79th Academy Awards Winners

[Sabin]

Best Picture - Little Miss Sunshine (r.u. The Departed)
Best Director - Martin Scorsese (r.u. Clint Eastwood)
Best Actor - Forest Whitaker (r.u. Peter O'Toole)
Best Actress - Helen Mirren (r.u. Meryl Streep)
Best Supporting Actor - Alan Arkin (r.u. Eddie Murphy)
Best Supporting Actress - Jennifer Hudson (r.u. Abigail Breslin)
Best Original Screenplay - Little Miss Sunshine (r.u. The Queen)
Best Adapted Screenplay - The Departed (r.u. Notes on a Scandal)
Best Original Score - The Queen (r.u. Pan's Labyrinth)
Best Song - "Listen" (r.u. "I Need to Wake Up")
Best Foreign-Language Film - Pan's Labyrinth (r.u. The Lives of Others)
Best Animated Feature - Cars (r.u. Happy Feet)
Best Documentary Feature - An Inconvenient Truth (r.u. Iraq in Fragments)
Best Cinematography - Children of Men (r.u. Pan's Labyrinth)
Best Film Editing - The Departed (r.u. Babel)
Best Art Direction - Pan's Labyrinth (r.u. Dreamgirls)
Best Costume Design - Dreamgirls (r.u. Marie Antoinette)
Best Makeup - Pan's Labyrinth (r.u. Click)
Best Sound Mixing - Dreamgirls (r.u. Flags of Our Fathers)
Best Sound Effects - Letters from Iwo Jima (r.u. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest)
Best Visual Effects - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (r.u. Superman Returns)
Best Live Action Short - West Bank Story (r.u. The Saviour)
Best Animated Short - The Little Match Girl (r.u. The Danish Poet)
Best Documentary Short - The Blood of the Yingzhou District (r.u. Recycled Life)

[Penelope]

Best Picture: Little Miss Sunshine

Best Director: Martin Scorsese

Best Actor: Forrest Whitaker

Best Actress: Helen Mirren

Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson

Best Adapted Screenplay: The Departed

Best Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine

Best Cinematography: Children of Men

Best Editing: Babel

Best Art Direction: Pan’s Labyrinth

Best Costume Design: Marie Antoinette

Best Original Score: The Queen

Best Original Song: “Listen”

Best Sound: Dreamgirls

Best Sound Editing: Letters From Iwo Jima

Best Makeup: Pan’s Labyrinth

Best Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean 2

Best Foreign Language Film: Pan’s Labyrinth

Best Animated Feature: Monster House

Best Documentary Feature: An Inconvenient Truth

Best Documentary Short: Recycled Life

Best Animated Short: Little Match Girl

Best Live Action Short: West Bank Story

[Hustler]

Best Picture: Babel (R.U. Letters From Iwo Jima)
Best Director: Martin Scorsese (R.U. Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu-Babel)
Best Actor: Forrest Whitaker (R.U. Peter O´Toole-Venus)
Best Actress: Helen Mirren (R.U. Judi Dench)
Best Supporting Actor: Jackie Earl Haley (R.U. Alan Arkin)
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson (R.U. Adriana Barraza)
Best Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt-Little Miss Sunshine. (R.U. Guillermo Arriaga-Babel)
Best Adapted Screenplay: William Monahan; The Departed (R.U. Todd Field/Tom Perrotta-Little Children)
Best Animated Feature: Cars (R.U. Happy Feet)
Best Foreign Language Film. Pan´s Labrynth (R.U. The Lives Of Others).
Best Cinematography:Children Of Men (R.U. Pan´s Labrynth)
Best Film Editing: Babel (R.U. The Departed)
Best Art Direction: Dreamgirls (R.U. Pan´s Labrynth)
Best Costume Design: The Queen (R.U. Dreamgirls)
Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat (R.U. Gustavo Santaolalla)
Best Original Song: Listen-Dreamgirls (R.U. I need to wake up-An Inconvenient Truth)
Best Documentary Feature: An Inconvenient Truth (R.U. Iraq. in Fragments)
Best Documentary Short Subject: Recycled Life (R.U. Rehearsing a Dream).
Best Sound Mixing: Dreamgirls (R.U. Flags of Our Fathers)
Best Makeup: Pan´s Labrynth (R.U. Apocalypto)
Best Sound Editing: Letters from Iwo Jima (R.U. Flags of Our Fathers)
Best Visual Effects: Pirates of The Caribbean:Dead Man´s Chest. (R.U. Poseidon).
Best Animated Short Film: The Danish Poet (R.U. The Little Matchgirl).
Best Live Action Short Film: Helmer & Son (R.U. Saviour)

