79th Academy Awards
Date	Sunday, February 25, 2007
Site	Kodak Theatre Hollywood, California
Preshow	Chris Connelly Lisa Ling André Leon Talley Allyson Waterman
Host	Ellen DeGeneres
Producer	Laura Ziskin
Director	Louis J. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Kodak Theatre is a live theatre in the Hollywood and Highland retail dining and entertainment complex on Hollywood Boulevard and North Highland Avenue Christopher Connelly may refer to Christopher Connelly (actor, American actor Chris Connelly (musician, Scottish musician Lisa Ling ( (born August 30, 1973, in Sacramento California) is an American Journalist, best known for her role as a co-host of André Leon Talley (born October 16 1949 is the Editor-at-large for Vogue magazine and has been a front-row regular at Fashion shows in Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26 1958 is an eleven time Emmy Award -winning American stand-up comedian, Television host and actress Laura Ziskin (born 3 March 1950) is an American Film producer. Horvitz
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	3 hours, 51 minutes
Ratings	39. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. 92 million 23. 65 (Nielsen ratings)

The 79th Academy Awards ceremony (also known as the Oscars), honoring the best in film for 2006, took place on February 25, 2007 5:00 p. The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. m. PT/8:00 p. m. ET at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on ABC. The Kodak Theatre is a live theatre in the Hollywood and Highland retail dining and entertainment complex on Hollywood Boulevard and North Highland Avenue The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Ellen DeGeneres hosted the ceremony for the first time. Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26 1958 is an eleven time Emmy Award -winning American stand-up comedian, Television host and actress ^[1] The producer was Laura Ziskin. Laura Ziskin (born 3 March 1950) is an American Film producer. ^[2] The announcers were Don LaFontaine and Gina Tuttle. Donald LaFontaine ( August 26, 1940 &ndash September 1, 2008) was an American voiceover artist famous for recording Gina Tuttle is an American actress and voice-over artist Among her voice work is announcing on the Academy Awards in 2001 and 2007

The nominees were announced on January 23 at 5:38 a. The nominees for the 79th Academy Awards were announced on January 23 2007 by Academy president Sid Ganis and actress Salma Hayek, Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor m. PST (13:38 UTC) by Academy president Sid Ganis and actress Salma Hayek, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in the Academy's Beverly Hills headquarters. The Pacific Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-8) Sidney Ganis (born January 8, 1940) is an American motion picture executive and producer who has produced such films as Deuce Salma Hayek Jiménez (born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican and American Samuel Goldwyn ( ca. July 1879 &ndash 31 January 1974) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning producer Bolstered by three nominations for Best Song, the musical Dreamgirls received eight nominations, becoming the first film ever to receive the most nominations in a particular Academy Awards ceremony without being nominated for Best Picture. The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Dreamgirls is a 2006 American Musical film, directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures Babel received the second highest number of nominations with seven. Babel is a 2006 film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga, starring an Ensemble cast.

The Departed was the evening's biggest winner taking home four awards including Best Picture, Best Director (Martin Scorsese), Best Adapted Screenplay (William Monahan), and Best Film Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker). The Departed is a 2006 crime thriller Film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent Film awards in the United States William Monahan (ˈwɪljəm ˈmɒnəhæn (born November 3 1960 is an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter, Literary novelist and former The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934 Thelma Schoonmaker (born 3 January) is an American 3-time Academy Award -winning Film editor who has worked with director Martin Scorsese For Scorsese, this was his first victory after losing five nominations in the Best Director category for Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York, and The Aviator, and losing in the Adapted Screenplay category for The Age of Innocence. Raging Bull is a 1980 Biographical film directed by Martin Scorsese, adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from the memoir The Last Temptation of Christ (or The Last Temptation; Greek: Ο Τελευταίος Πειρασμός O Teleftaíos Peirasmós Goodfellas (also spelled GoodFellas) is an Academy Award winning 1990 Crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese Gangs of New York is a 2002 Bildungsroman film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Age of Innocence is a film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder, For the second consecutive year, both acting awards for leading roles went to performers portraying real people.

