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| 79th Annual Academy Awards®
February 25, 2007 The Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles | 
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| Your Host: Ellen DeGeneres Televised over ABC in HDTV | ||
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| Interviews with 2006 nominees by Errol Morris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opening monologue (7:30): | Ellen DeGeneres
| During the evening, members of the dance troupe Pilobolus formed living sculptures behind a white screen.
| Art Direction: | Nicole Kidman & Daniel Craig
| Report on Scientific & Technical Awards: | Maggie Gyllenhaal
| "A Comedian at the Oscars" & Makeup: | Will Ferrell, Jack Black & John C. Reilly | View their performance at  (4:06)
Animated Short Film: | Abigail Breslin & Jaden Christopher Syre Smith
| Live Action Short Film: | Abigail Breslin & Jaden Christopher Syre Smith
| Introduction of Best Picture #1 - Letters from Iwo Jima -- Narrated by Clint Eastwood
| Sound in the Cinema - Elements & Motion -- Hollywood Film Chorale Sound Effects Choir, directed by Steve Tidwell
| Sound Editing: | Steve Carell & Greg Kinnear
| Sound Mixing: | Jessica Biel & James McAvoy
| Supporting Actor: | Rachel Weisz
| Introduction of Best Picture #2 - The Departed -- Narrated by Matt Damon & Leonardo DiCaprio
| Best Song Nominee #1 - "Our Town" -- Performed by Randy Newman & James Taylor (voice-over intro by Don LaFontaine)
| Best Song Nominee #2 - "I Need to Wake Up" -- Performed by Melissa Etheridge (voice-over intro by Don La Fontaine)
| Oscar's environmental awareness -- Presented by Leonardo DiCaprio & Al Gore
| Animated Feature Film: | Cameron Diaz
| The Process (on screenwriting) -- by Nancy Meyers; introduced by Ben Affleck
| Adapted Screenplay: | Helen Mirren & Tom Hanks
| Costume Design: | Emily Blunt & Anne Hathaway
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: | Tom Cruise
| Cinematography: | Gwyneth Paltrow
| Visual Effects: | Naomi Watts & Robert Downey Jr.
| Foreign Language Films 50th Anniversary Tribute: | Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore; introduced by Catherine Deneuve & Ken Watanabe
| Foreign Language Film: | Clive Owen & Cate Blanchett
| Supporting Actress: | George Clooney
| Introduction of Best Picture #3 - Babel -- Narrated by Alejandro González Iñárritu
| Documentary Short Subject: | Eva Green & Gael Garcia Bernal
| Documentary Feature: | Jerry Seinfeld
| Honorary Award to Ennio Morricone: | Clint Eastwood
| Vocal selection: "I Knew I Loved You" -- Performed by Céline Dion
| Original Score: | Penélope Cruz & Hugh Jackman
| President's Remarks: | Academy President Sid Ganis (on film)
| Original Screenplay: | Kirsten Dunst & Tobey Maguire
| Best Song Nominees from Dreamgirls: | Introduced by Jennifer Lopez
| "Love You I Do" -- Performed by Jennifer Hudson & Beyoncé
| "Listen" -- Performed by Beyoncé & Jennifer Hudson
| "Listen" -- Performed by Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson & the LifeChoir
| Original Song: | John Travolta & Queen Latifah
| Introduction of Best Picture #4 - Little Miss Sunshine -- Narrated by Steve Carell
| America Through Its Movies -- Directed by Michael Mann; introduced by Will Smith
| Film Editing: | Kate Winslet
| In Memoriam: | Introduced by Jodie Foster
| Actress: | Philip Seymour Hoffman
| Actor: | Reese Witherspoon
| Director: | Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg & George Lucas
| Introduction of Best Picture #5 - The Queen -- Narrated by Helen Mirren
| Best Picture: | Jack Nicholson & Diane Keaton
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| Best Song Nominee Performances |  Randy Newman & James Taylor perform "Our Town" (Cars)  Melissa Etheridge performs "I Need to Wake Up" (An Inconvenient Truth)  Beyoncé and Jennifer Hudson perform "Love You I Do" (Dreamgirls)  Beyoncé performs "Listen" (Dreamgirls)  Anika Noni Rose & Keith Robinson perform "Patience" (Dreamgirls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 The Kodak Theatre prepares for Oscar Night® in America  Your host, Ellen DeGeneres  Pilobolus creates shadow sculptures for the show  Eugenio Caballero accepts his Art Direction award for Pan's Labyrinth  Maggie Gyllenhaal reports on the Scientific & Techical Awards  Jack Black, John C. Reilly & Will Ferrell perform a song about comedians at the Oscars  Montse Ribé & David Martí accept their Awards for Makeup (Pan's Labyrinth)  Torill Kove, Best Animated Short Film (The Danish Poet), receives her Award from Jaden Smith  Ari Sandel acceps his Award for Live Action Short Film (West Bank Story)  The Hollywood Film Chorale performs Elements & Motion  Bub Asman and Alan Robert Murray accept their Sound Editing Award for Letters from Iwo Jima  The Sound Mixing team for Dreamgirls accepts their Awards  Alan Arkin, Best Supporting Actor for Little Miss Sunshine, accepts his Award from Rachel Weisz  Al Gore and Leonardo DiCaprio thank the industry for its response to the global climate crisis  George Miller accepts the Award for Best Animated Feature, Happy Feet  Ben Affleck introduces Nancy Meyers' film about screenwriters, The Process  Adapted Screenplay winner William Monahan (The Departed) accepts his Award  Milena Canonero accepts her Award for Costume Design (Marie Antoinette)  Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient Sherry Lansing accepts her Award from presenter Tom Cruise  Cinematography winner Guillermo Navarro accepts his Award for Pan's Labyrinth  The Visual Effects team for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest accepts their Awards  Catherine Deneuve & Ken Watanabe introduce Giuseppe Tornatore's tribute to 50 years of Foreign Language films  Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck accepts the Award for Foreign Language Film (Das Leben der Anderen)  Jennifer Hudson, Best Supporting Actress for Dreamgirls  Ruby Yang & Thomas Lennon accept their Awards for Best Documentary Short Subject (The Blood of Yingzhou District)  Feature Documentary winner Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) w. Al Gore and producers  Honorary Award winner Ennio Morricone acknowledges the applause of the audience and presenter Clint Eastwood  Céline Dion performs "I Knew I Loved You" in tribute to Ennio Morricone  Composer Gustavo Santaolalla makes it 2 years in a row with his winning score for Babel  Michael Arndt accepts his Award for the Original Screenplay of Little Miss Sunshine  Melissa Etheridge accepts the Original Song Award for "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth  Thelma Schoonmaker, winner for Film Editing (The Departed)  Jodie Foster introduces the annual In Memoriam tribute  Helen Mirren, Best Actress (The Queen)  Forest Whitaker, Best Actor (The Last King of Scotland)  Martin Scorsese, Best Director (The Departed)  Graham King accepts the Best Picture Award for The Departed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Show Producers: | Laura Ziskin
| Telecast Director for ABC: | Louis J. Horvitz
| Musical Director: | William Ross
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