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 Feb 12

Street Closures Announced for 79th Academy Awards®

Beverly Hills, CA — To ensure public safety, support security strategies and facilitate the production of the 79th Academy Awards show, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the City of Los Angeles have finalized street closure plans in and around the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood.

To accommodate the construction of press risers, fan bleachers and pre-show stages along the Academy Awards red carpet, Hollywood Boulevard will be closed between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive beginning at 10 p.m. on Sunday, February 18. It will reopen at 6 a.m. on February 19, and then will close again at 10 p.m. that same day, remaining closed until 6 a.m. on Tuesday, February 27.

MTA subway trains will bypass the Hollywood & Highland station after the last regularly scheduled train on Saturday, February 24, until 6 a.m. Monday, February 26. Service at the station will resume with the first scheduled train after 6 a.m.

Between Monday, February 19, and Sunday, February 25, the day of the Academy Awards presentation, additional streets and sidewalks will be closed for varying periods.

Details of the closures and maps of affected areas are available from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, the Sixth and Thirteenth District City Council field offices, and on the Academy's Web site, www.oscars.org/closures.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®. The Oscars® will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour red carpet arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars.”

Full sidewalk and street closures info can be found at www.oscars.org/closures.

©A.M.P.A.S.® 

Feb 9

79TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS® OSCAR® QUIZ

(NOTE: Facts confirmed as of the 78th Academy Awards. Please contact the Academy's Communications Department if you have any questions regarding these facts as they relate to 79th Academy Award nominees.)

1. Name the two motion picture trilogies that have received a Best Picture nomination for each installment.

"The Godfather" trilogy in 1972, 1974 and 1990 and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy in 2001, 2002 and 2003.

      2.  Who is the youngest Best Actress nominee to date?

Keisha Castle-Hughes, at 13, for "Whale Rider" in 2003.

      3.  Who is the youngest male to win a Best Actor Oscar?

Adrien Brody, at 29 years and 343 days, became the youngest male to win for Best Actor, in 2002 for "The Pianist." Richard Dreyfuss, who held the title for 25 years, was 30 years and 156 days when he won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in "The Goodbye Girl" in 1977.

1. Who is the only American woman to be nominated in the Directing category?

Sofia Coppola in 2003 for "Lost in Translation." Other women nominated in the Directing category are Lina Wertmiiller in 1976, for "Seven Beauties," and Jane Campion in 1993, for "The Piano."

1. Name the two most-nominated films and how many nominations they received.

"All about Eve" (1950) and "Titanic" (1997), 14 nominations. Eight other motion pictures have received 13 nominations.

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      6.  Who has received the most acting nominations?

Meryl Streep, with 13. At the 75th Academy Awards, her nomination for Supporting Actress in "Adaptation" broke a tie with Katharine Hepburn. All of Hepburn's nominations were for performances in leading roles, while Streep's include recognition for ten leading roles and three supporting ones.

1. Who is the most-nominated male performer?

His 12th nomination, in 2002 for his leading performance in "About Schmidt" allowed Jack Nicholson to extend his lead. Laurence Olivier has received ten nominations for acting (Olivier was also nominated in the Directing category and received two Honorary Oscars®). Spencer Tracy and Paul Newman have each received nine acting nominations.

1. What is the only film adapted from a teleplay to win a Best Picture Oscar?

"Marty," in 1955.

1. Name the two families that boast three generations of Oscarwinning talent.

With Sofia Coppola's win in 2003 for her original screenplay for "Lost in Translation," the Coppolas became the second family to have three generations of Oscar winners, with Carmine, Francis Ford and Sofia having won. The first were the Hustons: Walter, John and Anjelica.

      10.  Name the only two married couples to win Oscars for acting.

Laurence Olivier (1948) and Vivien Leigh (1951) (who were not yet married when Leigh won her first Academy Award® for Best Actress in 1939); Paul Newman (1986) and Joanne Woodward (1957).

1. Name the only two pairs of performers nominated for playing the same character in the same film.

Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater and Gloria Stuart as Old Rose in "Titanic" (1997) and Kate Winslet as Young Iris Murdoch and Judi Dench as Iris Murdoch in "Iris" (2001).

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1. One character in movie history was played by two different actors in two different films, with each performance earning an Academy A ward. Name the performers and the role they shared.

Marlon Brando won a Best Actor Oscar in 1972 for his performance as Don Vito Corleone in "The Godfather," and in 1974, Robert De Niro won a Supporting Actor Oscar for playing Vito Corleone in "The Godfather Part IL"

      13.  What was unusual about the second of those performances?

It was the only Oscar-winning performance in an American picture in which all of the character's dialogue was in a foreign language (Italian).

1. Name the individuals with the most Oscars for directing and the most nominations for directing.

The director to receive the most Academy Awards is John Ford, who took home Os cars four of the five times he was nominated (he also received a nomination for Best Picture). The director to receive the most directing nominations is William Wyler, with 12. His three wins rank him just behind Ford (and tied with Frank Capra).

1. Blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo won a 1956 Oscar under an assumed name. What name did he use?

Trumbo's story for "The Brave One" had been written under the pseudonym "Robert Rich." No one came to the podium to receive the award when Rich's name was announced, and Trumbo did not receive his statuette until 1975, a year before his death. Trumbo received a second Oscar posthumously, for his story for "Roman Holiday" (1953), which had originally been credited to Trumbo's friend and fellow writer, Ian McLellan Hunter.

1. Of the 78 films named Best Picture, only three have been Westerns. Name them and the years in which they won.

"Cimarron" in 1930/31, "Dances With Wolves" in 1990 and "Unforgiven" in 1992.

1. Who was the first black performer to win an Oscar?

Hattie McDaniel, for her supporting performance in 1939's "Gone with the Wind."

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1. Name the only director in Oscar history to direct both his father and his daughter in Academy Award-winning performances.

Walter Huston was Best Supporting Actor of 1948 for "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," directed by his son John Huston. Thirty-seven years later John Huston directed "Prizzi's Honor," for which his daughter Anjelica was named Best Supporting Actress.

1. Name the only persons to direct themselves to an Oscar-winning performance.

Laurence Olivier, who was named Best Actor in 1948 for "Hamlet," also directed the film. Roberto Benigni directed "Life Is Beautiful," for which he was named Best Actor in 1998.

1. What film holds the record for an awards sweep, winning in all the categories for which it was nominated?

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003) with 11 awards for 11 nominations. Two films, "Gigi" (1958) and "The Last Emperor" (1987), won 9 awards for 9 nominations. "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946) won 8 awards for 8 nominations.

12/06 - "Oscar®," "Oscars®," "Academy Awards®," "Academy Award®," "A.M.P.A.S.®" and "Oscar Night®·· are the trademarks, and the ©Oscar® statuette is the registered design mark and copyrighted property, of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Sid Ganis President

      Sid Ganis was elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in August 2005.

     He has been a governor representing the public relations branch for 19 years, and served as first vice president of the Academy for the two years prior to his election as president. During his presidency, he will continue to serve as one of the three governors representing his branch.

     Ganis was first elected to the Board of Governors in 1973 and served until 1977. He served another two years in 1979-1981 and was elected to the Academy board again in 1992, beginning a term. that stretched the maximum nine consecutive years. He was returned by his branch in 2002 for a three-year term and was re-elected this year for three more years.

     Chair of the Academy's General Membership Committee for the past two years, Ganis also has served as chair of the Public Relations Branch Executive Committee and two Academy Awards committees, the Governors Ball Committee and the Public Relations Coordinating Committee. In addition he has served as a member of the technical and production subcommittees of the General Membership Committee.

     Ganis founded Out of the Blue ... Entertainment in 1996 following a career as an executive at several major studios. Based at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California, Out of the Blue found success with its first two productions: Columbia Pictures' "Big Daddy'" starring Adam Sandler, and Touchstone Pictures' "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo," starring Rob Schneider. Out of the Blue enjoyed continued success in 2002, with "Mr. Deeds," starring Sandler and Winona Ryder, for Columbia Pictures, and "The Master of Disguise," starring Dana Carvey, for Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures.

      Out of the Blue currently is in post-production on the upcomIng "Akeelah and the Bee" for Lions Gate Entertainment, a family drama starring Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett and newcomer Keke Palmer. Out of the Blue ... Entertainment also is producing "I Dream of Jeannie" for Columbia Pictures, to be directed by Gurinder Chadha C'Bend It Like Beckham"), as well as the horror/thriller "Water's Edge" for Constantin Films.

     Prior to founding Out of the Blue ... , Ganis held various positions at Sony Pictures, including vice chairman of Columbia Pictures and president of worldwide marketing for Columbia/Tristar Motion Picture Companies. While at Sony, Ganis developed successful and innovative marketing campaigns for "A League of Their Own," "A River Runs through It," "A Few Good Men," "Groundhog Day," "In the Line of Fire," "The Age of Innocence" and "The Remains of the Day," among others.

      Prior to joining Sony Pictures, Ganis served for five years at Paramount Pictures. as president of the motion picture group, and before that he was the studio's president of world-wide marketing.

      Previously, Ganis served as senior vice president of Lucasfilm, Ltd., working closely with George Lucas on the production and marketing of "The Empire Strikes Back," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Return of the Jedi" and "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom." Ganis won an Emmy for producing the PBS documentary "The Making of Raiders .... "

In addition to his Academy position, Ganis serves on the boards of Film Independent (FIND), the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive and the San Francisco Film Society (SFFF). ###

Brief History of the Oscar(C) 

Shortly after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was incorporated in 1927, a dinner was held in the Crystal Ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles to discuss the goals of the new organization. One of those goals was devising a method of honoring outstanding achievements, thus encouraging higher levels of quality in all facets of motion picture production.

Once the decision had been made to institute an award, a major item of business was the creation of a trophy to symbolize film achievement. MGM art director Cedric Gibbons designed the statuette and Los Angeles sculptor George Stanley was selected to bring to three-dimensional form the figure of a knight standing on a reel of film, hands gripping a sword. The Academy’s world-renowned statuette was born.

Since the initial awards banquet on May 16, 1929, in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel’s Blossom Room, 2,622 statuettes have been presented. Each January, additional new golden statuettes are cast, molded, polished and buffed by R.S. Owens & Company, the Chicago-based awards specialty company retained by the Academy since 1982 to make the award.

Oscar stands 131/2 inches tall and weighs a robust 81/2 pounds. The design of the statuette has never changed from its original conception, but the size of the base varied until the present standard was adopted in 1945. Officially named the Academy Award® of Merit, the statuette is better known by its nickname, Oscar, the origins of which aren’t clear. A popular story has been that Academy librarian and eventual executive director Margaret Herrick thought it resembled her Uncle Oscar and said so, and that the Academy staff began referring to it as Oscar. In any case, by the sixth Awards presentation in 1934, Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky used the name in his column in reference to Katharine Hepburn’s first Best Actress win. The Academy itself didn’t use the nickname officially until 1939.

The 15 statuettes presented at the initial ceremonies were gold-plated solid bronze. Within a few years the bronze was abandoned in favor of britannia metal, a pewter-like alloy, which made it easier to give the statuettes their smooth finish. Due to the metals shortage during World War II, Oscars® were made of painted plaster for three years. Following the war, all of the awarded plaster figures were redeemed for gold-plated metal ones.

Achievements in up to 24 regular categories will be honored on February 25, 2007, at the 79th Academy Awards® presentation at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®. However, the Academy won’t know how many statuettes it will actually hand out until the envelopes are opened on Oscar Night®. Although the number of categories and special awards will be known prior to the ceremony, the possibility of ties and of multiple recipients sharing the prize in some categories makes the exact number of Oscar statuettes to be awarded unpredictable. As in previous years, any surplus awards will be housed in the Academy’s vault until next year’s event.

“Each Oscar statuette is individually hand-crafted,” says Scott Siegel, president of R.S. Owens. “This statuette is only a tiny portion of our overall business, but it makes us known all around the world. No other award is as universally recognized as the Oscar, and we treat it with the extra-special tender loving care that it deserves. We are extremely proud that the Academy has entrusted its manufacture to us.”

Except in years when the Academy created a publicity event out of the delivery of the Oscars from Chicago to Los Angeles, they normally were sent overland by common carrier. However, in 2000, only a few weeks before the presentation date, that year’s shipment of Oscars was stolen from the overland carrier’s loading dock. They were recovered a week later, but not before some nerve-wracking days had passed. Since then, the Academy has had the statuettes delivered on a special United Air Lines flight and has kept a ceremony’s-worth of statuettes on hand.

The Oscar statuette is the most recognized award in the world. Its success as a symbol of achievement in filmmaking would doubtless amaze those who attended that dinner nearly 80 years ago, as well as its designer, Cedric Gibbons.

It stands today, as it has since 1929, without peer, on the mantels of the greatest filmmakers in history.

