Ben Stiller and Natalie Portman
Slumdog Millionaire swept. Kate Winslet finally got hers. Frost/Nixon got shut out. And on it goes. But, as we all know, there are much more to award shows than Oscar winners and losers. Here are our winners and losers from the 81st Academy Awards. Check them out and tell us yours!
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Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire, the ultimate up-from-the-streets story, won eight Oscars to dominate a ceremony that emphasized populist films alongside artsy fare.
Kate Winslet scored best actress for The Reader; Sean Penn won best actor for Milk; Penelope Cruz scored best supporting actress for her role in Vicki Christina Barcelona; and in the night's most emotional moment, Heath Ledger's family accepted his best supporting actor award for The Dark Knight.
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Sean Penn, Mickey Rourke
You already know how we feel about the Oscar song category, but how about the other races — particularly the big ones? Well, now you'll find out. Behold, TVGuide.com's predictions for the 81st Academy Awards (Sunday, ABC at 8:30 pm/ET). Don't agree with us? Then check out the nominees here and tell us who you think will and should triumph on Hollywood's biggest night.
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Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet is a double Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee, but she's thinking about actors who aren't sweeping awards ceremonies.
"I really hope that there isn't a [Screen Actors Guild] strike," the actress, nominated for a best actress Oscar for her role in The Reader, said Monday at a luncheon for nominees.
"When I think about my upbringing, and I think about my father who relied on voiceovers ... or a jingle ... he relied on those things to pay the rent and put food on the table for his four children," she recalled.
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Tina Fey
Tina Fey's 30 Rock and HBO's John Adams swept their categories at the Screen Actors Guild Awards to continue their hot streaks as actors took a break from their focus on a possible strike to celebrate their best work of the last year.
30 Rock won best female actor for a comedy series for Fey, best male actor in a comedy series for Alec Baldwin, and best ensemble in a comedy series. SAG has been locked in a contract dispute with producers for months, and Fey took a jab at studios as she noted that her daughter would someday be old enough to watch 30 Rock on the Internet.
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Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
On the one-year anniversary of his death, Heath Ledger earned a supporting actor Academy Award nomination for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight.
Ledger's nod was among the most anticipated of Thursday's Oscar announcements. The best-picture nominees include The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which led with 13 total nominations, Slumdog Millionaire, Frost/Nixon, Milk and The Reader. (Check out the list of nominees here.)
Ledger, a previous lead-actor nominee for Brokeback Mountain, picked up the biggest nomination for The Dark Knight, which was shut out of the picture and director race despite momentum in recent weeks, including nominations from the three Guilds (Producers, Writers and Directors).
Competing against Ledger are
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The Dark Knight
Nominations for the 81st Academy Awards will be announced Thursday, which means time's ticking to finalize predictions. Here are some things you can keep a few things in mind for the big reveal.
For almost a year, we've heard talk about The Dark Knight being a factor in the Oscar race. Their safest bet, of course, is a supporting actor nod for Heath Ledger. (Thursday, by the way, is also the one-year anniversary of his death.) Beyond that for the film, nothing's as certain, but thanks to a hat trick of precursor nominations from the three of the Guilds (Producers, Writers and Directors), The Dark Knight is looking good to land on the best picture list.
Frontrunner Slumdog Millionaire, along with Milk, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and ...
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Kate Winslet
Four days after nabbing two Golden Globe awards, Kate Winslet picked up a pair of nominations from the British Academy Film Awards — except this time she's up against herself.
The BAFTAs — the British equivalent of the Oscars — nominated Winslet twice in lead actress for her work in Revolutionary Road and The Reader. At the Globes, she won in lead for Road and supporting for The Reader. Facing off against a double dose of Winslet are ...
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Tina Fey
Yeah, yeah, we know who won and who lost at the Golden Globes. But it's the unscripted moments that make or break an award ceremony. So without further ado, here are our top moments from the 66th Golden Globes. Check them out and tell us yours.
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John Adams, Paul Giamatti, Sean McKenzie, Tom Wilkinson
At one point during Sunday's Golden Globes, things looked very dark for anyone not on HBO: Led by John Adams, the network swept all the early TV awards.
Finally, halfway into the night, a loss for the cable giant: Alec Baldwin won best comedic actor for 30 Rock, which went on to win best comedy and best comedic actress for Tina Fey. Then Mad Men got in the game, winning best drama at the end of the night.
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