[mashari]

It's here, finally! Last year, I did the best ever, getting just about everything right. Let's see how I do this time.

BEST PICTURE: Little Miss Sunshine
BEST DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
BEST ACTOR: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
BEST ACTRESS: Helen Mirren, The Queen
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Little Miss Sunshine
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Departed
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Cars
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Pan's Labyrinth
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Children of Men
BEST FILM EDITING: Babel
BEST ART DIRECTION: Pan's Labyrinth
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Dreamgirls
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: "I Need to Wake-up" Melissa Etheridge
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: The Queen
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: An Inconvenient Truth
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: The Blood of Yingzhou District
BEST MAKEUP: Pan's Labyrinth
BEST SOUND MIXING: Dreamgirls
BEST SOUND EDITING: Letters from Iwo Jima
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT SUBJECT: The Saviour
BEST ANIMATED SHORT SUBJECT: West Bank Story

[Larry79]

BEST PICTURE:
Letters from Iwo Jima

BEST DIRECTOR:
Martin Scorsese, The Departed

BEST ACTOR:
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

BEST ACTRESS:
Helen Mirren, The Queen

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Little Miss Sunshine

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Departed

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
Cars

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Pan's Labyrinth

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Children of Men

BEST FILM EDITING:
United 93

BEST ART DIRECTION:
Dreamgirls

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Marie Antoinette

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
"Listen", Dreamgirls

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Babel

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
An Inconvenient Truth

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT:
Recycled Life

BEST MAKEUP:
Pan's Labyrinth

BEST SOUND MIXING:
Dreamgirls

BEST SOUND EDITING:
Letters from Iwo Jima

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT SUBJECT: Helmer & Son

BEST ANIMATED SHORT SUBJECT: The Danish Poet

[Anon]

My final predictions:

Best Picture: Babel
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Best Original Screenplay: Pan's Labyrinth
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Departed
Best Animated Feature: Happy Feet
Best Film Editing: Babel
Best Cinematography: Children of Men
Best Art Direction: Dreamgirls
Best Costume Design: Dreamgirls
Best Documentary Feature: An Inconvenient Truth
Best Documentary Short: Recycled Life
Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth
Best Make-Up: Pan's Labyrinth
Best Original Score: Babel
Best Original Song: Listen (Dreamgirls)
Best Sound-Mixing: Dreamgirls
Best Sound-Editing: Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Visual Effects: Poseidon
Best Animated Short: Lifted
Best Live Action: West Bank Story

[Hustler]

Don't know if it's occurred to anyone else, but imagine (not so hard) when Jennifer Hudson wins. She will likely make sure her speech runs over 45 seconds so when the orchestra starts, she can sing "I am telling you, I'm not going..." Probably a good chance to create one of those Oscar moments like Brody's smooch of Berry.

Lol!

[anonymous1980]

My final predix:

BEST PICTURE: Letters from Iwo Jima
BEST DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
BEST ACTOR: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
BEST ACTRESS: Helen Mirren, The Queen
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: William Monahan, The Departed
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Cars
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Pan's Labyrinth
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Children of Men
BEST FILM EDITING: Babel
BEST ART DIRECTION: Pan's Labyrinth
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Dreamgirls
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: "Listen" from Dreamgirls
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: The Queen
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: An Inconvenient Truth
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: The Blood of Yingzhou District
BEST MAKEUP: Pan's Labyrinth
BEST SOUND MIXING: Dreamgirls
BEST SOUND EDITING: Letters from Iwo Jima
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT SUBJECT: The Saviour
BEST ANIMATED SHORT SUBJECT: The Little Match Girl

[Big Magilla]

All it takes is a volunteer to run it.

