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2006 Academy Awards presented February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre
Host: Ellen DeGeneres
Peter O'Toole earned an honorary Oscar, his first, in 2003
Jennifer Hudson's nomination was actually the 3rd for a Supporting Actress in a singing role. Babs Streisand got one for 1968's Funny Girl, and Diana Ross was nominated for The Wiz in 1972.
Prior to this year, Martin Scorsese had yet to win an Oscar!

2006 Oscar Nominees and Winners:

Best Picture	Babel The Departed Letters From Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine The Queen
Best Actor	Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond" Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson" Peter O'Toole, "Venus" Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness" Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"
Best Actress	Penelope Cruz, "Volver" Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal" Helen Mirren, "The Queen" Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada" Kate Winslet, "Little Children"
Best Supporting Actor	Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine" Jackie Earle Haley, "Little Children" Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond" Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls" Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed"
Best Supporting Actress	Adriana Barraza, "Babel" Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal" Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine" Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls" Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"
Best Directing	Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel" Martin Scorsese, "The Departed" Clint Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima" Stephen Frears, "The Queen" Paul Greengrass, "United 93"
Foreign Language Film	"After the Wedding," Denmark "Days of Glory (Indigenes)," Algeria "The Lives of Others," Germany "Pan's Labyrinth," Mexico "Water," Canada
Best Adapted Screenplay	Sacha Baron Cohen and Anthony Hines and Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips, "Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, "Children of Men" William Monahan, "The Departed" Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, "Little Children" Patrick Marber, "Notes on a Scandal"
Best Original Screenplay	Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel" Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, "Letters From Iwo Jima" Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine" Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth" Peter Morgan, "The Queen"
Best Animated Feature Film	Cars Happy Feet Monster House
Best Art Direction	Dreamgirls The Good Shepherd Pan's Labyrinth Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest The Prestige
Best Cinematography	The Black Dahlia Children of Men The Illusionist Pan's Labyrinth The Prestige
Best Sound Mixing	Apocalypto Blood Diamond Dreamgirls Flags of Our Fathers Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Sound Editing	Apocalypto Blood Diamond Flags of Our Fathers Letters From Iwo Jima Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Original Score	"Babel," Gustavo Santaolalla "The Good German," Thomas Newman "Notes on a Scandal," Philip Glass "Pan's Labyrinth," Javier Navarrete "The Queen," Alexandre Desplat
Best Original Song	"I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth," Melissa Etheridge "Listen" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler and Anne Preven "Love You I Do" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett "Our Town" from "Cars," Randy Newman "Patience" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger and Willie Reale
Best Costume	Curse of the Golden Flower The Devil Wears Prada Dreamgirls Marie Antoinette The Queen
Best Documentary Feature	Deliver Us From Evil An Inconvenient Truth Iraq in Fragments Jesus Camp My Country, My Country
Best Documentary (short subject)	The Blood of Yingzhou District Recycled Life Rehearsing a Dream Two Hands
Best Film Editing	Babel Blood Diamond Children of Men The Departed United 93
Makeup	Apocalypto Click Pan's Labyrinth
Best Animated Short Film	The Danish Poet Lifted The Little Matchgirl Maestro No Time for Nuts
Best Live Action Short Film	Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea) Eramos Pocos (One Too Many) Helmer & Son The Saviour West Bank Story
Best Visual Effects	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Poseidon Superman Returns

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