Michael Giacchino won his first Academy Award last night. The Oscar for ‘Best Original Score’ went to his widely acclaimed score for the Pixar hit Up, a score that previously has been awarded the Golden Globe, the BAFTA and a Grammy among many other honours. Giacchino spoke about the dream coming true in his acceptance speech, saying to the “kid out there who do not have a support system” that “if you want to be creative, go out there and do it. It is not a waste of time.”

Ryan Bingham and T. Bone Burnett took home the ‘Best Original Song’ Oscar with “The Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart. The score from the same film was never in competition as it had been ruled ineligible.

FILM GROSS/CUMULATIVE TOTAL

1 Alice in Wonderland (2010) $116M/$116M

2 Brooklyn’s Finest (2009) $13.5M/$13.5M

3 Shutter Island (2010) $13.3M/$95.8M

4 Cop Out (2010) $9.14M/$32.4M

5 Avatar (2009) $7.7M/$720M

6 The Crazies (2010) $7.02M/$27.4M

7 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) $5.1M/$78M

8 Valentine’s Day (2010) $4.27M/$106M

9 Crazy Heart (2009) $3.35M/$29.6M

10 Dear John (2010/I) $2.85M/$76.7M

I was lucky enough to attend the TED Conference in Long Beach a few weeks ago and saw some memorable speakers, among them Sir Ken Robinson, David Byrne and Bill Gates. Filmmaker James Cameron was there also and I got to chat with him briefly as we waited for a coffee in the lobby after his speech.

TED has finally put up the video of the director's talk, and as we tick toward the Oscars tonight I thought would post it:

-- Geoff Boucher

RECENT AND RELATED

On Thursday our guest correspondent Jay West gave you the lowdown on the new trailer for "Tron: Legacy," the highly anticipated December film. Today he has a transcript of the Q&A session at the Bridge screening of that trailer last week. The questions were asked by the audience and the answers are from "Tron: Legacy" director Joseph Kosinski and Steven Lisberger, the co-writer and director of the original 1982 "Tron" film and a mentor figure on the new film.