The Oscars 2009, from our gay eyes

by Trey C. on February 22, 2009

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Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron at the Oscars 2009 red carpet

We hope none of you missed the opening performance of ‘The Oscars’ because it was amazing! It was almost like watching a musical. The show this year was hosted by the sexiest man alive, Hugh Jackman. The best speech of the night so far, in my opinion, came from the winner of the Best Original Screenplay, Dustin Lance Black, in which he gave a special thank you speech to his mother for her ongoing support and another special shout out to the LGBT community saying that we are all special.

UPDATE: During his speech for acceptance of best Actor in a Leading Role, Sean Penn gave a speech on gay rights. He says that all who voted for the ban should be ashamed. “They are shameful in the eyes of their grandchildren,” Penn said.

The winner’s list and photo gallery can be viewed after the jump.

: Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron at the Oscars 2009 red carpet

AWARD CATEGORY	WINNER
Actress in a Supporting Role	Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Penelope Cruz
Writing Original Screenplay	Milk, Dustin Lance Black
Writing Adaptive Writing	Slumdog Millionaire, Simon Beaufoy
Animated Featured Film	Wall-E, Andrew Stanton
Animated Short Film	La Maison en Petits Cubes, Kunio Kato
Art Direction	The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons, Donald Graham Burt and Victor J. Zolfo
Costume Design	The Duchess, Michael O’Connor
Makeup	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Greg Cannom
Cinematography	Slumdog Millionaire, Anthony Dod Mantle
Short Film Live Action	Spielzeugland, Jochen Alexander Freydank
Actor in a Supporting Role	The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger
Documentary Feature	Man on Wire, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
Documentary Short Subject	Smile Pinki, Megan Mylan
Visual Effects	The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons, Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, and Craig Barron
Sound Editing	The Dark Knight, Richard King
Sound Mixing	Slumdog Millionaire, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
Film Editing	Slumdog Millionaire, Chris Dickens
Mixing (Score)	Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman
Music (Song)	Slumdog Millionaire, “Jai Ho” Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar
Foreign Language Film	Departures (Japan), Directed by Yojiro Takita
Directing	Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle
Actress in a Leading Role	Kate Winslet
Actor in a Leading Role	Milk, Sean Penn
BEST PICTURE	SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, CHRISTIAN COLSON