And the Oscar goes to..

Posted: Monday, February 26th, 2007 by Michael van Poppel at 1.21 am EDT.

The Oscar for 'Best Motion Picture of the Year' went to 'The Departed,' beating 'The Queen,' 'Letters from Iwo Jima,' 'Little Miss Sunshine' and 'Babel'.

The awards were handed out last Sunday evening in the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles as Sci-Fi Universe offered live coverage of the unfolding events. The nominees were announced earlier on January 23rd at 5:38 a.m. PST by Academy president Sid Ganis and actress Salma Hayek, at the Samuel Godwyn Theater in the Academy's Beverly Hills headquarters.

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. Awarded annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1929[1] in Los Angeles, it recognizes excellence in motion picture making, such as acting, directing and screenwriting.

The Academy Awards 2007.. and the Oscars go to..

• Performance by an actor in a leading role
  Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland" (Fox Searchlight)
• Performance by an actor in a supporting role
  Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine" (Fox Searchlight)
  Performance by an actress in a leading role
  Helen Mirren in "The Queen" (Miramax, Pathe and Granada)
• Performance by an actress in a supporting role
  Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls" (DreamWorks and Paramount)
• Best animated feature film of the year
  "Happy Feet" by George Miller (Warner Bros.)
• Achievement in art direction
  Eugenio Caballero & Pilar Revuelta in "Pan's Labyrinth" (Picturehouse)
• Achievement in cinematography
  Guillermo Navarro with "Pan's Labyrinth" (Picturehouse)
• Achievement in costume design
  Milena Canonero with "Marie Antoinette" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
• Achievement in directing
  Won by Martin Scorsese
• Best documentary feature
  Won by "An Inconvenient Truth"
• Best documentary short subject
  Won by "The Blood of Wingzhou District"
• Achievement in film editing
  Won by "The Departed"
• Achievement in makeup
  David Martí and Montse Ribé for "Pan's Labyrinth"
• Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
  Won by "Babel"
• Achievement in music written for motion picture (Original song)
  Melissa Etheridge: “I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth”
• Best motion picture of the year
  Graham King with "The Departed" (Warner Bros)
• Best animated short film
  Won by "The Danish Poet"
• Best live action short film
  Won by "West Bank Story"
• Achievement in sound editing
  Alan Robert Murray and Bob Asman for "Letters from Iwo Jima"
• Achievement in sound mixing
  Won by "Dreamgirls"
• Achievement in visual effects
  John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Adapted screenplay
  Won by "The Departed"
• Original screenplay
  Won by Michael Arndt for "Little Miss Sunshine"
• Best Foreign Language Film
  Won by Das Leben der Anderen (Germany)