Oscar Winners

I have the full list of Oscar winners for you but before I post that I wanted to raise a concern. They did the memorials as usual this year and made a point to include Heath Ledger. Amongst the writers, producers, actors, dancers, and agents the academy failed to include Brad Renfro among those lost in the past year.

Surely, he deserved to be included among his peers. It's not as if he was not a working actor. He had just finished a film with Billy Bob Thornton and Winona Rider. His omission from the memorial montage is heartbreaking and disrespectful to his memory and to his family. He was a gifted actor who had tragically lost his life and his not being included is a truly dark moment in the history of the show if you ask me.

That said, here are the winners of this years awards. Only one serious surprise of the night.

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE, ALEXANDRA BYRNE


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
RATAOUILLE, BRAD BIRD


BEST MAKEUP
LA VIE EN ROSE, DIDIER LAVERGNE AND JAN ARCHIBALD


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
THE GOLDEN COMPASS


BEST ART DIRECTION
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, DANTE FERRETTI AND FRANCESCA LO SCHIAVO


LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
THE MOZART OF PICKPOCKETS


BEST ANIMATED SHORT
PETER AND THE WOLF

BEST SOUND EDITING
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM


BEST SOUND MIXING
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM


BEST FILM EDITING
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM


BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE COUNTERFEITERS, AUSTRIA


BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"FALLING SLOWLY" FROM ONCE


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
THERE WILL BE BLOOD


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
ATONEMENT


DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
FREEHELD

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
DIABLO CODY, JUNO


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
JOEL COEN AND ETHAN COEN, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
TILDA SWINTON, MICHAEL CLAYTON


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
JAVIER BARDEM, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN


BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS, THERE WILL BE BLOOD


BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
MARION COTILLARD, LA VIE EN ROSE


BEST DIRECTOR
JOEL COEN AND ETHAN COEN, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN


BEST PICTURE
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN