Oscar Awards Announced

The 79th Academy Awards were announced in Los Angeles. The The Boston based crime drama "The Departed" has won the Oscar for Best Picture. Martin Scorsese was named best director for "The Departed". Forest Whitaker won the Oscar for Actor in a Leading Role for his part in the film "The Last King of Scotland.” Whitaker portrayed the dictator Idi Amin in the movie.

Helen Mirren won the Oscar for Actress in a Leading Role for her part in the film "The Queen". Veteran actor Alan Arkin, won the best supporting actor Oscar. An Inconvenient Truth, based on former US Vice President Al Gore's global warning lecture, won best documentary feature. The hit movie "Happy Feet" won best animated feature.

• The Complete list of the winners:
• 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”
• Jean Hersholt Award (Oscar statuette): Sherry Lansing.
• Honorary Academy Award (Oscar statuette): Ennio Morricone.