Oscars 2006

The winners are:

Best Picture: Crash

Best Director: Lee Ang, Brokeback Mountain

Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote

Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon, Walk The Line

Best Supporting Actor: George Clooney, Syriana

Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener

Best Adapted Screenplay: Brokeback Mountain

Best Original Screenplay: Crash

Best Original Score: Brokeback Mountain

Best Foreign Language Film: Tsotsi, South Africa

Best Documentary Feature: March Of The Penguins

Best Documentary Short: A Note Of Triumph: The Golden Age Of Norman Corwin

Best Original Song: It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp, Hustle & Flow

Best Animated Feature: Wallace & Gromit In The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit

Best Animated Short Film: The Moon And The Son: An Imagined Conversation

Best Art Direction: Memoirs Of A Geisha

Best Cinematography: Memoirs Of A Geisha

Best Costume Design: Memoirs Of A Geisha

Best Film Editing: Crash

Best Live Action Short Film: Six Shooter

Best Makeup: The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

Best Sound Mixing: King Kong

Best Sound Editing: King Kong

Best Visual Effects: King Kong

Notable Quotes:
'Bjork could not be here. She was trying on her Oscars dress and Dick Cheney shot her'
Oscars host Jon Stewart on the Icelandic singer who once attended the Oscars in a swan-like outfit

'Capote showed America that not all gay people are virile cowboys - some are actually effete New York intellectuals'
Jon Stewart

'There are women here who could barely afford enough gown to cover their breasts'
Jon Stewart, joking that Hollywood was losing money to video pirates

'The Oscars is really I guess the one night of the year when you can see all your favourite stars without having to donate any money to the Democratic Party'
Jon Stewart

'This will always be synonymous with your name from here on end. It will be, Oscar winner George Clooney, > sexiest man alive 1997, Batman, died today in a freak accident...'
George Clooney after winning his first Oscar, for supporting actor, in Syriana

'I do my own stunts'
Actress Jennifer Garner after nearly tripping on her way to the microphone to present an award

'I want to thank the academy for sitting me next to George Clooney at the nominees luncheon'
Corinne Marrinan, co-winner of the short subject documentary Oscar