81st annual Oscar Academy Awards Winner

Here is the list of 81th Annual Oscar Awards Winner.I think today's night is one of the special night for them.Congratulation all of them from New Crunch.ENJOY !!!

Best picture
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire"

Director
WINNER: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"


Actor
WINNER: Sean Penn, "Milk"

Actress
WINNER: Kate Winslet, "The Reader"

Supporting actor
WINNER: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"

Supporting actress
WINNER: Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"

Animated feature
WINNER: "WALL-E"

Adapted screenplay
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay
WINNER: "Milk," written by Dustin Lance Black

Art direction
WINNER: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Donald Graham Burt; set decoration: Victor J. Zolfo

Cinematography
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," Anthony Dod Mantle

Costume design
WINNER: "The Duchess," Michael O'Connor

Documentary feature
WINNER: "Man on Wire"

Documentary short
WINNER: "Smile Pinki"

Film editing
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," Chris Dickens

Foreign language film
WINNER: "Departures," Japan

Makeup
WINNER: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Greg Cannom

Original score
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman

Original song
WINNER: "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire," music by A.R. Rahman, lyrics by Gulzar
"O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire," music and lyrics by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Animated short
WINNER: "La Maison en Petits Cubes"

Live-action short
WINNER: "Spielzeugland"

Sound editing
WINNER: "The Dark Knight," Richard King

Sound mixing
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty

Visual effects
WINNER: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron

The President-elect’s Plan !!!

Last Thursday, President-elect Barack Obama gave a major speech outlining his American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan.

They asked some of the leading members of the Transition’s policy teams to sit down and talk a bit about it—why it’s necessary, how it will work, and how we’ll make sure it’s as efficient and effective as it is bold.

They compiled their responses into a short video, touching on each of the major elements of the plan.

Watch the video now, and discuss it below:

China announces $570 billion bailout package

China, on Sunday announced a $570 billion stimulus package to boost domestic demand and a slew of "active" macro-economic measures to ease credit crunch to offset the adverse impact on its economy from the global economic crisis.

The stimulus package estimated at 4 trillion yuan (about $570 billion) will be spent over the next two years to finance programmes in 10 major areas, including low-income housing, rural infrastructure, water, electricity, transportation, the environment, technological innovation and disaster relief programmes.

"That is much more aggressive than I expected," said Frank Gong, an economist in Hong Kong with JPMorgan Chase. "That's a lot of money to spend. They'll be building subways, railroads, bridges, roads. The key is to stimulate end demand."