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and the nominees are:

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Terrence Howard in "Hustle & Flow" (Paramount Classics, MTV Films and New Deal Entertainment)
Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
Joaquin Phoenix in "Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox)
David Strathairn in "Good Night, and Good Luck." (Warner Independent Pictures)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

George Clooney in "Syriana" (Warner Bros.)
Matt Dillon in "Crash" (Lions Gate)
Paul Giamatti in "Cinderella Man" (Universal and Miramax)
Jake Gyllenhaal in "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
William Hurt in "A History of Violence" (New Line)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Judi Dench in "Mrs. Henderson Presents" (The Weinstein Company)
Felicity Huffman in "Transamerica" (The Weinstein Company and IFC Films)
Keira Knightley in "Pride & Prejudice" (Focus Features)
Charlize Theron in "North Country" (Warner Bros.)
Reese Witherspoon in "Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Amy Adams in "Junebug" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Catherine Keener in "Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Frances McDormand in "North Country" (Warner Bros.)
Rachel Weisz in "The Constant Gardener" (Focus Features)
Michelle Williams in "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)

Best animated feature film of the year

"Howl's Moving Castle" (Buena Vista) Hayao Miyazaki
"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" (Warner Bros.) Tim Burton and Mike Johnson
"Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (DreamWorks Animation SKG) Nick Park and Steve Box

Achievement in art direction

"Good Night, and Good Luck." (Warner Independent Pictures)
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (Warner Bros.)
"King Kong" (Universal)
"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
"Pride & Prejudice" (Focus Features)
Achievement in cinematography

"Batman Begins" (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister
"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features) Rodrigo Prieto
"Good Night, and Good Luck." Robert Elswit (Warner Independent Pictures)
"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Dion Beebe
"The New World" (New Line) Emmanuel Lubezki

Achievement in costume design

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (Warner Bros.) Gabriella Pescucci
"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Colleen Atwood
"Mrs. Henderson Presents" (The Weinstein Company) Sandy Powell
"Pride & Prejudice" (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
"Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox) Arianne Phillips

Achievement in directing

"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features) Ang Lee
"Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) Bennett Miller
"Crash" (Lions Gate) Paul Haggis
"Good Night, and Good Luck." George Clooney (Warner Independent Pictures)
"Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks) Steven Spielberg

Best documentary feature

"Darwin's Nightmare" (International Film Circuit) Hubert Sauper
"Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot
"March of the Penguins" (Warner Independent Pictures) Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau
"Murderball" (THINKFilm) Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
"Street Fight" Marshall Curry
Best documentary short subject

"The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club" Dan Krauss "God Sleeps in Rwanda" Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman "The Mushroom Club" Steven Okazaki "A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin" Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson Achievement in film editing

"Cinderella Man" (Universal and Miramax) Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
"The Constant Gardener" (Focus Features) Claire Simpson
"Crash" (Lions Gate) Hughes Winborne
"Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks) Michael Kahn
"Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox) Michael McCusker

Best foreign language film of the year

"Don't Tell" Italy "Joyeux Noël" France "Paradise Now" Palestine "Sophie Scholl - The Final Days" Germany "Tsotsi" South Africa Achievement in makeup

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (Buena Vista) Howard Berger and Tami Lane
"Cinderella Man" (Universal and Miramax) David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson
"Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith" Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley (20th Century Fox)

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features) Gustavo Santaolalla
"The Constant Gardener" (Focus Features) Alberto Iglesias
"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) John Williams
"Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks) John Williams
"Pride & Prejudice" (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

"In the Deep" from Music by Kathleen "Bird" York and Michael Becker
"Crash" (Lions Gate) Lyric by Kathleen "Bird" York
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman
"Hustle & Flow" and Paul Beauregard
(Paramount Classics, MTV Films and
New Deal Entertainment)
"Travelin' Thru" from Music and Lyric by Dolly Parton "Transamerica"
(The Weinstein Company and IFC Films)

