"Precious" Wins for Best Adapted Screenplay

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
WINNER: “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

Nominees:
“District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
“An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
“In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
“Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner


Geoffrey is the first African-American to win an Oscar for screenwriting.

Star Trek Wins for Best Makeup

Makeup
WINNER: “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow

Nominees:
“Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
“The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore


I think this is the first Oscar any Star Trek film has won, although the series has received nominations.

"The New Tenants" Wins Best Live Action Short

Short Film (Live Action)
WINNER: “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Nominees:
“The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
“Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
“Kavi” Gregg Helvey
“Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey

"Music by Prudence" Wins Best Documentary Short

Documentary (Short Subject)
WINNER: “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett

Nominees
“China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
“The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
“The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
“Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

"Logorama" Wins Best Animated Short

Short Film (Animated)
WINNER: “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin

Nominees:
“French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
“Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
“The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
“A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park

The Hurt Locker Wins for Best Original Screenplay

Writing (Original Screenplay)
WINNER: “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal

Nominees:
“Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
“The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
“A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

"The Weary Kind" from "Crazy Heart" Wins for Best Original Song

Music (Original Song)
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett


Nominees:
“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
“Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston