Oscars 2009: The winners

Kate Winslet hugs her husband, director Sam Mendes, after winning the best actress Oscar for her role in The Reader. Kate confessed she'd been practising her speech since the age of eight. This surprised nobody Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty

Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle accepts the award for best director by impersonating the children's cartoon character Tigger, for his children. In truth it's not a very good one; he could at least have come in a tiger suit Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Sean Penn calls the Academy 'commie, homo-loving sons of guns' after winning best actor. Later, to top it off, he walked up to Mickey Rourke and pinched his bum Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Everyone was a winner with Slumdog. Composer AR Rahman goes home with two Oscars for his work on the soundtrack Photograph: Jason Merritt/Getty

Oh, and here's another: Slumdog screenwriter Simon Beaufoy was a winner too, and celebrated by doing some arm exercises Photograph: Getty

Penélope Cruz celebrates her best supporting actress win for Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Be careful Penny, you'll have Oscar's eye out! Photograph: Mike Blake/Getty

Oscar on chin: Man on Wire star Philippe Petit (alongside writer James Marsh and producer Simon Chinn) puts the statue through its paces after winning the award for best feature documentary. It is thought to be the first Oscar chin balance in the ceremony's history Photograph: Paul Buck/EPA

Best foreign film was won by Okuribito, aka Departures, and everyone laughed along with director Yojiro Takita's acceptance speech. At least, we think they were laughing with him Photograph: AP

Host Hugh Jackman waves to the audience as he opens the ceremony. At any point, you were never more than three minutes away from Hugh launching into a song and dance number Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Salute the queen and king of Oscar night schtick: Tina Fey and Steve Martin produced a memorable partnership while presenting the screenplay awards. "DO NOT fall in love with me", Martin instructed Fey. The look she gave him suggested there wasn't much chance of that Photograph: Gary Hershorn/Reuters

Holding court ... Kate Winslet, Sean Penn, Penélope Cruz, each accompanied by their dates for the evening Photograph: Matt Sayles/AP