The 78th Academy Awards: And the Winner Is ... Crash, Best Picture!

by | March 5, 2006 | Comments

The 78th Annual Academy Awards is about to get underway. Right now, the who’s who in showbiz are making their way to the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles where the ceremony will take place. For those who can’t catch the show live, keep an eye here as we post the winners as they are being announced.

Best Supporting Actor (presented by Nicole Kidman): George Clooney, Syriana
Visual Effects (presented by Ben Stiller in green bodysuit): King Kong
Animated Feature (presented by Reese Witherspoon): Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Live Action Short Film (presented by Luke and Owen Wilson): Six Shooter
Animated Short Film (presented by Chicken Little and Buck Cluck : The Moon And The Son: An Imagined Conversation
Costume Design (presented by Jennifer Aniston): Colleen Atwood, Memoirs Of A Geisha
Makeup (presented by Will Ferrell and Steve Carell): Howard Berger & Tami Lane, The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
Best Supporting Actress (presented by Morgan Freeman): Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
Documentary Short (presented by Terrence Howard): A Note Of Triumph: The Golden Age Of Norman Corwin
Documentary Feature (presented by Charlize Theron): March Of The Penguins
Art Direction (presented by Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves): John Myhre (Art Direction) & Gretchen Rau (Set Decoration), Memoirs Of A Geisha
Music (Score) (presented by Salma Hayek): Gustavo Santaolalla, Brokeback Mountain
Sound Mixing (presented by Jessica Alba and Eric Bana): Christopher Boyes & Michael Semanick & Michael Hedges & Hammond Peek, King Kong
Honorary Academy Award (presented by Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin) : Robert Altman
Music (Song) (presented by Queen Latifah): Jordan Houston & Cedric Coleman & Paul Beauregard (music & lyrics), ‘It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp’ , Hustle & Flow
Sound Editing (presented by Jennifer Garner): Mike Hopkins & Ethan Van der Ryn, King Kong
Foreign Language Film (presented by Will Smith): Tsotsi
Film Editing (presented by Ziyi Zhang): Hughes Winborne, Crash
Actor in a Leading Role (presented by Hilary Swank): Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Cinematography (presented by John Tavolta): Dion Beebe, Memoirs Of A Geisha
Actress in a Leading Role (presented by Jamie Foxx): Reese Witherspoon, Walk The Line
Adapted Screenplay (presented by Dustin Huffman): Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain
Original Screenplay (presented by Uma Thurman): Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco, Crash
Director (presented by Tom Hanks): Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Best Picture (presented by Jack Nicholson): Crash