‘Hurt Locker’ earns best-picture Oscar; Bigelow wins directing prize

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‘Hurt Locker’ earns best-picture Academy Award

LOS ANGELES — The Iraq War drama “The Hurt Locker” has won best picture and five other prizes at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow.

Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood’s top prize for filmmakers.

Among those Bigelow and “The Hurt Locker” beat are ex-husband James Cameron and his sci-fi spectacle “Avatar.” Bigelow and Cameron were married from 1989-91.

First-time winners took all four acting prizes: Sandra Bullock as best actress for “The Blind Side”; Jeff Bridges as best actor for “Crazy Heart”; Mo’Nique as supporting actress for “Precious”; and Christoph Waltz as supporting actor for “Inglourious Basterds.”

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kathryn Bigelow has won the best-director Academy Award for her Iraq War thriller “The Hurt Locker.”

Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood’s top prize for filmmakers.

Among those Bigelow beat are ex-husband James Cameron, the best-director winner for 1997’s “Titanic” who was nominated this time for his sci-fi spectacle “Avatar.” Bigelow and Cameron were married from 1989-91.

The acting prizes went to Sandra Bullock as best actress for “The Blind Side”; Jeff Bridges as best actor for “Crazy Heart”; Mo’Nique as supporting actress for “Precious”; and Christoph Waltz as supporting actor for “Inglourious Basterds.”