‘Hurt Locker’ cleans up at Oscars

The World

The film industry celebrated its largest gala at the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday night. The big news was that “The Hurt Locker” cleaned up, carrying home six Oscars, but there were plenty of other moments to talk about. Melena Ryzik, of the New York Times’ Carpetbagger blog, and TV blogger Delaina Dixo, cover who won, who lost, and what’s going to be the big topic of conversation around the water cooler today.

Read a blog post from Delaina about throwing her own party in New York. Did you have an Oscar party? Let us know how it went.

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