Major winners

This is a breakdown of only major winners. For a complete list of nominees and winners, see: 79th Academy Awards nominees and winners

Feature films

Acting

Writing

Directing

Special honors

Morricone was honored by Celine Dion singing "I Knew I Loved You", a Quincy Jones-produced song based on Morricone's acclaimed score for Once Upon a Time in America. 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The Last King of Scotland is a British 2006 film based on Giles Foden 's novel of the same name. Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Dame Helen Mirren, DBE (born 26 July 1945 is an English stage, Film and Television actress. The Queen Drama film directed by Stephen Frears, Peter Morgan and starring Dame Helen Mirren in the title role Queen Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26 1934 is an American Actor and director. Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American Comedy-drama film and the directorial film debut of the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12 1981 is an American actress, singer and model. Dreamgirls is a 2006 American Musical film, directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material Michael Arndt is an American Screenwriter. After graduating from New York University, Arndt was a script reader for some time before choosing to write screenplays Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American Comedy-drama film and the directorial film debut of the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent Film awards in the United States William Monahan (ˈwɪljəm ˈmɒnəhæn (born November 3 1960 is an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter, Literary novelist and former The Departed is a 2006 crime thriller Film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to The Departed is a 2006 crime thriller Film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, The Academy Honorary Award, instituted in 1948 for the 21st Academy Awards (previously called the Special Award) is given by the discretion of the Ennio Morricone OMRI (born November 10, 1928) is an acclaimed Italian Academy Award -winning composer Sherry Lansing (born July 31, 1944 in Chicago Illinois as Sherry Lee Heimann) is the former CEO of Paramount Pictures Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( OC OQ (born March 30 1968 in Charlemagne Quebec) is a Canadian pop Singer Quincy Delight Jones Jr (born March 14, 1933) also known as Q, is an American Music Impresario, conductor Once Upon a Time in America (Italian title C'era una volta in America) is a 1984 Crime film directed by Sergio Leone Jones, an admirer of Morricone's work as a composer for many years, enlisted his longtime songwriting collaborators Alan and Marilyn Bergman to write the lyrics. Alan Bergman (born September 11, 1925) is a prolific American Lyricist and Songwriter. Marilyn Bergman (born November 10, 1929) is a Composer, Songwriter and Author.

Films with multiple nominations

Films with multiple wins

4 awards

• The Departed

3 awards

• Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)

2 awards

• An Inconvenient Truth
• Dreamgirls
• Little Miss Sunshine

Presenters and performers

Voting trends

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Among the rest of the top 50 releases of 2006 in U. S. box office through the weekend before the nominations, only The Pursuit of Happyness (12th), Borat (15th), The Devil Wears Prada (16th) and Dreamgirls (28th) received nominations for directing, acting or writing, with only Dreamgirls gaining more than one nomination in those areas. The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American Biographical film directed by Gabriele Muccino about the on and off-homeless salesman-turned-stockbroker Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is a 2006 The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 Comedy-drama Film, a loose screen adaptation of Lauren Weisberger 's 2003 Dreamgirls is a 2006 American Musical film, directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures The top sixteen films in box office received a total of only thirteen nominations, with four going to the year's top hit, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, and two others in the category of Animated Feature. Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest is a 2006 Adventure film of the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series, the sequel to the 2003 Six of the ten nominations for Best Actor and Best Actress went to films which had grossed less than $8 million each.

For the second consecutive year, four of the Best Picture nominees were rated R (under 17 requires accompanying adult). The Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system is used in the U Of the 88 nominations awarded to non-documentary feature films (apart from the Foreign Film category), a majority of 56 went to R-rated films (up from 43 one year earlier), 28 to films rated PG-13, two to PG-rated films (down from 16 the year before, and both for Animated Feature) and two to a G-rated film (the final nominee for Animated Feature). In a precise duplication of the previous year, R-rated films captured 32 of the 40 nominations for Best Picture, directing, screenwriting and acting. Non-R-rated films received exactly half of the nominations (24 of 48) in the remaining categories, primarily those in "below the line" areas (the editing, original score and sound editing categories accounted for 13 of the 24 nominations for R-rated films, while the categories for costume design, song, visual effects and animated feature accounted for 14 of the 24 nominations for non-R-rated films).

