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5 March 2006 (USA) morePlot:
Films contending for the annual awards include Brokeback Mountain (2005), Capote (2005), Crash (2004/I), Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) and Munich (2005). | add synopsisAwards:
Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Stewart To Host the Oscars (From WENN. 13 September 2007)
NBC Gets Little Lift From Olympics
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 8 March 2006)
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Jon Stewart was a semi-relief. moreCast
(Credited cast)| Jon Stewart | ... | Himself - Host | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Amy Adams | ... | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |
| Moustapha Akkad | ... | Himself, in memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Jessica Alba | ... | Herself - Co-presenter: Best Sound | |
| Eddie Albert | ... | Memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Muhammad Ali | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Robert Altman | ... | Himself - Honorary Award Recipient | |
| Jennifer Aniston | ... | Herself - Presenter: Best Costume Design | |
| Colleen Atwood | ... | Herself - Winner: Best Costume Design | |
| Lauren Bacall | ... | Herself - Presenter | |
| Eric Bana | ... | Himself - Presenter | |
| Anne Bancroft | ... | Memorial Tribute (archive footage) | |
| Paul Beauregard | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Original Song | |
| Dion Beebe | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Cinematography | |
| Barbara Bel Geddes | ... | Memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Howard Berger | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Makeup | |
| Nicole Berger | ... | Dancer | |
| John Box | ... | Himself, in memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Steve Box | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Animated Feature | |
| Christopher Boyes | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Sound | |
| Zach Braff | ... | Chicken Little - Co-presenter (voice) | |
| Sandra Bullock | ... | Herself - Co-presenter: Best Art Direction | |
| Tim Burton | ... | Himself - Nominee: Best Animated Feature Film | |
| Jordi Caballero | ... | Dancer | |
| John Canemaker | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Short Film - Animated | |
| Steve Carell | ... | Himself- Presenter: Best Achievement in Makeup | |
| George Clooney | ... | Himself - Winner / Nominee / Presenter | |
| Cedric Coleman | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Original Song | |
| Russell Crowe | ... | Himself - Presenter: Biographical film montage | |
| Joan Cusack | ... | Co-presenter: Best Animated Short (voice) (as Abby Mallard) | |
| Yves Darondeau | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature | |
| Sandra Dee | ... | Memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Judi Dench | ... | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role | |
| Matt Dillon | ... | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |
| Will Ferrell | ... | Himself - Co-presenter: Best Makeup | |
| John Fiedler | ... | Memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Jamie Foxx | ... | Himself - Presenter: Best Actor | |
| Anthony Franciosa | ... | Memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Morgan Freeman | ... | Himself - Presenter: Best Supporting Actor | |
| Mahatma Gandhi | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Sidney Ganis | ... | Himself - Academy President (as Sid Ganis) | |
| Jennifer Garner | ... | Presenter - Best Sound Editing | |
| Lou Gehrig | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Paul Giamatti | ... | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |
| Guy Green | ... | Himself, in memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Jake Gyllenhaal | ... | Himself - Nominee / Presenter | |
| Paul Haggis | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Picture / Screenplay | |
| Tom Hanks | ... | Himself | |
| Salma Hayek | ... | Herself - Presenter | |
| Kasie Head | ... | Trophy Presenter | |
| Michael Hedges | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Sound | |
| Debra Hill | ... | Herself, in memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Joel Hirschhorn | ... | Himself, in memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Dustin Hoffman | ... | Himself - Presenter | |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role | |
| Gavin Hood | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Foreign Film | |
| Mike Hopkins | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Sound Editing | |
| Jordan Houston | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Original Song | |
| Terrence Howard | ... | Himself - Presenter: Best Documentary Short & Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role | |
| Felicity Huffman | ... | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role | |
| William Hurt | ... | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |
| Alberto Iglesias | ... | Himself - Nominee: Best Original Score | |
| Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Himself - Presenter | |
