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Where Was Estelle Getty?

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SEAN PENN WINS BEST ACTOR OSCAR

With all due respect to a riveting performance from Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, the Academy's honor of Sean Penn's excellent portrayal as Harvey Milk is beyond deserved. And combined with Dustin Lance Black winning Best Screenplay? It's a good night. Raise your glasses, ladies and gents. This one is for us. (Check in with [...]

Sean Penn and Dustin Lance Black win Oscars for Milk

“If Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he would want me to say to all the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told they are less than by the churches, by the government, by their fami families, that you are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value, and [...]

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Milk's screenwriter, Dustin Lance Black, picked up the Best Original Screenplay, and gave a passionate speech about equality, via GLAADBlog (video via Good As You and Jeremy has additional video):

Oh my God. This was, um. This was not an easy film to make. First off, I have to thank Cleve Jones and Anne Kronenberg and all the real-life people who shared their stories with me. And, um, Gus Van Sant, Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, James Franco, and our entire cast, my producers, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, everyone at Groundswell and Focus, for taking on the challenge of telling this life-saving story. When I was 13 years old, my beautiful mother and my father moved me from a conservative Mormon home in San Antonio, Texas to California and I heard the story of Harvey Milk. And it gave me hope. It gave me the hope to live my life, it gave me the hope to one day live my life openly as who I am and that maybe even I could fall in love and one day get married.

(He chokes up, audience begins to applaud.)

   I want to thank my mom who has always loved me for who I am, even when there was pressure not to. But most of all, if Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he'd want me to say to all of the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told that they are less than by their churches or by the government  or by their families that you are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value and that no matter what anyone tells you, God does love you and that very soon, I promise you, you will have equal rights, federally, across this great nation of ours. (Wild applause from the audience.) Thank you, thank you, and thank you God for giving us Harvey Milk.

Nomination list is below the fold. All of the winners are here, updated as they are announced.
Best Motion Picture of the Year

   * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
   * Frost/Nixon
   * Milk
   * The Reader
   * Slumdog Millionaire

Achievement in Directing

   * David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
   * Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
   * Gus Van Sant, Milk
   * Stephen Daldry, The Reader
   * Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

   * Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
   * Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
   * Sean Penn, Milk
   * Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
   * Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

   * Josh Brolin, Milk
   * Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
   * Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
   * Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
   * Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

   * Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
   * Angelina Jolie, Changeling
   * Melissa Leo, Frozen River
   * Kate Winslet. The Reader
   * Meryl Streep, Doubt

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

   * Amy Adams, Doubt
   * Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
   * Viola Davis, Doubt
   * Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
   * Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

   * Bolt
   * Kung Fu Panda
   * Wall-E

Original Screenplay

   * Dustin Lance Black, Milk
   * Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
   * Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
   * Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
   * Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon, WALL-E

Adapted Screenplay

   * Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
   * John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
   * Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
   * David Hare, The Reader
   * Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

   * The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
   * The Class (France)
   * Departures (Japan)
   * Revanche (Austria)
   * Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

Original Score

   * Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
   * James Newton Howard, Defiance
   * Danny Elfman, Milk
   * A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
   * Thomas Newman, WALL-E

Original Song

   * "Down to Earth," Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; WALL-E
   * "Jai Ho," A.R. Rahman and Gulzar; Slumdog Millionaire
   * "O Saya," A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam; Slumdog Millionaire

Achievement in Art Direction

   * Changeling
   * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
   * The Dark Knight
   * The Duchess
   * Revolutionary Road

Achievement in Cinematography

   * Changeling
   * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
   * The Dark Knight
   * The Reader
   * Slumdog Millionaire

Achievement in Costume Design

   * Australia
   * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
   * The Duchess
   * Milk
   * Revolutionary Road

Best Documentary Feature

   * The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
   * Encounters at the End of the World
   * The Garden
   * Man on Wire
   * Trouble the Water

Best Documentary Short Subject

   * The Conscience of Nhem En
   * The Final Inch
   * Smile Pinki
   * The Witness-From the Balcony of Room 306

Achievement in Film Editing

   * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
   * The Dark Knight
   * Frost/Nixon
   * Milk
   * Slumdog Millionaire

Achievement in Makeup

   * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
   * The Dark Knight
   * Frost/Nixon
   * Milk
   * Slumdog Millionaire

Best Animated Short Film

   * La Maison en Petits Cubes
   * Lavatory-Lovestory
   * Oktapodi
   * Presto
   * This Way Up

Best Live Action Short Film

   * Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
   * Manon on the Asphalt
   * New Boy
   * The Pig
   * Spielzeugland (Toyland)

Achievement in Sound Editing

   * The Dark Knight
   * Iron Man
   * Slumdog Millionaire
   * WALL-E
   * Wanted

Achievement in Sound Mixing

   * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
   * The Dark Knight
   * Slumdog Millionaire
   * WALL-E
   * Wanted

Achievement in Visual Effects

   * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
   * The Dark Knight
   * Iron Man

Anti-gay, racist lawmaker stripped of leadership role (Utah)

State Senator Chris Buttars, a Republican lawmaker in Utah, thought he could get away with calling LGBT advocates "the greatest threat to America."

Boiling over: Rhetoric in gay rights debate heating up in Utah

The debate to legislatively expand gay rights in Utah, boils over when, anti-gay organization, Americans Forever runs inflammatory ad calling on Utahns to “stop the homosexual movement” while condemning the Governor for endorsing the bill.  Amongst the most offensive comments in the ad are comparisons to “druggies and hookers,” accusations of “anti-speche ad are comparisons to “druggies and hookers,” accusations of “anti-species” behavior and a [...]

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I’ve recently started using the search engine “The Zengine” and it’s great!  What makes it better than the Google, you ask?  When searching on the Zengine, not only do you get results fast, but you get to help out your favorite charities and non-profits each time you click because the Zengine donates 50% of their [...]