Oscar Winners and Nominees

February 23rd, 2009

Best picture
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Frost/Nixon”
“Milk”
“The Reader”
“Slumdog Millionaire”

Director
WINNER: Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Stephen Daldry, “The Reader”
David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon”
Gus Van Sant, “Milk”

Actor
Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor”
Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”
Sean Penn, “Milk”
Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”

Actress
Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”
Angelina Jolie, “Changeling”
Melissa Leo, “Frozen River”
Meryl Streep, “Doubt”
WINNER: Kate Winslet, “The Reader”

Supporting actor
Josh Brolin, “Milk”
Robert Downey Jr., “Tropic Thunder”
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt”
WINNER: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
Michael Shannon, “Revolutionary Road”

Supporting actress
Amy Adams, “Doubt”
WINNER: Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Viola Davis, “Doubt”
Taraji P. Henson, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Marisa Tomei, “The Wrestler”

Animated feature
“Bolt”
“Kung Fu Panda”
WINNER: “WALL-E”

Adapted screenplay
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” screenplay by Eric Roth, screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
“Doubt,” written by John Patrick Shanley
“Frost/Nixon,” screenplay by Peter Morgan
“The Reader,” screenplay by David Hare
WINNER: “Slumdog Millionaire,” screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay
“Frozen River,” written by Courtney Hunt
“Happy-Go-Lucky,” written by Mike Leigh
“In Bruges,” written by Martin McDonagh
WINNER: “Milk,” written by Dustin Lance Black
“WALL-E,” screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon; original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Art direction
“Changeling,” James J. Murakami; set decoration: Gary Fettis
WINNER: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Donald Graham Burt; set decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
“The Dark Knight,” Nathan Crowley; set decoration: Peter Lando
“The Duchess,” Michael Carlin; set decoration: Rebecca Alleway
“Revolutionary Road,” Kristi Zea; set decoration: Debra Schutt

Cinematography
“Changeling,” Tom Stern
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Claudio Miranda
“The Dark Knight,” Wally Pfister
“The Reader,” Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
WINNER: “Slumdog Millionaire,” Anthony Dod Mantle

Costume design
“Australia,” Catherine Martin
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Jacqueline West
WINNER: “The Duchess,” Michael O’Connor
“Milk,” Danny Glicker
“Revolutionary Road,” Albert Wolsky

Documentary feature
“The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)”
“Encounters at the End of the World”
“The Garden”
WINNER: “Man on Wire”
“Trouble the Water”

Documentary short
“The Conscience of Nhem En”
“The Final Inch”
WINNER: “Smile Pinki”
“The Witness — From the Balcony of Room 306″

Film editing
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
“The Dark Knight,” Lee Smith
“Frost/Nixon,” Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
“Milk,” Elliot Graham
WINNER: “Slumdog Millionaire,” Chris Dickens

Foreign language film
“The Baader Meinhof Complex,” Germany
“The Class,” France
WINNER: “Departures,” Japan
“Revanche,” Austria
“Waltz with Bashir,” Israel

Makeup
WINNER: “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 and Thom Floutz

Original score
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Alexandre Desplat
“Defiance,” James Newton Howard
“Milk,” Danny Elfman
WINNER: “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman
“WALL-E,” Thomas Newman

Original song
“Down to Earth” from “WALL-E,” music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, lyrics by Peter Gabriel
WINNER: “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire,” music by A.R. Rahman, lyrics by Gulzar
“O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire,” music and lyrics by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Animated short
WINNER: “La Maison en Petits Cubes”
“Lavatory — Lovestory”
“Oktapodi”
“Presto”
“This Way Up”

Live-action short
“Auf der Strecke (On the Line)”
“Manon on the Asphalt”
“New Boy”
“The Pig”
WINNER: “Spielzeugland”

Sound editing
WINNER: “The Dark Knight,” Richard King
“Iron Man,” Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
“Slumdog Millionaire,” Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
“WALL-E,” Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
“Wanted,” Wylie Stateman

Sound mixing
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
“The Dark Knight,” Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
WINNER: “Slumdog Millionaire,” Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
“WALL-E,” Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
“Wanted,” Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Visual effects
WINNER: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
“The Dark Knight,” Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
“Iron Man,” John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Flintoff and Peterson Highest Bid

February 6th, 2009

Kevin Pietersen started at $1.35 million, his base price, and was bid for by Bangalore Royal Challengers. There was a delay before Rajasthan raised the bid. Bangalore, however, raised the bid again and bought Pietersen at a cost of $1.55 million dollars, the same price as Andrew Flintoff. Pietersen and Flintoff are the most expensive players in the league.