Peter O'Toole – who received his first nomination for Best Actor 44 years earlier – set a record for most years between a first and most recent nomination in that category, breaking Henry Fonda's record of 41 years (Katharine Hepburn received Best Actress nominations 48 years apart). Peter O'Toole (born 2 August 1932) is an Irish and British actor who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage Kevin O'Connell increased his number of nominations to 19 in the Best Sound Mixing category. Kevin O'Connell (born November 27 1957 in Long Island New York) is an Academy Award nominated Sound re-recording mixer. The Academy Award for Sound Mixing is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic Sound mixing or recording He is still without a win.

For the second year in a row, no film received more than four awards, and the awards for Best Picture and the four acting categories again went to five different films. Forest Whitaker won for his performance as Idi Amin, and Helen Mirren won for her role as Queen Elizabeth II, making it the sixth time – and second consecutive year – that both lead acting awards went to performers playing real people; it was also the sixth time in eight years that the Best Actress award has gone to someone playing a real person. Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15 1961 is an American actor producer, and director. Idi Amin Dada (mid 1920s &ndash 16 August 2003 commonly known as Idi Amin, was a Ugandan military dictator and the President of Uganda Dame Helen Mirren, DBE (born 26 July 1945 is an English stage, Film and Television actress. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II No individual person won more than one award.

Ethnic diversity and British presence

With five blacks, two Hispanics and an Asian, it was the most ethnically diverse lineup ever among the 20 acting nominees. After decades in which the Oscars were a virtual whites-only club, with minority actors only occasionally breaking into the field, the awards have featured a much broader mix of nominees in the last few years.

Numerous nominees were British; however, only one (Helen Mirren) ended up winning. Dame Helen Mirren, DBE (born 26 July 1945 is an English stage, Film and Television actress.

• Sacha Baron Cohen - Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
• Peter Baynham - Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
• Judi Dench - Nominated for Best Actress for Notes on a Scandal
• Stephen Frears - Nominated for Best Director for The Queen
• Paul Greengrass - Nominated for Best Director for United 93
• Andy Harries - Nominated for Best Picture for The Queen
• Anthony Hines - Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
• Gil Kenan - Nominated for Best Animated Feature for Monster House
• Christine Langan - Nominated for Best Picture for The Queen
• Patrick Marber - Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for Notes on a Scandal
• Paul Massey - Nominated for Achievement in Sound Mixing for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Dan Mazer - Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
• Helen Mirren - Won Best Actress for The Queen
• Peter Morgan - Nominated for Best Original Screenplay for The Queen
• Lee Orloff - Nominated for Achievement in Sound Mixing for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Dick Pope - Nominated for Achievement in Cinematography for The Illusionist
• Tracey Seaward - Nominated for Best Picture for The Queen
• Ivan Sharrock - Nominated for Achievement in Sound Mixing for Blood Diamond
• Kate Winslet - Nominated for Best Actress for Little Children

