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Hugh Jackman hosts the 81st Oscar ceremony on February 22, 2009. The 2009 Academy Awards will be broadcast live on ABC at starting at 5 p.m. PT
Fast Facts

1. 2009 Academy Awards: February 22, 2009 at 5 p.m. PT
2. Network: ABC
3. The award ceremony is broadcast live
4. 2009 host: Hugh Jackman
5. Venue: Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California
6. 2009 will be the earliest date the Oscar ceremony has been held
7. The Academy Awards are commonly referred to as the Oscars
8. Nominations were announced on January 22, 2009 at 5:30 a.m. PT by Forest Whitaker
9. Slumdog Millionaire is heavily favored to win Best Motion Picture

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Nominees for the 81st Academy Awards

Performance by an actor in a leading role

* Richard Jenkins in The Visitor (Overture Films)
* Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon (Universal)
* Sean Penn in Milk (Focus Features)
* Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
* Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

* Josh Brolin in Milk (Focus Features)
* Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
* Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt (Miramax)
* Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.)
* Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

* Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married (Sony Pictures Classics)
* Angelina Jolie in Changeling (Universal)
* Melissa Leo in Frozen River (Sony Pictures Classics)
* Meryl Streep in Doubt (Miramax)
* Kate Winslet in The Reader (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

* Amy Adams in Doubt (Miramax)
* Penélope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (The Weinstein Company)
* Viola Davis in Doubt (Miramax)
* Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
* Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)

Best animated feature film of the year

* Bolt (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard
* Kung Fu Panda (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
* WALL-E (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton



Achievement in art direction

* Changeling (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
* The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
* The Duchess (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
* Revolutionary Road (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Achievement in cinematography

* Changeling (Universal), Tom Stern
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda
* The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister
* The Reader (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
* Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle

Achievement in costume design

* Australia (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West
* The Duchess (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O’Connor
* Milk (Focus Features), Danny Glicker
* Revolutionary Road (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky

Achievement in directing

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher
* Frost/Nixon (Universal), Ron Howard
* Milk (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant
* The Reader (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry
* Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle

Best documentary feature

* The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) (Cinema Guild), A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
* Encounters at the End of the World (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment), A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
* The Garden A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
* Man on Wire (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall in association with Red Box Films Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
* Trouble the Water (Zeitgeist Films), An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best documentary short subject

* The Conscience of Nhem En A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki
* The Final Inch Vermilion Films in association with Google.org, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
* Smile Pinki A Principe Production, Megan Mylan
* The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306 A Rock Paper Scissors Production, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Achievement in film editing

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
* The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith
* Frost/Nixon (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
* Milk (Focus Features), Elliot Graham
* Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens

Best foreign language film of the year

* The Baader Meinhof Complex A Constantin Film Production, Germany
* The Class (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France
* Departures (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan
* Revanche (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria
* Waltz with Bashir (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel

Achievement in makeup

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom
* The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
* Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Alexandre Desplat
* Defiance (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard
* Milk (Focus Features), Danny Elfman
* Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
* WALL-E (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

* Down to Earth from WALL-E (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
* Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
* O Saya from Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Best motion picture of the year

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
* Frost/Nixon (Universal), A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
* Milk (Focus Features), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
* The Reader (The Weinstein Company), A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris, Producers
* Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production, Christian Colson, Producer

Best animated short film

* La Maison en Petits Cubes A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato
* Lavatory - Lovestory A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit
* Oktapodi (Talantis Films), A Gobelins, L’école de l’image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
* Presto (Walt Disney), A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland
* This Way Up A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best live action short film

* Auf der Strecke (On the Line) (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
* Manon on the Asphalt (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
* New Boy (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
* The Pig An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
* Spielzeugland (Toyland) A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank

Achievement in sound editing

* The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Richard King
* Iron Man (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
* Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
* WALL-E (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
* Wanted (Universal), Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
* The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
* Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
* WALL-E (Walt Disney), Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
* Wanted (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt



Achievement in visual effects

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
* The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
* Iron Man (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Adapted screenplay

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
* Doubt (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley
* Frost/Nixon (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan
* The Reader (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare
* Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay

* Frozen River (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt
* Happy-Go-Lucky (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh
* In Bruges (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh
* Milk (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black
* WALL-E (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

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Australia	Channel 9
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Bulgaria	Bulgarian National TV
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Ecuador	Teleamazonas
El Salvador	Channel 2
Finland	Channel 4
Germany	PRO 7
Greece	FILMNET
Guatemala	Channel 3, 13, 17, and 11
Holland	Film 1
Hongkong	Pearl Channel
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Hungary	RTL KLUB
India	Star One / Star Plus
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Israel	Yes Movies in SD and HD
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Jamaica	TV Jamaica
Japan	WOWOW / NHK
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Latin America	TNT, TCM, CURNARD 1-SHIP, 9 SHIPS
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Malaysia	NTV7 notlive telecast (replay)
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Mexico	Channel 7 and 13
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Peru	Channel 2
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"Slumdog Millionaire" has been voted as the number one film people would most like to claim the Best Picture trophy at the 81 Academy awards this Sunday. The story of a Mumbai slumdweller, who wins against all odds has already won many awards worldwide including seven Baftas and four Golden Globes and is the favourite to claim the top prize at this year's Academy awards.

A poll carried out for HMV's film and music social networking site getcloser.Com, revealed that "Slumdog Millionaire" would win the prize of Best Film and Best Director if the winners were decided by the public. About 59 per cent of voters named the film as their favourite to win Best Picture, with "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", which stood at the second place with 22 per cent votes.

In the Best Director category also 59 per cent of the voters named British director Danny Boyle as their favourite to take the trophy. If "Slumdog Millionaire" wins the Best Picture Oscar, it would be the first British film to do so since "Chariots of Fire" in 1981. A report in TheLondonNews said, "the only shortlist to mirror BAFTA's should see the same outcome - with Slumdog snatching it. PTI




Rubina Ali, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail at the international airport in Mumbai before leaving to attend the Oscars Awards

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