Best motion picture of the year

"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features) Diana Ossana and James Schamus, Producers
"Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven,
"Crash" (Lions Gate) Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers
"Good Night, and Good Luck." (Warner Independent Pictures) Grant Heslov, Producer
"Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks) Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg andBest animated short film

"Badgered" Sharon Colman
"The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation" John Canemaker and Peggy Stern
"The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello" (Monster Distributes) Anthony Lucas
"9" Shane Acker
"One Man Band" Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews
Best live action short film

"Ausreisser (The Runaway)" Ulrike Grote
"Cashback" (The British Film Institute) Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager"The Last Farm" Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson
"Our Time Is Up" Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente
"Six Shooter" (Sundance Film Channel) Martin McDonagh
Achievement in sound editing

"King Kong" (Universal) Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Wylie Stateman
"War of the Worlds" (Paramount and DreamWorks) Richard King

Achievement in sound mixing

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (Buena Vista) Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson
"King Kong" (Universal) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett
"Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox) Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland
"War of the Worlds" (Paramount and DreamWorks) Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins

Achievement in visual effects

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (Buena Vista) Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar
"King Kong" (Universal) Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor
"War of the Worlds" (Paramount and DreamWorks) Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra and Daniel Sudick

Adapted screenplay

"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features) Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
"Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) Screenplay by Dan Futterman
"The Constant Gardener" (Focus Features) Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine
"A History of Violence" (New Line) Screenplay by Josh Olson
"Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks) Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth

Original screenplay

"Crash" (Lions Gate) Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco Story by Paul Haggis
"Good Night, and Good Luck." Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
(Warner Independent Pictures)
"Match Point" (DreamWorks) Written by Woody Allen
"The Squid and the Whale" (Samuel Goldwyn Films Written by Noah Baumbach
and Sony Pictures Releasing)
"Syriana" (Warner Bros.) Written by Stephen Gaghan

Red Dog

Who's airing the red carpet coverage and when? E? That's all I care about.

dork

Most common joke topic

"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
"Doogal" (The Weinstein Company)
"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)

SMB-IL

Yes, E!, and E!'s coverage is also simulcast in high definition on inHD2.

Red Dog

HD? Nice.

Goldberg74

I hope the hook a electro-stimulus device to Isaac Mizrahi's nads and give him a jolt everytime he thinks about gropping/peeking/squeezing/slapping/noodling the people on the red carpet.

Here's to Crash pulling the upset in the big category and Steven Speilberg nabbing the director statuette.

... and a premature congratulations to Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamitti on their respective wins tonight!

raven56706

i think Crash might win best picture..... it seems to be getting some steam

Bill Needle

Far be it for me to point out the transparency of the emperor's new outfit, but actually looking through the list of nominee's this year it strikes me how unenthusiastic I am about nearly all of them. I enjoyed a few, but find little that I truly can't wait to see win a statue. Maybe I'm just getting crotchety, but I hope the class of 2006 has stronger offerings.

That being said, I am leaning towards Goldberg74's picks as well.

William Fuld

Looking forward to the Altman tribute.

Nosebleed

Will this ben in HD?

riley_dude

If this coverage is with Joan Rivers forget it.

dork

And if so, which one? Affleck? Stiller? Dear God, please not Gazzara.

Red Dog

That's what the DVR and mute button is for.

QuikSilver

I would like to anyone a huge favor, I might miss the whole hour of the arrivals and the first 30 mintues of the actual show which pisses me off. Will anybody be willing to record the whole hour of the arrivals and the whole 3 hours of the show for me on DVD? I will pay them back for the time and postage. Thanks!

P.S. the show is on ABC starting at 7pm EST, 4pm PST.

movieking

Who is going to be performing the songs?

clckworang

I am pretty lukewarm about this year's Oscars. I usually feel more emotionally invested. It's not that I didn't like many of the films, it's just that I guess there isn't one performance or nomination in particular I'm really rooting for.