79th Academy Awards® Poster - Quote List

"Can't you see I have you Chump? Get me some sviskey!" from "The Great Ziegfeld," 1936

"Sometimes you're so beautiful it just gags me" from "You Can't Take It with You," 1938

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!" from "Gone with the Wind," 1939

"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" from "The Wizard of Oz," 1939

"I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool" from "Rebecca," 1940

"Rosebud" from "Citizen Kane," 1941

"Here's looking at you, kid" from "Casablanca," 1943

"No, a golf course is nothing but a pool room moved outdoors" from "Going My Way," 1944

"One's too many an'a hundred's not enough!" from "The Lost Weekend," 1945

"I've seen nothing. I should have stayed at home and found out what was really going on" from "The Best Years of Our Lives," 1946

"You don't want much. You just want the moon. ...with parsley!" from "Gentleman's Agreement," 1947

"Frailty, thy name is woman!" from "Hamlet," 1948

"You throw money around like it was money" from "All the King's Men," 1949

"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup" from "Sunset Blvd.," 1950

"STELLA!" from "A Streetcar Named Desire," 1951

"Well, what am I? I'm a private no-class dogface. The way most civilians look at that, that's two steps up from nothin'" from "From Here to Eternity," 1953

"I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am" from "On the Waterfront," 1954

"An Englishman never jokes about a wager, sir" from "Around the World in 80 Days," 1956

"All work and no play make Jack a dull boy" from "The Bridge on the River Kwai," 1957

"Such stupidity is without equal in the entire history of human relations" from "Gigi," 1958

"You can break a man's skull. You can arrest him. You can throw him into a dungeon. But how do you control what's up here? How do you fight an idea?" from "Ben-Hur," 1959

"When you're in love with a married man, you shouldn't wear mascara" from "The Apartment," 1960

"Come in, come in! We won't bite you--till we know you better" from "West Side Story," 1961

"No prisoners! No prisoners!" from "Lawrence of Arabia," 1962

"It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will, in a dull man" from "Tom Jones," 1963

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room" from "Dr. Strangelove," 1964

"The Von Trapp children don't play. They march" from "The Sound of Music," 1965

"Hope that was an empty bottle George! You can't afford to waste good liquor, not on your salary!" from "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" 1966

"They call me MISTER Tibbs!" from "In the Heat of the Night," 1967

"What we've got here is failure to communicate" from "Cool Hand Luke," 1967

"Open the pod bay doors, HAL" from "2001: A Space Odyssey," 1968

"Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?" from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," 1969

"I'm walking here! I'm walking here!" from "Midnight Cowboy," 1969

"We're going to kick the hell out of him all the time and we're going to go through him like crap through a goose!" from "Patton," 1970

"This is Doyle. I'm sittin' on Frog One" from "The French Connection," 1971

"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" from "The Godfather," 1972

"I love it when guys peel out" from "American Graffiti," 1973

"Well, to tell ya the truth, I lied a little" from "Chinatown, 1974

"Hit me, Chief! I got the moves!" from "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest," 1975

"Attica! Attica!" from "Dog Day Afternoon," 1975

"I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!" from "Network," 1976

"Follow the money" from "All the President’s Men," 1976

"The Force is strong with this one!" from "Star Wars," 1977

"Stanley, ya see this? This is this. This ain't something else. This is this. From now on, you're on your own" from "The Deer Hunter," 1978

"The horror. The horror" from "Apocalypse Now," 1979

"I am not an animal. I am a human being. I am a man" from "The Elephant Man," 1980

"Wanna dance? Or would you rather just suck face?" from "On Golden Pond," 1981

"E.T. phone home," from "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial," 1982

"Who was the best pilot I ever saw? Well, uh, you're lookin' at 'im" from "The Right Stuff," 1983

"Wind in the hair! Lead in the pencil!" from "Terms of Endearment," 1983

"Do I ice 'er? Do I marry 'er?" from "Prizzi's Honor," 1985

"Shut up! Shut up and take the pain! Take the pain!" from "Platoon," 1986

"Snap out of it!" from "Moonstruck," 1987

"Greed is good" from "Wall Street," 1987

"Ten minutes to Wapner" from "Rain Man," 1988

"If you build it, he will come" from "Field of Dreams," 1989

"In case I forget to tell you later, I had a really good time tonight" from "Pretty Woman," 1990

"Good evening, Clarice" from "The Silence of the Lambs," 1991

"You can't handle the truth!" from "A Few Good Men," 1992

"The truth, Helen, is always the right answer" from "Schindler's List," 1993

"My Momma always said 'Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get" from "Forrest Gump," 1994

"Show me the money!" from "Jerry Maguire," 1996

"You had me at hello" from "Jerry Maguire," 1996

"I'm the king of the world!" from "Titanic," 1997

"You make me want to be a better man" from "As Good As It Gets," 1997

"Off the record, on the QT, and very Hush-Hush" from "L.A. Confidential," 1997

"I am a dead man and buggered to boot" from "Shakespeare in Love," 1998

"Remember those posters that said ‘Today is the first day of the rest of your life?’ Well, that's true of every day except one--the day you die" from "American Beauty," 1999

"My name is Gladiator" from "Gladiator," 2000

"Frodo!" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," 2001

"Give 'em the old razzle dazzle" from "Chicago," 2002

"You don't throw a whole life away just 'cause it's banged up a little" from "Seabiscuit," 2003

"Don't jive me, man" from "Ray," 2004

"No, if anyone orders Merlot, I'm leaving" from "Sideways," 2004

"I wish I knew how to quit you" from "Brokeback Mountain," 2005

Oscar Movie Quotes

Daniel Craig to Make First Oscar® Show Appearance

Beverly Hills, CA — Actor Daniel Craig will be a presenter for the 79th Academy Awards® ceremony, telecast producer Laura Ziskin announced today. This will be his first time presenting for the Academy Awards.

Craig starred as James Bond in “Casino Royale” in the latest installment in the Bond series. His other film credits include “Munich,” “Layer Cake,” “The Jacket,” “Sylvia,” and “Road to Perdition.” Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

The Oscars® will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour red carpet arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars.”

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Will Ferrell
to Present
at 79th Academy Awards®

Beverly Hills, CA — Actor Will Ferrell will present an Oscar® at the 79th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producer Laura Ziskin announced today.

Ferrell recently starred in “Stranger Than Fiction” and will be seen next in “Blades of Glory.” Ferrell’s other film credits include “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” “The Producers,” “Bewitched,” “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,” “Elf” and “Old School.”

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

The Oscars® will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour red carpet arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars.”

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Nicole Kidman
to Present
at 79th Academy Awards®

Beverly Hills, CA — Academy Award®-winning actress Nicole Kidman will return as a presenter at the 79th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producer Laura Ziskin announced today.

Kidman took home a Best Actress Oscar® in 2002 for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in “The Hours.” She also received a nomination in 2001 for her lead performance in “Moulin Rouge!”

Kidman, who was heard in this year’s animated feature “Happy Feet” as the voice of Norma Jean, will be seen next in “The Invasion,” “The Golden Compass” and “Margot at the Wedding.” Her other film credits include “Cold Mountain,” “Dogville,” “The Others,” “The Portrait of a Lady,” “To Die For” and “Dead Calm.”

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

The Oscars® will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour red carpet arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars.”

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Reese Witherspoon
to Present
at 79th Academy Awards®

Beverly Hills, CA — Academy Award®-winning actress Reese Witherspoon will be a presenter at the 79th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producer Laura Ziskin announced today.

Last year, Witherspoon received her first Oscar® nomination and took home the Actress in a Leading Role Award for her performance as June Carter Cash in “Walk the Line.” Witherspoon served as a producer on the upcoming “Penelope,” in which she also has a supporting role, and recently completed filming “Rendition.”

Her other film credits include “Just Like Heaven,” “Vanity Fair,” the “Legally Blonde” films, “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Election,” “Pleasantville” and “Freeway.”

Witherspoon will join fellow actors George Clooney, Cameron Diaz, Eva Green and Hugh Jackman as presenters.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

The Oscars® will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour red carpet arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars.”

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Robert Osborne to Greet Oscar® Guests Once Again

Beverly Hills, CA — Film historian, television host and Hollywood Reporter columnist Robert Osborne will once again serve as the Academy's red carpet celebrity greeter, Academy President Sid Ganis announced today.

As Osborne greets celebrities arriving at the 79th Annual Academy Awards®, his chats with them will be audible to the other arriving guests as well as to the fans in the bleachers on the opposite side of the carpet. It will be his second stint on the red carpet for the Academy.

“The experience of being on the red carpet is like nothing else on earth,” Ganis said. “A big part of that is the roar from the bleacher fans as each arriving celebrity is announced.”

Osborne will be on the carpet for the duration of guest arrivals, which are expected to begin at about 3 p.m. and conclude at the start of the Oscar telecast at 5 p.m.

In addition to writing a column for The Hollywood Reporter, Osborne is the prime-time host of Turner Classic Movies and a frequent host of Academy events in New York and Los Angeles. He also is the author of the Academy's official history, 75 Years of the Oscar and hosts Robert Osborne's Classic Film Festival in Athens, Georgia.

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Feb 5

Allyson Waterman Named Co-host of “Road to the Oscars®” and Host of Oscar.com

Beverly Hills, CA — Allyson Waterman will be a co-host for “Road to the Oscars®” and the host of Oscar.com for the 79th Academy Awards®, announced “Road to the Oscars®” producer Pamela Oas Williams. As a co-host of the television show, Waterman will be conducting interviews with nominees and other Oscar® guests as they arrive on the red carpet. For Oscar.com, the official Web site of the Academy Awards, Waterman will host four weekly shows alongside Greg Vaughan, star of ABC’s “General Hospital,” and a daily show from February 19 through 26.

The shows, which can be viewed on the Web site, will include coverage of events that take place over the weeks leading up to the Academy Awards presentation on Sunday, February 25.

Waterman is the special projects director for Lucky, the shopping and style magazine published by Condé Nast. In her role as special projects director, Allyson is the official television spokesperson for the magazine. Prior to joining Lucky, Waterman served as vice president of Harrison & Shriftman Public Relations. She began her career as an associate talent producer for the “Today Show.”

“Road to the Oscars,” the 79th Academy Awards red carpet arrivals segment, will air on Sunday, February 25, 2007, on the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST, immediately preceding the live Oscar telecast. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

Oscar.com is developed and executed by Disney-ABC TV Group's digital media team, a group committed to launching digital products and working with strategic partners in the digital media space to make high-quality, informative and entertaining content available to consumers whenever and wherever they choose. Oscar.com provides movie fans with exclusive Oscar coverage, featuring nominee biographies, style and fashion news, and original video commentary.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal to Host Academy’s Sci-Tech Awards

Beverly Hills, CA — Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal will present the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday, February 10, at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills.

Gyllenhaal recently starred in the comedy feature “Stranger than Fiction.” Her filmography includes roles in “Donnie Darko,” “Secretary,” “Sherry Baby” and one of this year’s Oscar® nominees for Best Animated Feature Film, “Monster House.”

Among the 15 awards that Gyllenhall will present during the ceremony is the Academy’s Gordon E. Sawyer Award, an Oscar statuette, which is being bestowed on Ray Feeney for his lifetime of technological contributions to the industry.

The Scientific and Technical Awards are presented by the Academy for devices, methods, formulas, discoveries or inventions of special and outstanding value to the arts and sciences of motion pictures.

Segments of the Scientific and Technical Awards presentation will be shown during the 79th Academy Awards® telecast.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®. The Oscars® will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour red carpet arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars.”

©A.M.P.A.S.®

Feb 4

Oscar’s “Shorts” to Screen in NYC

Beverly Hills, CA — Prior to the 79th Academy Awards® show, New York moviegoers will have two opportunities to see all ten of this year’s Oscar®-nominated films in the Animated and Live Action Short Film categories.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annual “Shorts!” program will be presented on Saturday, February 17, at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. at the Academy Theater in New York City.

The screenings will be hosted by Robert Osborne, Hollywood Reporter columnist, host of Turner Classic Movies and official biographer of the Academy Awards.

The 2006 Animated Short Film and Live Action Short Film nominees are:

Short Film (Animated)
“The Danish Poet,” Torill Kove, director
“Lifted,” Gary Rydstrom, director
“The Little Matchgirl,” Roger Allers, director; Don
     Hahn, producer
“Maestro,” Geza M. Toth, director
“No Time for Nuts,” Chris Renaud and Michael
     Thurmeier, directors

Short Film (Live Action)
“Binta and the Great Idea,” Javier Fesser, director; Luis
     Manso, producer
“Eramos Pocos,” Borja Cobeaga, director
“Helmer & Son,” Soren Pilmark, director; Kim
     Magnusson, executive producer
“The Saviour,” Peter Templeman, director; Stuart
     Parkyn, producer
“West Bank Story,” Ari Sandel, director

Tickets for “Shorts!” are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. All seating is unreserved. Tickets may be reserved by calling 1-888-778-7575. Depending on availability, tickets may be purchased the day of the screenings. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The Academy Theater is located at 111 East 59th Street in New York City.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars.”

