Academy Awards Results: Javier Bardem Collects Best Supporting Actor Oscar

The coin landed in Javier Bardem's favor on Oscar night. (AP Images)

After a three-month-long strike by its writers spotlighted Hollywood’s tightfistedness, the movie industry all of a sudden started to spread the wealth on Sunday. The first hour of the 80th Academy Awards featured eight Oscars handed out to eight different films.

The most notable winner of the early awards was Javier Bardem, who won for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal as a serial killer in No Country for Old Men. Bardem was a heavy favorite, with Oscar odds of 1/16 to win.

Other winners included:Elizabeth: The Golden Age (costume design),Ratatouille (animated feature), La Vie en Rose (makeup) The Golden Compass (visual effects), Sweeney Todd (art/set decoration), Les Mozart des Pickpockets (live action short) and Peter and the Wolf (animated short).

Host Jon Stewart opened the show with a monologue that mentioned the recently concluded strike and featured jokes about the top three U.S. presidential candidates – Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain.