Katheryn Bigelow is the King of The World
Oscars 2010 was the battle of the exes with former husband and wife, Katheryn Bigelow and James Cameron, each vying for the Best Director plum and the Best Picture plum for their movies.
Bigelow directed the war movie, The Hurt Locker, while Cameron was the man behind the box office success, Avatar.
Insiders said Cameron had a huge chance repeating his success from last decade, when his film, Titanic, won for both director and picture awards (and where Cameron uttered the very famous King of The World line in his acceptance speech).
Last night though, the King was Bigelow, who bested her ex-husband, and eight other films, for the top honors at the 82nd Academy Awards.
Though tied at the nominations, The Hurt Locker walked away with six out of nine awards. It was a very surprising result in an otherwise very boring ceremony.
The show was hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin and although there were a couple of highlights, like Ben Stiller’s appearance dressed as a Nav’i, or that John Hughes tribute which had some of the stars of the 80’s present, this year’s event, spanning nearly four hours long, was a total snoozefest overall.
Anyway, the complete list of winners follow after the cut —-
Katheryn Bigelow, director of The Hurt Locker, brought home the top prize for Best Director at the recently concluded Directors Guild Awards. She beats former husband, James Cameron, who was also nominated for what is now the highest grossing movie to date, Avatar.