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31 DAYS OF OSCAR ® – 2007 SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1

Best Director Nominees

6:00 AM Two Arabian Knights (’27)

7:45 AM Speedy (’28)

9:15 AM The Circus (’28)

10:30 AM Brief Encounter (’45)

12:00 PM Broadway Danny Rose (’84)

1:30 PM La Dolce Vita (’60)

4:30 PM The Garden of Allah (’36)

6:00 PM The African Queen (’51)

8:00 PM The High and the Mighty (’54)

10:30 PM The Professionals (’66)

12:30 AM Detective Story (’51)

2:30 AM The Killers (’46)

4:30 AM Interiors (’78)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2

Best Cinematography – Nominees and

Winners (Part one)

6:15 AM Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (’53)

8:00 AM The Caretakers (’63)

9:45 AM The Third Man (’49)

11:30 AM Arrowsmith (’31)

1:30 PM Exodus (’60)

5:00 PM Judgment at Nuremberg (’61)

8:00 PM Cover Girl (’44)

10:00 PM Funny Face (’57)

12:00 AM To Catch a Thief (’55)

2:00 AM Black Narcissus (’47)

4:00 AM Two for the Seesaw (’62)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3

Best Cinematography – Nominees and

Winners (Part two)

6:00 AM A Farewell to Arms (’32)

7:30 AM The Facts of Life (’60)

9:15 AM Queen Bee (’55)

11:00 AM Hatari! (’62)

1:45 PM In Harm’s Way (’65)

4:45 PM The Longest Day (’62)

8:00 PM Shane (’53)

10:00 PM She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (’49)

12:00 AM Billy The Kid (’41)

2:00 AM A Passage to India (’84)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4

Best Sound Effects Editing – Nominees and Winners

5:00 AM Hangmen Also Die (’43)

7:30 AM The Cowboy and the Lady (’38)

9:30 AM The Dark Angel (’35)

11:30 AM A Gathering of Eagles (’63)

1:30 PM The Dirty Dozen (’67)

4:15 PM Topper Returns (’41)

6:00 PM The Bishop’s Wife (’47)

Best Foreign Language Film – Nominees and Winners

8:00 PM Cinema Paradiso (’90)

10:15 PM The Battle of Algiers (’65)

12:30 AM The Shop on Main Street (’65)

2:45 AM Closely Watched Trains (’67)

4:30 AM Kapo (’59)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5

Best Supporting Actor – Nominees

6:30 AM Algiers (’38)

8:15 AM Champion (’49)

10:00 AM The Best Man (’64)

12:00 PM Sunset Boulevard (’50)

2:00 PM Picnic (’55)

4:00 PM The Black Stallion (’79)

6:00 PM The Hurricane (’37)

8:00 PM Wake Island (’42)

9:30 PM The Maltese Falcon (’41)

11:15 PM Comes a Horseman (’78)

1:30 PM In the Line of Fire (’93)

4:00 AM Lovers and Other Strangers (’70)

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6

Best Supporting Actor – Winners

6:00 AM Sweet Bird of Youth (’62)

8:15 AM A Thousand Clowns (’65)

10:15 AM The Barefoot Contessa (’54)

12:30 PM Come and Get It (’36)

2:15 PM The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (’48)

4:30 PM Stagecoach (’39)

6:15 PM The Westerner (’40)

8:00 PM The Big Country (’58)

11:00 PM They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (’69)

1:15 AM Jerry Maguire (’96)

3:45 AM The Last Picture Show (’71)

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7

Best Actor – Nominees

6:00 AM The Hustler (’61)

8:30 AM This Sporting Life (’63)

11:00 AM The Entertainer (’60)

1:00 PM The Last Angry Man (’59)

3:00 PM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (’39)

5:15 PM Anatomy of a Murder (’59)

8:00 PM Inherit the Wind (’60)

10:15 PM Starman (’84)

12:15 AM Good Morning, Vietnam (’87)

2:30 AM The Last Detail (’73)

4:30 AM Alibi (’29)

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8

Best Actor – Winners

6:00 AM A Free Soul (’31)

8:00 AM Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (’32)

10:00 AM The Informer (’35)

11:45 AM Captains Courageous (’37)

1:45 PM Goodbye, Mr. Chips (’39)

3:45 PM Stalag 17 (’53)

6:00 PM The Philadelphia Story (’40)

8:00 PM The Goodbye Girl (’77)

10:00 PM Tender Mercies (’83)

11:45 PM Lilies of the Field (’63)

1:30 AM Network (’76)

4:00 AM Charly (’68)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9

Best Song – Nominees and Winners

5:45 AM Second Chorus (’40)

7:15 AM All-American Co-Ed (’41)

8:15 AM Flying with Music (’42)

9:30 AM The Caddy (’53)

11:15 AM Alfie (’66)

1:15 PM For Love of Ivy (’68)

3:15 PM It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (’63)

6:30 PM Benji (’74)

8:00 PM The Muppets Take Manhattan (’84)

10:00 PM Foul Play (’78)

12:00 AM Philadelphia (’92)

2:15 AM Nashville (’75)

5:00 AM Sing Your Way Home (’45)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10

Best Special/Visual Effects – Nominees and

Winners (Part one)

6:15 AM Secret Command (’44)

7:45 AM Dr. Cyclops (’40)

9:15 AM Krakatoa, East of Java (’69)

11:30 AM One Million B.C. (’40)

1:00 PM A Thousand and One Nights (’45)

2:45 PM 2001: A Space Odyssey (’68)

5:30 PM Marooned (’69)

8:00 PM 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (’54)

10:30 PM Batman Returns (’92)

12:45 AM Only Angels Have Wings (’39)

3:00 AM Starship Troopers (’97)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11

Best Special/Visual Effects – Nominees and

Winners (Part two)

5:30 AM Tulsa (’49)

7:00 AM The Long Voyage Home (’40)

9:00 AM Air Force (’43)

11:30 AM Torpedo Run (’58)

1:15 PM Flying Tigers (’42)

3:00 PM Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (’44)

5:30 PM They Were Expendable (’45)

8:00 PM The Absent Minded Professor (’61)

10:00 PM The Story of Dr. Wassell (’44)

12:30 AM Wonder Man (’45)

2:15 AM Portrait of Jennie (’48)

3:45 AM Foreign Correspondent (’40)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12

Best Supporting Actress – Nominees

5:45 AM The Spiral Staircase (’46)

7:15 AM The Bachelor Party (’57)

9:00 AM Birdman of Alcatraz (’62)

11:30 AM Crossfire (’47)

1:00 PM The Magnificent Ambersons (’42)

2:30 PM Witness for the Prosecution (’57)

4:30 PM Merrily We Live (’38)

6:15 PM The Mating Season (’50)

8:00 PM Barefoot in the Park (’67)

10:00 PM Fat City (’72)

12:00 AM The Big Chill (’83)

2:00 AM Silkwood (’83)

4:15 AM Shampoo (’75)

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13

Best Supporting Actress – Winners

6:15 AM None But the Lonely Heart (‘44)

8:15 AM Separate Tables (’58)

10:00 AM Written on the Wind (’56)

11:45 AM Harvey (’50)

1:30 PM Zorba the Greek (’64)

4:00 PM Hannah and Her Sisters (’86)

6:00 PM Tootsie (’82)

8:00 PM Cactus Flower (’69)

10:00 PM Murder on the Orient Express (’74)

12:15 AM Reds (’81)

3:30 AM Prizzi’s Honor (’85)

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14

Best Actress Nominees

6:00 AM Mourning Becomes Electra (’47)

9:00 AM Ship of Fools (’65)

11:30 AM One Night of Love (’34)

1:00 PM The Way We Were (’73)

3:00 PM Since You Went Away (’44)

6:00 PM Sabrina (54)

8:00 PM Breakfast at Tiffany’s (’61)

10:00 PM The Bridges of Madison County (’95)

12:30 AM Love Letters (’45)

2:15 AM Camille (’36)

4:15 AM Sorry, Wrong Number (’48)

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15

Best Actress Winners

6:00 AM Coquette (’29)

7:30 AM Min and Bill (’30)

8:45 AM The Good Earth (’37)

11:15 AM Kitty Foyle (’40)

1:15 PM Born Yesterday (’50)

3:00 PM I Want to Live! (’58)

5:15 PM Funny Girl (’68)

8:00 PM Coal Miner’s Daughter (’80)

10:15 PM Children of a Lesser God (’86)

12:30 AM Hud (’63)

2:30 AM Jezebel (’38)

4:30 AM Two Women (’60)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16

Best Art Direction – Nominees and Winners

6:15 AM Captain Fury (’39)

8:00 AM My Son, My Son! (’40)

10:00 AM The Princess and the Pirate (’44)

12:00 PM The Adventures of Mark Twain (’44)

2:15 PM The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (’38)

4:00 PM The Son of Monte Cristo (’41)

6:00 PM The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (’65)

8:00 PM Close Encounters of the Third Kind (’77)

10:30 PM Men in Black (’97)

12:15 AM Logan’s Run (’76)

2:30 AM Legends of the Fall (’94)

4:45 AM The Spoilers (’42)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17

Best Score – Nominees and Winners (Part one)

6:15 AM Way Down South (’39)

7:30 AM Girl’s School (’38)

8:45 AM Cheers For Miss Bishop (’60)

10:30 AM Way Out West (’39)

11:45 AM The Man in the Iron Mask (’39)

1:45 PM The Fighting Seabees (’44)

3:30 PM The Wind and the Lion (’75)

5:45 PM A River Runs Through It (’92)

8:00 PM Tommy (’75)

10:00 PM Sleuth (’72)

12:30 AM Shaft (’71)

2:15 AM Poltergeist (’82)

4:30 AM Tanks a Million (’41)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18

Best Score – Nominees and Winners (Part two)

6:00 AM Oklahoma! (’55)

8:30 AM South Pacific (’58)

11:15 AM Singin’ in the Rain (’52)

1:00 PM Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (’54)

3:00 PM Paint Your Wagon (’70)

5:45 PM Night and Day (’46)

8:00 PM The Glenn Miller Story (’54)

10:00 PM Blue Skies (’46)

12:00 AM The Band Wagon (’53)

2:00 AM The Goldwyn Follies (’38)

4:00 AM The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (’64)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19

Best Costume Design – Nominees and Winners

6:00 AM Pal Joey (’57)

8:00 AM Bell, Book and Candle (’59)

9:45 AM Pepe (’60)

1:00 PM Flower Drum Song (’61)

3:15 PM The Hawaiians (’70)

5:30 PM Funny Lady (’75)

8:00 PM The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (’62)

10:15 PM The Slender Thread (’65)

12:00 AM The Solid Gold Cadillac (’56)

1:45 AM The Talented Mr. Ripley (’99)

4:15 AM Pennies from Heaven (’81)

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20

Best Sound – Nominees and Winners (Part one)

6:30 AM Not as a Stranger (’55)

9:00 AM Captain Caution (’40)

10:30 AM The Men in Her Life (’41)

12:00 PM The Southerner (’45)

2:00 PM I Want You (’51)

3:45 PM Our Very Own (’50)

5:30 PM Sayonara (’57)

8:00 PM Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (’57)

10:15 PM The Eddy Duchin Story (’56)

12:30 AM Kotch (’71)

2:30 AM The Patriot (’00)

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21

Best Sound – Nominees and Winners (Part two)

6:00 AM So This is Washington (’43)

7:30 AM Dodsworth (’36)

9:30 AM Lost Horizon (’37)

11:45 AM Green Dolphin Street (’47)

2:15 PM T-Men (’47)

4:00 PM The Bells of St. Mary’s (’45)

6:15 PM Vivacious Lady (’37)

8:00 PM Three Smart Girls (’37)

9:30 PM That Touch of Mink (’62)

11:15 PM Ball of Fire (’41)

1:15 AM Batman Forever (’95)

3:30 AM Backdraft (’91)

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22

Best Dance Direction

6:00 AM Ready, Willing and Able (’37)

7:45 AM A Damsel in Distress (’37)

9:30 AM Broadway Hostess (’35)

10:45 AM Gold Diggers of 1935 (’35)

12:30 PM Gold Diggers of 1937 (’36)

2:15 PM Broadway Melody of 1936 (’35)

4:00 PM Born to Dance (’36)

6:00 PM A Day at the Races (’37)

Best Picture Marathon – 72 Hours of Best Picture

Winners Leading into the Academy Awards

8:00 PM Ben-Hur (’59)

12:00 AM The Best Years of Our Lives (’46)

3:00 AM Mrs. Miniver (’42)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23

Best Picture Winners Marathon – continued

5:30 AM Cimarron (’31)

8:00 AM Mutiny on the Bounty (’35)

10:30 AM It Happened One Night (’34)

12:30 PM You Can’t Take it With You (’38)

2:45 PM The Life of Emile Zola (’37)

4:45 PM The Great Ziegfeld (’36)

8:00 PM The Greatest Show on Earth (’52)

11:00 PM An American in Paris (’51)

1:00 AM Gigi (’58)

3:00 AM Annie Hall (’77)

4:45 AM The Lost Weekend (’45)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Best Picture Winners Marathon – continued

6:30 AM On the Waterfront (’54)

8:30 AM All Quiet on the Western Front (’30)

11:00 AM From Here to Eternity (’58)

1:00 PM The Bridge on the River Kwai (’57)

4:00 PM Lawrence of Arabia (’62)

8:00 PM A Man for All Seasons (’66)

10:15 PM Out of Africa (’85)

1:00 AM Kramer vs. Kramer (’79)

3:00 AM American Beauty (’99)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25

Best Picture Winners Marathon – continued

5:30 AM Hamlet (’48)

8:15 AM West Side Story (’61)

11:00 AM My Fair Lady (’64)

2:00 PM Gone With the Wind (’39)

6:00 PM Casablanca (’42)

Best Original Story – Nominees and Winners

8:00 PM A Star is Born (’37)

10:00 PM Here Comes Mr. Jordan (’41)

12:00 AM Meet John Doe (’41)

2:15 AM Edison, the Man (’40)

4:15 AM Love Affair (’39)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26

Best Original Motion Picture Story –

Nominees and Winners

5:45 AM The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (’46)

7:45 AM The Stranger (’46)

9:30 AM The 49th Parallel (’41)

11:45 PM Destination Tokyo (’43)

2:15 PM Action in the North Atlantic (’43)

4:30 PM None Shall Escape (’44)

6:00 PM Here Comes the Groom (’51)

Best Motion Picture Story – Nominees and Winners

8:00 PM The Private War of Major Benson (’55)

10:00 PM Hondo (’53)

11:30 PM The Sniper (’52)

1:00 AM Naked City (’48)

2:45 AM Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (’47)

4:30 AM Mystery Street (’50)

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27

Best Screenplay – Nominees and Winners

6:15 AM Watch on the Rhine (’43)

8:15 AM The Citadel (’38)

10:15 AM The Story of Louis Pasteur (’35)

11:45 PM A Place in the Sun (’51)

2:00 PM The Bad and the Beautiful (’52)

4:00 PM Ninotchka (’39)

6:00 PM After the Thin Man (’36)

8:00 PM My Man Godfrey (’36)

10:00 PM Wuthering Heights (’39)

12:00 AM The Little Foxes (’41)

2:00 AM The Pride of the Yankees (’42)

4:15 AM Johnny Belinda (’48)

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

Best Original Screenplay – Nominees and

Winners (Part one)

6:00 AM Citizen Kane (’41)

8:15 AM Princess O’Rourke (’43)

10:00 AM The Goddess (’58)

12:00 PM Never On Sunday (’60)

1:45 PM Monsieur Verdoux (’47)

4:00 PM The Great Dictator (’40)

6:00 PM The Seventh Veil (’45)

8:00 PM The Train (’64)

10:30 PM Absence of Malice (’81)

12:30 AM The China Syndrome (’79)

2:45 AM Chinatown (’74)

5:00 AM The Conversation (’74)

THURSDAY, MARCH 1

Best Original Screenplay – Nominees and

Winners (Part two)

7:00 AM Paisan (’46)

9:00 AM The Producers (’68)

10:30 AM Divorce, Italian Style (’62)

12:15 PM I, Vitelloni (’53)

2:15 PM Wild Strawberries (’57)

4:00 PM Dead Poets’ Society (’89)

6:30 PM The Purple Rose of Cairo (’85)

8:00 PM Lover Come Back (’61)

10:00 PM Four Weddings and a Funeral (’94)

12:00 AM Rain Man (’88)

2:30 AM Diner (’82)

4:30 AM The Front (’76)

FRIDAY, MARCH 2

Best Adapted Screenplay – Nominees

and Winners

6:30 AM Lady for a Day (’33)

8:30 AM Sounder (’72)

10:30 AM Breaker Morant (’80)

12:30 PM Sayonara (’57)

3:00 PM Sense and Sensibility (’95)

5:30 PM In Cold Blood (’67)

8:00 PM The Elephant Man (’80)

10:15 PM Awakenings (’90)

12:30 AM Stand by Me (’86)

2:15 AM The Silence of the Lambs (’91)

4:30 AM Quiz Show (’94)

SATURDAY, MARCH 3

Best Editing – Nominees and Winners

7:00 AM Theodora Goes Wild (’36)

9:00 AM Quo Vadis (’51)

12:00 PM The Manchurian Candidate (’62)

2:15 PM The Odd Couple (’68)

4:15 PM Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (’67)

6:15 PM The Adventures of Robin Hood (’38)

8:00 PM North by Northwest (’59)

10:30 PM Objective, Burma! (’45)

1:00 AM Crimson Tide (’95)

3:30 AM The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming (’66)

Feb 2

George Clooney to Present at 79th Academy Awards®

Beverly Hills, CA — Academy Award®-winning actor George Clooney will be a presenter at the 79th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producer Laura Ziskin announced today.

Last year, Clooney took home his first Oscar® for his supporting performance in “Syriana” and received two nominations for directing and co-writing “Good Night, and Good Luck.” He can currently be seen in “The Good German” and will be seen next in “Ocean’s Thirteen.” Clooney’s other film credits include “Ocean’s Twelve,” “Intolerable Cruelty,” “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” “The Perfect Storm,” “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and “Three Kings.”

Clooney will join fellow presenters Cameron Diaz, Eva Green and Hugh Jackman.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

The Oscars® will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour red carpet arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars.”

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Cameron Diaz
to Present
at 79th Academy Awards®

Beverly Hills, CA — Actress Cameron Diaz has been tapped to present at the 79th Academy Awards ceremony by producer Laura Ziskin.

Diaz recently appeared in “The Holiday” and will lend her voice to the character of Fiona in the third installment of the animated “Shrek” films, “Shrek the Third.” Her other film credits include “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle,” “Gangs of New York,” “The Sweetest Thing,” “Vanilla Sky,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “Any Given Sunday,” “There’s Something about Mary,” “My Best Friend’s Wedding” and “The Mask.”

Diaz will join fellow presenters George Clooney, Eva Green and Hugh Jackman.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

The Oscars® will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour red carpet arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars.”

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Eva Green
to Make First
Oscar® Show Appearance

Beverly Hills, CA — Actress Eva Green will be a presenter at the 79th Academy Awards®, telecast producer Laura Ziskin has announced. This will be her first time presenting an Academy Award®.

Green played Vesper Lynd opposite Daniel Craig in the latest Bond installment, “Casino Royale.” She will be seen next in “His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass.” Green’s other film credits include “Kingdom of Heaven” and “The Dreamers.”

Green will join fellow presenters George Clooney, Cameron Diaz, and Hugh Jackman.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

The Oscars® will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour red carpet arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars.”

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Hugh Jackman
to Present
at 79th Academy Awards®

Beverly Hills, CA — Actor Hugh Jackman has been set as a presenter for the 79th Academy Awards ceremony by telecast producer Laura Ziskin.

Jackman, who recently was heard as the voice of the character Memphis in the animated feature “Happy Feet,” will be seen next in “The Tourist.” His other film credits include “The Prestige,” “The Fountain,” the “X-Men” trilogy, “Van Helsing,” “Kate & Leopold,” “Swordfish” and “Someone Like You.”

Jackman will join fellow presenters George Clooney, Cameron Diaz, and Eva Green.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

The Oscars® will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour red carpet arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars.”

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Feb 1

Makeup Nominees to Share Techniques at Academy Event

Beverly Hills, CA — Adding to the excitement of Oscar® Week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will for the first time present the nominees in the Makeup category at a special symposium on Saturday, February 24, at 2 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.

The Makeup Symposium will be hosted by Makeup Branch Governor Leonard Engelman, whose film credits include “Moonstruck,” “The Accidental Tourist,” “Sleepless in Seattle” and “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”

Featuring the nominated makeup artists (subject to their availability) in a panel discussion, the event will also present film clips of each achievement and an opportunity for questions from the audience.

The 2006 nominated films for Achievement in Makeup are:

“Apocalypto,” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
“Click,” Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
“Pan’s Labyrinth,” David Marti and Montse Ribe

Free advance tickets to the Makeup Symposium are necessary to secure admission. There is a two ticket per person limit. Tickets will be available beginning February 1 at the Academy’s ticket office. For ticket order information, call (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org/events.

Doors open at 1 p.m. All seating is unreserved. The Academy’s ticket office is located at its headquarters at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills.

The Linwood Dunn Theater is located at the Academy’s Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study at 1313 North Vine Street in Hollywood. Free parking is available behind the building through the entrance on Homewood Avenue. For more information, call (310) 247-3600.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars.”

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©A.M.P.A.S.®

Dave Koz to Perform at Academy’s Governors Ball

Beverly Hills, CA — Grammy®-nominated jazz saxophonist Dave Koz will be a featured artist at the Governors Ball, the celebration immediately following the 79th Academy Awards® telecast on Sunday, February 25, Governors Ball Chair Cheryl Boone Isaacs has announced.

“Dave’s sound will be the perfect accompaniment to the relaxed, supper-party styled celebration at this year’s Governors Ball,” said Boone Isaacs.

With nine solo albums to his credit, including his new “At the Movies,” which showcases Oscar®-nominated and winning scores and songs from motion pictures, Koz will perform for the Ball’s 1,500 Academy Award® winners and nominees, show presenters, telecast participants and other distinguished guests.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars.”

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©A.M.P.A.S.®

Oscar® Nominees to Be Honored at Academy Luncheon

Beverly Hills, CA — Sixteen of the 20 nominees in the acting categories will be among the more than 100 Academy Awards® nominees who will gather at noon on Monday (February 5) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will honor this year’s Oscar contenders at its annual Nominees Luncheon.

From the Leading Actor and Actress categories, Leonardo DiCaprio, Peter O’Toole, Will Smith, Forest Whitaker, Penélope Cruz, Helen Mirren and Kate Winslet are expected to attend. Adriana Barraza, Abigail Breslin, Jennifer Hudson and Rinko Kikuchi are set to represent the Supporting Actress category.

All five nominees from the Supporting Actor category – Alan Arkin, Jackie Earle Haley, Djimon Hounsou, Eddie Murphy and Mark Wahlberg – are scheduled to attend.

Nominated directors Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu, Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood are expected to represent their category; Eastwood and Iñárritu also are nominated as producers of films competing for Best Picture.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST with a red carpet arrivals show, “The Road to the Oscars®.”

Information about the 79th Annual Academy Awards can be accessed on line at www.oscar.com.

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Jan 31

Final Oscar® Ballots Mailed Today

Beverly Hills, CA — Final ballots for the 79th Academy Awards® were mailed today to the 5,830 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Completed ballots must be returned to Pricewaterhouse-Coopers by 5 p.m. Tuesday, February 20. Ballots received after the deadline will not be counted.

Listed on the ballots are nominees in 19 Oscar categories. Separate ballots for 5 Awards categories (Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Foreign Language Film, and Animated and Live Action Short Films) will be distributed after verification of mandatory member attendance at screenings.

Following the tabulation of the votes, the winners’ names will be placed in sealed envelopes to be opened on Oscar Night®, Sunday, February 25.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars®.”

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PricewaterhouseCoopers Entrusted with Entertainment Industry's Best Kept Secret for 73 Years Running

Brad Oltmanns and Rick Rosas Lead Academy Awards(R) Balloting Process for 2nd Consecutive Year

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31 Continuing its distinguished 73-year association with the Academy Awards, PricewaterhouseCoopers today announced that Brad Oltmanns and Rick Rosas will lead the balloting process for the 79th Annual Academy Awards. For the second consecutive year, Oltmanns and Rosas are the only two people in the world who will know the identity of the winners before the live telecast on ABC at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST) on Sunday, February 25, 2007.

"PricewaterhouseCoopers facilitates complete confidentiality and security of the Academy Awards voting process by counting every single ballot by hand," said Sid Ganis, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "Trust, integrity and tradition continue to be the core of the Academy Awards balloting process and that of our relationship with PwC, one of Hollywood's longest standing relationships."

PricewaterhouseCoopers' engagement with the Academy represents a tremendous honor for the firm. In 73 years, only 12 partners have counted the ballots. To promote secrecy, Oltmanns and Rosas lead a closed-mouth group of accountants who work on the project from a secret location for several days. There are approximately 6,000 voting members, which translates to approximately 1,700 "person-hours" each year to count and verify the ballots.

"PricewaterhouseCoopers has created an intentionally low-tech process of hand tabulations that is proven to maintain the highest level of security and secrecy for seven decades and counting," said Brad Oltmanns, managing partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers - Los Angeles. "This assignment is one that truly represents an honor, privilege and thrill of a lifetime."

"We are committed to our enduring engagement with the Academy and safeguarding Hollywood's most enduring secret," said Rick Rosas, tax partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers' Entertainment and Media practice. "We take great pride in this important role of being the Academy's ballot partner and in the fact that there has never been a security breach during our 73-year relationship."

Now in his third year in a lead balloting role, Oltmanns has served PricewaterhouseCoopers for 27 years, and is in charge of managing its entire 1,000-person staff in Los Angeles. Rosas has served the firm for 11 years and was appointed tax partner in 2001. This is his sixth year leading the Academy's balloting process.

How it Works

PricewaterhouseCoopers mails eligible Academy members the nomination ballots in December, final ballots in February, and receives and processes all ballots. The balloting partners then manually tabulate the responses according to Academy rules. As a precautionary measure, two complete sets of envelopes bearing recipients' names are prepared and brought by PricewaterhouseCoopers partners to the ceremony via separate, secret routes. As a second precautionary measure, the PricewaterhouseCoopers partners also memorize the names of the award winners.

Identities of Oscar recipients are kept confidential until they are announced during the live telecast, during which Oltmanns and Rosas remain backstage and hand the envelopes to award presenters immediately before they walk onstage.

For additional information including photos and video, visit: www.pwc.com/balloting.

  Fun Facts from 73 Years of Oscar(R) Balloting    -- 420,000+: The approximate number of ballots counted by      PricewaterhouseCoopers in 73 years on the job.   -- 2,449: The number of winners' envelopes stuffed since the envelope      system was introduced in 1941.   -- 1,700: The approximate number of "person-hours" it takes the      PricewaterhouseCoopers team every year to count and verify the ballots      by hand.   -- 73: The number of years PricewaterhouseCoopers has conducted the Oscar      balloting.   -- 55: The number of broadcasts PricewaterhouseCoopers' partners have      appeared on since 1953 -- the year the Oscars were first televised.      The partners used to come on stage to hand-deliver the envelopes --      hence, "and the envelope please" -- but this is now done just offstage.   -- 24: The number of awards categories tabulated at a secret location      known only to the members of the small PricewaterhouseCoopers ballot      team.   -- 7: The number of days it takes to count the ballots for nominations.   -- 3: The number of days it takes to count the final ballots.    About PricewaterhouseCoopers 

PricewaterhouseCoopers' Entertainment and Media (E&M) practice is comprised of a network of more than 3,000 practitioners providing audit, advisory and tax services to help clients manage risk, maximize shareholder value and support M&A activities. It addresses business challenges for its clients, including developing strategies to leverage digital technology; marketplace positioning in industries characterized by consolidation and convergence; and identifying new sources of financing. Known as an industry thought leader, the E&M practice publishes the annual Global Entertainment and Media Outlook and other surveys and white papers highlighting current and future trends in the industry.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwc.com) provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for its clients and their stakeholders. More than 140,000 people in 149 countries across our network share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice.

"PricewaterhouseCoopers" refers to the network of member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, each of which is a separate and independent legal entity.

Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers

Web site: http://www.pwc.com/
http://www.pwc.com/balloting

Jan 30

André Leon Talley Named Oscar® Pre-show Host

Beverly Hills, CA — Laura Ziskin, 79th Academy Awards® telecast producer, announced today that Vogue editor-at-large André Leon Talley will be the voice of fashion for “Road to the Oscars,” the Oscar® red carpet arrivals segment.

While introducing Talley at “A Celebration of Oscar Fashion,” Ziskin indicated that Talley would be one of four commentators tapped to co-host the pre-show. Talley’s comments will focus on red carpet fashions.

“We wanted to do something different and bigger in the way of acknowledging the part couture fashion plays on the red carpet,” said Ziskin. “Who better than the fashion aficionado himself to highlight the glamour?”

In addition to being Vogue’s editor-at-large, Talley also regularly writes the magazine’s “Life with André” column - a witty and popular account of his exploits in the fashion world. His career began at Vogue in 1983 as the fashion news director. He went on to serve as the magazine’s creative director from 1988 until he left in 1995. Prior to returning to Vogue as its editor-at-large, Talley lived in Paris for a number of years.

