82nd Annual Academy Awards

Sunday March 7, 2010 THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURES ARTS AND SCIENCES THE KODAK THEATRE, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA Each January, the entertainment community and film fans around the world turn their attention to the Academy Awards. Interest and anticipation builds to a fevered pitch leading up to the Oscar telecast in February, when hundreds of millions of movie lovers tune in to watch the glamorous ceremony and learn who will receive the highest honors in filmmaking. The Oscars reward the previous year’s greatest cinema achievements as determined by some of the world’s most accomplished motion picture artists and professionals. The Academy’s roughly 6,000 members vote for the Oscars using secret ballots, which are tabulated by the international auditing firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. The auditors maintain absolute secrecy until the moment the show’s presenters open the envelopes and reveal the winners on live television.
Sandra Bullock	Mo'Nique	Kathryn Bigelow
Bradley Cooper and Gerard Butler	Oscar Statue	Jeff Bridges
Molly Ringwald	Anna Kendrick	Sigourney Weaver
Barbra Streisand	Zac Efron	Mark Boal
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