dark knight
Feb 23 2009, AP

Heath Ledger won the supporting-actor Academy Award for “The Dark Knight,” while best-picture favorite “Slumdog Millionaire” cruised to six wins in an Oscar evening that was following the script of earlier Hollywood honors where the underdog tale dominate

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