I would love to see Good Night, and Good Luck win big, but I know that's not going to happen. Instead, I guess I will expel most of my energy vehemently rooting against one film, that film being Crash. Judging by comments here, I see I'm still in the minority in my intense dislike for this film.

William Fuld

Dolly Parton, Three 6 Mafia, no idea about the song from Crash.

Daniel-A

Three 6 is performing Hard out Here? Makes me crack up that they went that corporate.

So which preshow is worth watching? E or ABC?

Also why is this thread in TV Talk? The whole thing is about movies.

FRwL

Well the winners were leaked online, someone who was working at the set managed to find them and post them on the Internet as a torrent. I looked at them and I'm not surprised, here are the results:

Best Motion Picture of the Year - Brokeback Mountain
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Terrence Howard
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Charlize Theron
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - William Hurt
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Frances McDormand
Best Achievement in Directing - Ang Lee
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Crash
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published - Brokeback Mountain
Best Achievement in Cinematography - Brokeback Mountain -- Rodrigo Preito
Best Achievement in Editing - Walk the Line -- Michael McCusker
Best Achievement in Art Direction - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire -- Stuart Craig, Stephanie McMillan
Best Achievement in Costume Design - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory -- Gabriella Pescucci
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score - Memoirs of a Geisha -- John Williams
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song - Hustle & Flow -- Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman, Paul Beauregard ("It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp")
Best Achievement in Makeup - Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith -- Dave Elsey, Annette Miles
Best Achievement in Sound - King Kong -- Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek
Best Achievement in Sound Editing - War of the Worlds -- Richard King
Best Achievement in Visual Effects - War of the Worlds -- Pablo Helman, Dennis Muren, Randy Dutra, Daniel Sudick
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year - Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year - Tsotsi
Best Documentary, Features - March of the Penguins
Best Documentary, Short Subjects - God Sleeps in Rwanda
Best Short Film, Animated - One Man Band
Best Short Film, Live Action - Six Shooter

Daniel-A

*Goes to the closest gambling site*Nevermind both of these happening are enough to make me think these are fake.

dolphinboy

After catching Sarah Silverman hosting the Spirit Awards-and talking at length about her vagina and other extremely interesting issues-I hope that she will get the Oscar gig permanently next year no matter how Stewart does tonight.

clckworang

It's about movies, but it is being shown on TV.

And you think just them performing is going corporate? Just look at some of these snippets from a couple of articles I have seen over the Entertainment wire at work:

From one article: The group had to change the song's racier lyrics into more television-friendly fare. One key phrase in the chorus was cleaned-up to become "a whole lot of witches jumping ship.'' When Henson let the b-word slip out during a rehearsal, her face registered the mistake.

Here's another article in full:

