81st Academy Awards

thumb|right|335 px|Scenes from The Dark Knight staring the Joker 
==Events==
Hugh Jackman was the host of the show. The only controversy it had was with the leaked and fake winners list which correctly predicted that Heath Ledger would posthumously win Supporting Actor and that Slumdog Millionaire would win Best Picture. Jerry Lewis was given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for raising $12 billion dollars for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. 
==Winners==
WALL-E won Best Animated Feature
La Maison en Petits Cubes won Best Animated Short
Man On Wire won Best Documentary Feature
Smile Pinki won Best Documentary Short
Japan won Best Foreign Language Film for their entry Departures
Toyland (Spielzeugland) won Best Live Action Short
The Duchess won Best Costume Design
Vicky Cristina Barcelona won Best Supporting Actress
The Reader won Best Actress
The Dark Knight won 2 Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Sound Editing
Milk won its 2 Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button won 3 Academy Awards for Best Art Direction, Best Makeup, and Best Visual Effects
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Slumdog Millionaire won 8 Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Original Song (Jai Ho), Best Sound Mixing, Best Cinematography, and Best Film Editing
Category:2000's ceremonies