“Road to the Oscars” will air on Sunday, February 25, 2007, on the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST, immediately preceding the live Oscar telecast.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

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Foreign Language Film Directors to Take Oscar’s Stage

Beverly Hills, CA — Representing Algeria, Canada, Denmark, Germany and Mexico, five of the world’s leading filmmakers will participate in the Academy’s standing-room-only Foreign Language Film Award (FLFA) Nominees Symposium on Saturday, February 24, at 10 a.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

The program, moderated by Oscar®-winning producer and FLFA Executive Committee Chair Mark Johnson, will feature the directors of this year’s five nominated foreign language films (subject to availability) in a live onstage discussion on such issues as art, politics and filmmaking.

In addition to presenting clips from the nominated films, the two-hour event will also provide the opportunity for questions from the audience.

The 2006 Foreign Language Film Award nominees are:

Algeria, “Days of Glory (Indigènes),” Rachid Bouchareb, director
Canada, “Water,” Deepa Mehta, director
Denmark, “After the Wedding,” Susanne Bier, director
Germany, “The Lives of Others,” Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, director
Mexico, “Pan’s Labyrinth,” Guillermo del Toro, director

Free advance tickets to the Foreign Language Film Award Nominees Symposium are necessary to secure admission. There is a two ticket per person limit. Tickets will be available beginning February 1 at the Academy’s ticket office. For ticket order information, call (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org/events.

Doors open at 9 a.m. All seating is unreserved.

The Academy’s ticket office is located at its headquarters at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Free parking is provided at the garages located at 8920 and 9025 Wilshire Boulevard.

Academy Awards® for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars®.

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Jan 27

 AWARDS PARTY NEWS

Announcing The 17th ANNUAL NIGHT OF 100 STARS GALA Celebrating the 79th Annual Awards *

Los Angeles - On Sunday February 25th, 2007 the Beverly Hills Hotel's Crystal Ballroom will once again provide the venue for the arrival of approximately 150-200 Academy stars who will attend the hottest celebrity Awards party in town with even bigger names than last year- Announcing The 17th Annual Night of 100 Stars Black Tie Dinner Gala.

Norby Walters reprises his role as Producer and Dinner Chairman. Peter Nygard of Nygard International ® is Co-Host.

The formal sit-down dinner viewing party has always included past Oscar winners and nominees who will return to pay tribute to this year's favorite Award nominees.

The media has always rated the Night of 100 Stars as one of the top Awards parties. The Daily News rated this party as "...the number one Oscar party, just for the sheer number of celebrities attending...".  ABC's Good Morning America covers this party and said. " Voting Academy members flock to the Night of 100 Stars and we are here tonight with last year's winners Peter Fonda and Martin Landau  along with Tom Arnold,  Anna Nicole Smith, and the cast of the West Wing. Is this an Oscar party or the Golden Globes?"

Previous celebrity attendees and others expected this year are: James Woods, Jason Ritter, Mimi Rogers, Keith Carradine, Donny Wahlberg, Stephanie Powers, Patrick Stewart, Thora Birch, Jesse Metcalfe, Ludacris, Harry Hamlin, Lisa Rinna, Dominique Swain, Michael Chiklis, Bryce Dallas Howard, C.C. H. Pounder, Bill Pullman, Christine Lakin, Tyne Daly, Krista Allan, Timothy Busfield, Swoozie Kurtz, Bai Ling, Jacqueline Bissett, Richard Lewis, James Kebbell, Doris Roberts, Eddie Griffin, Joe Mcintyre, Lindsay Wagner, Joe Pantoliano, Lolita Davidovitch, Danielle Panabaker, Richard Schiff, Blake Lively, Lance Bass, Tatyana Ali, Beverly D’Angelo, John Savage, Breckin Meyer, John Schneider, Patti Labelle, Shia Labeouf, Daniel Benzali, Bo Derek, John Corbett, David Krumholtz, Sean Young, Kevin Pollak, Shar Jackson, Anthony Michael Hall, Marla Maples, Sean Astin, Joshua Jackson, Keely Smith, David Carradine, Sharon Lawrence, Alana Ubach, Betty Thomas, Terrence Howard, Michael Madsen, Cathy Lee Crosby, Richard Belzer, , Jolie Fisher, David Forster, Jamie Lyn Sigler, Leigh Taylor-Young, Hector Elizondo, Amber Tamblyn, Rob Schneider, Mia Sara, French Stewart, Smothers Bros., Amy Davidson, Coolio, Peter Krause, Montel Williams, Lou Diamond Phillips, Pauley Perrette, Daviegh Chase, Izabella Miko, Marilu Henner, Peter Mark Richman, Alan Thicke, Brittany Daniel, Tony Bennett, Dionne Warwick, Kimberly Brown, Ed Asner, Bridget Fonda, “Dice” Clay, Jeffrey Tambor, Joey Lawrence, Claudia Christian, Lorenzo Lamas, Neil Simon, Fred Savage, Tracy Bingham, , Mark Curry, Joe Bologna, Renee Taylor, Christopher Lloyd, Arielle Kevel, Goran Visnjac, Luke Perry, Robert Davi, Virginia Madsen, Brian Dennehy, Miguel Ferrar, Connie Stevens, Michael Bolton, Jon Favreau, Sarah Rue, Helen Shaver, Ben Gazzara, Alexis Bledel, Jack Klugman, Charlene Tilton, Dennis Haysbert, Jane Seymour, Frankie Valli, Mykelti Williamson, Joanna Cassidy, Scott Baio, Jacqueline Obradors, Tony Lo Bianco, Taryn Manning, Dylan McDermott, David Hasselhoff, Viveca A. Fox, Leah Thompson, Ed McMahon, Chris Lawford, Jennifer Esposito, Sarah Paxton, Cindy Margolis, Brandy Norwood, Kimora Lee Simmons, Tovah Feldshuh, Joshua Malina, Daryl Hannah and many others.

 Almost 60 Academy Award Winners and Nominees have previously attended including: Jamie Foxx, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Danny Aiello, Jennifer Tilly, Randy Quaid, Linda Blair, Michael Lerner, Sally Kirkland, Gary Busey, Bruce Davison, , Richard Dreyfuss, Cathy Moriarty, Kathleen Quinlan, Eric Roberts, Lynn Redgrave, Robert Forster,  Diane Ladd, Caroll Baker, Rip Torn, Charles Durning, Dean Stockwell, Robert Stack, Theodore Bikel, Don Murray, Cliff Robertson, William H. Macy, Samantha Eggar, Kevin McCarthy, Glynis Johns, Terry Moore, Burt Young, Karen Black, Eddie Albert, George Chakiris, James Cromwell, Red Buttons, Ernest Borgnine, Anthony Franciosa, Shirley Jones, Elliott Gould, Tony Curtis, Martin Landau, David Paymer, Robert Loggia, Rod Steiger, Brenda Vaccaro, Shirley Knight, James Whitmore, Shelly Winters, Pat Morita, Patricia Neal, Stuart Whitman, Carrie Snodgrass, Seymour Cassel, Lesley Ann Warren, Russ Tamblyn, Maximillian Schell, Sally Kellerman and Mickey Rooney.

The 17th Annual Night of 100 Stars Awards Gala Hosted by Norby Walters & Peter Nygard
The Beverly Hills Hotel International Ballroom
9641 Sunset Boulevard  Beverly Hills, CA  90210
4:00 PM Arrivals begin
Tickets are $1,000 per seat. Only call 310-446-5416 for tickets and celebrity invite requests.

Jan 26

Academy Announces Best Picture Producer Credits

 The Producers Branch Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the final roster of producers nominated in the Best Picture category for the 79th Annual Academy Awards®:

Best motion picture of the year

The producers of the films “The Departed” and “Little Miss Sunshine” were not announced on January 23. The nominees for these two pictures were determined by the executive committee at a meeting on Thursday evening (1/25).

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Jan 25

Sir Elton John and David Furnish to Host 15th Annual Party Celebrating the Academy Awards(R) Benefiting the Elton John AIDS Foundation

This Year's Co-Sponsors to Include Audi, Chopard and VH1

 Sir Elton John and David Furnish will host the 15th annual Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) Academy Awards(R) Viewing Party. The event will be held on Sunday, February 25, 2007 at the Pacific Design Center and will be co-sponsored by Audi, Chopard and VH1. EJAF's party to celebrate the Academy Awards(R) is one of the Foundation's most successful and visible fundraisers of the year.

The Elton John AIDS Foundation annual gala is the leading fundraising event in Hollywood on Oscar night. Over the past 14 years the party has raised over $125 million for EJAF and this year's event promises to be the most successful yet. The 15th anniversary of this party promises to bring about some exciting changes with an expanded dinner, significant live auction and enhanced musical performance. These modifications will significantly increase funds generated to support EJAF's grant-making activities in the fight against AIDS.

"We are looking forward to celebrating the 15th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar party," says EJAF Director Scott Campbell. "We are so appreciative to the Hollywood community for their support. This is such an important event for the Foundation as it generates significant funds allowing us to continue the fight against HIV/AIDS."

The gala is guaranteed to bring out some of the biggest and hottest celebrities from the entertainment community. Past guests have included Hollywood luminaries and Oscar winners such as Halle Berry, Nicolas Cage, Kevin Costner, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Benicio Del Toro, Sir Ben Kingsley, Sir Ian McKellen, Sharon Stone, Kevin Spacey, John Waters, Sissy Spacek, Denzel Washington, and Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Many friends from the music industry have also attended, including Jon Bon Jovi, Bob Dylan, Janet Jackson, Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, Jewel, Shirley Manson, Sir Paul McCartney, Prince, Sugar Ray, Rod Stewart, and Sting.

Antony Todd of the New York City-based event design company, Antony Todd Incorporated, will be responsible for transforming the "Outdoor Plaza" of the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood in to a lavish and beautiful arena staged in a custom-built rectangular tent. Todd is known for his exquisite floral arrangements and immaculate planning and design of special events. Guests will arrive at 4:00pm for a cocktail reception followed by the five-course benefit dinner and 79th Annual Academy Awards(R) telecast. The evening will come to a close after the live auction and a soon-to-be-announced musical guest performer invited by Sir Elton John.

ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION: Since its establishment in 1992 by Founder and Chairman Sir Elton John, the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) has raised nearly $120 million to support HIV/AIDS prevention and service programs in 55 countries around the globe. Today, EJAF is one of the world's leading nonprofit HIV/AIDS organizations. EJAF focuses on supporting community-based prevention education programs, harm reduction programs, and direct services to persons living with HIV/AIDS, especially populations with special needs. These efforts include HIV/AIDS-related physical and mental health services, HIV testing and counseling, street outreach and education, food distribution, assisted living services, social service coordination, and community volunteer recruitment and support.

AUDI OF AMERICA, INC.: Audi of America, Inc., is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Mich. Audi's history in America dates to 1969, when the brand was first introduced to the U.S. market. Today, a network of over 260 Audi dealers currently offers a line of premium vehicles that include the Audi A3 premium compact; the sporty A4 sedan, Avant and Cabriolet models; the high performance S4 sedan, Avant and Cabriolet models; the high-revving RS 4 sports sedan; the design-leading A6 sedan and Avant; the all-new Audi Q7 performance SUV; and the all-aluminum Audi A8; and the award-winning TT Coupe and Roadster.

CHOPARD: There are few jewelers in the world whose designs are immediately recognizable. At the forefront of that list is Chopard. For over 140 years, the "World of Chopard" has embraced elegance, originality and individuality. Renowned internationally for its award-winning "Happy Diamonds" creations, the Chopard collection also includes an array of designs that adorn celebrities around the world. Meticulously crafted in Geneva, Switzerland since 1860, Chopard has distinguished itself worldwide for luxurious jewels and impeccably crafted, high-precision timepieces that embody imaginative design and sophistication. For further information, phone 1.800.CHOPARD or visit Chopard on line at www.chopard.com

VH1: VH1 connects viewers to the music, artists and pop culture that matter to them most with series, specials, live events, exclusive online content and public affairs initiatives. VH1 is available in 90 million households in the U.S. VH1 also has an array of digital services including VH1 Classic, VH1 Soul and VSPOT, VH1's broadband channel. Connect with VH1 at www.VH1.com.

Source: Elton John AIDS Foundation

Beverly Hills, CA — Tapping into the power of the spoken word, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has launched an integrated marketing campaign for the 79th Academy Awards featuring unforgettable movie lines that have infiltrated pop culture and public consciousness.

More than 100 notable quotes from Oscar®-nominated and winning films will celebrate movies and generate buzz from numerous media platforms, including television, print, online, mobile and outdoor ads.

“The Oscars are about our love of movies. This campaign reminds us of the depth and breadth of that connection by highlighting memorable quotes and phrases that have come to permeate our everyday dialogue,” said Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Academy Governor and chair of the public relations coordinating committee.

In movie houses, on television and online, viewers will see advertising spots and a theatrical trailer directed by Academy Award®-nominated writer-director Spike Lee. Shot throughout New York City, the spots feature passers-by reciting famous movie lines from the past 70 years. I always love shooting on the streets of New York City. We were pulling people off the streets and getting wonderful looks and performances,” said Lee.

Dozens of quotes will be featured in an outdoor campaign incorporating billboards, taxicab toppers, bus shelters, construction barriers, telephone kiosks and streetlight banners. Financial gurus will see “Greed is good” (“Wall Street”) on kiosks on Wall Street in New York City. “Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown” (“Chinatown”) will greet visitors in San Francisco’s Chinatown. On West Hollywood’s Sunset Strip, shoppers, diners and late-night denizens will come across “I am big. It’s the pictures that got small” (“Sunset Blvd.”).

“This campaign also encourages media organizations to challenge their readers and viewers by executing quote-related trivia contests,” added Boone Isaacs. Media outlets may download trivia questions and answers from the 79th Academy Awards Press Kit.

The Academy Awards Web site, www.oscar.com, produced by abc.com in association with the Academy, will feature expanded video content including a weekly and daily show covering the “Road to the Oscars,” video diaries from Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres and a “Thank You Cam” which will capture the newest Academy Award winners’ first reactions. The Web site will also present interactive trivia games and quizzes, including “Find the 79s,” a watch-and-win contest challenging viewers to find 79s hidden in the set and props of the show. Oscar.com will also have extensive information on Academy Award nominees, show presenters and performers, fashion and Oscar history.

