Oscar Winners 2009

The 2009 Oscar Winners were announced at the 81st Academy Awards ceremony on February 22, 2009 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. The ceremony was hosted by Hugh Jackman and was aired on the ABC Network.

Days before the event, a list of winners was posted on various sites on the internet. Lending to it's authenticity, it was allegedly signed by Academy President Sid Ganis. The listed included Heath Ledger and Mickey Rourke as big winners for the night. Cinematical: Oscar Winners Leaked? (February 18,2 009) Academy officials immediately denied the authenticity of the list.Yahoo! News: Oscar ReP : Leaked Winners List A Fraud (February 20, 2009)

The nominees for the 2009 Academy Awards were announced on January 22, 2009 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles, California. The live event was aired at 5:30 am pacific standard time and the event was co-hosted by academy award winning actor Forest Whitaker.

The Brad Pitt starring vehicle The Curious Case of Benjamin Button led all films with 13 nominations, including one for Best Picture . The awards season favorite Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle, came in second with 10 Oscar nominations. The Gus Van Sant directed Milk landed 8 nominations, including a Best Actor nod for Sean Penn and a Best supporting actor nomination for Josh Brolin. The record setting, box office hit The Dark Knight also received 8 nominations, including one posthumously for Heath Ledger for his portrayal as The Joker. The Dark Knight however, failed to earn a Best Picture nomination.Extra.com: Oscar Nominees announce (January 22, 2009)

• Winner: Slumdog Millionaire

• Winner: Sean Penn, Milk

• Winner: Kate Winslet, The Reader

• Winner: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

• Winner: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

• Winner: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

• Winner: Dustin Lance Black, Milk

• Winner: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

• Winner: La Maison En Petits Cubes

• Winner: Wall-E

• Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• Winner: The Duchess

• Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• Winner: Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire

• Winner: Toyland

• Winner: Man on Wire

• Winner: Smile Pinki

• Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• Winner: The Dark Knight

• Winner: Slumdog Millionaire

• Winner: Slumdog Millionaire

• Winner: Slumdog Millionaire

• Winner: "Jai Ho", Slumdog Millionaire

• Winner: Departures

• Winner: Slumdog Millionaire

• Winner: Sean Penn, Milk

• Winner: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

• Winner: Kate Winslet, The Reader

• Winner: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

• Winner: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

• Winner: * Wall-E

• Winner: Dustin Lance Black, Milk

• Winner: * Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

• Winner: Departures

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Departures

Waltz with Bashir

• Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• Winner: Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire

• Tom Stern for Changeling

• Claudio Miranda for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• Wally Pfister for The Dark Knight

• Chris Menges and Roger Deakins for The Reader

• Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire

• Winner: The Duchess

• Australia

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• The Duchess

• Milk

• Revolutionary Road

• Winner: Man on Wire

• Winner: Slumdog Millionaire

• Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• Winner: Slumdog Millionaire

• Winner: "Jai Ho", Slumdog Millionaire

• Winner: La Maison En Petits Cubes

• Winner: The Dark Knight

• Winner: Slumdog Millionaire

• Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• Winner: Toyland

• Winner: Smile Pinki