“The Hurt Locker” was given the highest honor in the recently commenced 82nd Academy Awards. The film’s director was also given the directing trophy for her work.

This year’s Best Picture the number of nominees was expanded to ten which last happened in 1943. Among them, the Iraq War drama emerged as the winner.

Kathryn Bigelow also took home the Best Director award putting her ex-husband James Cameron on the sideline. She made history by being the first female director to ever win an Oscar ever.

“The Hurt Locker” won four other awards including Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Film Editing.

The most successful film of all time when it comes to the box office, “Avatar”, settled with only three minor awards including Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects.

All acting winners won the trophy for the first time, but which they were all expected to win throughout this awards season – Jeff Bridges as Best Actor for “Crazy Heart”; Sandra Bullock as Best Actress for “The Blind Side”; Christoph Waltz as Best Supporting Actor for “Inglorious Basterds”; and Mo’Nique as Best Supporting Actress for “Precious”.

Bridges honored his parents who were also actors with his award while Bullock hailed the mothers while jokingly appreciating her fellow nominees. She won the Worst Actress award in Saturday’s Razzies.

Other full-length films that won tonight were: “Precious” for Best Adapted Screenplay; “Up” for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score; “Crazy Heart” for Best Song with “The Weary Kind”; “Star Trek” for Best Makeup; “The Young Victoria” for Best Costume Design; “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” of Argentina for Best Foreign Language Film; and “The Cove” for Best Documentary Feature.

Short films who took home Oscar statuettes were: “Music by Prudence” for Best Documentary Short; “The New Tenants” for Best Live Action Short; and “Logorama” for Best Animated Short.

The ceremony was opened by Neal Patrick Harris who did a musical number. The show was hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin and was held in the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.