Let's take a look at the WINNERs and nominees in our coverage of the 2007 Oscars announced on Sunday, February 25th.
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Academy Awards, affectionately known as the Oscars, are the oldest, best known, most influential, most prestigious, and famous of film awards. The awards (and gold-plated statuettes) have been presented annually (the first awards ceremony was held in May of 1929) by a non-profit professional organization - the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), based in Beverly Hills, California, and founded in 1927. Pricewaterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) has managed the Academy Awards balloting process since 1935 - all but the first six years of the Oscars. Ever since 1941, when their now-famous confidential envelope system was introduced, marking the first year of complete secrecy, "the Envelope Please" has become a familiar phrase that evokes the thought of the Academy Awards ceremony.
Complete list of winners and nominees at the 79th annual Academy Awards, presented Sunday night at the
Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles:
Best Motion Picture of the Year
WINNER:
Nominees:
Babel (2006): Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Steve Golin, Jon Kilik
The Departed (2006): Graham King
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006): Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Robert Lorenz
Little Miss Sunshine (2006): David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub
The Queen (2006): Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
WINNER:
Nominees:
Leonardo DiCaprio for Blood Diamond (2006)
Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson (2006)
Peter O'Toole for Venus (2006/I)
Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
WINNER:
Nominees:
Penelope Cruz for Volver (2006/I)
Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Helen Mirren for The Queen (2006)
Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Kate Winslet for Little Children (2006)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
WINNER:
Nominees:
Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Jackie Earle Haley for Little Children (2006)
Djimon Hounsou for Blood Diamond (2006)
Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls (2006)
Mark Wahlberg for The Departed (2006)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
WINNER:
Nominees:
Adriana Barraza for Babel (2006)
Cate Blanchett for Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Abigail Breslin for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006)
Rinko Kikuchi for Babel (2006)
Best Achievement in Directing
WINNER:
Nominees:
Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Stephen Frears for The Queen (2006)
Paul Greengrass for United 93 (2006)
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Babel (2006)
Martin Scorsese for The Departed (2006)
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
WINNER:
Nominees:
Babel (2006): Guillermo Arriaga
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006): Iris Yamashita, Paul Haggis
Little Miss Sunshine (2006): Michael Arndt
Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006): Guillermo del Toro
The Queen (2006): Peter Morgan
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
WINNER:
Nominees:
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006): Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer, Todd Phillips
Children of Men (2006): Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
The Departed (2006): William Monahan
Little Children (2006): Todd Field, Tom Perrotta
Notes on a Scandal (2006): Patrick Marber
Best Achievement in Cinematography
WINNER:
Nominees:
An Inconvenient Truth (2006): Melissa Etheridge("I Need To Wake Up")
Dreamgirls (2006): Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven("Listen")
Dreamgirls (2006): Henry Krieger, Siedah Garrett("Love You I Do")
Cars (2006): Randy Newman("Our Town")
Dreamgirls (2006): Henry Krieger, Willie Reale("Patience")
Best Achievement in Art Direction
WINNER:
Nominees:
Dreamgirls (2006): John Myhre, Nancy Haigh
Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006): Eugenio Caballero, Pilar Revuelta
The Good Shepherd (2006): Jeannine Claudia Oppewall, Gretchen Rau, Leslie E. Rollins
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006): Rick Heinrichs, Cheryl Carasik
The Prestige (2006): Nathan Crowley, Julie Ochipinti
Best Achievement in Costume Design
WINNER:
Nominees:
Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia (2006): Chung Man Yee
The Devil Wears Prada (2006): Patricia Field
Dreamgirls (2006): Sharen Davis
Marie Antoinette (2006): Milena Canonero
The Queen (2006): Consolata Boyle
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
WINNER:
Nominees:
The Good German (2006): Thomas Newman
Notes on a Scandal (2006): Philip Glass
Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006): Javier Navarrete
The Queen (2006): Alexandre Desplat
Babel (2006): Gustavo Santaolalla
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
WINNER:
Nominees:
An Inconvenient Truth (2006): Melissa Etheridge("I Need To Wake Up")
Dreamgirls (2006): Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven("Listen")
Dreamgirls (2006): Henry Krieger, Siedah Garrett("Love You I Do")
Cars (2006): Randy Newman("Our Town")
Dreamgirls (2006): Henry Krieger, Willie Reale("Patience")
Best Achievement in Makeup
WINNER:
Nominees:
Apocalypto (2006): Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano
Click (2006/I): Kazuhiro Tsuji, Bill Corso
Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006): David Marti, Montse Ribe
Best Achievement in Sound
WINNER:
Nominees:
Apocalypto (2006): Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Fernando Camara
Blood Diamond (2006): Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Ivan Sharrock
Dreamgirls (2006): Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Willie D. Burton
Flags of Our Fathers (2006): John T. Reitz, David E. Campbell, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006): Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes, Lee Orloff
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
WINNER:
Nominees:
Apocalypto (2006): Sean McCormack, Kami Asgar
Blood Diamond (2006): Lon Bender
Flags of Our Fathers (2006): Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006): Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006): George Watters II, Christopher Boyes
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
WINNER:
Nominees:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006): John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, Allen Hall
Poseidon (2006): Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett, John Frazier
Superman Returns (2006): Mark Stetson, Richard R. Hoover, Neil Corbould, Jon Thum
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
WINNER:
Nominees:
Cars (2006): John Lasseter
Happy Feet (2006): George Miller
Monster House (2006): Gil Kenan
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
WINNER:
Nominees:
Efter brylluppet (2006)(Denmark)
Indigenes (2006)(Algeria)
Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006)(Mexico)
Leben der Anderen, Das (2006)(Germany)
Water (2005)(Canada)
Best Documentary, Features
WINNER:
Nominees:
Deliver Us from Evil (2006): Amy Berg, Frank Donner
An Inconvenient Truth (2006): Davis Guggenheim
Iraq in Fragments (2006): James Longley, Yahya Sinno
Jesus Camp (2006): Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
My Country My Country (2006): Laura Poitras, Jocelyn Glatzer
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
WINNER:
Nominees:
The Blood of Yingzhou District (2006): Ruby Yang, Thomas Lennon
Recycled Life (2006): Leslie Iwerks, Mike Glad
Rehearsing a Dream: Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon
Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story (2006): Nathaniel Kahn, Susan Rose Behr
Best Short Film, Animated
WINNER:
Nominees:
The Danish Poet (2006): Torill Kove
Lifted (2006): Gary Rydstrom
The Little Matchgirl (2006): Roger Allers, Don Hahn
Maestro (2005): Geza M. Tóth
No Time for Nuts (2006): Chris Renaud, Mike Thurmeier
Best Short Film, Live Action
WINNER:
Nominees:
Binta y la gran idea (2004): Javier Fesser, Luis Manso
Eramos pocos (2005): Borja Cobeaga
Helmer & Son (2006): Soren Pilmark, Kim Magnusson
The Saviour (2005): Peter Templeman, Stuart Parkyn
West Bank Story (2005): Ari Sandel
Source:
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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