And the Winner Is...

The Academy Awards were given out in Hollywood last night. Popularly referred to as the Oscars, the first awards were presented on May 16, 1929, at a private brunch at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with an audience of about 270 people. Since the first year, the awards have been publicly broadcast, at first by radio then by TV after 1953. The Academy Awards is televised live across the United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii), Canada, the United Kingdom, and gathers millions of viewers elsewhere throughout the world. The 2007 ceremony was watched by more than 40 million Americans.

So who were the big winners last night?

Best Picture
The Hurt Locker

Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side

Actress in a Supporting Role
Mo'Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Animated Feature Film
Up

Art Direction
Avatar - Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (Art Direction); Kim Sinclair (Set Decoration)

Cinematography
Avatar - Mauro Fiore

Costume Design
The Young Victoria - Sandy Powell

Directing
The Hurt Locker - Kathryn Bigelow

Documentary Feature
The Cove

Documentary Short
Music by Prudence

Film Editing
The Hurt Locker - Bob Murawski and Chris Innis

Foreign Language Film
The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)
Argentina
Directed by Juan José Campanella

Makeup
Star Trek - Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow

Music (Original Score)
Up - Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)
"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)"
Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Short Film (Animated)
Logorama

Short Film (Live Action)
The New Tenants

Sound Editing
The Hurt Locker - Paul N.J. Ottosson

Sound Mixing
The Hurt Locker - Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett

Visual Effects
Avatar - Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire - Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Hurt Locker - Written by Mark Boal