Winners at the 82nd annual Academy Awards

The Stars came out in style for Hollywood's biggest night, as the coveted golden Oscar statuettes were handed out live in LA at the Kodak Theatre. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin shared hosting duties - the first time the show has had dual hosts in over 20 years - as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave accolades to the best the silver screen had to offer this year. The show - while holding to a tradition of running overtime due to poor pacing - did offer a few surprises and some touching acceptance speeches, adding to the emotion of the evening and capping off a strong year in cinema.

Below is a list of categories and nominees, with the winners in bold.

Best Picture:

* Avatar
* The Blind Side
* District 9
* An Education
* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
* A Serious Man
* Up
* Up in the Air

Best Director:

* Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
* James Cameron - Avatar
* Lee Daniels - Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
* Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
* Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

Best Actor:

* Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
* George Clooney - Up in the Air
* Colin Firth - A Single Man
* Morgan Freeman - Invictus
* Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker

Best Actress:

* Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
* Helen Mirren - The Last Station
* Carey Mulligan - An Education
* Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
* Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor:

* Matt Damon - Invictus
* Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
* Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
* Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
* Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress:

* Penelope Cruz - Nine
* Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
* Maggie Gyllenhaal - Crazy Heart
* Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
* Mo’Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire

Best Adapted Screenplay:

* Neill Blomkamp - District 9
* Nick Hornby - An Education
* Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche - In the Loop
* Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
* Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner - Up in the Air

Best Original Screenplay:

* Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
* Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
* Oren Moverman and - The Messenger
* Joel and Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
* Pete Docter and Bob Peterson - Up

Best Foreign Language Film:

* Ajami - Israel
* El Secreto de sus Ojos - Argentina
* The Milk of Sorrow
* Une Prophéte - France
* The White Ribbon - Germany

Best Animated Feature Film:

* Coraline
* Fantastic Mr. Fox
* The Princess and the Frog
* The Secret of the Kells
* Up

Best Cinematography:

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

Best Film Editing:

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

Best Original Song:

* “Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog
* “Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog
* “Loin de Paname” from Paris 36
* “Take It All” from Nine
* “The Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart

Best Animated Short:

* French Roast
* Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
* The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
* Logorama
* A Matter of Loaf and Death

Best Documentary Short:

* China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
* The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
* The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
* Music by Prudence
* Rabbit à la Berlin

Best Live-Action Short:

* The Door
* Instead of Abracadabra
* Kavi
* Miracle Fish
* The New Tenants

Best Make-up:

* Il Divo
* Star Trek
* The Young Victoria

Best Art Direction:

* Avatar
* The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
* Nine
* Sherlock Holmes
* The Young Victoria

Best Costume Design:

* Bright Star
* Coco Before Chanel
* The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
* Nine
* The Young Victoria

Best Sound Editing:

* Avatar
* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* Star Trek
* Pixar’s Up

Best Sound Mixing:

* Avatar
* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* Star Trek
* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Best Original Score:

* James Horner - Avatar
* Alexandre Desplat - Fantastic Mr. Fox
* Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders - The Hurt Locker
* Hans Zimmer - Sherlock Holmes
* Michael Giacchino - Pixar’s Up

Best Visual Effects:

* Avatar
* District 9
* Star Trek

Best Documentary Feature:

* Burma VJ
* The Cove
* Food, Inc.
* The Most Dangerous Man in America
* Which Way Home

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