Netflix, an online movie rental service, will promote the 79th Academy Awards with tune-in messaging across a number of different platforms, including a promotion on 8 million subscriber mailers and viral videos on its Oscar-dedicated Web site www.netflix.com/oscars, where video content submitted by the public quoting classic movie lines will be featured.

The marketing and promotional concept was created for the Academy by TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars.”

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Jan 24

History and Structure of the Academy

THE HISTORY AND STRUCTURE OF THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization composed of over 6,500 filmmakers whose achievements have placed them at the top of their craft.

The purposes of the Academy are to advance the arts and sciences of motion pictures; foster cooperation among creative leaders for cultural, educational and technological progress; recognize outstanding achievements; cooperate on technical research and improvement of methods and equipment; provide a common forum and meeting ground for various film-related crafts; represent the viewpoint of actual creators of the motion picture; and foster educational activities between the professional community and the public.

The Academy’s field of activity does not include economic, labor or political matters.

The Academy was organized in May 1927 as a nonprofit corporation. Its original 36 members included production executives and film luminaries of the time.

Douglas Fairbanks Sr. was the first president. Others presidents include William de Mille, M.C. Levee, Conrad Nagel, J. Theodore Reed, Frank Lloyd, Frank Capra, Walter Wanger, Bette Davis, Jean Hersholt, Charles Brackett, George Seaton, George Stevens, B.B. Kahane, Valentine Davies, Wendell Corey, Arthur Freed, Gregory Peck, Daniel Taradash, Walter Mirisch, Howard W. Koch, Fay Kanin, Gene Allen, Robert E. Wise, Richard Kahn, Karl Malden, Arthur Hiller, Robert Rehme, Frank Pierson and Sid Ganis, who has been president since August 2005.

From its founding until 1946, when it moved into a building at 9038 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, the Academy occupied a number of rented offices. In December of 1975, the Academy dedicated a seven-story headquarters at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For the first time in the organization’s history, its administrative offices, the Academy Players Directory, the Margaret Herrick Library, the Samuel Goldwyn Theater and other facilities were all located under one roof.

Within a decade, however, the rapid growth of the holdings of both the Herrick Library and the Academy Film Archive necessitated the search for a new, separate facility. In 1988 a 55-year lease was arranged with the City of Beverly Hills for the conversion of its historic Waterworks building in La Cienega Park into the new home of the Academy’s library and film archive, to be called the Center for Motion Picture Study. The library and film archive occupied the structure in 1991, but by 1997 the crush of growing collections resulted once more in the need for additional off-site storage. In May of 2001 the Academy bought the former Don Lee-Mutual Broadcasting studios on Vine Street in Hollywood and began converting them into the new home of the Academy Film Archive and the Academy Players Directory. In 2006 the Academy Players Directory published its final edition, and the Directory was sold to a private concern. The building currently houses offices for the Academy Film Archive, the Academy’s Science and Technology Council, the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting program, and the planning staff for the proposed Academy museum, as well as four History and Structure of the Academy temperature-and humidity-controlled vaults (three for film, one for photos and documents) and the 286-seat Linwood Dunn Theater.

During the Academy’s 75th anniversary celebration in 2002, the La Cienega Park building was designated the Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study in honor of the Academy’s first president, and the building on Vine Street was dedicated as the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study in honor of Academy co-founder Mary Pickford.

Membership in the Academy is by invitation of the Board of Governors and is limited to those who have distinguished themselves in the arts and sciences of motion pictures. The criteria for admittance include: a body of work in motion pictures thatreflects the high standards of the Academy, an achievement of unique distinction, or the making of an outstanding contribution to the film arts or sciences.

Members represent 15 general areas – actors, animators and short film makers, art directors and costume designers, cinematographers, composers and songwriters, documentary filmmakers, directors, executives, film editors, makeup artists and hairstylists, producers, public relations specialists, sound technicians, visual effects experts and writers.

A candidate for membership in the Academy is normally sponsored by at least two members of the branch for which the person may qualify. Each proposed member must first receive the favorable endorsement of the appropriate branch executive committee before his or her name is submitted to the Board of Governors for its approval. Individuals nominated for Academy Awards® who are not already members of the Academy are considered for membership without the need for sponsors.

The Board of Governors also may invite individuals to become members-at-large and associate members. Members-at-large are those engaged in motion picture production, but for whose craft there is no separate branch. They have all the privileges of branch membership except for representation on the Board. Associate members are those closely allied to the industry but not actively engaged in motion picture production. They are not represented on the Board and do not vote on Academy Awards.

Corporate management, control and general policies are administered by the Board of Governors. This group consists of representatives from each of the 15 Academy branches. All branches are represented on the Board by three governors except the Makeup Branch, created in 2006, which has one representative. Governors are elected for three-year terms and may serve up to three consecutive terms.

Officers are elected from among the governors for one-year terms. The elected positions are president, first vice president, two vice presidents, treasurer and secretary.

Officers may serve up to four consecutive one-year terms in the same office.

The Board of Governors appoints an executive director to supervise the administrative activities of the Academy. Executive Director Bruce Davis and his staff of over 200 currently conduct the Academy’s day-to-day business.

Membership dues, program admission charges, rental of Academy theaters to film companies for press previews and other special screenings, and the sale of special publications all contribute to the Academy’s operating revenue. The bulk of the revenue, however, comes from the sale of broadcast rights for the annual AcademyAwards presentation.

Oscar®,” “Oscars®,” “Academy Awards®,” “Academy Award®,” “A.M.P.A.S.®” and “Oscar Night®” are the trademarks, and the ©Oscar® statuette is the registered design mark and copyrighted property, of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Jan 23

NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR

79TH ACADEMY AWARDS®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Nominations for the 79th Annual Academy

Awards were announced today (Tuesday, January 23) by Academy of

Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis and past Oscar®

nominee Salma Hayek.

Ganis and Hayek, who was nominated for an Academy Award® in

2002 for her lead performance in “Frida,” announced the nominations in

10 of the 24 categories at a 5:30 a.m. live news conference at the

Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Nominations in

all categories then were distributed to the over 400 international media

representatives in attendance and via the Internet on the official

Academy Awards Web site, www.oscar.com.

Academy members from the various branches selected the nominees

in their corresponding award categories, with the exception of the

Animated Feature and Foreign Language Film categories, in which

nominations were determined by vote of screening committees

composed of members from several branches. All voting members are

eligible to select the Best Picture nominees. Ballots were mailed to 5,830

voting members in late December and were returned directly to PricewaterhouseCoopers, the

international accounting firm, for tabulation.

Official screenings for members of all pictures receiving nominations

will begin this weekend at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Screenings in

some categories also will be held in Hollywood, at the Academy’s

Linwood Dunn Theater, as well as in London, New York and San

Francisco.

The Academy’s entire active and life membership is eligible to select

the winners in all categories, although in five of them – the Animated

Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Documentary Feature, Documentary

Short Subject, and Foreign Language Film categories – members can vote

only after attesting that they have seen all of the nominated films in the

category.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be

presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at

Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC

Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-

hour arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars®.”

- NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY - 79TH AWARDS -

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson” (THINKFilm)

Peter O’Toole in “Venus” (Miramax, Filmfour and UK Council)

Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness” (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)

Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children” (New Line)

Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)

Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Penélope Cruz in “Volver” (Sony Pictures Classics)

Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)

Helen Mirren in “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox)

Kate Winslet in “Little Children” (New Line)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Adriana Barraza in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)

Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)

Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)

Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Page 2.

Best animated feature film of the year

“Cars” (Buena Vista) John Lasseter

“Happy Feet” (Warner Bros.) George Miller

“Monster House” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Gil Kenan

Achievement in art direction

“Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount) Art Direction: John Myhre

Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

“The Good Shepherd” (Universal) Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall

Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and

Leslie E. Rollins

“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero

Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs

(Buena Vista) Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik

“The Prestige” (Buena Vista) Art Direction: Nathan Crowley

Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti

Achievement in cinematography

“The Black Dahlia” (Universal) Vilmos Zsigmond

“Children of Men” (Universal) Emmanuel Lubezki

“The Illusionist” (Yari Film Group) Dick Pope

“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro

“The Prestige” (Buena Vista) Wally Pfister

Achievement in costume design

“Curse of the Golden Flower” (Sony Pictures Classics) Yee Chung Man

“The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox) Patricia Field

“Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount) Sharen Davis

“Marie Antoinette” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Milena Canonero

“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Consolata Boyle

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Page 3.

Achievement in directing

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

“The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)

“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

“United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal)

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Martin Scorsese

Clint Eastwood

Stephen Frears

Paul Greengrass

Best documentary feature

“Deliver Us from Evil” (Lionsgate)

A Disarming Films Production

“An Inconvenient Truth”

(Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)

A Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production

“Iraq in Fragments”

(Typecast Releasing)

A Typecast Pictures/Daylight Factory Production

“Jesus Camp” (Magnolia Pictures)

A Loki Films Production

“My Country, My Country” (Zeitgeist Films)

A Praxis Films Production

Best documentary short subject

Amy Berg and Frank Donner

Davis Guggenheim

James Longley and John Sinno

Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady

Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer

“The Blood of Yingzhou District”

A Thomas Lennon Films Production

Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

“Recycled Life”

An Iwerks/Glad Production

Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad

“Rehearsing a Dream”

A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production

Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

“Two Hands”

A Crazy Boat Pictures Production

Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr

Achievement in film editing

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise

“Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.) Steven Rosenblum

“Children of Men” (Universal) Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón

“The Departed” (Warner Bros.) Thelma Schoonmaker

“United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal) Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and

Richard Pearson

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Page 4.

Best foreign language film of the year

“After the Wedding”

A Zentropa Entertainments 16 Production

Denmark

“Days of Glory (Indigènes)”

A Tessalit Production

Algeria

“The Lives of Others”

A Wiedemann & Berg Production

Germany

“Pan’s Labyrinth”

A Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso

Production

Mexico

“Water”

A Hamilton-Mehta Production

Canada

Achievement in makeup

“Apocalypto” (Buena Vista) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano

“Click” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso

“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) David Marti and Montse Ribe

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla

“The Good German” (Warner Bros.) Thomas Newman

“Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight) Philip Glass

“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Javier Navarrete

“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Alexandre Desplat

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth” Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge

(Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)

“Listen” from “Dreamgirls” Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler

(DreamWorks and Paramount) Lyric by Anne Preven

“Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls” Music by Henry Krieger

(DreamWorks and Paramount) Lyric by Siedah Garrett

“Our Town” from “Cars” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

(Buena Vista)

“Patience” from “Dreamgirls” Music by Henry Krieger

(DreamWorks and Paramount) Lyric by Willie Reale

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Page 5.

Best motion picture of the year

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

An Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films

Production

“The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

A Warner Bros. Pictures Production

“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)

A DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures

Production

“Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)

A Big Beach/Bona Fide Production

“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

A Granada Production

Best animated short film

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and

Steve Golin, Producers

Nominees to be determined

Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz,

Producers

Nominees to be determined

Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward,

Producers

“The Danish Poet” (National Film Board of Canada)

A Mikrofilm and National Film Board of Canada

Production

“Lifted” (Buena Vista)

A Pixar Animation Studios Production

“The Little Matchgirl” (Buena Vista)

A Walt Disney Pictures Production

“Maestro” (Szimplafilm)

A Kedd Production

“No Time for Nuts” (20th Century Fox)

A Blue Sky Studios Production

Best live action short film

Torill Kove

Gary Rydstrom

Roger Allers and Don Hahn

Geza M. Toth

Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier

“Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)” Javier Fesser and Luis Manso

A Peliculas Pendelton and Tus Ojos Production

“Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)” (Kimuak) Borja Cobeaga

An Altube Filmeak Production

“Helmer & Son” Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson

A Nordisk Film Production

“The Saviour” (Australian Film Television and Radio Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn

School)

An Australian Film Television and Radio School

Production

“West Bank Story” Ari Sandel

An Ari Sandel, Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim,

Ravi Malhotra and Ashley Jordan Production

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Page 6.

Achievement in sound editing

“Apocalypto” (Buena Vista) Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar

“Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.) Lon Bender

“Flags of Our Fathers” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

(DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by

Paramount)

“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.) Alan Robert Murray

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Christopher Boyes and George Watters II

(Buena Vista)

Achievement in sound mixing

“Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)

Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and

Fernando Camara

“Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.

)

Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock

“Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)

Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton

“Flags of Our Fathers”

John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and

(DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Walt Martin

Paramount)

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff

(Buena Vista)

Achievement in visual effects

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall

(Buena Vista)

“Poseidon” (Warner Bros.

)

Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and

John Frazier

“Superman Returns” (Warner Bros.

)

Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and

Jon Thum

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Page 7.

Adapted screenplay

“Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen &

Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer

(20th Century Fox) Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham &

Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips

“Children of Men” (Universal)

Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton

and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby

“The Departed” (Warner Bros.

)

Screenplay by William Monahan

“Little Children” (New Line)

Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta

“Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)

Screenplay by Patrick Marber

Original screenplay

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Written by Guillermo Arriaga

“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.) Screenplay by Iris Yamashita

Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis

“Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight) Written by Michael Arndt

“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Written by Guillermo del Toro

“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Written by Peter Morgan

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Page 8.

- MOTION PICTURE NOMINATIONS - 79TH AWARDS -

- NOMINATIONS BY PICTURE -

(This list does not include Short Films or Documentary Short Subjects)

“After the Wedding,” a Zentropa Entertainments 16 Production (IFC Films)

Best foreign language film (Denmark)

(1 nomination)

“Apocalypto,” an Icon Distribution, Inc. Production (Buena Vista)

Makeup

Sound editing

Sound mixing

(3 nominations)

“Babel,” an Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production

(Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

Adriana Barraza - Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Rinko Kikuchi - Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Directing

Film editing

Original score

Best picture

Original screenplay

(7 nominations)

“The Black Dahlia,” a Millennium Films Production (Universal)

Cinematography

(1 nomination)

“Blood Diamond,” a Liberty Pictures, Inc. Production (Warner Bros.)