[criddic3]

Could we please have a contest? I am itching to win.
Cam

I will back up cam for the first time and ask for a contest. But if we could start it Friday or Saturday would be nice, since I'm planning on being at a relative's house for the annual family Oscar party. I would like to participate in the fun.

[mashari]

Speaking of speeches

WHITAKER OFFERED OSCARS SPEECH HELP

Oscars favourite FOREST WHITAKER has been offered public speaking help after a string of flustered speeches at recent awards shows. THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND star is hotly tipped to walk away with a Best Actor Academy Award on Sunday (25EB07) for his role as former Ugandan dictator IDI AMIN. But fans and cast members are fearful he'll embarrass himself on stage with a nervous and ill-prepared acceptance speech. Speechmaking organisation Toastmasters International has offered tailored advice to prevent any public gaffes, including his BAFTA Awards' forgetfulness to thank his wife. A spokesman for the firm says, "An acceptance speech needs to be memorable for the right reason. The key is gratitude, recognition and sincerity with a controlled delivery." And Whitaker's latest screenwriter is quick to agree the tongue-tied star needs help. He says, "There comes a moment where you want to say, 'Forest, you can't be surprised any more. You have won everything else. It's not hubristic to turn up with a couple of remarks written down.'"

[OscarGuy]

Don't know if it's occurred to anyone else, but imagine (not so hard) when Jennifer Hudson wins. She will likely make sure her speech runs over 45 seconds so when the orchestra starts, she can sing "I am telling you, I'm not going..." Probably a good chance to create one of those Oscar moments like Brody's smooch of Berry.

Wouldn't that be spectacular? I don't think she'll be in control of her emotions enough to do that, but that would be an absolutely amazing moment.

[Franz Ferdinand]

Don't know if it's occurred to anyone else, but imagine (not so hard) when Jennifer Hudson wins. She will likely make sure her speech runs over 45 seconds so when the orchestra starts, she can sing "I am telling you, I'm not going..." Probably a good chance to create one of those Oscar moments like Brody's smooch of Berry.

[Hustler]

I don´t keep statistics in my mind but I´ve been reading somewhere that Jackie Earl Haley won 6 of the seven times he was nominated, the award for his performance in Little Children. Is that true.?

[mashari]

And I disagree that Cohen was even a solid contender. I never saw him as the fifth-slot prediction.

First: Comedic performance (If Jim Carrey can't even get nominated for stellar performances in dramas for which he received plenty of attention in those years, Cohen wasn't going to get it)

Second: Cameron Diaz syndrome (Cohen received the high profile award but had as much chane at a nod as Diaz did when she won for There's Something About Mary)

Third: SAG (Gosling got a SAG nod, Cohen didn't. That should have been the Cohen supporters major smack on the side of the head)

All signs pointed towards Gosling getting a nomination (he was always in a solid fourth place position in most everyone's predictions I was seeing). There were a scant few that thought Cohen would get in and Gosling would not but I'll bet that 90% of this board's prognosticators and those in the world at large saw Gosling as more of a contender than Cohen.

A solid 4th before Leo in The Departed? I never said Cohen was a solid contender, but a solid threat for 5th. It got to a point where he and Gosling were playing musical chairs with the slight edge to the latter due to industry respect and subject matter, despite HN having zero B.O. And I think that the big difference b/w Cohen and Diaz was that audiences and critics applauded the former for his ingenious take, but the latter was just deemed as "cute." Gosling was the young breakout indie performer, a la Catalina Sandeno Moreno, but just like her and DiCaprio, nommed for the wrong performance, are included to lose.

If Reese Witherspoon calls any other name besides O'Toole or Whitaker this Sunday it'll be Smith(even though Gosling is my personal favorite).