The 81st Oscars

And the winners are...

Best Supporting Actress
**Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona**

Best Original Screenplay
**Dustin Lance Black for Milk**

Best Adapted Screenplay
**Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire**

Best Animated Film
**WALL·E: Andrew Stanton**

Best Animated Short
**La Maison en Petits Cubes: Kunio Kato**

Best Art Direction
**The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo**

Best Costume Design
**The Duchess: Michael O'Connor**

Best Makeup
**The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Greg Cannom**

Best Cinematography
**Slumdog Millionaire: Anthony Dod Mantle**

Best Short Film
**Spielzeugland: Jochen Alexander Freydank**

Best Supporting Actor
**Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight**

Best Feature Documentary
**Man on Wire: James Marsh, Simon Chinn**

Best Short Documentary
**Smile Pinki: Megan Mylan**

Best Visual Effects
**The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron**

Best Sound Editing
**The Dark Knight: Richard King**

Best Sound
**Slumdog Millionaire: Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty**

Best Editing
**Slumdog Millionaire: Chris Dickens**

Best Original Score
**Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman**

Best Original Song
**Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman, Gulzar("Jai Ho")**

Best Foreign Film
**Okuribito (2008) (Japan)**

Best Director
**Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire**

Best Actress
Kate Winslet for The Reader

Best Actor
**Sean Penn for Milk**

Best Picture
**Slumdog Millionaire: Christian Colson**