Yipee, Slumdog Millionaire Wins Third Oscar – for Sound Mixing

Keep it coming. Keep it coming. The absolutely delightful Slumdog Millionaire has just won the third Oscar at the 81st Annual Academy Awards ceremony. Slumdog Millionaire has been awarded the Oscar for Sound Mixing (Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty) Slumdog’s rivals in this category:     * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – David […]

Heath Ledger Wins Best Supporting Actor Oscar

The late actor extraordinaire Heath Ledger has won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Dark Knight. How sad that Heath is not with us anymore. RIP, wherever you are Heath. As we wrote last year after watching Heath Ledger’s electrifying performance in Dark Knight: If Heath Ledger were not already dead, we’d have surely killed […]

Slumdog Millionaire Wins Second Oscar – for Cinematography

Folks, God exists. Yes, he/she/it definitely does (Forget all we’ve said before about the non-existence of God. Blame all that nonsense on Johnny Walker). To our immense delight, Slumdog Millionaire has just won the second Oscar for the night – for Cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle) Slumdog Millionaire’s rivals included: * Changeling – Tom Stern * The […]

Slumdog Millionaire Wins First Oscar

Slumdog Wins Second Oscar – Best Cinematography Hooray, Danny Boyle’s lovely movie Slumdog Millionaire, which is set amidst the slums of Mumbai, has just won its first Oscar at the 81st Annual Academy Awards ceremony. Folks, Slumdog Millionaire has just won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy (the screenplay is based on the […]