Leonardo DiCaprio - Performance by an actor in a leading role

Djimon Hounsou - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Film editing

Sound editing

Sound mixing

(5 nominations)

“Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of

Kazakhstan,” a 20th Century Fox Production (20th Century Fox)

Adapted screenplay

(1 nomination)

“Cars,” a Pixar Animation Studios Production (Buena Vista)

Best animated feature film

Original song

(2 nominations)

“Children of Men,” a Universal Pictures/Strike Entertainment Production (Universal)

Cinematography

Film editing

Adapted screenplay

(3 nominations)

“Click,” a Columbia Pictures/Revolution Studios Production (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Makeup

(1 nomination)

“Curse of the Golden Flower,” a Film Partner International Inc. Production

(Sony Pictures Classics)

Costume design

(1 nomination)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Page 9.

“Days of Glory (Indigènes),” a Tessalit Production (The Weinstein Company/IFC Films)

Best foreign language film (Algeria)

(1 nomination)

“Deliver Us from Evil,” a Disarming Films Production (Lionsgate)

Documentary feature

(1 nomination)

“The Departed,” a Warner Bros. Pictures Production (Warner Bros.)

Mark Wahlberg - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Directing

Film editing

Best picture

Adapted screenplay

(5 nominations)

“The Devil Wears Prada,” a Fox 2000 Pictures Production (20th Century Fox )

Meryl Streep - Performance by an actress in a leading role

Costume design

(2 nominations)

“Dreamgirls,” a Laurence Mark Production (DreamWorks and Paramount)

Eddie Murphy - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Jennifer Hudson - Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Art direction

Costume design

Original song - “Listen”

Original song - “Love You I Do”

Original song - “Patience”

Sound mixing

(8 nominations)

“Flags of Our Fathers,” a Malpaso/Amblin Entertainment Production

(DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)

Sound editing

Sound mixing

(2 nominations)

“The Good German,” a Warner Bros. Pictures Production (Warner Bros.)

Original score

(1 nomination)

“The Good Shepherd,” a Morgan Creek Production (Universal)

Art direction

(1 nomination)

“Half Nelson,” a Hunting Lane Films Production (THINKFilm)

Ryan Gosling - Performance by an actor in a leading role

(1 nomination)

“Happy Feet,” a Kingdom Pictures, LLC Production (Warner Bros.)

Best animated feature film

(1 nomination)

“The Illusionist,” a Yari Film Group Production (Yari Film Group)

Cinematography

(1 nomination)

“An Inconvenient Truth,” a Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production

(Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)

Documentary feature

Original song

(2 nominations)

“Iraq in Fragments,” a Typecast Pictures/Daylight Factory Production (Typecast Releasing)

Documentary feature

(1 nomination)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Page 10.

“Jesus Camp,” a Loki Films Production (Magnolia Pictures)

Documentary feature

(1 nomination)

“The Last King of Scotland,” a Cowboy Films/Slate Films Production (Fox Searchlight)

Forest Whitaker - Performance by an actor in a leading role

(1 nomination)

“Letters from Iwo Jima,” a DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production

(Warner Bros.)

Directing

Best picture

Sound editing

Original screenplay

(4 nominations)

“Little Children,” a Bona Fide/Standard Film Company Production (New Line)

Jackie Earle Haley - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Kate Winslet - Performance by an actress in a leading role

Adapted screenplay

(3 nominations)

“Little Miss Sunshine,” a Big Beach/Bona Fide Production (Fox Searchlight)

Alan Arkin - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Abigail Breslin - Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Best picture

Original screenplay

(4 nominations)

“The Lives of Others,” a Wiedemann & Berg Production (Sony Pictures Classics)

Best foreign language film (Germany)

(1 nomination)

“Marie Antoinette,” an I Want Candy, LLC Production (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Costume design

(1 nomination)

“Monster House,” a Columbia Pictures Production (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Best animated feature film

(1 nomination)

“My Country, My Country,” a Praxis Films Production (Zeitgeist Films)

Documentary feature

(1 nomination)

“Notes on a Scandal,” a Scott Rudin/Robert Fox Production (Fox Searchlight)

Judi Dench - Performance by an actress in a leading role

Cate Blanchett - Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Original score

Adapted screenplay

(4 nominations)

“Pan’s Labyrinth,” a Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production

(Picturehouse)

Art direction

Cinematography

Best foreign language film (Mexico)

Makeup

Original score

Original screenplay

(6 nominations)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Page 11.

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” a Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer

Films Production (Buena Vista)

Art direction

Sound editing

Sound mixing

Visual effects

(4 nominations)

“Poseidon,” a Warner Bros. Pictures Production (Warner Bros.)

Visual effects

(1 nomination)

“The Prestige,” a Touchstone Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production (Buena Vista)

Art direction

Cinematography

(2 nominations)

“The Pursuit of Happyness,” a Columbia Pictures Production (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Will Smith - Performance by an actor in a leading role

(1 nomination)

“The Queen,” a Granada Production (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

Helen Mirren - Performance by an actress in a leading role

Costume design

Directing

Original score

Best picture

Original screenplay

(6 nominations)

“Superman Returns,” an Outback Pictures Inc. Production (Warner Bros.)

Visual effects

(1 nomination)

“United 93,” a Universal Pictures/StudioCanal/Working Title Films Production

(Universal and StudioCanal)

Directing

Film editing

(2 nominations)

“Venus,” a Free Range Film Production (Miramax, Filmfour and UK Council)

Peter O’Toole - Performance by an actor in a leading role

(1 nomination)

“Volver,” an El Deseo D.A., S.L.U. Production (Sony Pictures Classics)

Penélope Cruz - Performance by an actress in a leading role

(1 nomination)

“Water,” a Hamilton-Mehta Production (Fox Searchlight)

Best foreign language film (Canada)

(1 nomination)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

- MOTION PICTURE NOMINATIONS -79TH AWARDS

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- FEATURE FILMS WITH TWO OR MORE NOMINATIONS

-

(This list does not include Short Films

or Documentary Short Subjects.)

Picture Distribution Company

“Dreamgirls” DreamWorks and Paramount

“Babel” Paramount and Paramount Vantage

“Pan’s Labyrinth” Picturehouse

“The Queen” Miramax, Pathé and Granada

“Blood Diamond” Warner Bros.

“The Departed” Warner Bros.

“Letters from Iwo Jima” Warner Bros.

“Little Miss Sunshine” Fox Searchlight

“Notes on a Scandal” Fox Searchlight

“Pirates of the Caribbean:

Dead Man’s Chest”

“Apocalypto”

Buena Vista

Buena Vista

“Children of Men” Universal

“Little Children” New Line

“Cars” Buena Vista

“The Devil Wears Prada” 20th Century Fox

“Flags of Our Fathers”

“An Inconvenient Truth”

“The Prestige”

DreamWorks and Warner Bros.,

Distributed by Paramount

Paramount Classics and

Participant Productions

Buena Vista

“United 93” Universal and StudioCanal

79TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM AWARD NOMINEES

AFTER THE WEDDING

(Efter Brylluppet)

Denmark

CREDITS

Production Company: Zentropa Entertainments 16. Producer: Sisse Graum Jørgensen. Director: Susanne Bier.

Screenplay: Anders Thomas Jensen. Cinematography: Morten Søborg. Editing: Pernille Bech Christensen and Morten Højbjerg. Production Designer: Søren Skjær. Costumes: Manon Rasmussen. Sound: Eddie Simonsen and Kristian Eidnes Andersen. Music: Johan Söderqvist

CAST

Mads Mikkelsen (Jacob), Neeral Mulchandani (Pramod), Rolf Lassgård (Jørgen), Sidse Babett Knudsen (Helene), Stine Fischer Christensen (Anna).

* * * * *

DAYS OF GLORY (INDIGÈNES)

Algeria

CREDITS

Production Company: Tessalit. Producer: Rachid Bouchareb and Jean Bréhat. Director: Rachid Bouchareb.

Screenplay: Rachid Bouchareb and Olivier Lorelle. Cinematography: Patrick Blossier. Editing: Yannick Kergoat.

Production Designer: Dominique Douret. Costumes: Michèle Richer. Sound: Thomas Gauder. Music: Khaled.

CAST

Jamel Debbouze (Saïd), Samy Nacery (Yassir), Roschdy Zem (Messaoud), Sami Bouajila (Abdelkader), Bernard Blancan (Sergeant Martinez), Mathieu Simonet (Leroux).

* * * * *

THE LIVES OF OTHERS

(Das Leben der Anderen)

Germany

CREDITS

Production Company: Wiedemann & Berg Productions. Producers: Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann.

Director/Screenplay: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Cinematography: Hagen Bogdanski. Editing: Patricia Rommel.

Production Designer: Silke Buhr. Costumes: Gabriele Binder. Sound: Hubertus Rath. Music: Stéphane Moucha.

CAST

Martina Gedeck (Christa-Maria Sieland), Ulrich Mühe (Captain Gerd Wiesler), Sebastian Koch (Georg Dreyman), Ulrich Tukur (Lieutenant Colonel Anton Grubitz), Thomas Thieme (Minister Bruno Hempf), Hans-Uwe Bauer (Paul Hauser).

* * * * *

PAN’S LABYRINTH

(El Laberinto del Fauno)

Mexico

CREDITS

Production Company: Tequila Gang, Esperanto Filmoj, Estudios Picasso. Producer: Bertha Navarro, Alfonso Cuarón, Frida Torresblanco, Alvaro Augustín. Director/Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro. Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro.

Editing: Bernat Vilaplana. Art Director: Eugenio Caballero. Sound: Martín Hernández. Music: Javier Navarrete.

CAST

Ivana Baquero (Ofelia), Sergi López (Vidal), Maribel Verdú (Mercedes), Doug Jones (Pan), Alex Angulo (Doctor), Manolo Solo (Garces)

* * * * *

WATER

Canada

CREDITS

Production Company: Hamilton-Mehta Productions. Producer: David Hamilton. Director/Screenplay: Deepa Mehta.

Cinematography: Giles Nuttgens. Editing: Colin Monie. Art Director: Dilip Mehta. Costumes: Dolly Ahluwallia.

Music: Mychael Danna.

CAST

H.T.J. Sarala (Chuiya), Lisa Ray (Kalyani), John Abraham (Narayan), Seema Biswas (Shakuntala), Manorma (Madhumati), Vinay Pathak (Rabindra).

79TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS®

SIDEBARS

In the acting categories, ten individuals are first-time nominees. The other ten share a total of 49 nominations. Three

(Meryl Streep, Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett) are previous Oscar® winners.

Leading Actress nominee Judi Dench is the only performer who was also nominated last year (for Mrs. Henderson Presents).

Meryl Streep’s acting nomination this year gives her 14 nominations, breaking the record she set in 2002. Katharine Hepburn and Jack Nicholson are tied at 12 nominations each.

At 31, Kate Winslet is the youngest performer to receive 5 acting nominations. The previous record holder was Olivia de Havilland, who was 33 when she received her fifth nomination in 1949, for The Heiress.

Should he win an Oscar this year in the Leading Actor category, Peter O’Toole would join Henry Fonda and Paul Newman as actors who won their first competitive Oscars® after having received Honorary Awards from the Academy.

The 38-year interval between nominations for Alan Arkin is not a record for performers. Arkin’s interval ties Jack Palance’s between Shane (1953) and City Slickers (1991), and represents less of a wait than those experienced by Helen

Hayes (39 years between The Sin of Madelon Claudet [1931/32] and Airport [1970]) and Henry Fonda (41 years between acting nominations for The Grapes of Wrath [1940] and On Golden Pond [1981]).

Penélope Cruz and Rinko Kikuchi are both nominated for foreign-language performances. Four performers have won Academy Awards for roles using spoken languages other than English. They are Sophia Loren (1961, Actress in Two Women), Robert De Niro (1974, Supporting Actor in The Godfather Part II), Roberto Benigni (1998, Actor in Life Is Beautiful) and Benicio Del Toro (2000, Supporting Actor in Traffic). In addition, Marlee Matlin received the 1986 Leading Actress award for a performance almost entirely in American Sign Language. The other nominees have been Marcello Mastroianni (1962, Actor in Divorce - Italian Style; 1977, Actor in A Special Day and 1987, Actor in Dark Eyes), Sophia Loren (1964, Actress in Marriage Italian Style), Anouk Aimee (1966, Actress in A Man and a Woman), Ida Kaminska (1966, Actress in The Shop on Main Street), Liv Ullmann (1972, Actress in The Emigrants and 1976, Actress in Face to Face), Valentina Cortese (1974, Supporting Actress in Day for Night), Isabelle Adjani (1975, Actress in The Story of Adele H. and 1989, Actress in Camille Claudel), Marie-Christine Barrault (1976, Actress in Cousin, Cousine), Giancarlo Giannini (1976, Actor in Seven Beauties), Ingrid Bergman (1978, Actress in Autumn Sonata), Max Von Sydow (1988, Actor in Pelle the Conqueror), Gerard Depardieu (1990, Actor in Cyrano de Bergerac), Graham Greene (1990, Supporting Actor in Dances With Wolves), Catherine Deneuve (1992, Actress in Indochine), Massimo Troisi (1995, Actor in Il Postino) and Fernanda Montenegro (1998, Actress in Central Station).

Should Letters from Iwo Jima win Best Picture, it would be the first foreign-language film to win in the category. The seven previous foreign-language Best Picture nominees were Grand Illusion (1938), Z (1969), The Emigrants (1972), Cries and Whispers (1973), The Postman (Il Postino) (1995), Life Is Beautiful (1998) and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).

“I Need to Wake Up” from An Inconvenient Truth is the first song from a documentary film to be nominated since “More” from Mondo Cane in 1963.