Notable events

• About one-third of the way through the ceremonies, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore (An Inconvenient Truth) appeared with Best Actor nominee Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond) to congratulate the organizers for using environmentally-friendly practices in producing the show. Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born 13 October 1971 is a British Jewish Comedian, Writer and Golden Globe -winning Actor most noted Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is a 2006 Peter Baynham (born 1963 in Cardiff, Wales) is an Academy Award -nominated screenwriter and a British comedy writer and performer Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is a 2006 Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA, (born 9 December, 1934) usually known as Judi Dench, is an English Notes on a Scandal is a 2006 British film adapted from the 2003 novel Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller. Stephen Arthur Frears (born 20 June 1941) is a two-time Oscar -nominated English film director The Queen Drama film directed by Stephen Frears, Peter Morgan and starring Dame Helen Mirren in the title role Queen Paul Greengrass (b August 13, 1955 in Cheam, Surrey) is an Academy Award -nominated BAFTA Award -winning English United 93 (formerly named Flight 93) is a 2006 Film written and directed by Paul Greengrass that chronicles events Andrew Harries (born 7 April 1954 is a British television and Film producer. The Queen Drama film directed by Stephen Frears, Peter Morgan and starring Dame Helen Mirren in the title role Queen Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is a 2006 Gil Kenan (born London October 16 1976 is an Israeli American Film director. Monster House is an American 2006 computer animated horror film released on July 21, 2006. Christine Langan (born January 1965 is an English television and Film producer. The Queen Drama film directed by Stephen Frears, Peter Morgan and starring Dame Helen Mirren in the title role Queen Patrick Albert Crispin Marber (born 19 September, 1964) is an English Comedian, Playwright, Director, Actor Notes on a Scandal is a 2006 British film adapted from the 2003 novel Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller. Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest is a 2006 Adventure film of the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series, the sequel to the 2003 Dan Mazer (born 1971 is an Academy Award -nominated screenwriter TV/Film producer and comedian Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is a 2006 Dame Helen Mirren, DBE (born 26 July 1945 is an English stage, Film and Television actress. The Queen Drama film directed by Stephen Frears, Peter Morgan and starring Dame Helen Mirren in the title role Queen Peter Morgan (born 10 April 1963 is an English Screenwriter and Playwright, best known for writing the films and plays The Deal The Queen Drama film directed by Stephen Frears, Peter Morgan and starring Dame Helen Mirren in the title role Queen Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest is a 2006 Adventure film of the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series, the sequel to the 2003 Dick Pope, BSC ( Richard Pope, born 1947 in Bromley, Kent, England) is an award-winning British Cinematographer The Illusionist is a 2006 Period drama written and directed by Neil Burger and starring Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, and Tracey Seaward (born 1965 is an English Film producer. Seaward was educated at Wolfreton School and Hull College before studying film and cultural studies at Trinity The Queen Drama film directed by Stephen Frears, Peter Morgan and starring Dame Helen Mirren in the title role Queen In relation to diamond trading blood diamond (also called a converted diamond, conflict diamond, hot diamond or a war diamond) refers to a diamond Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born 5 October 1975 is a five-time Academy Award -nominated Golden Globe -nominated Emmy Award -nominated Little Children is a 2006 Drama film written and directed by Todd Field, based on the novel of the same name by Tom Perrotta The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Albert Arnold Gore Jr (born March 31 1948 is an American environmental Activist, author Businessperson, former Politician, and former DiCaprio asked Gore (whose potential candidacy for the presidency had drawn wide speculation) if there was anything he wanted to announce. Albert Arnold Gore Jr (born March 31 1948 is an American environmental Activist, author Businessperson, former Politician, and former

“

I guess with a billion people watching, it's as good a time as any. So my fellow Americans, I'm going to take this opportunity right here and now to formally announce my intentions . . . ,

”

Gore announced, his voice then trailing away as the orchestra cut him off. After accepting Best Documentary along with Davis Guggenheim, he finished his earlier "incomplete" speech that global warming is a moral issue. ^[3]

• Sacha Baron Cohen was set to present an Academy Award. Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born 13 October 1971 is a British Jewish Comedian, Writer and Golden Globe -winning Actor most noted However, after learning that he could not present the award as his journalist character Borat Sagdiyev, Cohen opted out. ^[4] This may explain Jerry Seinfeld's surprise appearance. Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld (born on April 29 1954 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American comedian actor and writer However, Baron Cohen did attend the ceremony as himself, opting only to take the stage if he and his team of writers won the Oscar for Adapted Screenplay (they did not).
• Jack Black and Will Ferrell opened with a musical number (composed by Marc Shaiman) where both actors sing about the lack of Oscar recognition for comedians and improvise by roasting on nominated actors:
  • Black to Leonardo DiCaprio: "HEY, LEO! You think you can date supermodels and win awards? I'm gonna elbow you in the larynx!"
  • Ferrell to Ryan Gosling: "Ryan Gosling. Thomas Jack Black Jr (born August 28 1969 is an American Actor, Comedian and Musician. John William "Will" Ferrell (ˈfærəl born July 16, 1967) is an American Comedian, Actor, Voice actor, Marc Shaiman (born October 22, 1959) is a multiple-award-winning American Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, and Performer Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974 is a three-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning American film actor. Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12 1980) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and two-time Screen Actors Guild award-nominated . . you're all hip and now. Well, I'm gonna break your hip. . . RIGHT NOW!"
  • Black to Peter O'Toole: "Hey Peter O'Toole. Peter O'Toole (born 2 August 1932) is an Irish and British actor who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T . . you're all legendary and English. I don't care; I'm gonna beat you to down with my Nickelodeon Award!"
  • Ferrell to Mark Wahlberg: "MARK WAHLBERG! WHERE ARE YOU? I won't mess with you. The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, also known as the KCAs, is an annual awards show which always aired live and usually is held in late March or early April that honors Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5 1971 is an Academy Award -nominated BAFTA -winning American actor rapper and Producer of You're actually kinda badass. Once again, I hope we're cool. You are very talented. "
  • Black to Helen Mirren: "And Helen Mirren? You are just hots. Dame Helen Mirren, DBE (born 26 July 1945 is an English stage, Film and Television actress. What party are you going to?"

