`Hurt Locker' earns best-picture Academy Award

 
By The Associated Press
Published: March 7, 2010

LOS ANGELES -- The Iraq War drama " The Hurt Locker " won best picture and five other prizes Sunday at the Academy Awards , its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow .

Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood's top prize for filmmakers.

"There's no other way to describe it. It's the moment of a lifetime," Bigelow said. "It's so extraordinary to be in th...


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