Best Picture Release Dates:

Little Miss Sunshine - July 26, 2006

The Departed - October 6, 2006

The Queen - October 6, 2006

Babel - October 27, 2006

Letters from Iwo Jima - December 20, 2006

79TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS®

OSCAR® NOMINATIONS FACT SHEET

Best Motion Picture of the Year:

Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) [Produced by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin.] - This is the first

nomination in this category for Alejandro González Iñárritu. He is also nominated in the Directing category. This is the first

nomination for both Jon Kilik and Steve Golin.

The Departed (Warner Bros.) [Nominees to be determined.]

Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner Bros.) [Produced by Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz.] - Clint Eastwood=s

nominations this year bring him to a total of ten; this is the fourth in this category. His other Best Picture nominations were for Mystic

River (2003), Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004), these last two resulted in him winning two Best Picture Oscars®,

as well as two Directing Oscars. His other nominations are for directing Mystic River and Letters from Iwo Jima, and two Leading

Actor nominations for Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby. In 1994, he received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for

Aconsistently high quality of motion picture production.

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This is Steven Spielberg=s twelfth nomination and the sixth in this category. His other Best Picture nominations were for E.T. The

Extra-Terrestrial (1982), The Color Purple (1985), Schindler=s List (1993), for which he took home an Oscar, Saving Private Ryan

(1998) and last year=s Munich. He has six Directing nominations, for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Raiders of the

Lost Ark (1981), E.T., Schindler=s List and Saving Private Ryan - these last two resulting in Oscars - and last year=s Munich. He

also received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1986.

This is Robert Lorenz=s second nomination. His other Best Picture nomination was for Mystic River.

Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight) [Nominees to be determined.]

The Queen (Miramax Films, Pathé and Granada) [Produced by Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward.] - This is the first

nomination for all three.

Achievement in Directing:

Babel -Alejandro González Iñárritu - This is the first nomination in this category for Alejandro González Iñárritu. He is also nominated

this year in the Best Picture category.

The Departed -Martin Scorsese - This is his eighth Academy Award® nomination and the sixth in this category. His other Directing

nominations were for Raging Bull (1980), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Good Fellas (1990), Gangs of New York (2002)

and The Aviator (2004). He was also nominated for his screenplays for Good Fellas and The Age of Innocence (1993).

Letters from Iwo Jima -Clint Eastwood - Clint Eastwood=s nominations this year bring him to a total of ten; this is the fourth in this

category. His other Directing nominations were for Mystic River (2003), Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004), these

last two resulted in him winning two Directing Oscars, as well as two Best Picture Oscars. His other nominations are for producing

Mystic River and Letters from Iwo Jima, and two Leading Actor nominations for Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby. In 1994, he

received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.

The Queen -Stephen Frears - This is his second nomination. His direction of The Grifters (1990) was also nominated.

United 93 -Paul Greengrass - This is his first nomination.

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

Leonardo DiCaprio (“Danny Archer” in Blood Diamond) - This is his third nomination and the second in this category. His other

nominations were for his Supporting Role in What=s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) and his Leading Role in The Aviator (2004).

Ryan Gosling (“Dan Dunne” in Half Nelson) - This is his first nomination.

Peter O=Toole (“Maurice” in Venus) - This is his eighth nomination, all in this category. His first nomination was 44 years ago, for

Lawrence of Arabia (1962). His others were for Becket (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling

Class (1972), The Stunt Man (1980) and My Favorite Year (1982). In 2002, the Board of Governors presented him with an Honorary

Oscar, which read: “To Peter O’Toole, whose remarkable talents have provided cinema history with some of its most memorable

characters.”

Will Smith (“Chris Gardner” in The Pursuit of Happyness) - This is his second nomination, having been previously nominated in this

category for Ali (2001).

Forest Whitaker (“Idi Amin” in The Last King of Scotland) - This is his first nomination.

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:

Alan Arkin (“Grandpa” in Little Miss Sunshine) - This is his third nomination and the first in this category. His Leading Role

nominations were for The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming (1966) and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968).

Jackie Earle Haley (“Ronnie J. McGorvey” in Little Children) - This is his first nomination.

Djimon Hounsou (“Solomon Vandy” in Blood Diamond) - This is his second nomination in this category. His first was for In America

in 2003.

Eddie Murphy (“James ‘Thunder’ Early” in Dreamgirls) - This is his first nomination.

Mark Wahlberg (“Dignam” in The Departed) - This is his first nomination.

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

Penélope Cruz (“Raimunda” in Volver) - This is her first nomination.

Judi Dench (“Barbara Covett” in Notes on a Scandal) - This is her sixth nomination and the fourth in this category. Her other Leading

Role nominations were for Mrs. Brown (1997), Iris (2001), and last year=s Mrs. Henderson Presents. Her Supporting Role

nominations were for Shakespeare in Love (1998), for which she won an Oscar, and Chocolat (2000).

Helen Mirren (“The Queen” in The Queen) - This is her third nomination and the first in this category. Her Supporting Role nominations

were for The Madness of King George (1994) and Gosford Park (2001).

Meryl Streep (“Miranda Priestly” in The Devil Wears Prada) - This is her fourteenth Academy Award nomination and the eleventh in

this category. Her other Leading Role nominations were for The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Sophie's Choice (1982), for

which she won the Oscar, Silkwood (1983), Out of Africa (1985), Ironweed (1987), A Cry in the Dark (1988), Postcards from the

Edge (1990), The Bridges of Madison County (1995), One True Thing (1998) and Music of the Heart (1999). Her Supporting Role

nominations were for The Deer Hunter (1978), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), for which she took home the Oscar, and Adaptation

(2002).

Kate Winslet (“Sarah Pierce” in Little Children) - This is her fifth nomination and the third in this category. Her other Leading Role

nominations were for Titanic (1997) and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). Her Supporting Role nominations were for

Sense and Sensibility (1995) and Iris (2001).

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

Adriana Barraza (“Amelia” in Babel) - This is her first nomination.

Cate Blanchett (“Sheba Hart” in Notes on a Scandal) - This is her third nomination and the second in this category. Her other

Supporting Role nomination was for The Aviator (2004), for which she won the Oscar. Her Leading Role in Elizabeth (1998) was

also nominated.

Abigail Breslin (“Olive” in Little Miss Sunshine) - This is her first nomination.

Jennifer Hudson (“Effie White” in Dreamgirls) - This is her first nomination.

Rinko Kikuchi (“Chieko” in Babel) - This is her first nomination.

Achievement in Writing (Adapted Screenplay):

Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan - Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen &

Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer. Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd

Phillips (based on a character created by Sacha Baron Cohen). - This is the first nomination for all.

Children of Men - Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby (based on

the novel “The Children of Men” by P.D. James). - This is Alfonso Cuarón=s second nomination in this category. His other

nomination was for the screenplay of Y Tu Mamá También (2002).

This is the first nomination for Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby.

The Departed - Screenplay by William Monahan (based on the 2002 screenplay Wu jian dao (Infernal Affairs) by Alan Mak and Felix

Chong). - This is his first nomination.

Little Children - Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta (based on the novel by Tom Perrotta). - This is Todd Field=s third

nomination and the second in this category. He was nominated in 2001 for writing and producing In the Bedroom.

This is Tom Perrotta=s first nomination.

Notes on a Scandal - Screenplay by Patrick Marber (based on the novel “What Was She Thinking: Notes on a Scandal” by Zoe Heller). This

is his first nomination.

Achievement in Writing (Original Screenplay)

:

Babel - Written by Guillermo Arriaga. - This is his first nomination.

Letters from Iwo Jima - Screenplay by Iris Yamashita. Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis. - This is Iris Yamashita=s first

nomination.

This is Paul Haggis=s fifth nomination and the third in this category. Last year he took home two Oscars for writing and producing Crash,

the Best Picture winner. He was also nominated for directing that film. His other screenplay nomination was for Million Dollar Baby

(2004).

Little Miss Sunshine - Written by Michael Arndt. - This is his first nomination.

Pan’s Labyrinth - Written by Guillermo del Toro. - This is his first nomination.

The Queen - Written by Peter Morgan. - This is his first nomination.

Best Foreign Language Film:

After the Wedding (Denmark) [Directed by Susanne Bier.] - This is Denmark=s seventh Academy Award nomination. It won back-toback

Oscars for 1987’s Babette=s Feast and 1988’s Pelle the Conqueror. Denmark=s other nominations were for Qivitoq (1956),

Paw (1959), Harry and the Butler (1961) and Waltzing Regitze (1989).

Days of Glory (Algeria) [Directed by Rachid Bouchareb.] - This is the fourth Academy Award nomination for Algeria. It won the Oscar

for its entry, Z, in 1969, and was nominated for Le Bal (1983) and Dust of Life (1995).

The Lives of Others (Germany) [Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.] - This is the seventh Academy Award nomination for

Germany. Previous nominations were for The Nasty Girl (1990), Schtonk! (1992), Beyond Silence (1997), Nowhere in Africa

(2002), which won the Oscar, Downfall (2004) and last year=s Sophie Scholl - The Final Days. Prior to reunification in 1990, the

Federal Republic of Germany received a total of eight Academy Award nominations. They were for The Captain of Kopenick (1956),

The Devil Came at Night (1957), Arms and the Man (1958), The Bridge (1959), The Pedestrian (1973), The Glass Cell (1978), The

Tin Drum (1979), which won the Oscar, and Angry Harvest (1985). Also prior to reunification, the German Democratic Republic

received one Academy Award nomination, for Jacob, the Liar (1976).

Pan’s Labyrinth (Mexico) [Directed by Guillermo del Toro.] - This is the seventh Academy Award nomination for Mexico. Previous

nominations were for Macario (1960), The Important Man (1961), Tlayucan (1962), Letters from Marusia (1975), Amores Perros

(2000) and El Crimen del Padre Amaro (2002).

Water (Canada) [Directed by Deepa Mehta.] - This is the fourth Academy Award nomination for Canada. Previous nominations were

for The Decline of the American Empire (1986), Jesus of Montreal (1989) and the 2003 Oscar winner, The Barbarian Invasions.

Best Animated Feature Film:

Cars (Buena Vista) -John Lasseter - This is his fifth nomination and the second in this category. His other Animated Feature Film

nomination was for Monsters, Inc. (2001). He was nominated for two animated short films, Luxo, Jr. (1986) and the Oscar-winning

Tin Toy (1988). In 1995, he was nominated in the Original Screenplay category for Toy Story. That year he was also the recipient of

a Special Achievement Award Oscar A...for his inspired leadership of the Pixar Toy Story team, resulting in the first feature-length

computer-animated film.

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Happy Feet (Warner Bros.) - George Miller - This is his fourth nomination and the first in this category. His previous nominations were

for writing Lorenzo=s Oil (1992) and for writing and producing the Best Picture nominee, Babe (1995).

Monster House (Sony Pictures Releasing) -Gil Kenan - This is his first nomination.

Complete list of the 79th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif.:

1. Best Picture: "Babel," "The Departed," "Letters From Iwo Jima," "Little Miss Sunshine," "The Queen."

2. Actor: 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."

3. Actress: Penelope Cruz, "Volver"; Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"; Helen Mirren, "The Queen"; Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"; Kate Winslet, "Little Children."

4. Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine"; Jackie Earle Haley, "Little Children"; Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond"; Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"; Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed."

5. Supporting Actress: Adriana Barraza, "Babel"; Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"; Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine"; Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"; Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel."

6. Directing: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel"; Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"; Clint Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima"; Stephen Frears, "The Queen"; Paul Greengrass, "United 93."

7. Foreign Language Film: "After the Wedding," Denmark; "Days of Glory (Indigenes)," Algeria; "The Lives of Others," Germany; "Pan's Labyrinth," Mexico; "Water," Canada.

8. Adapted Screenplay: Sacha Baron Cohen and Anthony Hines and Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips, "Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"; Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, "Children of Men"; William Monahan, "The Departed"; Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, "Little Children"; Patrick Marber, "Notes on a Scandal."

9. Original Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel"; Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, "Letters From Iwo Jima"; Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine"; Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth"; Peter Morgan, "The Queen."

10. Animated Feature Film: "Cars," "Happy Feet," "Monster House."

11. Art Direction: "Dreamgirls," "The Good Shepherd," "Pan's Labyrinth," "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," "The Prestige."

12. Cinematography: "The Black Dahlia," "Children of Men," "The Illusionist," "Pan's Labyrinth," "The Prestige."

13. Sound Mixing: "Apocalypto," "Blood Diamond," "Dreamgirls," "Flags of Our Fathers," "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."

14. Sound Editing: "Apocalypto," "Blood Diamond," "Flags of Our Fathers," "Letters From Iwo Jima," "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."

15. Original Score: "Babel," Gustavo Santaolalla; "The Good German," Thomas Newman; "Notes on a Scandal," Philip Glass; "Pan's Labyrinth," Javier Navarrete; "The Queen," Alexandre Desplat.

16. Original Song: "I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth," Melissa Etheridge; "Listen" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler and Anne Preven; "Love You I Do" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett; "Our Town" from "Cars," Randy Newman; "Patience" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger and Willie Reale.

17. Costume: "Curse of the Golden Flower," "The Devil Wears Prada," "Dreamgirls," "Marie Antoinette," "The Queen."

18. Documentary Feature: "Deliver Us From Evil," "An Inconvenient Truth," " Iraq in Fragments," "Jesus Camp," "My Country, My Country."

19. Documentary (short subject): "The Blood of Yingzhou District," "Recycled Life," "Rehearsing a Dream," "Two Hands."

20. Film Editing: "Babel," "Blood Diamond," "Children of Men," "The Departed," "United 93."

21. Makeup: "Apocalypto," "Click," "Pan's Labyrinth."

22. Animated Short Film: "The Danish Poet," "Lifted," "The Little Matchgirl," "Maestro," "No Time for Nuts."

23. Live Action Short Film: "Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)," "Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)," "Helmer & Son," "The Saviour," " West Bank Story."

24. Visual Effects: "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," "Poseidon," "Superman Returns."

Academy Award winners previously announced this year:

HONORARY AWARD (Oscar statuette): Ennio Morricone

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD (Oscar statuette): Sherry Lansing