March 5, 2006

And the Oscar goes to...

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role : George Clooney (SYRIANA)

Achievement in Visual Effects : Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor (KING KONG)

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year : Nick Park and Steve Box (WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT)

Best Live Action Short Film : Martin McDonagh (SIX SHOOTER)

Best Animated Short Film : John Canemaker and Peggy Stern (THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION)

Achievement in Costume Design : Colleen Atwood (MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA)

Achievement in Makeup : Howard Berger and Tami Lane (THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE)

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role : Rachel Weisz (THE CONSTANT GARDENER)

Best Documentary Short Subject : Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson (A NOTE OF TRIUMPH: THE GOLDEN AGE OF NORMAN CORWIN)

Best Documentary Feature : Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau (MARCH OF THE PENGUINS)

Achievement in Art Direction : John Myhre (Art Direction); Gretchen Rau (Set Decoration) (MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA)

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) : Gustavo Santaolalla (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN)

Achievement in Sound Mixing : Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek (KING KONG)

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) : IT'S HARD OUT HERE FOR A PIMP" FROM HUSTLE & FLOW
Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard

Achievement in Sound Editing : Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn (KING KONG)

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year : TSOTSI FROM South Africa

Achievement in Film Editing : Hughes Winborne (CRASH)

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role : Philip Seymour Hoffman (CAPOTE)

Achievement in Cinematography : Dion Beebe (MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA)

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role : WALK THE LINE (Reese Witherspoon)

Adapted Screenplay : Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN)

Original Screenplay : Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco; Story by Paul Haggis(CRASH)

Achievement in Directing : Ang Lee (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN)

Best Motion Picture of the Year : Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman (CRASH)