You must have had a gala time watching the Oscar nights on TV. The event coverage in ABC on Dish Network is amazing. From the red carpet to the award ceremony, the 82nd Oscar awards lived up to its expectations with the right dose of excitement, fun and entertainment. This star studded event shown on ABC kept the entire nation breathless in front of the television. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are very witty hosts of the event who carried the program very well with light hearted entertainment. The charisma and drama of the event is something unparalleled. After all, it is the highest and the most prestigious event of film industry.

On 2010 Oscar event brings you some of the best films and film related nominations of the year. Let us have a quick look at who has made it to the Oscar and who failed to grab the golden glory this year.

Music
The Best Original Song Award went to Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett. This award was presented by Amanda Seyfried and Miley Cyrus (Of Hannah Montana fame). Best Original Scoreaward went to Michael Giacchino for the movie Up.

Screenplay
The Best Original Screenplay Award went to Mark Boal for The Hurt Locker while the Best Adapted Screenplay was won by Geoffrey Fletcher for Precious.

Art Direction, Visual Effect and Cinematography
The Best Outstanding Art Direction award is won by Robert Strombert, Rick Carter, Kim Sinclair for the 3D animation movie Avatar. Outstanding Visual Effects goes to Avatar. On the other hand Mauro Fiore won the Best Cinematography for Avatar.

Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing
Best Sound Mixing Award is won by Ray Becket and Paul N.J. Ottosson for Hurt Locker. Paul N.J. Ottosson has also won the Best Sound Editing award for the Hurt Locker. The Hurt Locker also bagged the Best Film Editing award.

Animation, Documentaries, Foreign Language Movie
In the film section UP earned the Best Animated Featured Film award this year. the award was presented by Cameron Diaz and Steve Carell. The Best Animated Short Film award was given to Logorama directed by Nicolas Schmerkin. Best Documentary Feature that goes to The Cove. El Secreto de Sus Ojos won the Best Foreign Language Movie.

Make up and Costume
In the costume and make up section Star Trek has won the Oscar statuette for best make up. The Best Costume Design Award went to Sandy Powell for Young Victoria. Sandy Powell has won in this category for The Aviator in 2005.

To present the best Make Up award Ben Stiller came out on state in an Avatar consume and make up. The entire audience was thoroughly amused by the event. This was one of the most enjoyable moments of the 82nd Academy Awards that took place in the Kodak Theatre.

And now, it is time for the most awaited awards!!!!

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges bagged the golden statuette as the Best Actor in Leading Role for Crazy Hearts. The award was announced by Kate Winslet who was looking a real showstopper with poise and elegance.

Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Best Actress in a Leading Role went to Sandra Bullock for the movie The Blind Side. Interestingly that for the same performance she has also won the Golden Rasspberry Award or the Razzies for the worst performance of the year and went personally to collect it.

Best Supporting Actor and Actress
Cristoph Waltz has won the Best Supporting Actor for Inglorious Bastards. Penelope Cruz announced the winner in this category. Award for the Best Actress in Supporting Role went to Monique for Precious.

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow has won the best director award for The Hurt Locker. She is the first felame director to receive this prestigious  award. with the best director title she has scored over James  Cameron ( nominated  for Best Director for Avatar),  her  ex-husband.

It is  a remarkable  feet for  the women directors  of the world and coincidentally this honor  has  come  to them  on  the eve of the centenary of International Women’s Day.

Best  Motion Picture
The Hurt Locker also bagged The Oscar for Best Motion Picture of the year 2010! With this The Hurt Locker has won 6 Academy Awards this year out of its nomination in nine categories, followed by Avatar with 3 Oscars.

Oscar Tributes
On its 82nd Awards night Oscar paid tribute to the famous American director, producer and writer John Hughes. It is a rare and special tribute to the works of the eminent director who has made many movies including Home Alone, Plane and Sixteen Candies. He has revolutionized the youth film genre with his marvelous works.

This year Oscar also paid tribute to horror films. The tribute was presented by Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart. Prior to that Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin the hosts of the prestigious event did a horror parody.

This event was showcased on Dish Network on ABC. You can also watch the program highlights on Dish Network Video on Demand and Pay-per-View programming. You are sure to have a great time watching this amazing show over and over again. The most entertaining and happening movie event of the year is sure to mesmerize you with its charm.

Which film will win the title of the best film this year? Which actor will be awarded for his performance in a leading role? Which Hollywood hotties will sizzle at the red carpet on Academy awards night? With the Oscar award ceremony knocking at the door everyone is awaiting the biggest and the most prestigious day for film industry the year – The Academy Awards. Scheduled on 7th of March this year the event is has grabbed the attention of the movie loving people around the world. Not only are the film critics across the nation, but also the common movie lovers making predictions and speculations about this gala event. However, the final results are still confined in the sealed envelopes which are to be opened at the time of this prestigious event.

On 7th of March this year the 82nd Academy Award ceremony will be held. This is one of the most well known film awards around the world. This year the awards will be given to the film industry professionals under numerous categories including the best movies, best director, best actor in a leading role and best actress in a leading role. This event will be broadcasted live on ABC channel on Dish Network on Sunday.

Best Movie: The nominations for the best movie award this year include some of the most critically acclaimed movies. While Avatar, the 3D animation is one of the popular speculations in this category there are other high quality movies as well. Inglorious Bastards, An Education, District 9, The Hurt Locker, Up in the Air, The Blind Side, Up, Avatar, A Serious Man and Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire are the movies which are have been nominated in this category.

Best Director: The nominees for the best director category include some of the top directors of Hollywood film industry. The nominations include- Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker, James Cameron for Avatar , Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, Quentin Tarantino – director of Inglorious Bastards, and Jason Reitman who has directed Up in the Air. Anyone of these legendary directors will get the opportunity to hold the Golden statue on 7th March this year.

Best Actor in a Leading role: The star studded nominations under this category include, George Clooney for Up in the Air, Jeff Bridges as the chief male protagonist in Crazy Heart, Colin Firth as the actor in the leading role in A Single Man, Morgan Freeman for Invictus and Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker.

Best Actress in a Leading role: Actresses nominated for the best actress in a leading role include Sandra Bullock as the leading actress in The Blind Side, Helen Mirren – the leading actress in The Last Station, Carey Mulligan – the star of An Education, Gabourey Sidibe who has played the female lead in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire and ever charming Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia.

You can catch all the live actions from the red carpet event on Sunday 7th March on ABC on Dish Network. With less than 60 hours left for the gala event to begin all eyes are now set on dish TV that brings you the recent updates and juiciest entertainment news that are sure quench the thirst of the movie lovers.

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