The Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, also known as the KCAs, is an annual awards show, which airs live and is usually held in late March or early April, that honors the year’s biggest television, movie, and music acts, as voted by the people who watch the Nickelodeon cable channel. The show features numerous celebrity guests and musical acts. In recent years slime stunts have come into the show. The KCAs also hosts live musical entertainment. It has also been known to overwhelmingly cover people with green liquid (slime).
The winners in full are as follows:
- British Female Solo Artist: Duffy
- International Female Solo Artist: Katy Perry
- British Breakthrough Act: Duffy
- International Group: Kings of Leon
- British Male Solo Artist: Paul Weller
- International Album: Kings of Leon, Only By The Night
- British Live Act: Iron Maiden
- British Group: Elbow
- Critics’ Choice: Florence and The Machine
- International Male Solo Artist: Kanye West
- British Single: Girls Aloud, The Promise
- British Album: Duffy, Rockferry
- Outstanding Contribution to Music: Pet Shop Boys
Brit Awards 2009: All The Winners
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British actress Kate Winslet won her first Oscar on Sunday for her portrayal of a German woman with a secret Nazi past in the romantic drama “The Reader.”
“Titanic” star Winslet, 33, was Oscar-nominated five times in the past 13 years years but had always returned home empty-handed.
Her best actress Oscar joins two Golden Globes, a Screen Actors Guild award, a British BAFTA and a handful of U.S. critics awards that Winslet has won this season.
Penelope Cruz became the first Spanish-born actress to win an Oscar by taking the best supporting actress award on Sunday for her role as tempestuous artist Maria Elena in Woody Allen’s romantic comedy “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.”
Cruz, 34, thanked both Allen and Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar for their roles in shaping her career and dedicated the gold statuette to the actors from her country.
“Thank you Woody for trusting me with this beautiful character. Thank you for having written over all these years some of the greatest characters for women,” she said.
With her Oscar win, Cruz, joins fellow actresses Dianne Wiest and Mira Sorvino in scoring best supporting-actress Oscars for their performances in Woody Allen films.
Sean Penn took home the Oscar for best actor on Sunday for his portrayal of slain San Francisco gay rights activist Harvey Milk in the movie “Milk” and used his win to defend the right of same-sex couples to wed.
Penn, 48, picked up the second Oscar of his career, the first being his 2004 win for his lead role as a grieving father in “Mystic River.”
“You commie, homo-loving, sons of guns,” the sharp-tongued Penn told the audience as he collected his award. “I did not expect this and…I know how hard I make it to appreciate me.”
Comedy film icon Jerry Lewis was greeted with a standing ovation when he took the Kodak Theatre stage to accept a special Oscar for his longtime charitable endeavors.
Never nominated for an Oscar, the prolific multihyphenate was honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Lewis said he was deeply touched by the honor.
“For most of my life, I’ve thought that doing good for someone didn’t mean you would receive any commendation for an act of kindness — until now,” said Lewis, who has battled health problems in recent years and spoke in slow but strong voice. “This award touches me in the very depths of my soul.”
Presenters
- Alicia Keys – Best Original Score, Best Original Song
- Zac Efron – Best Original Score, Best Original Song
- Bill Maher – Best Documentary Film
- Kevin Kline – Best Supporting Actor
- Christopher Walken – Best Supporting Actor
- Cuba Gooding, Jr. – Best Supporting Actor
- Alan Arkin – Best Supporting Actor
- Joel Grey – Best Supporting Actor
- James Franco – Best Live Action Short
- Seth Rogen – Best Live Action Short
- Jessica Biel – Technical Awards Mention
- Natalie Portman – Best Cinematography
- Ben Stiller – Best Cinematography
- Jennifer Aniston – Best Short Film Animated, Animated Feature
- Jack Black – Best Short Film Animated, Animated Feature
- Sarah Jessica Parker – Best Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup
- Daniel Craig – Best Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup
- Robert Pattinson – Romance 2008 Montage
- Amanda Seyfried – Romance 2008 Montage
- Tina Fey – Best Screenplay Adapted and Original
- Steve Martin – Best Screenplay Adapted and Original
- Whoopi Goldberg – Best Supporting Actress
- Goldie Hawn – Best Supporting Actress
- Anjelica Huston – Best Supporting Actress
- Eva Marie Saint – Best Supporting Actress
- Tilda Swinton – Best Supporting Actress
- Will Smith – Best Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Film Editing, Visual Effects
- Reese Witherspoon – Best Director
- Sophia Loren – Best Actress
- Shirley MacLaine – Best Actress
- Marion Cotillard – Best Actress
- Nicole Kidman – Best Actress
- Halle Berry – Best Actress
- Michael Douglas – Best Actor
- Adrien Brody – Best Actor
- Robert De Niro – Best Actor
- Anthony Hopkins – Best Actor
- Ben Kingsley – Best Actor
- Steven Spielberg – Best Picture
Performers
- Queen Latifah performed “I’ll Be Seeing You” during the annual “In Memoriam” tribute.
- James Marvel last minute addition violinist.
- Anne Hathaway portrayed “Nixon” aside Hugh Jackman in the opening sequence
- Hugh Jackman, Beyoncé Knowles, Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Amanda Seyfried, and Dominic Cooper performed a medley created by Baz Luhrmann of songs from movie musicals. The medley of nominees for best song was performed by A. R. Rahman, John Legend, and Mahalaxmi Iyer
The 81st Academy Awards ceremony was held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor its selection of the best films of 2008 on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was televised in the United States on ABC and on Sky Movies in High definition in the United Kingdom. Australian performer Hugh Jackman hosted the ceremony for the first time. Academy Award-nominated producer Laurence Mark produced with Academy Award-winning writer/director Bill Condon as executive producer.
“Slumdog Millionaire” — a love story that combines artistic ambition with broad commercial appeal — won a leading eight Oscars on Sunday night, including the best picture trophy.
While the film’s triumphs at the 81st annual Academy Awards marked an amazing outcome for a movie filled with subtitles, scenes of torture and a Bollywood dance sequence, the wins also cemented the reputation of distributor Fox Searchlight, which has become Hollywood’s top advocate of the kind of daring works that movie studios have all but abandoned.
