"Hurt Locker" earns best-picture Oscar" by Magdalena Rosova

“The Hurt Locker”took top Oscars, the war drama won six awards including the best picture. Kathryn Bigelow, the director of “The Hurt Locker,” took the top directing honor for he war drama from Iraq environment. She became the first woman who has ever won the prize. In the backstage she said she hoped she was the first of many. Bigelow's rival was James Cameron, director of the sci-fi film “Avatar.” The fact that Cameron is Bigelow's ex-husband made the competition between two directors even more exciting. In spite of nine nomination, “Avatar” won only three awards in technical categories: art direction, cinematography an! d visual effects. Surprisingly, in the foreign language category Aregentina's “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” won over favorites "The White Ribbon" from Germany and "Un Prophete" from France. But in all the main categories the winners were pretty predictable. In the category for the best picture in a year there were 10 nominees instead of the usual five. Organisators wanted to include more commercial movies in the mix. Jeff Bridges won best actor in “Crazy Heart,” where he played country singer. Sandra Bullock won the best-actress prize for playing a mother in “The Blind Side.” Christoph Waltz won the best supporting actor for his performance as a Nazi colonel in “Inglourious Basterds” and the price for the best supporting actress was won by Mo'Nique who played a cruel mother in film “Precious.” The Oscar ceremony had two hosts, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, the kings of dry comedy. Unfortunately, not everyone foun! d their lame jokes very amusing.

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