood veterans receiving their first Academy Awards.
The same source reports that in the best actor category, Jeff Bridges won for his nuanced performance as a washed-up, booze-soaked country music singer in "Crazy Heart." Veteran actress Sandra Bullock, a first-time nominee, took home the prize for best actress for her role as a well-to-do suburban housewife who takes in a homeless African-American teenager in the surprise hit "The Blind side.”
Bridges beat George Clooney, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Renner and Britain's Colin Firth to win on his fifth Academy Award nomination, CNN informs. "Thank you mum and dad for turning me on to such a groovy profession," said a delighted Bridges, 60. "This is honouring them as much as it is me."
An emotional Bullock picked up the coveted best actress award, just a day after winning the Razzie for worst actress, for her role in All About Steve, according to the same source. "Did I really earn this, or did I wear you all down?" she joked.
Oscars in the supporting categories played out as expected, Boston com reports. Mo’Nique won best supporting actress for her fearsome, complex turn as an abusive Harlem mother in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,’’ a stunning about-face for a performer previously known for her stand-up comedy work. Taking the stage to the cheers of the audience, a visibly emotional Mo’Nique acknowledged “Gone With the Wind’’ Oscar-winner Hattie McDaniel as a key forerunner and thanked her husband, Sidney Hicks, for urging her to “do what’s right, not what’s popular.’’
According to the same source, best supporting actor was won by the Austrian Christoph Waltz for his portrayal of the fiendishly jolly SS officer in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds.’’ Both actors had won numerous plaudits in year-end critics’ polls and industry awards, and their Oscars represented heavily-favored victory laps.
Bellow is the list of the winners:
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, for “Crazy Heart”
Best Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, for “The Hurt Locker”
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