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The biggest night in cinema proved a runaway success for the brilliant Slumdog Millionaire last night, as the gold was dished out by the bucket for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog underdog.

The best film of the year to date stormed the awards, winning in every category it was nominated bar one – taking a total of eight of film’s prestigious paperweights.

Elsewhere Kate Winslet also managed to get her irritating self on stage to collect a Best Actress award for The Reader., while the night’s big shocks came from most nominated film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button walking out with just three gongs and Sean Penn slipping the rug from Mickey Rourke for the Best Actor award.

Here is the full list of winners, and – lest we forget my astute predictions – Chad bang-on predictions are marked in green.

 

Best film

Slumdog Millionaire

Best actor

Sean Penn, Milk

Best actress

Kate Winslet, The Reader

Best supporting actor

Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best supporting actress

Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best director

Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best animated feature

 WALL-E

Best adapted screenplay

Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

Best original screenplay

Dustin Lance Black, Milk

Best foreign language film

Departures

Best cinematography

 Slumdog Millionaire

Best makeup

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best costume design

The Duchess

Best art direction

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best animated short

 La Maison en Petits Cubes

Best song

Jai Ho, by AR Rahman and Gulzar, Slumdog Millionaire

Best original score

AR Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award

Jerry Lewis

Best film editing

Slumdog Millionaire

Best sound mixing

 Slumdog Millionaire

Best sound editing

The Dark Knight

Best visual effects

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best documentary short

Smile Pinki

Best documentary feature

Man On Wire

Best live-action short

Spielzeugland (Toyland)

So that makes a total of 17 correct Oscar predictions out of a possible 25 for Team Chad. I Rule.

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