BEST ACTOR
[W] Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow)
Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain)
Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line)
David Straithairn (Good Night, and Good Luck)

Photo: Philip Seymour Hoffman picked up the Best Actor in a leading role Oscar for his performance in Capote at the 78th Annual Academy Awards.

BEST ACTRESS
Judi Dench (Mrs. Henderson Presents)
Felicity Huffman (Transamerica)
Keira Knightley (Pride & Prejudice)
Charlize Theron (North Country)
[W] Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
[W] George Clooney (Syriana)
Matt Dillon (Crash)
Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain)
William Hurt (A History of Violence)

Photo: Actor George Clooney accepts the Best Supporting Actor award on stage during the 78th Annual Academy Awards.

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams (Junebug)
Catherine Keener (Capote)
Frances McDormand (North Country)
[W] Rachel Weisz (Constant Gardener)
Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain)

BEST DIRECTOR
[W] Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
Bennett Miller (Capote)
Paul Haggis (Crash)
George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck)
Steven Spielberg (Munich)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
[W] Crash - Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
Good Night, and Good Luck - George Clooney and Grant Heslov
Match Point - Woody Allen
The Squid and the Whale - Noah Baumbach
Syriana - Stephen Gaghan

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
[W] Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
Capote - Dan Futterman
The Constant Gardener - Jeffrey Caine
A History of Violence - Josh Olson
Munich - Tony Kushner and Eric Roth

Photo: U.S. actress Reese Witherspoon accepts her Oscar for Best Actress during the 78th Academy Awards.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Howl's Moving Castle
Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride
[W] Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit

BEST ART DIRECTION
Good Night, and Good Luck
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong
[W] Memoirs of a Geisha
Pride & Prejudice

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
Good Night, and Good Luck
[W] Memoirs of a Geisha
The New World

Photo: British actress Rachel Weisz is presented the Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in "The Constant Gardener" by US actor Morgan Freeman at the 78th Academy Awards.

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
[W] Memoirs of a Geisha
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Pride & Prejudice
Walk the Line

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Darwin's Nightmare
Enron: The Smartest Guy in the Room
[W] March of the Penguins
Murderball
Street Fight

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
God Sleeps in Rwanda
The Mushroom Club
[W] A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin

BEST FILM EDITING
Cinderella Man
The Constant Gardener
[W] Crash
Munich
Walk the Line

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Don't Tell (Italy)
Joyeux Noel (France)
Paradise Now (Palestine)
Sophie Scholl - The Final Days (Germany)
[W] Tsotsi (South Africa)

BEST MAKE-UP
[W] The Chronicle of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Cinderella Man
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
[W] Brokeback Mountain - Gustavo Santaolalla
The Constant Gardener - Alberto Iglesias
Memoirs of a Geisha - John Williams
Munich - John Williams
Pride & Prejudice - Dario Marianelli

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
In the Deep (Crash)
[W] It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp (Hustle & Flow)
Travelin' Thru (Transamerica)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
[W] King Kong
War of the Worlds

BEST SOUND MIXING
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
[W] King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Walk the Line
War of the Worlds

BEST SOUND EDITING
[W] King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
War of the Worlds

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Ausreisser (The Runaway)
Cashback
The Last Farm
Our Time is Up
[W] Six Shooter

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Badgered
[W] The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
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The worst movies and performances of 2005

The Bad Cinema Society has announced its picks for the worst movies and performances of 2005 just as Hollywood gets ready to honour the best. The horror film Alone in the Dark won Worst Film of the Year at the Los Angeles-based group's annual Stinkers Bad Movies Awards. The movie was also recognized for Worst Director (Uwe Boll), Worst Actress (Tara Reid) and Worst Special Effects. But the big winner at the Stinkers was Son of the Mask, which earned a Worst Actor award for Jamie Kennedy as well as Most Intrusive Musical Score, Worst On-Screen Couple, Worst Sequel, and Foulest Family Film. Jessica Simpson's version of "These Boots (Are Made For Walking)" for the Dukes of Hazzard soundtrack took the prize for Worst Song. The star was also chosen as Worst Supporting Actress and Most Annoying Fake Accent, Female. Tyler Perry won Worst Supporting Actor for Diary of a Mad Black Woman. Worst Screenplay dishonours went to Fantastic Four while Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo was named Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy. The Worst Remake was Yours, Mine & Ours and The Honeymooners was named Worst Resurrection of a Classic TV Series. Syriana was named Most Overrated Film and Chicken Little earned Worst Animated Film. The Stinkers didn't spare the children. Adrian Alonso won Worst Performance by a Child for The Legend of Zorro while the kids in the cast of Yours, Mine & Ours were chosen as Worst Child Ensemble.

 

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