Now, I know it wasn’t just me who thought the Oscars-cast a bore last night… All you had to do was log in to Tweeter and Facebook and see that many people did not find the ceremony entertaining. I found myself more entertained by Kurt Douglas and missing Billy Crystal as host even more after he made a short appearance.

Regardless of the fact the Oscars were trying to appeal to a younger audience, I think they seriously lost their mark… Here is the list of this year’s winners were:

Best Picture: ‘The King’s Speech’


Best Actor: Colin Firth for ‘The King’s Speech’ –


Best Actress: Natalie Portman for ‘Black Swan’


Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christian Bale for ‘The Fighter’


Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Melissa Leo for ‘The Fighter’


Best Director: Tom Hooper for ‘The King’s Speech’


Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin for ‘The Social Network’


Best Original Screenplay: David Seidler for ‘The King’s Speech’


Best Foreign Language Film: ‘In a Better World’ (Dir Susanne Bier)


Best Animated Feature: ‘Toy Story 3’


Best Documentary Feature: ‘Inside Job’


Best Documentary Short: ‘Strangers No More’


Best Short Film (Animated): ‘The Lost Thing’


Best Short Film (Live Action): ‘God of Love’


Best Art Direction: Robert Stromberg and Karen O’Hara for ‘Alice in Wonderland’


Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister for ‘Inception’


Best Costume Design: Colleen Atwood for ‘Alice in Wonderland’


Best Make-up: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey for ‘The Wolfman’


Best Film Editing: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter for ‘The Social Network’


Best Original Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for ‘The Social Network’


Best Original Song: ‘We Belong Together’, music and lyrics by Randy Newman, for ‘Toy Story 3’


Best Sound Editing: Richard King for ‘Inception’


Best Sound Mixing: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo and Ed Novick for ‘Inception’


Best Visual Effects: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb for ‘Inception’

I’m actually alright with the notion that there were no real surprises in the winners this year, although my heart sank when ‘Incendies‘ did not win for Best Foreign Language Film and when ‘Wasteland‘ did not get the award for Best Documentary Feature. But alas! the films that won in each respective category are good. All that I can suggest to you is to go see some of these foreign films and documentaries; they’re time well spent and should spark some great discussions.