Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for best supporting actor.
Winners in BOLD....BEST PICTURE The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire - WINNER BEST DIRECTOR Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) - WINNERStephen Daldry (The Reader)
David Fincher (Benjamin Button)
Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
Gus Van Sant, (Milk)
BEST LEADING ACTOR Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)
Sean Penn (Milk) - WINNERBrad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Richard Jenkins (The Visitor)
BEST LEADING ACTRESS Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
Angelina Jolie (Changeling)
Melissa Leo (Frozen River)
Meryl Streep (Doubt)
Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road) - WINNERBEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Josh Brolin (Milk)
Robert Downey Jr (Tropic Thunder)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt)
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) - WINNERMichael Shannon, (Revolutionary Road)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Amy Adams (Doubt)
Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) - WINNERViola Davis (Doubt)
Taraji P. Henson (Benjamin Button)
Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)
Full list of winners here:
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