Eventually, John C. Reilly rose from his seat and told the two that instead of fighting, they should star in both comedic and dramatic roles, much like he did ("I chose to be in both Boogie and Talladega Nights"). John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an Academy Award - and two-time Golden Globe -nominated American Actor. This article is about the 1997 film For the Heatwave song see Boogie Nights. Talladega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is a 2006 Comedy film about NASCAR racing Black and Ferrell realized that if they took Reilly's advice, an Oscar and Helen Mirren "will come home with them". When Reilly appeared, Ferrell nearly called him "Jack Black", stopping just before he finished the name.

• Intro by Errol Morris, in which nominees and other prominent Hollywood figures poke fun at themselves. Errol Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American Academy Award winning Documentary film director Morris produced a similar montage at the 74th Academy Awards (also produced by Laura Ziskin) with the subject being the importance of film. The 74th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 2001, were held on March 24 2002, for the first time at the Kodak Theatre in Laura Ziskin (born 3 March 1950) is an American Film producer.
• The group Pilobolus formed a number of shapes in silhouette behind a white screen. This article is about the Dance company; for information on the Fungus genus, see Pilobolus. First they formed the shape of an Oscar statuette, then logos for films such as Happy Feet, The Devil Wears Prada, Little Miss Sunshine, and Snakes On a Plane, where the "snakes" played around with DeGeneres. Snakes on a Plane is a cult High concept, horror - thriller Feature film starring Samuel L She stated that the members of the group backstage were naked, which may have been true as that is one of the trademarks of the dance group. The one time they appeared in front of the screen to be introduced, they were wearing loose wraps.
• Ellen was talking to audience members in between award presentations. She first talked with Martin Scorsese who was offered a faux script by Ellen that was a cross between Scorsese's Goodfellas and Big Momma's House (one of Ellen's favorite comedies) called Goodmommas and Scorsese joked along saying he was interested. Goodfellas (also spelled GoodFellas) is an Academy Award winning 1990 Crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese Big Momma's House ( 2000) is an Action Comedy starring Martin Lawrence. She then spoke with Clint Eastwood who joked that he was jealous that she gave her faux script to Scorsese and not to him. Ellen then asked if he would be in a picture with her for her MySpace page (which can actually been seen there). MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and She first gave her camera to the woman sitting next to Eastwood, but then saw Steven Spielberg and instead wanted him to take the picture. After Spielberg took the first picture, Ellen asked him to take another because it wasn't centered.
• During the foreign language films montage, two different sequences (from No Man's Land and Tsotsi) featuring characters doing a rude finger gesture were censored in the telecast. No man's land is a term for land that is not occupied or more specifically land that is under dispute between countries or areas that will not occupy it because of fear or uncertainty Tsotsi is a 2005 Film adaptation of the novel Tsotsi, by Athol Fugard, written and directed by Gavin Hood and In Western cultures, the finger (as in giving someone the finger) is a well-known Obscene Hand gesture made by extending the middle finger of
• After five previous nominations, with no wins, Martin Scorsese finally won the Academy Award for Best Director. The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to He jokingly retorted, "Could you double-check the envelope, please?"^[5]
• Scorsese's win was preceded by a short interlude by his fellow directors and friends Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas. Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award -winning American Film director, George Walton Lucas Jr (born May 14, 1944) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, producer, Screenwriter Spielberg and Coppola, having won Oscars for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan (Spielberg) and The Godfather Part II (Coppola), remarked it is better to receive Oscars than to present them. Schindler's List is a Biographical film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 War film set during the invasion of Normandy during World War II. The Godfather Part II is a 1974 Crime drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script co-written with Mario Puzo. A stunned Lucas, in a humorous protest, complained "Hey guys, I've never won an Academy Award!" Both Coppola and Spielberg stared in silence for a few moments, until Spielberg jokingly asked, "So why are you here?" Lucas pointed out that he was nominated for Star Wars and American Graffiti, and stated that it's just as great to even get nominated, to which Coppola and Spielberg both said in unison "No, it's not!". Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope (originally released as Star Wars) is a 1977 Space opera American Graffiti is a period Coming of age film directed by George Lucas, and written by Lucas Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck

