79th Academy Awards
Ellen DeGeneres hosted the 79th annual Academy Awards which took place at
Best Picture
“
“The Departed”
“Letters From
“The Queen”
And the winner is: Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton presented the awards’ top honor to “The Departed”.
Best Director
Clint Eastwood for “Letters From
Stephen Frears for “The Queen”
Paul Greengrass for “United 93”
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for “
Martin Scorsese for “The Departed”
And the winner is: Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg presented the award which went to Martin Scorsese for his work on “The Departed”.
Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio for “Blood Diamond”
Ryan Gosling for “Half Nelson”
Peter O’Toole for “Venus”
Will Smith for “The Pursuit of Happyness”
And the winner is: Reese Witherspoon presented the best actor award which went to Forest Whitaker for his role as the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in “The Last King of Scotland”.
Best Actress
Penelope Cruz for “Volver”
Judi Dench for “Notes on a Scandal”
Helen Mirren for “The Queen”
Meryl Streep for “The Devil Wears Prada”
Kate Winslet for “Little Children”
And the winner is: Philip Seymour Hoffman presented the award for best actress which went to Helen Mirren for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in “The Queen”.
Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley for “Little Children”
Djimon Hounsou for “Blood Diamond”
Eddie Murphy for “Dreamgirls”
Mark Wahlberg for “The Departed”
And the winner is: Rachel Weisz presented the best supporting actor award which went to Alan Arkin for his role as Grandpa Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine.
Best Supporting Actress
Adriana Barraza for “
Cate Blanchett for “Notes on a Scandal”
Abigail Breslin for Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson for “Dreamgirls”
Rinko Kikuchi for “
And the winner is: George Clooney presented the best supporting actress award which went to Jennifer Hudson for her role as Effie in “Dreamgirls”.
Best Foreign Language Film
“Efter Brylluppet” from
“Indigènes” from
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Laberinto del Fauno, El) from
“Leben Der Anderen, Das” from
“Water” from
And the winner is: Cate Blanchett and Clive Owen presented the award which went to “Leben Der Anderen, Das” a.k.a. “The Lives of Others” from
Best Animated Feature Film
“Cars”
“Happy Feet”
“Monster House”
And the winner is: Cameron Diaz presented this award which went to “Happy Feet”.
Best Animated Short Film
“The Danish Poet”
“Lifted”
“The Little Match Girl”
“Maestro”
“No Time for Nuts”
And the winner is: Abigail Breslin and Jaden Smith presented this award which went to “The Danish Poet”.
Best Live Action Short film
“Binta Y La Gran Idea”
“Éramos Pocos”
"Helmer & Son"
“The Saviour”
“
And the winner is: Abigail Breslin and Jaden Smith presented this award which went to “West Bank Story”.
Best Documentary
“Deliver Us from Evil”
“An Inconvenient Truth”
“
“Jesus Camp”
“My Country, My Country”
And the winner is: Jerry Seinfeld presented the award for best documentary which went to “An Inconvenient Truth”.
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
“The Blood of Yingzhou District”
“Recycled Life”
"Rehearsing a Dream"
"Two Hands"
And the winner is: Gael Garcia Bernal and Eva Green presented the award which went to “The Blood of Yingzhou District”.
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Borat: Cultural Learnings of
“Children of Men”
“The Departed”
“Little Children”
“Notes on a Scandal”
And the winner is: Tom Hanks and Helen Mirren presented the award which went to the screenplay for “The Departed”.
Best Original Screenplay
“
“Letters From
“The Queen”
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Laberinto del Fauno, El)
And the winner is: Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire presented the award which went to the screenplay for Little Miss Sunshine.
Best Original Score
“
“The Good German”
“Notes on a Scandal”
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Laberinto del Fauno, El)
“The Queen”
And the winner is: Penelope Cruz and Hugh Jackman presented the award which went to the score for “
Best Original Song
“I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth”
“Listen” from “Dreamgirls”
“Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls”
“Our Town” from “Cars”
“Patience” from “Dreamgirls”
And the winner is: Queen Latifah and John Travolta presented the award which went to “I Need to Wake Up” from the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth”.
Best Editing
“
“Blood Diamond”
“Children of Men”
“The Departed”
“United 93”
And the winner is: Kate Winslet presented the award which went to the editing team of “The Departed”.
Best Visual Effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
“Poseidon”
“Superman Returns”
And the winner is: Robert Downey Jr. and Naomi Watts presented the award which went to the visual effects team of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Best Cinematography
“The Black Dahlia”
“Children of Men”
“The Illusionist”
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Laberinto del Fauno, El)
“The Prestige”
And the winner is: Gwyneth Paltrow presented the award which went to “Pan’s Labyrinth”.
Best Achievement In Sound Mixing
“Apocalypto”
“Blood Diamond”
“Dreamgirls”
“Flags of Our Fathers”
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
And the winner is: Jessica Biel and James McAvoy presented the award which went to the sound mixing team of “Dreamgirls”.
Best Sound Editing
“Apocalypto”
“Blood Diamond”
“Flags of Our Fathers”
“Letters from
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
And the winner is: Steve Carell and Greg Kinnear presented the award which went to the sound editing team of “Letters From Iwo Jima”.
Best Costume Design
“Man Cheng Jin Dai Huang Jin Jia”
“The Devil Wears Prada”
“Dreamgirls”
“Marie Antoinette”
“The Queen”
And the winner is: Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway presented the award which went to “Marie Antoinette”.
Best Art Direction
“Dreamgirls”
“The Good Shepherd”
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Laberinto del Fauno, El)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
“The Prestige”
And the winner is: Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman presented the award which went to “Pan’s Labyrinth”.
Best Make-Up
“Apocalypto”
“Click”
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Laberinto del Fauno, El)
And the winner is: Jack Black, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly presented the award (and a musical number) which went to “Pan’s Labyrinth”.
Other Notable Highlights:
Maggie Gyllenhaal presented a recap of the Oscar’s Scientific Awards.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Al Gore announced the “Gone Green” segment.
Ben Affleck presented a montage of writers in movies.
Tom Cruise presented the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Sherry Lansing.
Catherine Deneuve and Ken Watanabe presented a foreign language film retrospect.
Clint Eastwood presented a Special Oscar to Ennio Morricone.
Will Smith presented a montage of
Jodie Foster presented the “In Memoriam” segment.
Jennifer Lopez announced Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce Knowles and Anika Noni Rose who performed the songs “Listen”, “Love You I Do” and “Patience” from “Dreamgirls”.
James Taylor performed “Our Town” from the movie “Cars”.
Melissa Etheridge performed “I Need to Wake Up” from the movie “An Inconvenient Truth”.
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