this winner takes it all...

And the Oscars go to: Slumdog Millionaire
This really great film won 8 Oscars and although it was nominated for 10 it actually did only not get one of the nominations because THE god of Bollywood music, A. R. Rehman was running as his own competitor as he was twice nominated for best song.
The only thing I would have to complain about - concerning the Hollywood lobby - is that although the overall achievement of this movie was acknowledged in many of the major categories, it is also telling that none of the actors was even nominated - because in that respect Hollywood apparently still needs to protegee their own only. I would need to research that but I would not be surprised is this was the first time that a movie was nominated (and won) every major award without any of the actors even being nominated. How can a movie have such an impact if the acting itself were not also great?
The bollywood media is happy and just as watching this film with Carola on the first day of the year in San Francisco triggered off a really good year, I hope these news on Monday morning will trigger a really good week.
Go watch the movie! (and remember: It is peanut butter and chocolate...)