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The Oscar Results Are In - The Envelope Please

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Well, the ballots have been read, the acceptance speeches recorded and the after-parties are over. The results of the Oscars fell pretty much in line with what everyone expected with the exception of a few surprises here and there. As we all thought, Helen Mirren and Forest Whittaker took home best actress and best actor awards respectively for their roles in The Queen and The Last King of Scotland. Despite holding nominations in three of the five slots for best song, Dreamgirls came up empty in that category with the Oscar going to Melissa Etheridge's An Inconvenient Truth for the movie of the same name instead.

The evening's only surprises - if you can even call them that - came in the ceremony's presentation of Supporting Actress to Jennifer Hudson for her performance in Dreamgirls, Best Animated Film to Happy Feet over Pixar's Cars and Foreign film honors going to The Lives of Others over the adult fairy-tale Pan's Labyrinth.

Overall the ceremony was rather laid back and casual, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres who seemed to prefer it that way. Her jokes mostly fell flat save for a humurous bit shared with Martin Scorsese as she presented him with a script near his seat in the audience.

OK, enough of the small talk, let's get on to the winners. Here's a list of all nominees and the winner of each category.

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
	Leonardo DiCaprio - BLOOD DIAMOND Ryan Gosling - HALF NELSON Peter O'Toole - VENUS Will Smith - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS Forest Whitaker - THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
	Alan Arkin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE Jackie Earle Haley - LITTLE CHILDREN Djimon Hounsou - BLOOD DIAMOND Eddie Murphy - DREAMGIRLS Mark Wahlberg - THE DEPARTED

Performance by an actress in a leading role
	Penélope Cruz - VOLVER Judi Dench - NOTES ON A SCANDAL Helen Mirren - THE QUEEN Meryl Streep - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Kate Winslet - LITTLE CHILDREN

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
	Adriana Barraza - BABEL Cate Blanchett - NOTES ON A SCANDAL Abigail Breslin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE Jennifer Hudson - DREAMGIRLS Rinko Kikuchi - BABEL

Best animated feature film of the year
	CARS HAPPY FEET MONSTER HOUSE

Achievement in cinematography
	THE BLACK DAHLIA CHILDREN OF MEN THE ILLUSIONIST PAN'S LABYRINTH THE PRESTIGE

Achievement in directing
	BABEL THE DEPARTED LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA THE QUEEN UNITED 93

Best foreign language film of the year
	AFTER THE WEDDING DAYS OF GLORY (INDIGÈNES) THE LIVES OF OTHERS PAN'S LABYRINTH WATER

Best motion picture of the year
	BABEL THE DEPARTED LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE THE QUEEN

Adapted screenplay
	BORAT CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN CHILDREN OF MEN THE DEPARTED LITTLE CHILDREN NOTES ON A SCANDAL

Original screenplay
	BABEL LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE PAN'S LABYRINTH THE QUEEN

Achievement in cinematography
	THE BLACK DAHLIA CHILDREN OF MEN THE ILLUSIONIST PAN'S LABYRINTH THE PRESTIGE