It hardly came as a surprise when Dame Helen Mirren was named winner of the best actress Oscar on Sunday night, but that did little take away from the British performer's joy and excitement when she was honoured with the cinema industry's most prestigious prize.
Martin Scorsese's mob epic "The Departed" won best picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday and earned the filmmaker the directing prize that had eluded him throughout his illustrious career.
Martin Scorsese finally won the best-director Academy Award that had eluded him throughout his illustrious career, taking the prize Sunday for his mob epic "The Departed" after five previous losses.
Former "American Idol" contestant Jennifer Hudson won the Oscar for best supporting actress on Sunday for her performance as the spurned lead singer of a female trio in "Dreamgirls."
Alan Arkin won the supporting-actor Academy Award on Sunday for his role as a foul-mouthed grandpa in "Little Miss Sunshine," dashing front-runner Eddie Murphy's hopes of an Oscar for "Dreamgirls."
Following is a partial list of winners at the 79th annual Academy Awards, held in Hollywood on Sunday.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center?.
Once an evening of backslapping and merrymaking within the narrow confines of Hollywood, the Academy Awards this time look like a United Nations exercise in diversity.
The award-winning Mexican director of foreign-language Oscar favorite "Pan's Labyrinth" took a swipe Saturday at President George W. Bush on the eve of the Academy Awards.
The Oscars are all about movies, of course, but on this night only music filled the golden guy's hallowed hall.
A classic Hollywood cliffhanger will conclude Sunday's Academy Awards, and organizers hope the suspense of an up-for-grabs best-picture race will be enough to keep TV audiences tuned in through the finale.
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