The 79th Academy Awards (2006): The Ceremony

Nominations Announcement

• Date: January 22, 2007
• Announcers: Salma Hayek, Sid Ganis
• Category Announcement Order:
• Supporting Actress
• Supporting Actor
• Actress
• Actor
• Director
• Original Screenplay
• Adapted Screenplay
• Foreign Language Film
• Animated Film
• Picture

Ceremony Details

• Date: Sunday, February 25, 2007
• Location: Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center
• Host: Ellen DeGeneres
• Televised on ABC

Presenters

• Art Direction: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig
• Scientific and Technical Awards: Maggie Gyllenhaal
• Comedian at the Oscars: Will Ferrell, Jack Black, John C. O'Reilly
• Makeup: Will Ferrell, Jack Black, John C. O'Reilly
• Short Film Categories: Abigail Breslin, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith
• Sound Editing: Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear
• Sound Mixing: James McAvoy, Jessica Biel
• Supporting Actor: Rachel Weisz
• Oscars Gone Green: Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Gore
• Animated Feature: Cameron Diaz
• Writers in the Movies: Ben Affleck
• Adapted Screenplay: Helen Mirren, Tom Hanks
• Costume Design: Emily Blunt, Anne Hathaway
• Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Sherry Lansing: Tom Cruise
• Cinematography: Gwyneth Paltrow
• Visual Effects: Naomi Watts, Robert Downey Jr.
• Foreign Language Film Reel: Catherine Deneuve, Ken Watanabe
• Foreign Language Film: Clive Owen, Cate Blanchett
• Supporting Actress: George Clooney
• Documentary Short Subject: Eva Green, Gael Garcia Bernal
• Documentary Feature: Jerry Seinfeld
• Ennio Morricone Tribute: Clint Eastwood
• Ennio Morricone Tribute: Celine Dion
• Original Score: Penlope Cruz, Hugh Jackman
• Original Screenplay: Kristen Dunst, Tobey Maguire
• Dreamgirls Song Presentation: Jennifer Lopez
• Original Song: John Travolta, Queen Latifah
• America Through the Movies Montage: Will Smith
• Film Editing: Kate Winslet
• In Memorium: Jodie Foster
• Actress: Philip Seymour Hoffman
• Actor: Reese Witherspoon
• Director: Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas
• Picture: Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson

• What Happened To? Meryl Streep

Song Performances

• "I Need to Wake Up", Melissa Etheridge
• "Listen", Beyonc Knowles
• "Love You I Do", Jennifer Hudson
• "Our Town", Randy Newman, James Taylor
• "Patience", Beyonc Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson