Call this the "shoot-your-career-in-the-foot-Oscars" for James Franco and Melissa Leo.
Franco was either too stoned or lazy to bring any energy to his lackluster performance as a host. Melissa Leo gave, what will go down in history as the most crass thank-you-speech in Oscar history. It looks doubtful that Leo will ever live to see another Oscar nomination. As for James Franco, that college degree he's working on might just land him a day job outside the acting profession.
Colin Firth gave the most eloquent speech of the evening. And the Oscars once again proved that it has no business allowing performances of Oscar-nominated songs. Even a verse-chorus-medely would be pushing it. Yet somehow the Academy never gets the memo.
The winners for the 2010 Academy Awards are:
Best Picture
The King’s Speech
Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Actress in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Actress in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Animated Feature
Toy Story 3
Best Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland
Cinematography
Inception
Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland
Directing
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
Documentary Feature
Inside Job
Documentary Short Subject
Strangers No More
Film Editing
The Social Network
Foreign Language Film
Denmark – In a Better World
Makeup
The Wolfman
Best Original Score
The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Best Original Song
We Belong Together – Toy Story 3
Short Film (Animated)
The Lost Thing
Short Film (Live Action)
God of Love
Sound Editing
Inception
Best Sound Mixing
Inception
Visual Effects
Inception
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
The Social Network
Writing (Original Screenplay)
The King's Speech