Oscar finds it hard to listen to `Pimp' lyrics
By Timothy Finn
Knight Ridder Newspapers
(KRT)
In the category of songs, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences aimed for genuine controversy, then settled for compromise.
When the hard-core rap "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp'' was nominated in the best original song category, it caused a stir. "Pimp'' is a cut from "Hustle & Flow,'' a film about a Memphis pimp who wants to be a rapper.
It was written by the Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia, and it includes plenty of offensive language, including the "n-word'' and terms that demean women.
"Pimp'' also portrays the cut-throat street life in Memphis and one man's fight to survive and escape his violent surroundings.
However, viewers of tonight's Academy Awards show won't hear the version of the song that was nominated. Instead of what actor Terrence Howard, as DJay, performed in the movie, Three 6 Mafia will perform a sanitized version of "Pimp,'' which has been rewritten to appease the censors. Even with words, terms like "messed up'' inserted in place of the obvious profanity, Three 6 Mafia will convey the song's inherent message, which is about how cheap and disposable life can be in some parts of America. And for that reason, it ought to win the award.
The two other nominees (and performers) are Kathleen "Bird'' York for "In the Deep'' from best picture nominee "Crash'' and Dolly Parton for "Travelin' Thru'' from "Transamerica.'' It's an odd, short field — the first time since 1980 that fewer than five songs have been nominated — that ignores worthwhile cuts from soundtracks like "Brokeback Mountain'' and "Elizabethtown.''
On the good side, however, this year's field is void of sweet, grand treacle from Diane Warren, James Horner, Elton John, Phil Collins and anything Disney.
Of this year's small group, Parton seems the likeliest winner. "Travelin''' is a redemptive, nostalgic country anthem, festooned with strings, banjo, fiddle and slide guitar. Much like Bob Dylan, who won for "Things Have Changed'' (from "Wonder Boys'') six years ago, Parton is an institution who commands interest, if not respect, from people who aren't even fans.
"In the Deep'' is an appealing but innocuous slice of wispy, after-dinner indie-pop from Kathleen "Bird'' York, who plays Andrea Wyatt on the TV drama "The West Wing.'' "Deep'' is also a cut off her full-length studio album, "The Velvet Hour.''
If "Pimp'' wins, it will follow a precedent set two years ago, when Eminem won an Oscar for best original song for his infernal go-for-it rap, "Lose Yourself,'' from the movie ``8 Mile.'' At least lyrically, "Pimp'' is more unsuitable for prime-time audiences, primarily because it depicts (some would say exaggerates) the walk and talk of a more repugnant character.
Happy to be nominated and invited to perform, Three 6 Mafia cleaned up the words — but, one can only assume, not the ideas — that might offend. In case it hasn't applied enough cleanser, the network will use a five-second delay to help its censors, according to the group's attorney, Aaron Rosenberg.
"It's admirable that voters are recognizing the hip-hop generation and its influence on American culture,'' he told Reuters last week.
It's a compromise, for certain, but at this point, everyone involved seems to feel like a winner.
(EDITORS: STORY CAN END HERE)
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BEST ORIGINAL SONG
The Academy Award nominees for best original song:
"In the Deep,'' from "Crash.'' Music by Kathleen "Bird'' York and Michael Becker. Lyric by Kathleen "Bird'' York.
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp,'' from "Hustle & Flow.'' Music and lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard.
"Travelin' Thru,'' from "Transamerica.'' Music and lyric by Dolly Parton.
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OSCAR SONG FACTS
This is the first year since 1989 the best original song category fielded fewer than five nominations.
Kathleen "Bird'' York, nominated for "In the Deep,'' from the movie "Crash,'' plays Andrea Wyatt on NBC's "The West Wing.'' She had a small part in "Crash'' as "Officer Johnson.''
Dolly Parton's nomination for "Travelin' Thru'' is her second best original song nomination. She was nominated for her song "Nine to Five'' from the 1980 movie of the same name. "Nine to Five'' lost to "Fame,'' from the movie "Fame.''
The first original song Oscar was awarded in 1935 to Con Conrad and Herb Magidson for "The Continental'' from the film "The Gay Divorcee.'' The film starred Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Daniel-A

No offense but that doesn't make sense. Sports games are on TV but they are talked about in the Sports forum. If you see a movie on TV you don't talk about it in the TV forum. The awards show is all about movies. If I listen to it on the radio or watch it on the internet should I talk about it in the Music or Tech forum? I really don't care so much, but I think that reasoning is flawed.

Mhepburn20

yeah, I think I could just as easily "leak" a "winners" list. Some of these aren't even close to plausible. Namely all of the acting categories

auto

My pics on most categories:

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
ANG LEE

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Philip Seymour Hoffman - CAPOTE

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
George Clooney - SYRIANA

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Reese Witherspoon - WALK THE LINE

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Rachel Weisz - THE CONSTANT GARDENER

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
CRASH

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
CRASH

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
SOPHIE SCHOLL - THE FINAL DAYS

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
(ORIGINAL SCORE)
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
(ORIGINAL SONG)
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" - HUSTLE & FLOW (probably not gonna happen but they gave an oscar to m&m didn't they?

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
WAR OF THE WORLDS

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
WALK THE LINE

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
WAR OF THE WORLDS