68.48 million total viewers watched all or part of the awards. The show also drew higher Nielsen ratings compared to the previous ceremony, with 20.88% of households watching over a 32.44 share. In addition, the program scored a 12.43 rating over a 30.61 share among the 18–49 demographic, which was a 13 percent increase. In July 2009, the ceremony presentation received ten nominations at the 61st Primetime Emmys. Two months later, the ceremony won four awards including Outstanding Choreography (Rob Ashford), Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (Hugh Jackman Opening Number: William Ross, John Kimbrough, Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab, Ben Schwartz), Outstanding Short Form Picture Editing, (Best Motion Picture Montage: Kyle Cooper, Hal Honigsberg), and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Or Music Series Or Special. In Memoriam The annual In Memoriam'' tribute was presented by actress Queen Latifah. She performed the song "I'll Be Seeing You" during the segment. Cyd Charisse – Actress Bernie Mac – Actor, comedian Bud Stone – Executive Ollie Johnston – Animator Van Johnson – Actor J. Paul Huntsman – Sound actor Michael Crichton – Writer, director Nina Foch – Actress Pat Hingle – Actor Harold Pinter – Writer Charles H. Joffe – Producer Kon Ichikawa – Director Charles H. Schneer – Producer Abby Mann – Screenwriter Roy Scheider – Actor David Watkin – Director of photography Robert Mulligan – Director Evelyn Keyes – Actress Richard Widmark – Actor Claude Berri – Director Maila Nurmi – Actress Isaac Hayes – Musician, actor Leonard Rosenman – Composer Ricardo Montalbán – Actor Manny Farber – Film critic Robert DoQui – Actor Jules Dassin – Director Paul Scofield – Actor John Michael Hayes – Screenwriter Warren Cowan – Publicist Joseph M. Caracciolo – Producer Stan Winston – Special effects Ned Tanen – Executive producer James Whitmore – Actor Charlton Heston – Actor Anthony Minghella – Director, producer Sydney Pollack – Director, producer Paul Newman – Actor See also 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards 29th Golden Raspberry Awards 51st Grammy Awards 61st Primetime Emmy Awards 62nd British Academy Film Awards 63rd Tony Awards 66th Golden Globe Awards List of submissions to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film Notes A:Following talks with his family in Australia, the Academy determined that Ledger's daughter, Matilda Rose Ledger, would own the award. However, due to Matilda's age, she will not gain full ownership of the statuette until her eighteenth birthday in