And the winners are...

Sooooo... the 'leaked winners' (previous blog below) were way off the mark. In fact, Straight To Video's own predictions were more accurate. Except The Freelance Hellraiser predicted The Sun's headline would read 'Kate Wins It', but they went for 'Kate Win-A-Lot'. The Freelance Hellraiser's is loads better though isn't it. The Sun's sounds like canned dog food.

Enniooooo (that's 'anyhoo' in movie score world FYI)...

Slumdog Millionaire cleaned up, winning EIGHT awards.

Kate 'Wins It' Winslet won it and she gave a composed and endearing speech (we may have cried a bit on her behalf) with just the right amount of thank yous balanced with some personality, humour and emotion (people who take to the stage with bits of paper and read out boring lists- take note).

As anticipated, Heath Ledger received the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his inspired turn as The Joker in The Dark Knight. The only real surprise came when Sean Penn beat Mickey Rourke to the Best Actor post for his role in Milk. It was a deserved win, but Mickey had the edge if you ask us.

And finally, here at Straight To Video Towers, we've been rooting for AR Rahman and the Slumdog Millionaire music all through awards season and he got the double last night - Best Score and Best Song (for the amazing film-closer, 'Jai Ho').

An amazing night for the Brits all round... in addition to the Slumdog Sweep and Kate Winalot Prime's victory, Man On Wire took home Best Documentary and The Duchess won Best Costume design. Rule Brittania etc.

Here are the winners in full:
Best Picture - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Directing - DANNY BOYLE (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Actor In A Leading Role - SEAN PENN (Milk)
Best Actress In A Leading Role - KATE WINSLET (The Reader)
Best Actor In A Supporting Role - HEATH LEDGER (The Dark Knight)
Best Actress In A Supporting Role - PENELOPE CRUZ (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Best Original Screenplay - MILK
Best Adapted Screenplay - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Cinematography - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Visual Effects - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Best Art Direction - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Best Costume Design - THE DUCHESS
Best Makeup - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Best Film Editing - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Original Song - JAI HO (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Score - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Sound Editing - THE DARK KNIGHT
Best Sound Mixing - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Animated Feature - WALL-E
Best Animated Short - LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES
Best Documentary Feature - MAN ON WIRE
Best Documentary Short - SMILE PINKI
Best Foreign Language Film - DEPARTURES
Best Short Film - SPIELZEUGLAND (TOYLAND)