The biggest surprise of the 81st Academy Awards took place when Sean Penn received the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in Milk.  Many experts and fans strongly believed that Mickey Rourke would receive the award for his role in The Wrestler.

Penn, as one might predict, rambled his acceptance speech into politics and praising President Obama as the Messiah.  But Penn also gave a shout out and strong props to Rourke on his strong Hollywood comeback.  I think most of us wanted to see how many explicatives Rourke might roll off in accepting the award.

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Brad Pitt and eternal girlfriend Angelina Jolie looked hot as usual on the red caprt before the 81st Academy Awards on Sunday night.  Both Brad and Angelina were nominated for Oscars in the Best Actor/Actress category.  Pitt was nominated for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Jolie for Changeling.  The pair lost out to Sean Penn and Kate Winslet respectively.

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The eternally sexy Sophia Loren walked the red carpet on Sunday night before the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood.  Loren co-presented the Best Actress Oscar to winner Kate Winslet.

Sophia was busting out with her boobs as high as any twenty-something on the red carpet. She is a marvelous beauty and a timeless legend.

Believe it or not Sophia is 74 years-old.

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Twilight actor Robert Pattinson on the red carpet before the 81st Academy Awards.  Patz had a small part introducing during a part of the show that was easily the most ackward of the night.  Pattinson was obviously very nervous or perhaps drunk.  He didn’t seem at all comfortable in front of the hundreds of established actors and actresses.

On a bright note his hair was neatly trimmed, washed, and combed for a change.

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Elegant actress Kate Winslet finally broke through on Sunday night at the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood and won her first Oscar for Best Actress over the likes of Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie, Anne Hathaway and Melissa Leo.  Winslet had been nominated numerous times before for an Oscar.

Congrats to Kate on winning her first Oscar!

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Freida Pinto was probably the biggest breakout star from Slumdog Millionaire.  The film totally took over the 81st Academy Awards on Sunday night bringing home eight awards.

Freida looked marevelous on the red carpet and later on stage with the rest of the actors and crew accepting the awards for Best Picture.

She is rumored to be dating Slumdog Millionaire co-star Dev Patel.

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Teen queen Miley Cyrus walking the red carpet Sunday night at the 81st Academy Awards from the Nokia Theatre in Holllywood.

How would you rate Miley’s dress choice for the night?

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List of 81st Academy Awards Winners (Oscars)

Here is a list of the winners of the big awards from the 81st Academy Awards that took place at the Nokia Theater on Sunday February 22nd.  The biggest disappointment of the night was Mickey Rourke losing the Oscar for Best Actor award to Sean Penn.

The biggest winner of the night was Slumdog Millionaire which took home eight Oscars.

• Best Motion Picture of the Year: Slumdog Millionaire
• Performance by an Actor in Leading Role: Sean Penn (Milk)
• Performance by an Actress in Leading Role: Kate Winslet (The Reader)
• Achievement in Directing: Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Foreign Language Film of the Year: Depatures – (Japan)
• Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures: Slumdog Millionaire
• Achievement in Film Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
• Achievement in Sound Mixing: Slumdog Millionaire
• Achievement in Sound Editing: The Dark Knight
• Achievement in Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Documentary Short: Smile Pinki
• Documentary Feature: Man on Wire
• Actor in Supporting Role: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
• Short Film (Live Action): Spielzeugland (Toy Land)
• Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
• Makeup: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Short Film (Animated): La Maison En Petits Cubes
• Animated Feature Film: Wall-E
• Writing (Adapted Screenplay): Slumdog Millionaire
• Writing (Original Screenplay): Milk
• Actress in a Supporting Role: Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)

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Leaked Oscars List: Real or Fake? (Big Awards)

There is no need to watch tonight’s 81st Annual Academy Awards according to a website that was temporarily up.  The site had a letter posted that was addressed to Academy Officers with the complete list of winners.  The Academy has steadfastly denied the accuracy of the list and claims that only two people know the winners.  The letter was signed by Sid Ganis, the president of the Academy.

Is the list legit or fake in your opinion?  Tune into our Live Blog/Chat of the 81st Oscars tonight to find out for sure.

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Actresses Cameron Diaz and Michelle Williams looked fabulous in their cute striped dresses arriving for the 2009 Film Independent’s Spirit Awards at the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles today (Feb 21). I didn’t know stripes were back! If both Cameron and Michelle show up at an award show wearing it, it will be back! I’m not exactly a fan…

Everyone is talking about who will accept Heath Ledger’s Oscar if he happens to win tomorrow (follow our live coverage of the 2009 Oscars here>>) and we seriously hope Michelle can do it. Heath is the father of her baby, no one else will do it better than Michelle… not sure if she can do it since it might get too emotional.

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