Academy Awards	Entertainment News   May 17, 2008
79th Annual Academy Awards (Televised April 28, 2007) The nominations only include films released during the Eligibility Year of January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. Additionally, to be eligible a film must be feature length (defined as over 40 minutes), publicly exhibited on either 35mm or 70mm film, be available for paid admission in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County, run for at least seven consecutive days, and be advertised and exploited during its Los Angeles run in a manner considered normal and customary to the industry. Documentary, Foreign Language, Music, and Short Films Awards have their own rules governing length and theater play. Oscar and Academy Awards are registered trademarks of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This site is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Best Motion Picture	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
Babel The Departed Letters From Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine The Queen THE OSCAR WENT TO: The Departed
Best Director	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
Clint Eastwood for Letters From Iwo Jima Stephen Frears for The Queen Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Babel Paul Greengrass for United 93 Martin Scorsese for The Departed THE OSCAR WENT TO: Martin Scorsese for The Departed
Best Actor	Leading Role   May 17, 2008
Leonardo DiCaprio in Blood Diamond Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson Peter O'Toole in Venus Will Smith in The Pursuit Of Happyness Forest Whitaker in The Last King Of Scotland THE OSCAR WENT TO: Forest Whitaker in The Last King Of Scotland
Best Actress	Leading Role   May 17, 2008
Penelope Cruz in Volver Judi Dench in Notes On A Scandal Helen Mirren in The Queen Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada Kate Winslet in Little Children THE OSCAR WENT TO: Helen Mirren in The Queen
Best Actor	Supporting Role   May 17, 2008
Alan Arkin in Little Miss Sunshine Jackie Earle Haley in Little Children Djimon Hounsou in Blood Diamond Eddie Murphy in Dreamgirls Mark Wahlberg in The Departed THE OSCAR WENT TO: Alan Arkin in Little Miss Sunshine
Best Actress	Supporting Role   May 17, 2008
Adriana Barraza in Babel Cate Blanchett in Notes On A Scandal Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls Rinko Kikuchi in Babel THE OSCAR WENT TO: Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls
Best Animated Feature	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
Cars Happy Feet Monster House THE OSCAR WENT TO: Happy Feet
Best Foreign Language Film	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
After The Wedding from Denmark Days Of Glory (Indigenes) from Algeria The Lives Of Others from Germany Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) from Mexico Water from Canada THE OSCAR WENT TO: The Lives Of Others from Germany
Best Screenplay	Adapted   May 17, 2008
Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan: Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips Children Of Men: Screenplay by Alfonso Cuaron & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby The Departed: Screenplay by William Monahan Little Children: Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta Notes On A Scandal: Screenplay by Patrick Marber THE OSCAR WENT TO: The Departed: Screenplay by William Monahan
Best Screenplay	Original   May 17, 2008
Babel: Written by Guillermo Arriaga Letters From Iwo Jima: Screenplay by Iris Yamashita; Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis Little Miss Sunshine: Written by Michael Arndt Pan's Labyrinth: Written by Guillermo Del Toro The Queen: Written by Peter Morgan THE OSCAR WENT TO: Little Miss Sunshine: Written by Michael Arndt
Best Art Direction	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
Dreamgirls: Art Direction by John Myhre; Set Decoration by Nancy Haigh The Good Shepherd: Art Direction by Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration by Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins Pan's Labyrinth: Art Direction by Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration by Pilar Revuelta Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: Art Direction by Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration by Cheryl A. Carasik The Prestige: Art Direction by Nathan Crowley; Set Decorationby Julie Ochipinti THE OSCAR WENT TO: Pan's Labyrinth: Art Direction by Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration by Pilar Revuelta
Best Cinematography	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
Emmanuel Lubezki for Children Of Men Guillermo Navarro for Pan's Labyrinth Wally Pfister for The Prestige Dick Pope for The Illusionist Vilmos Zsigmond for The Black Dahlia THE OSCAR WENT TO: Guillermo Navarro for Pan's Labyrinth
Best Sound Mixing	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff for Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton for Dreamgirls Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock for Blood Diamond Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara for Apocalypto John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin for Flags Of Our Fathers THE OSCAR WENT TO: Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton for Dreamgirls
Best Sound Editing	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
Lon Bender for Blood Diamond Christopher Boyes and George Watters II for Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar for Apocalypto Alan Robert Murray for Letters From Iwo Jima Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman for Flags Of Our Fathers THE OSCAR WENT TO: Alan Robert Murray for Letters From Iwo Jima
Best Original Score	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
Alexandre Desplat for The Queen Philip Glass for Notes On A Scandal Javier Navarrete for Pan's Labyrinth Thomas Newman for The Good German Gustavo Santaolalla for Babel THE OSCAR WENT TO: Gustavo Santaolalla for Babel
Best Original Song	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
"I Need To Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth: Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge "Listen" from Dreamgirls: Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; Lyric by Anne Preven "Love You I Do" from Dreamgirls: Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Siedah Garrett "Our Town" from Cars: Music and Lyric by Randy Newman "Patience" from Dreamgirls: Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Willie Reale THE OSCAR WENT TO: "I Need To Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth: Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
Best Costume	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
Consolata Boyle for The Queen Milena Canonero for Marie Antoinette Sharen Davis for Dreamgirls Patricia Field for The Devil Wears Prada Yee Chung Man for Curse Of The Golden Flower THE OSCAR WENT TO: Milena Canonero for Marie Antoinette
Best Makeup	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
David Marti and Montse Ribe for Pan's Labyrinth Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano for Apocalypto Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso for Click THE OSCAR WENT TO: David Marti and Montse Ribe for Pan's Labyrinth
Best Film Editing	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson for United 93 Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise for Babel Alex Rodriguez and Alfonso Cuaron for Children Of Men Steven Rosenblum for Blood Diamond Thelma Schoonmaker for The Departed THE OSCAR WENT TO: Thelma Schoonmaker for The Departed
Best Visual Effects	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall for Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier for Poseidon Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum for Superman Returns THE OSCAR WENT TO: John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall for Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Documentary Feature	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
Deliver Us From Evil An Inconvenient Truth Iraq In Fragments Jesus Camp My Country, My Country THE OSCAR WENT TO: An Inconvenient Truth
Best Documentary Short	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
The Blood Of Yingzhou District Recycled Life Rehearsing A Dream Two Hands THE OSCAR WENT TO: The Blood Of Yingzhou District
Best Animated Short	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
The Danish Poet Lifted The Little Matchgirl Maestro No Time For Nuts THE OSCAR WENT TO: The Danish Poet
Best Live Action Short	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
Binta And The Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea) Eramos Pocos (One Too Many) Helmer & Son The Saviour West Bank Story THE OSCAR WENT TO: West Bank Story
Honorary Award	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
Ennio Morricone
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award	Academy Award   May 17, 2008
Sherry Lansing
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