Mistakes

As sometimes happens with live (no-retake) shows, a few problems occurred.

• A mistake was made early in on the show when the awards were presented for Best Adapted Screenplay to The Departed where the voice-over announcer (Gina Tuttle) incorrectly referred to it being based on a Japanese film (presumably it was incorrect in the text she was given to read). The Departed is a 2006 crime thriller Film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, In fact, it was based on a Hong Kong film, Infernal Affairs. Infernal Affairs ( is a 2002 Hong Kong crime - thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. However, Martin Scorsese correctly referred to the Hong Kong film in his acceptance speech for his win for Best Director. Yet, Scorsese mis-pronounced Infernal Affairs director Andrew Lau's last name as "Law". Not to be confused with singer and actor Andy Lau. Andrew Lau Wai-Keung ( born April 4, 1960) is a Hong Kong
• While discussing the international diversity present in the nominated films' subjects, actors, directors and production teams, Ellen DeGeneres implied that Best Actress nominee Penélope Cruz was from Mexico, like Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo Arriaga, but later apologized and acknowledged that Cruz is from Spain, not Mexico. Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26 1958 is an eleven time Emmy Award -winning American stand-up comedian, Television host and actress Penélope Cruz Sánchez (pe̞ˈne̞ˑlo̞pe̞ ˈkɾuθ̟ ˈs̺änʲʨe̞θ̟ born April 28 1974 better known as Penélope Cruz, is a Spanish actress Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (b 28 November 1961 is an Academy Award -nominated Mexican Film director, Screenwriter and Film producer Guillermo Arriaga Jordán (born 13 March 1958) is a Mexican author screenwriter and producer Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• Will Ferrell mistakenly started to introduce John C. Reilly as the already present Jack Black before correcting himself. John William "Will" Ferrell (ˈfærəl born July 16, 1967) is an American Comedian, Actor, Voice actor, John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an Academy Award - and two-time Golden Globe -nominated American Actor. Thomas Jack Black Jr (born August 28 1969 is an American Actor, Comedian and Musician.
• Clint Eastwood struggled with reading his introduction to Ennio Morricone. Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker. Ennio Morricone OMRI (born November 10, 1928) is an acclaimed Italian Academy Award -winning composer Just as the presentation was cutting to a collection of film clips of Morricone's work, Eastwood was heard to say, "I should have worn my glasses. " Although the translation of Morricone's speech was available to Eastwood on the teleprompter, Eastwood took severe liberties with it.
• In the introduction of the nominees for Best Director, Stephen Frears's last name was mispronounced by George Lucas as "Fears. Stephen Arthur Frears (born 20 June 1941) is a two-time Oscar -nominated English film director George Walton Lucas Jr (born May 14, 1944) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, producer, Screenwriter "
• During Scorsese's speech after winning Best Director, the usual on-screen graphic that displays the winner's film and category was not shown.
• Instead of reading who the winner was in the category of Best Animated Short, Jaden Smith prematurely began to read the cue for the next award, for Live Action Short, before co-presenter Abigail Breslin cut him off. The Academy Award for Animated Short Film is an award which has been given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as part of the Academy Awards every year Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born July 8, 1998) is an American Actor and Dancer. This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974 Abigail Ashley Breslin (born April 14, 1996) is an Academy-Award nominated American child actress. Smith then ad-libbed a little joke about his mistake.
• Jack Black referred to Peter O'Toole as 'English'. Thomas Jack Black Jr (born August 28 1969 is an American Actor, Comedian and Musician. Peter O'Toole (born 2 August 1932) is an Irish and British actor who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T Although O'Toole speaks with an English accent, he is actually Irish. The mistake was in Marc Shaiman's original lyrics for the song, and may have been intentional.

