Oscar Oscar Oscar!

"I want something damnit - Best Performance by an android as a human female in an open caucus!"

So the Oscars have been handed out. There were a

couple of surprises, but for the most part, it was the

"No Country For Old Men" show, as expected. I have to

say, I didn't see the Tilda Swinton win coming. I

thought Cate Blanchett had that one bagged for portraying Bob Dylan, fitting that Tilda
Swinton accepted as David Bowie. I also

thought Roger Deakins would win the cinematography

award for one of his two amazingly well shot pictures

(No Country For Old Men, and The Assassination of

Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford). Still, There

Will Be Blood was more than deserving of the award.

The highlight of the evening? Falling Slowly winning

Best Song, no question. Glen Hansard was incredibly

gracious, and it pissed me off when they cut Marketa

Irglova off with a music cue. Happily, when the awards

telecast returned from break, the lovely Ms. Irglova

was invited back to the stage where she proceeded to

give the most heartfelt speech of the evening. God

bless her. John Stewart did a great job hosting. He

may just be the best Oscar host since Billy Crystal.

Overall, a pretty smooth night. See ya next year!

Here's a list of the winners.

Best picture

"No Country for Old Men"

Best actress

Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"

Best actor

Daniel Day

-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"

Best supporting actress

Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton"

Best supporting actor

Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"

Best director

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"

Best foreign film

"The Counterfeiters," Austria

Adapted screenplay

Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"

Original screenplay

Diablo Cody, "Juno"

Animated feature film

"Ratatouille"

Art direction

"Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

Cinematography

"There Will Be Blood"

Sound mixing

"The Bourne Ultimatum"

Sound editing

"The Bourne Ultimatum"

Original score

"Atonement," Dario Marianelli

Original song

"Falling Slowly" from "Once"

Costume

"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"

Documentary feature

"Taxi to the Dark Side"

Documentary short

"Freeheld"

Film editing

"The Bourne Ultimatum"

Makeup

"La Vie en Rose"

Animated short film

"Peter & the Wolf"

Live action short film

"Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of

Pickpockets)"

Visual effects

"The Golden Compass"