'' The Hurt Locker '' won six awards , including Best Picture and Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow , the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director . Other winners were '' Avatar '' with three awards , '' Crazy Heart '' , '' Precious : Based on the Novel ' Push ' by Sapphire '' , and '' Up '' , with two awards , and '' The Cove '' , '' Inglourious Basterds '' , '' The Blind Side '' , '' Logorama '' , '' Music by Prudence '' , '' The New Tenants '' , '' The Secret in Their Eyes '' , '' Star Trek '' , and '' The Young Victoria '' with one . The telecast garnered nearly 42 million viewers in the United States , making it the most watched Oscar telecast since the 77th Academy Awards in 2005
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