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The Iraq War drama "The Hurt Locker" has won best picture and five other prizes at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow. Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood's top prize for filmmakers.

Among those Bigelow and "The Hurt Locker" beat are ex-husband James Cameron and his sci-fi spectacle "Avatar." Bigelow and Cameron were married from 1989-91.

Sandra Bullock and Jeff Bridges have won the lead-acting honors at the Academy Awards.

Bullock won for her role as a wealthy woman who takes in a homeless future NFL star in "The Blind Side." Bridges won best-actor for his turn as a boozy country singer trying to clean up his act in "Crazy Heart."

The Oscar marks a career peak for Bridges, a beloved Hollywood veteran who had been nominated four times in the previous 38 years without winning.

Bob Murawski and Chris Innis won the Oscar for best editing for their work in 'The Hurt Locker'.

Mauro Fiore won the best cinematography Oscar for the sci-fi film 'Avatar' at the 82nd Academy Awards.

Fiore surpassed fellow nominees Bruno Delbonnel ('Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'), Barry Ackroyd ('The Hurt Locker'), Robert Richardson ('Inglourious Basterds') and Christian Berger ('The White Ribbon')

Paul N.J. Ottosson won the Oscar for best sound editing for the war drama 'The Hurt Locker', while Ray Beckett and Ottosson bagged the golden statuette for sound mixing for the same movie at the 82nd Academy Awards.

Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow bagged the Oscar for best make-up for their work in 'Star Trek' at the 82nd Academy Awards.

Burman, Hall and Harlow won the coveted trophy, leaving behind other nominees like Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano ('II Divo') and Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore for 'The Young Victoria'.

'Star Trek' was directed by J.J. Abrams. It is the 11th film based on the 'Star Trek' franchise.

Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair bagged the best art direction Oscar for 'Avatar', one of the most expensive films ever made, at the 82nd Academy Awards.

Sandy Powell walked away with the Oscar for best costume design for 'The Young Victoria'. This was Powell's third win at the Academy awards. Earlier, she won awards for 'Shakespeare in Love' and 'The Aviator'.

Mo'Nique won the supporting actress for playing a bully in 'Precious', based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire at the 82nd Academy Awards.

'I would like to thank the Academy for showing that it is about performance and not about politics... Thank you my 'Precious' family and my husband,' said an emotional Mo'Nique after winning her first Oscar.

Geoffrey Fletcher won the best adapted screenplay Oscar for 'Precious', based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire, at the 82nd Academy Awards.

Christoph Waltz won the supporting-actor Academy Award on Sunday for his role as a sociable fiend of a Nazi in "Inglourious Basterds," while the blockbuster "Up" was named best animated feature.

The first award of Oscar night went to Austrian-born Waltz, a veteran stage and television actor in Europe who had been virtually unknown in Hollywood before Quentin Tarantino cast him as the prattling, ruthless Jew-hunter Hans Landa in his World War II saga.

Director Pete Docter walked away with the best animated film Oscar for 'UP' at the 82nd Academy Awards.

The film revolves around 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen who ties thousands of balloon to his home and sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn't alone as Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.

Earlier, a parade of the world's biggest movie stars streamed into the Kodak Theatre Sunday in Los Angeles ahead of the 82nd Academy Awards.

From James Cameron, director of the blockbuster 'Avatar', to Jeremy Renner, star of Avatar's main Oscar competitor 'The Hurt Locker', hundreds of stars ran the red carpet gauntlet, ahead of the most prestigious awards show in Hollywood. Other nominees arriving ahead of time included best actress winner Sandra Bullock and supporting actress winner Mo'Nique, and nominees Vera Farmiga and Maggie Gyllenhaal.