Bidding for England’s star allrounder Andrew Flintoff started at $950,000. Rajasthan Royals entered the bidding late for Flintoff, raising the bid to $1.5 million, but Chennai’s bid of $ 1.55 million clinched Flintoff. Flintoff is now the most expensive player in the IPL.

Shuttle Dance

January 30th, 2009

Well this post is dedicated to my shuttle friends. Myself and Vinodh dancing and enjoying. Video took by Badri..

White House

January 23rd, 2009

Well atlast the White washing work gets over by tomorrow in my house. Its been two weeks nearly from Pongal i am staying in my beloved Chithi’s house. I will be celebrating my Birthday with my close ones in my new house. I think I will be getting my new bike before my birthday. I will be telling about that in my next post. “Obama getting into White house” “I am getting into my white washed house” :D .

Obama 44th president

January 20th, 2009


The stage is set in front of the Capitol, where Barack Obama will be sworn in today as the 44th president. Up to 2 million people are expected in Washington for the ceremony and festivities.
Obama is expected to make public service and sacrifice a strong theme of his inaugural address just after noon today, calling on all Americans to work to solve the nation’s problems. Yesterday, thousands of people around the country heeded Obama’s call for a day of service.

Traffic Day

January 11th, 2009

Hi Friends. I think most of you would have faced the same problem which i faced few days back. The roads were blocked for the sake of security since our Prime Minister came Chennai for the inaugural function held at trade centre in Butt road. Actually the same thing happened the day before when he came from Airport to a Hotel in Mount Road. You can see the way the Government giving importance to the people by blocking the main place in Chennai which is prone to a huge traffic at normal time. Due to this many people suffered as their work got delayed and most of them missed their flight. Just for name sake they are telling that Government is by the people, for the people and of the people. More over apart from blocking the road there were nothing much in giving security to Prime Minister. Any one among that crowd can try to do any damage. No one was managing the crowd.

(: Happy New Year :)

December 30th, 2008

Hi friends. Wish you all a very happy and prosperous New year. Just enjoy every day and make others also happy. I am looking ahead for a good year . I thank everyone for visiting my blog and request you all to keep visiting like always. Leave your resolutions if you are going to have any.

Training Started

December 24th, 2008

Hi Friends. Today the training in my company started with SDLC. Well it may be the known one but i am unable to sit and listen since it is long back i sat in the class room and listened to the lecture. I can’t even stretch my legs and sit like before. Really i dono where this will end. I have heard of seat work. Now only i am realising. I was eager about the joining Date and now i am praying for some more rest. i think most of you will be facing the same and when i asked about the training process and other test which they will be conducting, that person told me that they will be giving test suprisingly and also they will be conducting test for 30 marks and they will be converting to 100%. I will be trained in the streams like Advanced Java and Oracle and also some Software Engineering concepts. This training will be getting over by March 19th (my previous DOJ). I am eagerly waiting for that.

Aashish Kumar

December 12th, 2008

Hi Friends. I hope many of you know about my brother who is a cricketer and now he is playing for TamilNadu under 19. I am really proud that my brother has proved himself and achieved in the field which he liked. Not many will get a moral support from their parents for indulging in this. He has got such a nice parents (my Chitappa and Chithi). Now he has been selected as Captain for under 19 Tamilnadu team and i did not get much time to sit with him and share his views and encourage him. I used to play with him in during holidays but after i joined my college i did not get even a single chance to play with him or to see his performance in all the matches so far. But i got one video from my Chitappa in which he seasoning his bat. You can just note the way he approaches every ball and the foot movements. These are the basics which makes the batsmen to first get settled in the grease and then he can go for big ones later. My best wishes for him to grow more and more and reach the maximum destination. You can watch the video and give comments for that. If you have any tips for him, you are most welcome.

Display Day

December 12th, 2008

Hi Friends. Got tired in thinking what to post. So let this be some entertaining one. These are the photos which i used as display pictures in Gtalk. See how handsome i am changing day by day. You can rate the pictures by giving marks from 1 to 5.

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5-Very smart

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