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100 years of Oscars fashion and fun facts

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If you read a bit of Hollywood news you would know by now about the embarrassing moment during the Best Picture presentation at the Academy Awards. Congrats to Moonlight and all the winners, Lalaland will be the one that have long-lasting legacy regardless.

Anyhow, Allure Magazine has made an interesting video prior to the special night. It showcases some iconic fashion at the Oscars over the years, along with some fun facts about the prestigious award.

It’s not exactly 100 years as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences first presented the awards in 1929. The red carpet first appeared in 1961 but Oscars fashion was probably already a trend before that.

A Separation – Oscar Best Foreign Film

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Iranian movie A Separation has won the 2012 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film – the first middle-eastern picture to claim the honour…

The movie tells the story of a middle-class couple who’s heading for divorce, but things got complicated when the husband is accused of causing the miscarriage of their lower-class maid hired to take care of his Alzheimer-suffering father.

The film raised questions on lots of social issues… taking care of elders, marriage, kids, social class, religion, sins, mental illness, distortions etc. The interesting thing is that it managed to squeeze all the issues smoothly in the storyline, with some clever twists.

Written and directed by Asghar Farhadi and starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi etc.

Oscar winning Iran movie A Separation

82nd Academy Awards winners

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Major winners of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. Full list on its official site.

Best Picture: “The Hurt Locker”
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Actor: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
Actress: Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Glad to see Jeff Bridges winning – one of my favourite actors whom I think should have won something huge since long ago. On the other hand, it’s worth noting that Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman to win an Oscar as best director.

Departures movie review

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Departures (おくりびと, Okuribito) is a multiple award winning Japanese movie and winner of the best foreign language film at the Academy Awards in 2009.

Directed by Yojiro Takita and starring Masahiro Motoki, the movie follows the story of a nokanshi whose job is to prepare the death for encoffinment. Other cast include Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki and Kimiko Yo etc.

Japanese movie Departures aka Okuribito

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81st Academy Awards winners

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Winners of the 81st Annual Academy Awards, presented on February 22 at the Kodak Theatre with Australian actor Hugh Jackman as host…

Best picture – Slumdog Millionaire
Actor in leading role – Sean Penn, Milk
Actress in leading role – Kate Winslet, The Reader
Directing – Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Foreign language film – Departure (Japan)
Music – “Jai Ho”, Slumdog Millionaire
Music (score) – Slumdog Millionaire
Film editing – Slumdog Millionaire

Sound mixing – Slumdog Millionaire
Sound editing – The Dark Knight
Visual effects – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Documentary short – Smile Pinki

Documentary feature – Man on Wire
Actor in supporting role – Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Short film (live action) – Spielzeugland
Cinematography – Slumdog Millionaire

Makeup – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Costume design – The Duchess
Art direction – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Short film (animated) – La Maison en Petits Cubes

Animated feature film – Wall-E
Writing (adapted screenplay) – Slumdog Millionaire
Writing (original screenplay) – Milk
Actress in supporting role – Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona