Oscar Award ceremony winners is Martin,British composer performs ‘The Piano’ tracks at fashion show

British composer performs ‘The Piano’ tracks at fashion show
 The 65-year-old played the tracks on a piano during the 12-minute-long showcase of Dominguez’s 1980s-inspired fall/winter collection recently in Madrid which was heavy on blue and black fabrics.
Nyman’s melancholic score to "The Piano", which told the tale of a mute pianist and her daughter in a New Zealand backwater in the mid-19th century, has sold over three million copies since the movie was released in 1993.
The movie won the Oscar for best actress, best supporting actress and best screenplay that year.
The six-day Madrid Fashion Week featured a bigger runway this year which could accommodate live music performances.
Spanish folk group Russian Red performed live during designer Juan Dyos’ fashion show.
A total of 51 designers showed their collections at 43 fashion shows during this edition of Madrid Fashion Week, which is held twice a year. – AFP Relaxnews

Martin, Baldwin prove 2 Oscar hosts better than 1

NEW YORK -- Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin just might have a future in show biz. Teamed up to co-host this year's Oscarcast, they're offering a pleasant reminder that an often overstuffed, cumbersome TV shindig can be lighthearted fun.
That was the early verdict at the ABC-aired Oscar broadcast's midway point, at least, with these seasoned funnymen demonstrating that Hollywood's so-called biggest night doesn't have to be just a big giveaway.
Neil Patrick Harris (himself a go-to song-and-dance guy for hosting awards shows) started things off with a Vegas-style musical number - "No One Wants to Do It Alone" - to introduce the dual hosts, whom he saluted as "the biggest pair since Dolly Parton."

Mo’Nique Wins 2010 Oscar Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role |Mo’Nique’s Acceptance Speech

Nominations for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Mo’Nique’s Acceptance Speech :

First, I would like to thank the Academy for showing that it can be about the performance and not the politics. I want to thank Miss Hattie McDaniel for enduring all that she had to so that I would not have to. Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey because you touched it, the whole world saw it. Ricky Anderson, our attorney of Anderson & Smith, thank you for your hard work. My entire BET family, my Precious family, thank you so much. To my amazing husband Sidney, thank you for showing me that sometimes you have to forego doing what’s popular in order to do what’s right. And baby, you were so right. God bless us all.