2009 Year In Review

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As we come to a close of yet another old year--it is time to reflect on the events that will be most notable when the history books are writen about the year 2009. What are some events (International, National ((U.S. or Canada)), or even local to you do you believe will be put in that book. Of course everyone will probably include the innaugaration of Barak Obama as President, and the recent massacre at Fort Hood Texas. But I am sure we could come up with other events as well--and these events can include all mediums including entertainment, music--etc., etc. etc.

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The 81st Academy Award--(Held Feburary 15th)

Major awards
Best Picture Best Director
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry – The Reader
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant – Milk

Best Actor Best Actress
Sean Penn – Milk
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Kate Winslet – The Reader
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Melissa Leo – Frozen River
Meryl Streep – Doubt

Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Josh Brolin – Milk
Robert Downey, Jr. – Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road
Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Amy Adams – Doubt
Viola Davis – Doubt
Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler

Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay
Milk – Dustin Lance Black
Frozen River – Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky – Mike Leigh
In Bruges – Martin McDonagh
WALL-E – Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter
Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
Doubt – John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan
The Reader – David Hare

Best Animated Feature Best Foreign Language Film
WALL-E – Andrew Stanton
Bolt – Chris Williams and Byron Howard
Kung Fu Panda – Mark Osborne and John Stevenson
Departures (Japan) in Japanese – Yojiro Takita
Waltz with Bashir (Israel) in Hebrew – Ari Folman
Revanche (Austria) in German – Götz Spielmann
The Class (France) in French – Laurent Cantet
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany) in German – Uli Edel


[edit] Other awards
Best Documentary Feature Best Documentary Short
Man on Wire
The Betrayal - Nerakhoon
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Trouble the Water
Smile Pinki – Megan Mylan
The Conscience of Nhem En – Steven Okazaki
The Final Inch
The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306

Best Live Action Short Best Animated Short
Toyland (Spielzeugland)
On the Line (Auf der Strecke)
Manon On the Asphalt
New Boy (Ireland)
The Pig (Grisen)
La Maison En Petits Cubes – Kunio Kato
Lavatory - Lovestory – Konstantin Bronzit
Oktapodi – Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
Presto – Doug Sweetland
This Way Up – Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best Original Score Best Original Song
Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat
Defiance (2008 film) – James Newton Howard
Milk – Danny Elfman
WALL-E – Thomas Newman
"Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman (music), Gulzar (lyrics)
"Down to Earth" from WALL-E – Peter Gabriel and
Thomas Newman (music), Peter Gabriel (lyrics)
"O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman and M.I.A.

Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing
The Dark Knight – Richard King
Iron Man – Frank Eulner, Christopher Boyes
Slumdog Millionaire – Tom Sayers
WALL-E – Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
Wanted – Wylie Stateman
Slumdog Millionaire – Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Ian Tapp
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten
The Dark Knight – Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
WALL-E – Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt
Wanted – Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt

Best Art Direction Best Cinematography
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
Changeling – James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
The Dark Knight – Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
The Duchess – Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
Revolutionary Road – Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt
Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle
Changeling – Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister
The Reader – Chris Menges, Roger Deakins

Best Makeup Best Costume Design
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Greg Cannom
The Dark Knight – John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
Hellboy II: The Golden Army – Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz
The Duchess – Michael O'Connor
Australia – Catherine Martin
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jacqueline West
Milk – Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road – Albert Wolsky

Best Film Editing Best Visual Effects
Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
The Dark Knight – Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon – Mike Hill, Daniel P. Hanley
Milk – Elliot Graham
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
The Dark Knight – Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin
Iron Man – John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, Shane Mahan


[edit] Honorary awards
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award - Jerry Lewis
Gordon E. Sawyer Award - Edwin Catmull
[edit] Multiple nominations and awards
The following 15 films received multiple nominations.

13 nominations: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
10 nominations: Slumdog Millionaire
8 nominations: The Dark Knight and Milk
6 nominations: WALL-E
5 nominations: Doubt, Frost/Nixon, and The Reader
3 nominations: Changeling and Revolutionary Road
2 nominations: The Duchess, Frozen River, Iron Man, Wanted, and The Wrestler
The following four films received multiple awards.

8 awards: Slumdog Millionaire
3 awards: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2 awards: The Dark Knight and Milk

[P.A.]

I now have two stainless steel knees and am almost healed. However I can not jump over building like Steve Austin, The Bionic Man. Somebody should have told me that before I went through all of that.

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How about the 2009 California Wild Fires this pass summer? They have been bad before--but this year they were the worst ever!! More then 336,000 acres (roughly 525 sq. miles) burned!!!

[Jaylee53]

I have air in my lungs...my children are alive...I have a roof over my head..a man that loves me, just cuz!
Some human beings were kind and generous...Some were cruel and inhuman...Babies were born and some folks died....this is the circle...calenders and time just keep it all from happening at once.
Everything else is just fluff...rouge and lipstick.

[Bob Stepp]

I suppose I could wax poetic about the triumphs and tribulations of the world in general, but I'll spare ya'll that. You've already heard it all anyway.
I have however turned a corner in my life aided and bouyed by the love of a sweet woman I met on the original TBD. She has made this one of the best years of my life. Thank You, Sugar...♥

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Here is a site that gives a list of famous people who lost thier lives this year!

http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/national-29/126061352...