79th Annual Academy Awards: Oscar Winners!

The 79th Annual Academy Awards were given out at Mortons on Sunday night in West Hollywood, Calif. Best movie of the year is “The Departed” directed by Martin Scorsese who was named the best director.

Other award winners are:

Best actress: Helen Mirren, “The Queen”
Best actor: Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”
Supporting actor: Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”
Supporting actress: Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”
Best foreign language film: “The Lives of Others” (Germany)
Best adapted screenplay: William Monahan, “The Departed”
Best original screenplay: Michael Arndt, “Little Miss Sunshine”
Animated feature: “Happy Feet”
Art direction: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Visual effects: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
Sound mixing: “Dreamgirls”
Sound editing: “Letters From Iwo Jima”
Best original song: “I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth,” Melissa Etheridge
Best original score: “Babel,” Gustavo Santaolalla
Film editing: “The Departed”
Makeup: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Costume: “Marie Antoinette”
Documentary feature: “An Inconvenient Truth”
Animated short film: “The Danish Poet”
Live action short film: “West Bank Story”