The Oscars are over and the results, are pretty much what everyone thought they would be. The same could be said of the evening’s host, Ellen Degeneres. She turned the ceremony into a bland installment of her daily, soccer mom loved talk show. Was she funny? Rarely. Did she offend anyone? No. Will she be back next year? Let’s hope not.
In awards, Scorsese finally won Best Director. Maybe United 93’s Paul Greengrass deserved it more, but Marty’s been overlooked so many times, he deserves one. His film The Departed also took home three other awards including Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, and Film Editing. As predicted, Helen Mirren took Best Actress and Forest Whittaker walked away with Best Actor. Whittaker, having learned from his stumbling acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, turned in the most eloquent, heartfelt thank you of the event.
Still, the highlight of the evening wasn’t the awards or the host, but a comedy bit put together by Jack Black, Will Ferrell, and John C. Reilly in which they sang about the plight of comedic actors, who never seem to get much love from Oscar for getting laughs. The evening’s only other bright spot was Jerry Seinfeld, who turned the boring presentation of a minor documentary award into a hilarious stand-up comedy routine. Maybe it’s not what he intended, but if Jerry has any interest in hosting the Oscars himself next year, his presentation was a brilliant job application. Academy take note: We want Seinfeld in charge.
Meanwhile, Cinema Blend’s annual Oscar Chat went off without a hitch. It was bigger and better than ever. Over the course of the evening, hundreds took part and somewhere around the time Dreamgirls managed to get shut out of Best Song despite holding three of the possible five nominations we completely lost count. Trivia was played, prizes were handed out, and Oscar Chat 6 was a smash hit.
So let’s put a bow on this whole thing with a look at tonight’s complete list of Oscar Winners. Below you’ll find every category awarded, with the winners in bright red bold:
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
Peter O’Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Judy Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Penelope Cruz - Volver Helen Mirren - The Queen
Kate Winslet - Little Children
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM Cars Happy Feet Monster House
DIRECTING Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Alejandro González Iñárritu - Babel
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima
Paul Greengrass - United 93
BEST PICTURE The Departed Babel Letters from Iwa Jima The Queen Little Miss Sunshine
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) Borat Children of Men The Departed Little Children Notes on a Scandal
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) Babel Letters from Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine Pan’s Labrynth The Queen
ORIGINAL SCORE Babel The Good German Notes on a Scandal Pan’s Labrynth The Queen
ORIGINAL SONG "I Need to Wake Up" - An Inconvenient Truth
"Listen" - Dreamgirls
"Love You I Do" - Dreamgirls
"Our Town" - Cars
"Patience" - Dreamgirls
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Deliver Us From Evil An Inconvenient Truth Iraq in Fragments Jesus Camp My Country, My Country
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT The Blood of Yingzhou District Recycled Life Rehearsing a Dream Two Hands
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) The Danish Poet Lifted The Little Matchgirl Maestro No Time for Nuts
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) Binta and the Great Idea Eramos Pocos (One Too Many) Helmer & Son The Saviour West Bank Story
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM After the Wedding Days of Glory The Lives of Others Pan’s Labrynth Water
ART DIRECTION Dreamgirls The Good Shepherd Pan’s Labyrinth Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest The Prestige
CINEMATOGRAPHY The Black Dahlia Children of Men The Illusionist Pan’s Labyrinth The Prestige
COSTUME DESIGN Curse of the Golden Flower The Devil Wears Prada Dreamgirls Marie Antoinette The Queen
FILM EDITING Babel Blood Diamond Children of Men The Departed United 93
MAKEUP Apocalypto Click Pan’s Labrynth
SOUND EDITING Apocalypto Blood Diamond Flags of our Fathers Letters from Iwo Jima Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
SOUND MIXING Apocalypto Blood Diamond Flags of our Fathers Dreamgirls Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
VISUAL EFFECTS Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest Poseidon Superman Returns
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