2006 (79th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 2006 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
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The 2006 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 2006 Ceremony
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Sunday, February 25, 2007 5:30 PM Kodak Theatre, Hollywood & Highland Ceremony Poster Ceremony Program Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 2006 Winners
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Best Picture: The Departed Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Graham King, Producer Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin in the film The Last King of Scotland |
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Best Actress: Helen Mirren as HRM Queen Elizabeth II in the film The Queen |
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Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin as Grandpa Edwin Hoover in the film Little Miss Sunshine |
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Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson as Effie White in the film Dreamgirls |
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Best Song: I Need to Wake Up from the film An Inconvenient Truth Music and lyric by Melissa Etheridge Best Song Lyrics |
The 2006 Academy Board of Governors Ball
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The Grand Ballroom, Hollywood & Highland Governors Ball Program/Menu Dinner Menu |