Not on Top of the World
- March 08 2010, 17:31
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James Cameron will have to wait another year for the chance to repeat his Titanic Oscar success in 1997 as ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow stole the limelight, winning Best Picture and Best Director for Hurt Locker.
Avatar did take home 3 awards, including Best Cinematography and Visual Effects, however Bigelow’s low budget rival won the night with 6. Hurt Locker, which centres on a bomb disposal unit in Iraq, took the awards for Best Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Original Screenplay along with the two coveted prizes of the night. Much was made about the David and Goliath-esque duel between the $ 2.6bn Avatar and $ 21m Hurt Locker, and ceremony producers took advantage of the heightened tension by seating the producers behind each other. In the end, it was Bigelow who had the last laugh, following the success of the Golden Globes to become the first female director to win the Best Director prize.
The Best Actor award unsurprisingly went to Jeff Bridges for his role in Crazy Heart, whilst Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for Best Actress in A Blind Side and a Razzie for Worst Actress in All About Steve in one weekend. The Miss Congeniality actress showed her game side, by turning up to both ceremonies, and accepted her Golden Raspberry with a cart-load of free All About Steve DVDs for the audience.
Disney’s Up won 2 awards for Original Score and Best Animated feature, whilst Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire took Best adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress.
The world’s most prestigious Hollywood award ceremony was shown live on Sky1 for the first half, where it managed to garner 82,000 before being bumped down to Sky Movies Premiere where it achieved 61,000 viewers. You can catch the highlights tonight on Sky 1 at 2100.
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