Quentin, with his unorthodox methods of navigation – this fearless explorer – took this ship across and brought it home with flying colours. ~ Christoph Waltz

Oscar 2010 (82nd Annual Academy Award) telah menghadirkan kejutan, kekecewaan, dan juga coretan sejarah pada malam ini, 7 Maret 2010 (waktu setempat). “Hurt Locker” yang sebelumnya memang sudah banyak dijagokan dan dipuja banyak kritikus sukses memboyong total 6 Oscar, termasuk penghargaan utama Film Terbaik yang banyak orang mengira akan dimenangkan oleh Avatar. Kathryn Bigelow, sutradara film yang  ceritanya mengetengahkan tema anti-perang tersebut pun berhasil meraih penghargaan untuk Sutradara Terbaik juga mengukir sejarah dengan menjadi sutradara wanita pertama yang mendapat Oscar untuk kategori sutradara terbaik. Ketika “The Hurt Locker” berjaya, sebaliknya “Avatar” yang sekali lagi diperkirakan menyapu bersih harus pasrah membawa pulang 3 Oscar saja. Kebahagiaan pada malam ini juga dirasakan oleh Sandra Bullock yang memenangkan Oscar untuk aktingnya di “The Blind Side”. Begitupula dengan dengan aktor kawakan  Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), mengacung-ngacungkan Oscar atas kemenangannya sebagai Aktor Pria Terbaik. Christoph Waltz yang sudah dipastikan mendapat kemenangan Absolut ini juga mendapat Oscar untuk Peran Pendukung Pria Terbaik sebagai Kolonel Hans Landa di “Inglourious Basterds”. Mo’Nique dengan berkaca-kaca berpidato untuk kemenangannya sebagai Peran Pendukung Wanita Terbaik. Berikut daftar lengkap para pemenang.

Best Picture & Best Director for The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow menjadi Sutradara wanita pertama yang memenangkan Oscar

BEST PICTURE
Avatar – James Cameron
The Blind Side – John Lee Hancock
District 9 – Neill Blomkamp
An Education – Lone Scherfig
The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds –  Quentin Tarantino
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Lee Daniels
A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Up – Pete Docter and Bob Peterson
Up in the Air – Jason Reitman

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Morgan Freeman in Invictus
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Helen Mirren in The Last Station
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia

Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) berhasil menang Oscar untuk Artis Terbaik, sebelumnya dia juga menang untuk kategori yang sama di Golden Globes. Uniknya Sandy (panggilan akrab untuknya) juga mendapat Razzie Awards sebagai artis terburuk di film "All About Steve". Semua berlangsung ditahun yang sama, what a surprises!!

ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE
Matt Damon in Invictus
Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
Christopher Plummer in The Last Station
Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds

ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE
Penélope Cruz in Nine
Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
Mo’Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Coraline – Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson
The Princess and the Frog – John Musker and Ron Clements
The Secret of Kells – Tomm Moore
Up – Pete Docter

ART DIRECTION
Avatar – Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
Nine – Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
Sherlock Holmes – Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Young Victoria – Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Ben Stiller dengan kostum ala Navi menyerahkan Oscar untuk Make Up Terbaik pada Mindy Hall (Startrek). Ben benar-benar tidak lucu ketika muncul dengan serba biru lalu mengoceh bahasa penghuni Pandora tersebut. WTF!

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar – Mauro Fiore
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson
The White Ribbon – Christian Berger

COSTUME DESIGN
Bright Star – Janet Patterson
Coco before Chanel – Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – Monique Prudhomme
Nine – Colleen Atwood
The Young Victoria – Sandy Powell

DIRECTING
Avatar – James Cameron
The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Lee Daniels
Up in the Air – Jason Reitman

Barbra Streisand mempersembahkan Oscar kepada Kathryn Bigelow sebagai Sutradara Terbaik. Untuk catatan Barbra Streisand adalah wanita pertama yang mendapat gelar sutradara terbaik di Golden Globes di tahun 1984.

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
Burma VJ – Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
The Cove – Louie Psihoyos and Mark Monroe
Food, Inc. – Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers – Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Which Way Home – Rebecca Cammisa

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province – Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner – Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant – Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
Music by Prudence – Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Rabbit à la Berlin – Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

FILM EDITING
Avatar – Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
District 9 – Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker – Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Inglourious Basterds – Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Joe Klotz

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Ajami – Israel
El Secreto de Sus Ojos – Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow – Peru
Un Prophète – France
The White Ribbon – Germany

MAKEUP
Il Divo – Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Star Trek – Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
The Young Victoria – Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

MUSIC  (Original Score)
Avatar – James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker – Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer
Up – Michael Giacchino

MUSIC (Original Song)
“Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Loin de Paname” from Paris 36 Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
“Take It All” from Nine Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

SHORT FILM (Animated)
French Roast – Fabrice O. Joubert
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty – Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) – Javier Recio Gracia
Logorama – Nicolas Schmerkin
A Matter of Loaf and Death – Nick Park

SHORT FILM (Live Action)
The Door – Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
Instead of Abracadabra – Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
Kavi – Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish – Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
The New Tenants – Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

SOUND EDITING
Avatar – Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson
Inglourious Basterds – Wylie Stateman
Star Trek – Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
Up – Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

SOUND MIXING
Avatar – Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
Inglourious Basterds – Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
Star Trek – Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
District 9 – Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
Star Trek – Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
District 9 – Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
An Education – Screenplay by Nick Hornby
In the Loop – Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
Up in the Air – Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

WRITING (Original Screenplay)
The Hurt Locker – Written by Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds – Written by Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger – Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
A Serious Man – Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Up – Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy