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| Best actress Oscar for Dame Helen | Best actress Oscar for Dame Helen |
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| Dame Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker have won best actress and actor at the Oscars with The Departed taking four awards, including best picture. | |
| Martin Scorsese was named best director for the mob drama, after missing out on the award on five previous occasions. | Martin Scorsese was named best director for the mob drama, after missing out on the award on five previous occasions. |
| Pan's Labyrinth earned three Academy Awards in Hollywood, including best cinematography, art and make-up. | Pan's Labyrinth earned three Academy Awards in Hollywood, including best cinematography, art and make-up. |
| 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. |
| And Jennifer Hudson earned best supporting actress for Dreamgirls. | And Jennifer Hudson earned best supporting actress for Dreamgirls. |
| 'So moved' | |
| Dame Helen, who had earlier said it was "amazing" to be nominated for best actress for The Queen, was thrilled by her victory. | Dame Helen, who had earlier said it was "amazing" to be nominated for best actress for The Queen, was thrilled by her victory. |
| "All kids love to get gold stars, and this is the biggest and the best gold star that I have ever had in my life," she said. | "All kids love to get gold stars, and this is the biggest and the best gold star that I have ever had in my life," she said. |
| Martin Scorsese remade the Hong Kong thriller Infernal AffairsScorsese said he was "so moved" as he clutched his award. | |
| "So many people over the years have been wishing this for me - strangers. I walk in the street and people say something to me: 'You should win, you should win.'" | |
| Whitaker - who won for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland - struggled for words before pulling out a pre-written speech. | |
| "When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in. | |
| "It wasn't my reality to think I would be acting in movies - so receiving this honour tonight tells me that it's possible." | |
| Lifetime achievement | |
| Environmental film An Inconvenient Truth was best full-length documentary, and Melissa Etheridge's I Need to Wake Up - one of the tracks from that movie - won best original song. | Environmental film An Inconvenient Truth was best full-length documentary, 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. | |
| MULTIPLE OSCAR WINNERS 4: The Departed3: Pan's Labyrinth2: An Inconvenient Truth2: Dreamgirls2: Little Miss Sunshine | |
| There was a sound editing award for Letters From Iwo Jima, while Babel had top original score. | 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". | A lifetime achievement Oscar was given to Italian composer Ennio Morricone for his "magnificent and multi-faceted contributions to the art of film music". |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was presented with the Academy Award for best visual effects, while Happy Feet was best animated film. | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was presented with the Academy Award for best visual effects, while Happy Feet was best animated film. |
| Pan's Labyrinth delves into the fantasy world of a young girl Del Toro interview class="" href="/1/hi/entertainment/6395903.stm">In quotes: Oscars ceremony | |
| 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. |
| US comedy star and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres presented the glittering ceremony at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. | US comedy star and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres presented 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". | 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". | 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". |