Slumdog Millionaire receives the most blog mentions out of all nominees. Angelina Jolie most-cited person
Slumdog Millionaire received 28,909 mentions in the blogosphere on Sunday, making it the most cited nominee from the Oscars. Angelina Jolie managed to receive 21,831 mentions on that day from blogs, making her the most-cited person.
Using metrics from Google Blog Search, I measured the number of mentions for all the nominees for a 24-hour period from midnight to midnight on Sunday.
For seven of the 10 major categories, the winner of the Academy Award was also the most-cited nominee in the blogosphere. The three exceptions were Best Actor (Mickey Rourke received 17,828 mentions), Best Actress (Angelina Jolie received 21,831 mentions), and Best Foreign Language Film (Waltz with Bashir received 3,949 mentions).
Below you’ll find the complete results. The winner in each category is followed by double asterisks and the nominee that received the most blog mentions in each category is bolded.
Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire** — 28,909
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — 20,939
Frost/Nixon — 8,341
Milk — 20,676
The Reader — 16,123
Best Director
Danny Boyle** — 8,158
David Fincher — 3,791
Stephen Daldry — 2,381
Ron Howard — 3,183
Gus Van Sant — 3,591
Best Actor
Sean Penn** — 9,132
Mickey Rourke — 17,828
Richard Jenkins — 3,078
Frank Langella — 3,432
Brad Pitt — 16,741
Best Actress
Kate Winslet** — 16,106
Anne Hathaway — 11,428
Angelina Jolie — 21,831
Melissa Leo — 3,983
Meryl Streep — 7,287
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger** — 17,336
Josh Brolin — 4,113
Robert Downey, Jr. — 6,242
Philip Seymour Hoffman — 3,290
Michael Shannon — 2,518
Best Supporting Actress
Penélope Cruz** — 19,725
Amy Adams — 6,779
Viola Davis — 4,579
Taraji P. Henson — 4,615
Marisa Tomei — 6,306
Best Original Screenplay
Milk** — 20,676
WALL-E — 15,518
Happy-Go-Lucky — 4,049
Frozen River — 6,929
In Bruges — 3,498
Best Adapted Screenplay
Slumdog Millionaire** — 28,909
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — 20,939
Doubt — 5,939
Frost/Nixon — 8,341
The Reader — 16,123
Best Animated Feature
WALL-E** — 15,518
Bolt — 4,867
Kung Fu Panda — 6,647
Best Foreign Language Film
Departures** — 2,905
Waltz with Bashir — 3,949
Revanche — 3,776
The Class — 2,666
The Baader Meinhof Complex — 1,176
Film is not “celebration of creativity”…..it is just any other movie made with goody-goody feel on human relationship and Love prevails non-sense. It is just that it is made by a westerner and distributed by “Fox Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures”…hence it made a global opening….
India is portrayed as a pathetic slum which west wanted to see as they do not want to tarnish the image which they comply with.
Rest stupidity of congress to take the credit is cheap and they should try to do something for country rather than taking a bath in the glory of some movie.