Oscar Results!!

[comedyfreak]

Best Motion Picture: "The Departed"

Lead Actor: Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"

Lead Actress: Helen Mirren, "The Queen"

Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine"

Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"

Directing: Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"

Foreign Language Film: "The Lives of Others," Germany

Adapted Screenplay: William Monahan, "The Departed"

Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine"

Animated Feature Film: "Happy Feet"

Art Direction: "Pan's Labyrinth"

Cinematography: "Pan's Labyrinth"

Sound Mixing: "Dreamgirls"

Sound Editing: "Letters From Iwo Jima"

Original Score: "Babel," Gustavo Santaolalla

Original Song: "I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth," Melissa Etheridge
Costume: "Marie Antoinette"

Documentary Feature: "An Inconvenient Truth"

Documentary Short Subject: "The Blood of Yingzhou District"

Film Editing: "The Departed"

Makeup: "Pan's Labyrinth"

Animated Short Film: "The Danish Poet"

Live Action Short Film: " West Bank Story"

Visual Effects: "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"

[HuntingtonM15]

Alan Arkin winning was a great upset! He truly deserved it. I loved seeing Jennifer Hudson win as well. Even though she was the frontrunner for months, the whole "From American Idol to the Oscars" thing made it a "wow" factor. It's even more surprising than Hilary Swank's "From 90210 to the Oscars" moment. There were also quite a few upsets in the smaller categories.

[PrettyinPink55]

I am SOOOOOOO happy for Jennifer Hudson!!!
And The Departed!! YAY!!! Finally Martin Scorsese (sp?) won!

[Liza]

I was really rooting for Alan Arkin - and he looked honestly surprised, bless his heart!

I was going to completely give up the Oscars if Helen Mirren didn't win, so luckily they got that one right.

The one that upset me was Peter O'Toole. I really, really, REALLY wanted him to win. Eight nominations for best actor and never won??? And then they give Scorsese an Oscar because he never won. Urgh! I'm not a Scorsese fan, never have been. I've never seen a movie of his that I've liked, so I don't get the hype. I'm sure Forrest Whittaker deserved his Best Actor award, but he's young, there will be other performances. They've done this to O'Toole EIGHT times now! Poor guy.

[comedyfreak]

Originally Posted by HuntingtonM15

Alan Arkin winning was a great upset! He truly deserved it. I loved seeing Jennifer Hudson win as well. Even though she was the frontrunner for months, the whole "From American Idol to the Oscars" thing made it a "wow" factor. .

I'd like to know what Simon thinks of Jennifer's win, LOL. Jokes on him now.