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:: Spotlight :: 2006 Academy Awards - winners

By: Carmine Pascuzzi

The 78th Academy Awards were announced recently.

Here is a complete list of winners.

BEST PICTURE
“Crash,” Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, producers

BEST ACTRESS
Reese Witherspoon, “Walk the Line”

BEST ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Capote”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Rachel Weisz, “The Constant Gardener”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
George Clooney, “Syriana”

BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, “Brokeback Mountain”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, “Crash”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, “Brokeback Mountain”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Tsotsi” (South Africa)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Wallace & Grommit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit,” Nick Park and Steve Box

BEST ART DIRECTION
“Memoirs of a Geisha,” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Memoirs of a Geisha,” Dion Beebe

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Memoirs of a Geisha,” Colleen Atwood

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“March of the Penguins,” Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
“A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin,” Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson

BEST FILM EDITING
“Crash,” Hughes Winborne

BEST MAKEUP
“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” Howard Berger and Tami Lane

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“Brokeback Mountain,” Gustavo Santaolalla

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from “Hustle & Flow,” Music and Lyrics by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation,” John Canemaker and Peggy Stern

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“Six Shooter,” Martin McDonagh

BEST SOUND EDITING
“King Kong,” Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn

BEST SOUND MIXING
“King Kong,” Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“King Kong,” Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor

HONORARY ACADEMY AWARD
Robert Altman

Pictures are courtesy of Wireimage/AP.

Uma Thurman Naomi Watts
Marc Anthony & Jennifer Lopez Keira Knightley
Jessica Alba Jennifer Garner
Hilary Swank Heath Ledger & Michelle Williams
Diane Kruger Charlize Theron
Ben Stiller Amy Adams
Gustavo Santaolalla Ang Lee
Jack Nicholson Bobby Moresco & Paul Haggis
Rachel Weisz Philip Seymour Hoffman & Reese Witherspoon
Three 6 Mafia Pamela Anderson
Naomi Watts Mischa Barton
Madonna Jessica Alba
Carolina Kurkova Brittany Murphy