Celebrity Today

Another Monday has arrived, and this is the big Monday following the Academy Awards. Hollywood was out last night, as Australian actor Hugh Jackman hosted the event from the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles. It was a big night for Hollywood with Slumdog Millionaire sweeping the awards with eight wins, including Best Picture. Heath Ledger also made big with his win for his role in The Dark Knight, which was accepted by his family during the event last night. Many are wondering if he received the win because of his death, but the fact of the matter is he did win. As for The Dark Knight, it has become the fourth film to pass the billion dollar mark, as it gets closer to sinking Titanic. You can check out the full list of last night’s winners below.

As for this weekend’s box office, last week belonged to Jason, as he slashed his way to the top. This week, Friday the 13th, dropped out of the top spot, and even out of the top five as the film landed in sixth place with only a fraction of its earnings from the first week. This week’s number one was Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes To Jail with just over $41 million earned at the box office. The other new release this weekend, Fired Up, came in at ninth place with just $6 million in earnings at the box office.

As for new releases coming out this week, we see The Jonas Brothers take their concert experience to theaters, along with Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li. On DVD, we have The Haunting of Molly Hartley, and a number of television offerings hitting DVD including the complete series of Canterbury’s Law for those that missed it when it aired on Fox and was quickly cancelled. You can check out a full list of this week’s releases after the jump.

Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Actor in a Leading Role: Sean Penn, Milk
Actress in a Leading Role: Kate Winslet, The Reader
Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Actress in a Supporting Role: Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, Milk
Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Animated Feature Film: WALL-E
Foreign Language Film: Departures (Japan)
Original Score: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Original Song: “Jai Ho,” A.R. Rahman and Gulzar; Slumdog Millionaire
Art Direction: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
Costume Design: The Duchess
Makeup: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Film Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
Documentary Feature: Man on Wire
Documentary Short Subject: Smile Pinki
Animated Short Film: La Maison en Petits Cubes
Live Action Short Film: Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Sound Editing: The Dark Knight
Sound Mixing: Slumdog Millionaire
Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Jerry Lewis

February 27
Jonas Brothers: the 3D Concert Experience
Play the Game
Street Fighter: the Legend of Chun Li

The Haunting of Molly Hartley (PG-13)
Sex Drive (R)
What Just Happened (R)

February 24
Breaking Bad The Complete 1st Season
Canterbury’s Law The Complete Series
Cities of the Underworld The Complete Season 2
Dirty Jobs Collection 4
Enemy at the Door Set 1
Futurama Into the Wild Green Yonder
Girlfriends The 6th Season
Jacked: Auto Theft Task Force Season 1
Just Shoot Me The Complete 3rd Season
Lair The Complete 2nd Season
Make Room for Daddy Season 6, Vol. 1
Mighty B Vol 1: We Got the Bee
My Wife and Kids Season 1
Oliver Twist (mini-series) Oliver Twist
Painted Lady (mini-series) Painted Lady
Spider-Man vs. The Vulture
Summer Heights High Season 1
Trial & Retribution Set 2
Universe Collector’s Edition Megaset (Seasons 1 & 2)

February 24
Jonas Brothers - Music From The 3D Concert Experience
Jake Owen - Easy Does It
Various Artists - War Child: Heroes
Chris Isaak - Mr. Lucky
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Live At The Holiday Bowl
K’Naan - Troubadour
JJ Cale - Roll On
Soundtrack - The Wrestler
Kinky - Barracuda
Lamb Of God - Wrath
Green River Ordinance - Out Of My Hands
God Forbid - Earth’s Blood
Clem Snide - Hungry Bird
The Alternate Routes - A Sucker’s Dream
Pieces Of A Dream - Soul Intent
Company Of Thieves - Ordinary Riches
Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand
Shemekia Copeland - Never Going Back
Laura Barrett - Victory Garden
Jeff Kashiwa - Back In The Day
Joe Bonamassa - The Ballad Of John Henry
Yes - Symphonic Live
Tom Rush - What I Know
Idan Raichel - Within My Walls
Steve Wilson - Insurgentes

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