| Luc Jacquet | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature | |
| Tom Kane | ... | Announcer | |
| Catherine Keener | ... | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |
| Kathleen Kennedy | ... | Herself - Nominee: Best Picture | |
| Nicole Kidman | ... | Herself - Presenter: Best Supporting Actor | |
| Keira Knightley | ... | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role | |
| Robert Knudson | ... | Himself, in memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Tami Lane | ... | Herself - Winner: Best Makeup | |
| Queen Latifah | ... | Herself - Presenter: Best Original Song | |
| Heath Ledger | ... | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role | |
| Ang Lee | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Director | |
| Ernest Lehman | ... | Himself, in memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Joe Letteri | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects | |
| Stu Linder | ... | Himself, in memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Jennifer Lopez | ... | Herself - Presenter | |
| Ludacris | ... | Himself - Presenter: Song Performance 'It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp' (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges) | |
| William H. Macy | ... | Himself | |
| Corinne Marrinan | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Short Film - Documentary | |
| Rachel McAdams | ... | Herself - Presenter: Scientific & Technical Achievement Awards | |
| James McAvoy | ... | Himself / Mr. Tumnus, the Faun (archive footage) | |
| Martin McDonagh | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Short Film, Live Action | |
| Frances McDormand | ... | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |
| Larry McMurtry | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay | |
| Ismail Merchant | ... | Himself, in memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Bennett Miller | ... | Himself - Nominee: Best Director | |
| John Mills | ... | Memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Robert Moresco | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay (as Bobby Moresco) | |
| Pat Morita | ... | Memorial sequence (archive footage) (as Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita) | |
| John Myhre | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction | |
| John Nash | ... | Himself (archive footage) (as John Forbes Nash) | |
| Robert F. Newmyer | ... | Himself, in memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Fayard Nicholas | ... | Memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Jack Nicholson | ... | Himself - Presenter: Best Picture | |
| Dan O'Herlihy | ... | Memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Diana Ossana | ... | Herself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay & Nominee: Best Picture | |
| Nick Park | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Animated Feature | |
| Dolly Parton | ... | Herself - Nominee: Best Original Song & Performer | |
| George S. Patton | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Hammond Peek | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Sound | |
| Chris Penn | ... | Memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Itzhak Perlman | ... | Himself - Performer | |
| Brock Peters | ... | Memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Marisa Petroro | ... | Trophy Presenter | |
| Joaquin Phoenix | ... | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role | |
| Rodrigo Prieto | ... | Himself - Nominee: Best Cinematography | |
| Richard Pryor | ... | Memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Joe Ranft | ... | Himself, in memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Gretchen Rau | ... | Herself - Winner: Best Art Direction | |
| Keanu Reeves | ... | Himself - Co-presenter: Best Art Direction | |
| Christian Rivers | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects | |
| Gustavo Santaolalla | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Original Score | |
| Vincent Schiavelli | ... | Memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Robert J. Schiffer | ... | Himself, in memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Cathy Schulman | ... | Herself - Winner: Best Picture | |
| Michael Semanick | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Sound | |
| Moira Shearer | ... | Memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Simone Simon | ... | Memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Eric Simonson | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Short Film - Documentary | |
| Will Smith | ... | Himself - Presenter: Best Foreign Film | |
| Steven Spielberg | ... | Himself - Nominee: Best Picture & Best Director | |
| Kevin Alexander Stea | ... | Dancer - It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp | |
| Peggy Stern | ... | Herself - Winner: Best Short Film - Animated | |
| Ben Stiller | ... | Himself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects | |
| David Strathairn | ... | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role | |
| Meryl Streep | ... | Herself - Co-presenter: Honorary Award to Robert Altman | |
