And the Academy Award goes to … Join us as we live-blog the Oscars!

It’s Oscar day! The moment when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hand out their annual statuettes and recognise the very best in filmmaking! Or so we hope…

We’ll be live-blogging the results all morning right here! You can also follow me on Twitter and see me snarkily comment on all the undeserving winners (coughMo’Niquecough).

The show begins 12:30PM EDT/9:30AM WST.

And the winners are:

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

THE HURT LOCKER

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

Kathryn Bigelow – THE HURT LOCKER

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Sandra Bullock – THE BLIND SIDE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Jeff Bridges – CRAZY HEART

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING

THE HURT LOCKER

BEST DOCUMENTARY, FEATURES

THE COVE

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS

AVATAR

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES, ORIGINAL SCORE

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BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

AVATAR

BEST SOUND MIXING

THE HURT LOCKER

BEST SOUND EDITING

THE HURT LOCKER

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

THE YOUNG VICTORIA

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION

AVATAR

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Mo’Nique – PRECIOUS

BEST WRITING, SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED

PRECIOUS – Geoffrey Fletcher

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP

STAR TREK

BEST SHORT FILM, LIVE ACTION

THE NEW TENANTS

BEST DOCUMENTARY, SHORT SUBJECT

MUSIC BY PRUDENCE

BEST SHORT FILM, ANIMATED

LOGORAMA

BEST WRITING, SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN

THE HURT LOCKER – Mark Boal

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES, ORIGINAL SONG

The Weary Kind – CRAZY HEART

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR

UP

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christoph Waltz – INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

Discuss: Your thoughts on this year’s winners?