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Iraq War Drama 'The Hurt Locker' Takes Top Oscars

   Wins for best picture and best director, earning a woman the honor for
   the first time ever.

     08 March 2010
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   OSCARS

   "The  Hurt  Locker"  was the big winner at the film industry's Academy
   Awards  Sunday  night  in  Hollywood,  as the acclaimed Iraq War drama
   earned six industry honors - Oscars - including best movie.
   Kathryn  Bigelow  won best director for "The Hurt Locker."  She is the
   first  woman  in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood's
   top prize for filmmakers.
   "The  Hurt  Locker" also won Oscars for best original screenplay, film
   editing, sound editing and sound mixing.
   Veteran  actor Jeff Bridges was awarded best actor for his performance
   as  a downtrodden country singer in "Crazy Heart."  Sandra Bullock won
   best actress for her role as an adoptive mother in "The Blind Side."
   Christoph  Waltz won the best supporting actor award for his role as a
   cunning Nazi officer in "Inglourious Basterds."
   Actress  Mo'Nique  won  best  supporting  actress  for  her role as an
   abusive  mother  in  the drama "Precious," which also won best adapted
   screenplay.
   The  science  fiction  epic  "Avatar"  has  won  three Oscars, for art
   direction,  cinematography and visual effects. "Avatar" is the highest
   grossing film of all time.
   Ten  films  were  nominated  for best picture this year, including the
   World  War  II  revenge  saga "Inglourious Basterds" -- "District 9" a
   science-fiction  thriller  set  in  South  Africa -- and "Precious," a
   story of inner city life in Harlem.
   Other contenders were the football drama "The Blind Side," the British
   teen  tale  "An  Education,"  the Jewish domestic chronicle "A Serious
   Man,"  the  recession-era  drama  "Up  in  the  Air," and the animated
   adventure "Up."

   Some information for this report provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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