Actress at Oscar Red Carpet 2011

Here are photos of gorgeous women who stood out on the Oscar red carpet 2011

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The complete list of Oscar winners 2011 for you below.

"The King's Speech" continued its winning momentum going into the 83rd annual Academy Awards, taking home the big prize of best picture, while its star Colin Firth received the Oscar for best actor; "Black Swan" star Natalie Portman received the award for best actress. Best Picture: The King’s Speech – Winner

Directing: Tom Hopper – The King’s Speech – Winner

Actor in a Leading Role: Colin Firth – The King’s Speech – Winner

Actor in a Supporting Role: Christian Bale – The Fighter – Winner

Actress in a Leading Role: Natalie Portman – Black Swan – Winner

Actress in a Supporting Role: Melissa Leo – The Fighter – Winner

Animated Feature Film: Toy Story 3 – Winner

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: David Seidler - The King's Speech

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: In a Better World (Denmark)

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Wally Pfister – Inception

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Inside Job - Charles Ferguson

DOCUMENTARY SHORT: Strangers No More - Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon

ANIMATED SHORT: The Lost Thing - Andrew Ruhemann & Shaun Tan

VISUAL EFFECTS: Inception

ART DIRECTION: Alice in Wonderland

COSTUME DESIGN: Alice in Wonderland

MAKEUP: The Wolfman

FILM EDITING: The Social Network

SOUND MIXING: Inception

SOUND EDITING: Inception

ORIGINAL SCORE: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Social Network

ORIGINAL SONG: "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3 by Randy Newman

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Francis Ford Coppola

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83rd Annual Academy Awards

                                                    oscar nominations 2011

Best Picture:                          Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, The King's  Speech, 127 Hours,      The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit, Winter's Bone

Actor in a Leading Role:       Javier Bardem, Jeff Bridges, Jesse Eisenberg, Colin Firth, James Franco

Actress in a Leading Role:    Annette Bening, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lawrence, Natalie Portman, Michelle Williams

Directing:                               Black Swan, The Fighter, The King's Speech, The Social Network, True Grit

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Complete List of the 81st Annual Academy Awards

This year’s Best Motion Picture of the Year goes to "Slumdog Millionaire". Slumdog Millionaire sweeps a total of 8 Academy Awards which was held at Los Angeles' Kodak Theater on Sunday, February 22. Sean Penn has his second best-actor Academy Award with his win in the title role of "Milk."

Penn's first words upon taking the stage to accept his prize for playing the slain gay-rights pioneer were: "You commie, homo-loving sons of guns."

Kate Winslet, meantime, has taken best actress for the Holocaust-themed saga "The Reader," while best-picture favorite "Slumdog Millionaire" has cruised to seven Oscars, including best director for Danny Boyle.

Heath Ledger is the supporting-actor winner for his demented reinvention of Batman villain the Joker in "The Dark Knight," becoming only the second actor ever to win an Oscar posthumously.

The supporting-actress trophy has gone to Penelope Cruz as a tempestuous artist in Woody Allen's Spanish romance "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."

Other multiple winners included "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "The Dark Knight" and "Milk". While being nominated for thirteen categories, "Benjamin Button" has only managed to take home three kudos on the night. Moreover, "Dark Knight" and "Milk" have each collected two statuettes.
And THE OSCAR GOES TO ….

Full Winners List of the 81st Annual Academy Awards:

-Motion Picture: "Slumdog Millionaire"
-Director: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
-Actor: Sean Penn, "Milk"
-Actress: Kate Winslet, "The Reader"
-Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
-Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
-Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire"
-Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, "Milk"
-Foreign-Language Film: "Departures," Japan
-Animated Feature Film: "WALL-E"
-Cinematography: "Slumdog Millionaire"
-Film Editing: "Slumdog Millionaire"
-Art Direction: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
-Costume: "The Duchess"
-Makeup: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
-Sound Mixing: "Slumdog Millionaire"
-Sound Editing: "The Dark Knight"
-Visual Effects: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
-Original Score: "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman
-Original Song: "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman and Gulzar
-Documentary Feature: "Man on Wire"
-Documentary (short subject): "Smile Pinki"
-Animated Short Film: "La Maison en Petits Cubes"
-Live Action Short Film: "Spielzeugland (Toyland)"

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And the Oscar goes to ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ wins 8 Oscars

And the Oscars popular award of Best Motion Picture of the Year goes to "Slumdog Millionaire". ‘Slumdog Millionaire' swept the 81st Academy Awards by winning 8 major awards including Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score and Best Original Song.

