HURT LOCKER IS BEST PICTURE

Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Director (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times/MCT).

Jordan Martin is the winner of the Current’s Oscar picks contest. He predicted every major award except Adapted Screenplay, and he knew that District 9 was funded by the the money raised for a movie based on the video game Halo, which was scuttled before it got started. Big winners: 

• Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
• Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
• Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
• Best Supporting Actress: Monique, Precious
• Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
• Best Supporting Actor: Christophe Walz, Inglourious Basterds
• Best Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire