81st Academy Awards

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  • Kate.

    Filed in 81st Academy Awards on February 23rd, 2009

    Would it be much of an overstatement if I would say that Kate Winslet winning the Academy Award for Best Actress (finally) was the best moment of the whole evening? All right, her win and Dustin Lance Black’s acceptance speech for winning Best Original Screenplay for Milk. At both I teared up like a big [...]

  • Congratulations, “Slumdog Millionaire”

    Filed in 81st Academy Awards on February 23rd, 2009

    And the Academy Award for Best Picture went to… Christian Colson for producing Slumdog Millionaire! Congratulations.

  • The Best Pictures and the grave case of Danny Boyle

    Filed in 81st Academy Awards on February 21st, 2009

    Warning: this article is entirely subjective, contains many spoilers and if you’re a Slumdog Millionaire lover, you’ll probably be insulted. And also, the 81st Academy Awards!

  • 81st Academy Awards picks and predictions

    Filed in 81st Academy Awards on February 21st, 2009

    People who know me well, know that I don’t give a crap about New Year’s Day. So what that the year ends on December 31st and begins on January 1st? To me, only one thing marks the beginning of another year of waiting, yearning and building up to greatness: when the Academy Awards have been [...]

  • 81st Academy Awards nominations

    Filed in 81st Academy Awards on January 22nd, 2009

    Today the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences finally announced the nominations for the 81st Academy Awards. Biggest surprise to me was the exclusion of Kate Winslet from the Best Supporting Actress category, though she will probably still win as Best Actress for The Reader. Yes, The Reader. The role for which she got [...]