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Bigelow becomes the first woman to win the best director Oscar, and "The Hurt Locker" takes best picture. Bigelow's previous movies: Mission Zero, K-19: The Widowmaker, The Weight of Water, Strange Days, Point Break, Blue Steel, New Order: Substance, Near Dark, The Loveless, The Set-Up.
Steve Martin's closing line of the night: the show was so long that "Avatar" now "takes place in the past."
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