Christian Colson said on the acceptance speech, "As you can see, our film was a collaboration of hundreds of people and I'm glad that so many of them could make it here tonight." "Slumdog" had virtually no money but a story that inspired "mad love" and a genius director.

Indian music maestro A R Rahman won two awards for Best Original Score for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and Best Original Song for ‘Jai Ho’ along side Gulzar also for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. Rahman nominated for three awards in total. 36-year-old Resul Pookutty created history by becoming the first Indian to bag the Oscar for Best Sound mixing. Pookutty shared the Oscar with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke for their collaborative work for the film

“I want to thank everyone. The essence of the film is optimism and hope. All through my life I had the choice of love and hate…I chose love and I am here,” an elated Rahman said.

AR Rehman’s speech:
I am excited. There is a dialogue in Hindi film - ‘mere pass maa hain’. Which means that I have nothing, but my mother. My mother is here. Her blessings are with me. God is Great”

AR Rehman’s speech about Jai Ho song:
This song belongs to the people of Mumbai. This song is about optimism and power of hope. We have a choice to choose hate or love. I choose love.

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Oscars:

1. Best Picture: ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. “It has been collaboration between hundreds of people. All of us are here to share this moment. This was an extraordinary journey,” says the Slumdog... team.

2. Best Direction: Danny Boyle for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’

3. Best Original Song: A R Rahman for ‘Jai Ho...’ (Slumdog Millionarie)

The Indian music maestro, Rahman wooed the audience with ‘O Saya’ and ‘Jai Ho...’ the nominated songs from ‘Slumdog...’, as the nominees for Best Original Song were being announced.

4. Best Original Score: A R Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire . “I have nothing but my mother and she is there with me. I thank her for making me coming all this way with her blessings,” said a proud Rahman.

5. Best Film Editing: Chris Dickens for Slumdog Millionaire

6. Best Sound Mixing: Ian Tapp, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke for Slumdog Millionaire. “This is just not a sound award, but a history being handed over,” said Indian receiver Pookutty.

7. Best Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire

8. Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire. “The cast and crew of the film told me so much about India and writing,” said a proud Beaufoy.

In a great night for Britain, Kate Winslet won the best actress Oscar for The Reader, finally clinching the award on her sixth nomination.

The big surprise of the night was Sean Penn, winning best actor for his role as gay rights activist Harvey Milk.

Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for supporting actor for The Dark Knight.


In total

Slumdog Millionaire - 8
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 3
Milk - 2
The Dark Knight – 2

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“SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE” bags 10 Oscar nominations

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ has bagged 10 (Academy Awards) Oscar nominations while ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ leads Oscars with 13 nominations. ‘Slumdog’ film was directed by Danny Boyle and is an adaptation of Indian diplomat Vikas Swarups's novel ‘Q&A’. Christian Colson has produced the film on Celador Films Production banner.

AR Rahman and Resul Pookutty have won a total of four nominations. Rahman has won total three nominations for Best Original Score and Best Original Songs, Resul has bagged one in the Sound Mixing category for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’.

Bollywood's well-known lyricist Gulzar has been jointly nominated with Rahman for the song 'Jai Ho'. And it was a dream come true for another Indian lyricist Maya Arulpragasam who won a joint nomination with Rahman for ‘O saya’.

Nominations (10)
Achievement in Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle
Achievement in Directing: Danny Boyle
Achievement in Film Editing: Chris Dickens
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score): AR Rahman
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song): 'Jai Ho
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) ‘O Saya’
Best Motion Picture of the Year: Christian Colson (Producer)
Achievement in Sound Editing: Tom Sayers
Achievement in Sound Mixing: Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE is about an eighteen-year-old from the slums of Mumbai finds himself competing on the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", where the questions he must answer offer a look back at his earlier life. The show's host, however, insists that he must be cheating and takes steps to force young Jamal to admit that a boy from such an impoverished background could not possibly possess the knowledge necessary to win the show's top prize.
The flick stars Dev Patel (Jamal Malik), Freida Pinto (Latika), Anil Kapoor (Prem Kumar), Irrfan Khan (Police Inspector) and Madhur Mittal (Salim).

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The 81st Academy Awards Nominees List

On Thursday morning, January 22, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced the nominees for the 81st Annual Academy Awards (Oscar),. Declared by Academy president Sid Ganis and Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, the nominations were dominated by "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".

The 81st Annual Academy Awards ceremony will be held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on Sunday, 22nd February, 2009. The ceremony will be aired live on ABC starting at 8 PM. Hugh Jackman will be seen hosting the awards and the same will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide. The show will be produced by Laurence Mark and Bill Condon, the men behind the Oscar-winning musical "Dreamgirls".

The nominations were dominated by David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" with 13 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress for Taraji P. Henson and Best Leading Actor for Brad Pitt. It was followed by "Slumdog Millionaire", "The Dark Knight" and "Milk". Danny Boyle's "Slumdog" has bagged 10 nominations by the Academy.

Full Nominees List of The 81st Annual Academy Awards:

Best picture:

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
FROST/NIXON
MILK
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Actor in a Leading Role:
Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor"
Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon"
Sean Penn in "Milk"
Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler"

Actress in a Leading Role:
Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married"
Angelina Jolie in "Changeling"
Melissa Leo in "Frozen River"
Meryl Streep in "Doubt"
Kate Winslet in "The Reader"

Actor in a Supporting Role:
Josh Brolin in "Milk"
Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder"
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt"
Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight"
Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road"

Actress in a Supporting Role:
Amy Adams in "Doubt"
Penelope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Viola Davis in "Doubt"
Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler"

Achievement in Directing:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", David Fincher
"Frost/Nixon", Ron Howard
"Milk", Gus Van Sant
"The Reader", Stephen Daldry
"Slumdog Millionaire", Danny Boyle

Film Editing:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"The Dark Knight", Lee Smith
"Frost/Nixon", Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
"Milk", Elliot Graham
"Slumdog Millionaire", Chris Dickens

ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
James Newton Howard - Defiance
Danny Elfman - Milk
A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
Thomas Newman - Wall-E

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song):
"Down to Earth" from "Wall-E", Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
"Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire", Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
"O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire", Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tom Stern - Changeling
Claudio Miranda - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wally Pfister - The Dark Knight
Chris Menges & Roger Deakins - The Reader
Anthony Dod Mantle - Slumdog Millionaire

SOUND MIXING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
Wanted

SOUND EDITING
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
Wanted

For full list of nominees and complete details of Oscar visit-http://www.oscar.com/nominees/?pn=nominees

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I'm confusing Leonardo DiCaprio with my husband: Kate Winslet

British actress Kate Winslet says she spends so much time talking about Leonardo DiCaprio she's starting to confuse him with her real husband, Sam Mendes.

Winslet said:” I am feeling DiCaprio more like my real husband, I have to say. I'm talking about him so much!" She said this while touting UK for the promotion of her film ‘Revolutionary Road’. Five-time Oscar nominee Kate Winslet won two Golden Globe Awards including best actress for her role in ‘Revolutionary Road’ and best supporting actress award for her performance in ‘The Reader’.

The film ‘Revolutionary Road’ has been directed by her husband Sam Mendes and stars Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet in the lead roles. The flick is based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Richard Yates. The script was written by Justin Haythe. The film was released on December 26, 2008 in few theaters and is now set to release all over USA on January 23rd, 2009.

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