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Guillermo del Toro's fairytale film Pan's Labyrinth has won Oscars for art direction, cinematography and make-up at the Academy Awards in Hollywood.Guillermo del Toro's fairytale film Pan's Labyrinth has won Oscars for art direction, cinematography and make-up at the Academy Awards in Hollywood.
Alan Arkin was best supporting actor for Little Miss Sunshine, which was also best original screenplay.Alan Arkin was best supporting actor for Little Miss Sunshine, which was also best original screenplay.
Jennifer Hudson took best supporting actress for Dreamgirls, while The Departed was top adapted screenplay and Happy Feet was best animated film. Jennifer Hudson earned best supporting actress for Dreamgirls, while Martin Scorsese's The Departed took the awards for adapted screenplay and editing.
Environmental film An Inconvenient Truth was best full-length documentary.Environmental film An Inconvenient Truth was best full-length documentary.
There was a sound editing award for Letters From Iwo Jima, while Dreamgirls won for best sound mixing and Babel had top original score. Jennifer Hudson thanked God twice in her acceptance speech class="" href="/1/hi/entertainment/6395903.stm">In quotes: Oscars ceremony
Jennifer Hudson thanked God twice in her acceptance speechPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was presented with the Academy Award for best visual effects. And Melissa Etheridge's I Need to Wake Up - one of the tracks from that movie - won best original song.
Dreamgirls lost out in that category, despite having three of the five nominations, but it did win best sound mixing.
There was a sound editing award for Letters From Iwo Jima, while Babel had top original score.
A lifetime achievement Oscar was given to Italian composer Ennio Morricone for his "magnificent and multi-faceted contributions to the art of film music".
Alan Arkin's character was a foul-mouthed, drug-taking grandfatherPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was presented with the Academy Award for best visual effects, while Happy Feet was best animated film.
Also receiving Oscars were German production Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others), named best foreign-language film, plus Marie Antoinette, for best costume design.Also receiving Oscars were German production Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others), named best foreign-language film, plus Marie Antoinette, for best costume design.
The Danish Poet was best animated short film, while West Bank Story collected best live-action short film.The Danish Poet was best animated short film, while West Bank Story collected best live-action short film.
The Blood of Yingzhou District, a Chinese film about the effects of Aids, won best documentary short.The Blood of Yingzhou District, a Chinese film about the effects of Aids, won best documentary short.
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Dame Helen Mirren is thought to be a strong candidate for best actress for The Queen, but she told the BBC on the red carpet that she had not been distracted by speculation over her chances.Dame Helen Mirren is thought to be a strong candidate for best actress for The Queen, but she told the BBC on the red carpet that she had not been distracted by speculation over her chances.
"We know that we're not horses or greyhounds. We're not sportsmen.""We know that we're not horses or greyhounds. We're not sportsmen."
"Being the front-runner or the winner honestly doesn't come into it. I haven't really been thinking about that.""Being the front-runner or the winner honestly doesn't come into it. I haven't really been thinking about that."
Alan Arkin's character was a foul-mouthed, drug-taking grandfatherShe described the feeling of being nominated for an Oscar for The Queen as "amazing". "I didn't think I was that sort of actress," she added. She described the feeling of being nominated for an Oscar for The Queen as "amazing". "I didn't think I was that sort of actress," she added.
Martin Scorsese is tipped to take his first best director Oscar for The Departed after five previous nominations in the category.
Leonardo DiCaprio, one of the stars of that movie, arrived at the ceremony with his mother.
"She's strolling around here somewhere," he said of her. "She loves it, man. She's more excited than me."
'Excited and nervous'
US comedy star and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres is presenting the glittering ceremony at the Kodak Theatre.
Dame Helen described her Oscar nomination as "amazing" Mirren on red carpet
She is only the second woman, after Whoopi Goldberg, to front the annual telecast single-handedly.
In the best actor category, DiCaprio faces competition from Forest Whitaker, Will Smith, Ryan Gosling, Peter O'Toole.
Penelope Cruz is up against Dame Helen, Dame Judi Dench, Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet for best actress.
Cruz - nominated for Volver - said she was "very excited and very nervous".
"I don't think I'm going to win tonight but it's just wonderful to be here."
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Musical drama Dreamgirls has eight nominations in total, including three for best song, but missed out for best picture. Martin Scorsese is tipped to take his first best director Oscar for The Departed after five previous nominations in the category.
The films in the running for that category are The Queen, Babel, The Departed, Letters From Iwo Jima and Little Miss Sunshine. US comedy star and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres is presenting the glittering ceremony at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
She drew applause by saying that hosting the Oscars had been "a dream of mine since I was a little girl".
And she teased the gathered nominees by joking that "everything is on the line for you", reminding them not to make fools of themselves because "there's a billion people watching right now".