| Hilary Swank | ... | Herself - Presenter: Best Actor | |
| Richard Taylor | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects | |
| Charlize Theron | ... | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Presenter | |
| Three 6 Mafia | ... | Themselves - Performers ("It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp") | |
| Uma Thurman | ... | Herself - Presenter | |
| Lily Tomlin | ... | Herself - Co-presenter: Honorary Award to Robert Altman | |
| John Travolta | ... | Himself - Presenter | |
| Casey Tutton | ... | Steve Martin's daughter in Jon Stewart's opening film | |
| Ryan Tutton | ... | Steve Martin's son in Jon Stewart's opening film | |
| Ethan Van der Ryn | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Sound Editing | |
| Brian Van't Hul | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects | |
| Nacho Vigalondo | ... | Himself - Audience member | |
| Naomi Watts | ... | Herself - Presenter | |
| Rachel Weisz | ... | Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |
| Onna White | ... | Herself, in memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| John Williams | ... | Himself - Nominee: Best Original Score | |
| Michelle Williams | ... | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |
| Luke Wilson | ... | Himself - Co-presenter: Best Live Action Short | |
| Owen Wilson | ... | Himself - Co-presenter: Best Live Action Short | |
| Hughes Winborne | ... | Himself - Winner: Best Editing | |
| Shelley Winters | ... | Memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Robert Wise | ... | Himself, in memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Reese Witherspoon | ... | Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role | |
| Edward D. Wood Jr. | ... | Himself (archive footage) (as Ed Wood) | |
| Teresa Wright | ... | Memorial sequence (archive footage) | |
| Kathleen York | ... | Herself - Nominee: Best Original Song & Performer (as Kathleen 'Bird' York) | |
| Hawk Younkins | ... | Himself | |
| Danielle Yu | ... | Trophy Presenter | |
| Ziyi Zhang | ... | Herself - Presenter | |
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First time since 1957 that each of the top 6 awards - Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress - went to 6 different movies. These were respectively Crash (2004/I), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Capote (2005), Walk the Line (2005), Syriana (2005) and The Constant Gardener (2005). moreQuotes:
Herself - Nominee: Best Original Song & Performer: [Getting Ready to Sing Oscar Nominated Song] All the Way From Dollywood to Hollywood! moreSoundtrack:
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Jon Stewart, I suppose gave a good well done performance this year as MC of the 78th Academy Awards show. He's been known to be a lot funnier, but was a joy instead of seeing the usual regular hosts that normally include Billy Crystal, Steve Martin and Whoopi Goldberg. His funny remarks to the 'gay' films this year were funny though.
This year, the top prize of Best Picture was awarded to the independent feature 'Crash' starring Matt Dillion who also was nominated for Best Actor, but instead lost the award to the rather underrated character actor Phillip Seymore Hoffman for his role as the title character in 'Capote'. By far, I had actually expected that Joaquin Phoenix would win Best Actor for his performance as another title character this last year as legendary singer Johnny Cash in 'Walk the Line'. Nonetheless, his leading lady Reese Witherspoon gave a wonderful performance as June Cash in the film, which resulted her in a very much deserved Best Actress honor. For the supporting roles, Rachel Weiz got Supporting Actress, and George Clooney got Supporting Actor. Other films that got Academy Award notice included the gay romance film of two cowboys, "Brokeback Mountain" starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhall, both were nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively; Steven Spielberg's 'Munich' got Best Picture nod and one film that was particularly overlooked was the summer's blockbuster remake of 'King Kong' which got more of less of Special Visual Effects recongization.
The winner of Best Song was very very shocking, 'Hard Out there for a Pimp' was awarded to Three Hit Mafia and in turn it was quite an uproar as well.
The other annual events that are shown at Oscar included the honorary segment, this year awarded to director Robert Altman; legendary actress Lauren Bacall presented a tribute to film-noir movies from the 40's and 50's; as a tribute to the much controversial gay films done this year, the Academy showed clips of western films with funny gay themes just for laughs anyway, and then there was usual touching In Memoriam tribute paying respects to film industry members that passed away in the previous year which included: Teresa Wright, Pat Morita, director Robert Newmyer, Dan O'Herhily, Vincent Schivelli, director Robert Wise, Chris Penn, John Mills, Sandra Dee, Anthony Franciosa, Barbara Bel Geddes, producers Debra Hill, Ismail Merchant, Moustapha Akkad, Eddie Albert, Shelley Winters, Anne Bancroft and Richard Pryor, just to name a few.