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Monday, February 26, 2007

Oscars 2007 Winners


Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: The Departed (2006) - Graham King

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland (2006)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Helen Mirren for The Queen (2006)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006)

Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Martin Scorsese for The Departed (2006)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Winner: Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Michael Arndt

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Winner: The Departed (2006) - William Monahan

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Winner: Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006) - Guillermo Navarro

Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: The Departed (2006) - Thelma Schoonmaker

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Winner: Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006) - Eugenio Caballero
Best Achievement in Costume Design
Winner: Marie Antoinette (2006) - Milena Canonero

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Winner: Babel (2006) - Gustavo Santaolalla

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Winner: An Inconvenient Truth (2006) - Melissa Etheridge

("I Need To Wake Up")

Best Achievement in Makeup
Winner: Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006) - David Martí, Montse Ribé

Best Achievement in Sound
Winner: Dreamgirls (2006) - Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Willie D. Burton

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Winner: Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) - Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, Allen Hall

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Winner: Happy Feet (2006) - George Miller

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Winner: Leben der Anderen, Das (2006)(Germany)

Best Documentary, Features
Winner: An Inconvenient Truth (2006) - Davis Guggenheim

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner: The Blood of Yingzhou District (2006) - Ruby Yang, Thomas Lennon

Best Short Film, Animated
Winner: The Danish Poet (2006) - Torill Kove

Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner: West Bank Story (2005) - Ari Sandel
Source: www.Imdb.com

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Sunday, February 25, 2007

22nd IFP Independent Spirit Awards


Maggie Gyllenhaal.


Heath Ledger.

Michelle Williams.

Ryan Goslin.

Laura Dern.

Robert Downey Jr.

Josh Hartnett and Winona Ryder.

Peter Sarsgaard and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

22 ND INDEPENDENT SPIRIT WINNERS:

Best Feature: "Little Miss Sunshine"

Best Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, "Little Miss Sunshine"

Best First Feature: "Sweet Land"

Best Documentary: "The Road to Guantanamo"

Best Foreign Film: "The Lives of Others"

Best Female Lead: Shareeka Epps, "Half Nelson"

Best Male Lead: Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson"

Best Supporting Female: Frances McDormand, "Friends With Money"

Best Supporting Male: Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine"

Best Screenplay: Jason Reitman, "Thank You For Smoking"

Best First Screenplay: Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine"

Best Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro, "Pan's Labyrinth"

Someone to Watch Award: Julia Loktev, "Day Night Day Night"

John Cassavetes Award: "Quinceañera"

Truer Than Fiction Award: Adele Horne, "The Tailenders"

Producers Award: Howard Gertler and Tim Perell, "Shortbus," "Pizza"

Special Distinction: David Lynch, Laura Dern, "Inland Empire"

Source: http://Spiritawardsonifc.bside.com

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Saturday, February 24, 2007