‘The Hurt Locker’ wins best picture at 82nd Annual Academy Awards

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WASHINGTON - The Iraq War drama ‘The Hurt Locker’ has bagged the best picture and five other prizes at the 82nd Annual 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, reports Variety.

Sandra Bullock won the best actress Oscar for ‘The Blind Side’ while Jeff Bridges took the best actor for ‘Crazy Heart’

Mo’Nique landed the best supporting actress Oscar for ‘Precious’ while Christoph Waltz won the best supporting actor for ‘Inglourious Basterds.’

82nd Annual Academy Awards winners list:

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

“Avatar”

(20th Century Fox) A Lightstorm Entertainment Production; James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers

“The Blind Side”

(Warner Bros.) An Alcon Entertainment Production Nominees to be determined “District 9″

(Sony Pictures Releasing) A Block/Hanson Production; Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers

“An Education”

(Sony Pictures Classics) A Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production; Finola Dwyer nd Amanda Posey, Producers

Winner: “The Hurt Locker”

(Summit Entertainment) A Voltage Pictures Production

“Inglourious Basterds”

(The Weinstein Company) A Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production; Lawrence Bender, Producer

“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate) A Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Production

Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers “A Serious Man”

Focus Features) A Working Title Films Production; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers

“Up”

(Walt Disney) A Pixar Production; Jonas Rivera, Producer

“Up in the Air”

(Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) A Montecito Picture Company Production; Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman,

Producers

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Winner: Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight)

George Clooney in “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)

Colin Firth in “A Single Man” (The Weinstein Company)

Morgan Freeman in “Invictus” (Warner Bros.)

Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Winner: Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side” (Warner Bros.)

Helen Mirren in “The Last Station” (Sony Pictures Classics)

Carey Mulligan in “An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics)

Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

Meryl Streep in “Julie and Julia” (Sony Pictures Releasing)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Matt Damon in “Invictus” (Warner Bros.)

Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger” (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station” (Sony Pictures Classics)

Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones” (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount)

Winner: Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Penelope Cruz in “Nine” (The Weinstein Company)

Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)

Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight)

Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)

Winner: Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

“Avatar” (20th Century Fox)

James Cameron

Winner: “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)

Kathryn Bigelow

“Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company)

Quentin Tarantino

“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

Lee Daniels

“Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)

Jason Reitman

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

“Ajami” (Kino International) An Inosan Production

Israel

Winner: “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Haddock Films Production

Argentina

“The Milk of Sorrow” A Wanda Visisn/Oberon Cinematogr’fica/Vela Production

Peru

“Un Prophhte” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Why Not/Page 114/Chic Films Production

France

“The White Ribbon” (Sony Pictures Classics) An X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production

Germany (ANI)