Celebrities shined at the 79th annual Academy Awards
This year at 79th annual Academy Awards ceremony - which was presented Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles - Dame Helen Mirren, who had been highly-tipped to win the gong, picked up the Best Actress Award for her performance in “The Queen”. Among other winners Martin Scorsese’s drama “The Departed” won four Oscars, including Best Picture and his first Best Director Award. Alan Arkin won Best Supporting Actor for Little Miss Sunshine, while Jennifer Hudson took home Best Supporting Actress award for her role in “Dreamgirls”. However though R&B Celebrity and actress Beyonce was not in for an Oscar she shined, as usually, on the red glamor carpet in a Grecian Armani Prive dress. Here’s the complete list of winners at the 79th annual Academy Awards:
- Best Motion Picture: “The Departed”
- Lead Actor: Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”
- Lead Actress: Helen Mirren, “The Queen”
- Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”
- Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”
- Directing: Martin Scorsese, “The Departed”
- Foreign Language Film: “The Lives of Others,” Germany
- Adapted Screenplay: William Monahan, “The Departed”
- Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt, “Little Miss Sunshine”
- Animated Feature Film: “Happy Feet”
- Art Direction: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
- Cinematography: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
- Sound Mixing: “Dreamgirls”
- Sound Editing: “Letters From Iwo Jima”
- Original Score: “Babel,” Gustavo Santaolalla
- Original Song: “I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth,” Melissa Etheridge
- Costume: “Marie Antoinette”
- Documentary Feature: “An Inconvenient Truth”
- Documentary Short Subject: “The Blood of Yingzhou District”
- Film Editing: “The Departed”
- Makeup: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
- Animated Short Film: “The Danish Poet”
- Live Action Short Film: “West Bank Story”
- Visual Effects: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
- Jean Hersholt Award (Oscar statuette): Sherry Lansing.
- Honorary Academy Award (Oscar statuette): Ennio Morricone