Ratings

The ceremony attracted 39. 92 million viewers with 23. 65% of households watching, slightly higher than last year's ceremony. Among the key audience of adults aged 18 to 49, the Oscars notched a 14. 0 rating, essentially flat with the previous year. ^[6]

Advertisers

At least two advertisers produced special commercials for the Oscar show

• JCPenney's ad featured models in attire from their store enacting various scenes from movies including: Singin' in the Rain, Midnight Cowboy, Titanic, Say Anything, Mary Poppins. , and "The Birds"
• Apple's ad for the iPhone, which was released in Apple stores throughout the US on June 29, 2007, featured clips from various films from several decades in which characters answered the phone and said "Hello" including: Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy; Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners; Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon; Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire; Marilyn Monroe as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk in Some Like It Hot; Richard Dreyfuss as Curt Henderson in American Graffiti; Betty Rubble in The Flintstones; Robert Redford as Bob Woodward in All the President's Men; Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly in Back to the Future; Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan in Patriot Games; John Cusack as Rob Gordon in High Fidelity; Audrey Tautou as Amélie Poulain in Amélie; Kevin Spacey as Jack Vincennes in L.A. Confidential; Dustin Hoffman as Bernie Focker in Meet the Fockers; William H. Macy as Jerry Lundegard in Fargo; Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy; Jeff Bridges playing "The Dude" in The Big Lebowski; Billy Crystal as Harry Burns in When Harry Met Sally...; Cameron Diaz as Natalie Cook in Charlie's Angels; Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft in Shaft; John Travolta as Castor Troy in Face/Off; Ben Stiller as Derek Zoolander in Zoolander; Michael Douglas as Andrew Shepherd in The American President; and Mr. Incredible in The Incredibles. The iPhone is an internet-connected Multimedia Smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 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• American Express featured Wes Anderson in a lengthy commercial depicting him at work. American Express ( sometimes known as " AmEx " or " Amex " is a diversified global Financial services company headquartered in Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American director, writer, Actor, and producer of features
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• A controversial ad for General Motors (previously shown during Super Bowl XLI on February 4) which had featured an laid off assembly line robot contemplating suicide was shown again during the telecast. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. Super Bowl XLI was an American football game played on February 4 2007 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, a suburb of Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Layoff is the temporary suspension or permanent Termination of employment of an Employee or (more commonly a group of employees for Business reasons An assembly line is a Manufacturing process in which parts (usually Interchangeable parts) are added to a product in a sequential manner using optimally planned A robot is a mechanical or Virtual Artificial agent In practice it is usually an electro-mechanical system which by its appearance or movements As a result of criticism from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention however,^[7] this version had the suicide scene replaced with a scene of the robot watching a car being crushed at a junkyard. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP was founded in 1987 by a group of experts on Suicide who wanted to create a 501(c3 organization to fund

See also

• Submissions for the 79th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film
• 79th Academy Awards nominees and winners
• 2006 Golden Raspberry Awards

References

External links

Official websites

• Academy 2007 press releases (includes all official presenter & performer announcements)
• List of eligible films
• The Oscars at YouTube (run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

News resources

• ABC News - 79th Academy Awards coverage
• CNN Awards Spotlight: Academy Awards
• Yahoo! Movies - 80th Academy Awards
• The Envelope.com with contributions by Paul Sheehan

Analysis

• Tim Dirks Filmsite.org Analysis
• IMDb - 79th Academy Awards winners and nominees

Other resources

• Pronunciation Guide to the 79th Academy Award Nominees