Departed Tops Oscars With Best Picture And Director
The Departed won best picture and Martin Scorsese earned best director after a night of diverse wins. Helen Mirren, Forest Whitaker, and Jennifer Hudson took acting honors, while Alan Arkin triumphed for Little Miss Sunshine.
Academy Award Winners at the 79th Ceremony
Partial list of winners announced at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Alan Arkin won Supporting Actor for Little Miss Sunshine and Jennifer Hudson earned Supporting Actress for Dreamgirls. The list also includes The Lives of Others as Foreign Language Film and The Departed for Adapted Screenplay along with other category victors.
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