BEST PICTURE: A Serious Man

BEST DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow / The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTOR: Jeff Bridges / Crazy Heart

BEST ACTRESS: Carey Mulligan / An Education

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz / Inglourious Basterds

BEST ANIMATED FILM: Fantastic Mr. Fox

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: A Serious Man - Coen Brothers

BEST LIVE - ACTION SHORT: Miracle Fish (although The New Tenants was excellent)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT: Logorama

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Un Prophete

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Fantastic Mr. Fox

BEST DOCUMENTARY: The Cove

BEST ART DIRECTION: The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: The White Ribbon

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

BEST EDITING: The Hurt Locker

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Avatar


the oscar live-action short that should have won:

a few of my favorite songs of the year from various genres
there are four parts to this mix: ethnic, electronic, hip hop, and indie...
it's quite a journey. hope you enjoy: download here

1) Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion



2) NOMO - Invisible Cities



3) Staff Benda Bilili - Tres Tres Fort



4) Atlas Sound - Logos



5) Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue



6) Clutchy Hopkins Meets Lord Kenjamin - Music Is My Medicine



7) Nosaj Thing - Drift



8) Group Bombino - Guitars From Agadez, Vol 2



9) Prefuse 73 - Meditation Upon Meditations



10) Paolo Fresu & Uri Caine - Think



11) Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Inspiration Information



12) Kurt Vile - God is Saying This to You...



13) Blakroc - Blakroc



14) Chip Tha Ripper - The Cleveland Show



15) Shpongle - Ineffable Mysteries From Shpongleland



16) XX - XX



17) Leonard Cohen - Live in London



18) Mos Def - The Ecstatic



19) Paolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up




20) Odd Nosdam - TIME soundtrack


Runner Ups (3.5/5)

The Horrors - Primary Colours

Underground Kingz - UGK 4 Life

Lil Wayne - No Ceilings

Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Sufjan Stevens - The BQE

Neon indian - Psychic Chasms

Cotton Jones - Paranoid Cocoon

City Center - City Center

Girls - Girls

Javelin - Jamz n Jemz

Whitetree - Cloudland

In The Country - Whiteout

jj - jj no 2