Spoilers folks... for those who actually care... lets see how long I can keep this up... and how many spelling mistakes I make along way.
- Best Supporting Actor - George Clooney - good speech.
(Presented by Nicole Kidman - I'm not a fan but she was looking especially nice.)
- Special Visual Effects - King Kong -
(presented by Ben Stiller - lame!)
- Best Animated Feature - Wallace and Gromit - this was expected/predicted by everyone. But I was annoyed that none of the predictions even MENTIONED the Miyazaki film (He won the year before last for "Spirited Away").
(presented by Reese Witherspoon)
- Best Live Action Short - "Six Shooter"
(Presented by Luke and Owen Wilson )
- Best Animated Short - "The Moon and the Sun"
(presented by Chicken Little and Abby Mallard - semi lame)
- Best Costume Design - Colleen Atwood (Memoirs of a Geisha)
(Presented by: Jennifer Anniston)
- Nothing special - (A clip thing on how the Academy is relevant because they do biographical movies) (Presented by Russell Crowe)
- Best Make-Up - "Chronicles of Narnia" (Howard Berger and Tami Lane (She didn't really speak - he said it all))
(Presented by Will Ferrell and Steve Carroll - lame attempt at humour - they had bad makeup)
- The 19 technical/special awards that don't make the "Big Show" - No, I'm not gonna list them -- not that they did either.
- Best Supporting Actress - Rachel Weiss - "Constant Gardner" (Not a bad thank you speech but she seemed surprised)
(Presented by Morgan Freeman - classy, as always)
- Something about film noir with Lauren Bacall (Kind of sad - she was having problems with her presentation) - I actually recognize most of the profiled actors/actresses.
- Documentary Short Subject - "A Note of Triumph"
(Presented by Terence Howard - straightforward job)
- Documentary Feature - "March of the Penguins"
All the guys who came up on stage had stuffed penguins with them.
(Presented by Charlize Theron - okay job - Not as well dressed as Nicole Kidman)
- Best Art Direction - "Memoirs of a Geisha" (2 people got it - one was out sick)
(Presented by Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves... ZZZZzzzzz...)
- Samuel L. Jackson - short clip bit about socially important films
- And lets put it on mute for the President of the Academy and his speech...
- Best Original Score - "Brokeback Mountain" (A first time nominee)
(Presented by Salma Hayek - Also better looking/dressed than Charlize Theron)
- Tribute to BIG movies that look better (Ha!) on big screens (Presented by Jake Gyllenhaul) -- I'm thinking -- lame attempt to kiss up to the theatre owners.
- Best Sound (Isn't this one of the Saturday night technical awards?) - King Kong
(Presented by Eric Banna and Jessica Alba (Okay... finally, somebody (who normally is very good looking) dressed much worse than Charlize Theron))
- Honorary Award - Robert Altman -
(presented by Lilly Tomlin and Merryll Streep - intentionally messed it up)
Okay... that's enough for me... 2 hours of actual watching so I could keep track... I think I need therapy now...
go to Oscar.com if you want to know more...
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