“Hurt Locker” big winner at Oscars

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The 82nd annual Oscars wrapped up for another year, Sunday, and the big winner was “The Hurt Locker.”

The film took home six awards, most notably for best picture. Kathryn Bigelow won for ‘best director,’ making her the first woman to win that particular award in Oscar history.

She beat out ex-husband James Cameron, who was nominated for “Avatar.” The picture also took home awards for ‘best original screenplay,’ ‘best film editing,’ and two in the sound category: ‘best sound editing’ and ‘best sound mixing.’

The major winners in the actor category were Jeff Bridges for ‘best actor’ in “Crazy Heart,” and Christoph Waltz, for ‘best supporting actor’ in “Inglourious Basterds.” The ‘best actress award’ went to Sandra Bullock for her role in “The Blind Side.” 

Despite “Avatar” having nine nominations, they only earned three awards: ‘best art direction,’ ‘best cinematography’ and ‘best visual effects.’

Other notable winners were “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire“: Mo’Nique won for ‘best supporting actress,’ and the film won for ‘best adapted screenplay.’ The animated film, “Up,” took home two as well: one for ‘best animated feature’ and another for ‘best original score.’

Awards were given out to “Music by Prudence” in the ‘best documentary’ (short subject) category, “Star Trek” for ‘best makeup,’ “Logorama” for ‘best short film’ (animated), and “The Weary Kind (theme from Crazy Heart)” won for ‘best original song.’

The award for ‘best short’ (live action) went to “The New Tenants,” and ‘best costume design’ went to “The Young Victoria.”

And other winners were “The Cove,” which took home the Oscar for ‘best feature documentary,’ and “The Secret in their Eyes” (El Secreto de sus Ojos) for ‘best foreign language’ film.

Canadians were shut out of all the Oscar categories.

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