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The 80th Academy Awards | 2008. Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. Sunday, February 24, 2008. Honoring movies released in 2007.
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A 100-day, industry-wide Writers Guild of America strike was...
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Feb 25, 2008 · The 80th annual Academy Awards, held at the Kodak Theater here, delivered a welcome return to pomp and ritual for a town still recovering from the strike by film and television writers that...
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The Oscars 2008. Here is the full list of winners at the 80th Academy Awards, which have been held in Los Angeles. Also nominated: Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James...; Philip...
A 100-day, industry-wide Writers Guild of America strike was resolved 12 days before the Academy Awards ceremony was scheduled to take place, allowing the show to proceed as planned. Jon Stewart was the host. For the first time since 1964, all of the acting winners were non-Americans.
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- Best Actor
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Animated Feature
- Best Art Direction
- Best Cinematography
- Best Costume Design
- Best Director
The 80th Academy Awards ceremony honored the best films in 2007 and was broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on ABC beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST/8:30 p.m.EST, February 24, 2008. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories.
The nominees were announced on January 22 at 5:38 a.m. PST by Academy president Sid Ganis and actress Kathy Bates, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in the Academy's Beverly Hills headquarters. No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood each received eight nominations.
dominated the evening by winning four awards out of eight nominations including Best Picture.
For the first time since the 37th Academy Awards (1964), the Academy presented all four of the acting awards to non-American actors. The latter were: Daniel Day-Lewis (British) for There Will Be Blood (Best Actor), Marion Cotillard (French) for La Vie en Rose (Best Actress), Javier Bardem (Spanish) for No Country for Old Men (Best Supporting Actor), and Tilda Swinton (British) for Michael Clayton (Best Supporting Actress). This ceremony also continued trends of recent years, with no film winning more than four awards, the honors for non-documentary features being spread among 13 different films, and major acting honors going to a biographical film.
See also: Best Actor
Winner Daniel Day-Lewis — Nominees George Clooney for Johnny Depp — Tommy Lee Jones — Viggo Mortensen —
See also: Best Supporting Actor
Winner Javier Bardem — Nominees Casey Affleck — Philip Seymour Hoffman — Hal Holbrook — Tom Wilkinson —
See also: Best Actress
Winner Marion Cotillard — Nominees Cate Blanchett — Julie Christie — Laura Linney — Elliot Page —
See also: Best Supporting Actress
Winner Tilda Swinton — Nominees Cate Blanchett — Ruby Dee — Saoirse Ronan — Amy Ryan —
See also: Best Art Direction
Winner Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
See also: Best Cinematography
Winner There Will Be Blood — Robert Elswit
See also: Best Costume Design
Winner Elizabeth: The Golden Age — Alexandra Byrne
See also: Best Director
Winner No Country for Old Men — Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Awards Ceremony Date/Time: Sunday, February 24, 2008, 5:30pm. Location: Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland. Televised On: ABC. Host: Jon Stewart. Length: 3 hours, 21 minutes. Nielsen Ratings: 18.66 rating. Viewers: 31.76 million. Presenters. Costume Design: Jennifer Garner. Montage: 80 Years of Unpredictable: George Clooney.
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2008 Academy Awards: Oscar Winners, Nominees and Highlights. The 80th Academy Awards ceremony, held on February 24, 2008, celebrated the best films of 2007 amid the backdrop of a writers' strike that had just concluded. Hosted by Jon Stewart, the event saw several historic wins and memorable moments
