So which movies and actors got the most buzz out of the event? New Media Strategies, a digital agency in DC, tracked it across blogs and Twitter to find out.
Not surprisingly, the results are driven largely by what happened – the night’s big winner, Slumdog Millionaire, received the most buzz on both blogs and Twitter, while the actors that won or presented awards enjoyed the most chatter, with two exceptions: Mickey Rourke, the eccentric star of The Wrestler, was the most blogged about actor, while Angelina Jolie, who the cameras cut to roughly every 15 seconds, was the most blogged about actress.
Here’s a look at the most blogged and tweeted about movies and stars:
Most tweeted about films:
Slumdog Millionaire: 6,369
Milk: 3,617
Wall-e: 1,284
Benjamin Button: 1,110
The Wrestler: 1,070
Dark Knight: 893 (add in Heath Ledger mentions and you get 3,503)
The Reader: 814
Frost/Nixon: 543
Kung Fu Panda: 139
Most tweeted about individuals:
Sean Penn: 3,040
Heath Ledger: 2,612
Mickey Rourke: 2,040
Penélope Cruz: 1,843
Hugh Jackman: 1,827
Kate Winslet: 1,250
Angelina Jolie: 912
Brad Pitt: 592
Jennifer Aniston: 422
And the most blogged about in the major categories:
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
As for the Oscar moments getting the most love on YouTube, it would look like Sean Penn’s politically charged acceptance speech for Best Actor and Ben Stiller doing a spot-on Jaoquin Phoenix imitation are the early front-runners. The latter (which also features the lovely Natalie Portman :) ) is embedded below for your enjoyment: