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Reese Rocks the Red Carpet at the 79th Annual Academy Awards
Red Carpet Wrap-up
So...hmmm, who looked good? Well, not <b>Kirsten Dunst</b>, whose heavily beaded vintage silver gown washed her out and had too much going on to be flattering.
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We love <b>Jennifer Hudson</b> (and how lucky was she to get her award from Clooney!), but her performance on the red carpet could have used a little work. The flashy gold snakeskin jacket (chosen by <em>Vogue</em> editor André Leon Talley) was at odds with her elegant chocolate gown. Its high collar looked like she was ready for takeoff. And, take it off she did — once she entered the Kodak Theater. She also changed two more times, once into red, for her singing performance on stage, and again for the after parties.
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The usually stunning <b>Cameron Diaz</b> looked unusually unkempt in an ill-cut jacquard gown, messy hair and iffy jewels. And <b>Jessica Biel</b>, rumored new gf of Cammie's ex, JT, also failed to drop jaws in a fairly perfunctory fuchsia gown that did nothing to showcase her AWESOME bod.
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On the plus side, last year's big winner, the newly single <b>Reese Witherspoon</b>, ROCKED the carpet and the house in a deep purple strapless Nina Ricci with a tiered skirt (eat your heart out, Ryan), and <b>Beyoncé's</b> Armani gown was interesting. It was basically a light green strapless dress with a sweetheart neckline, but there was a strand of stones over one shoulder. It looked pretty but not too showy.
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And, the winners were...
Ellen DeGeneres whooped it up big time, and we laughed along with her. Here's a look at who went home with a new pal named Oscar...
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<br /><br /><strong>Best Picture:</strong> "Babel," <strong> Winner! "The Departed,"</strong> "Letters From Iwo Jima," "Little Miss Sunshine," "The Queen."<br /><br /><strong>Actor:</strong> Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"; Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson"; Peter O'Toole, "Venus"; Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"; <strong> Winner! Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland."</strong><br /><br /><strong>Actress:</strong> Penelope Cruz, "Volver"; Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal";<strong> Winner! Helen Mirren, "The Queen"</strong>; Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"; Kate Winslet, "Little Children."<br /><br /><strong>Supporting Actor:</strong> <strong>Winner! Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine"</strong>; Jackie Earle Haley, "Little Children"; Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond"; Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"; Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed."<br /><br /><strong>Supporting Actress:</strong> Adriana Barraza, "Babel"; Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"; Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine"; <strong>Winner! Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"</strong>; Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel."<br /><br /><strong>Directing:</strong> Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel";<strong> Winner! Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"</strong>; Clint Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima"; Stephen Frears, "The Queen"; Paul Greengrass, "United 93."<br /><br /><strong>Foreign Language Film:</strong> "After the Wedding," Denmark; "Days of Glory (Indigenes)," Algeria; <strong>Winner! "The Lives of Others," Germany;</strong> "Pan's Labyrinth," Mexico; "Water," Canada.<br /><br /><strong>Adapted Screenplay:</strong> Sacha Baron Cohen and Anthony Hines and Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips, "Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"; Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, "Children of Men"; <strong> Winner! William Monahan, "The Departed"</strong>; Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, "Little Children"; Patrick Marber, "Notes on a Scandal."<br /><br /><strong>Original Screenplay:</strong> Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel"; Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, "Letters From Iwo Jima"; Michael Arndt, <strong>Winner! "Little Miss Sunshine"</strong>; Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth"; Peter Morgan, "The Queen."<br /><br /><strong>Animated Feature Film:</strong> "Cars," <strong> Winner! "Happy Feet," </strong> "Monster House."<br /><br /><strong>Art Direction:</strong> "Dreamgirls," "The Good Shepherd,"<strong> Winner! "Pan's Labyrinth,"</strong> "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," "The Prestige."<br /><br /><strong>Cinematography:</strong> "The Black Dahlia," "Children of Men," "The Illusionist," <strong>Winner! "Pan's Labyrinth,"</strong> "The Prestige."<br /><br /><strong>Sound Mixing:</strong> "Apocalypto," "Blood Diamond," <strong> Winner! "Dreamgirls,"</strong> "Flags of Our Fathers," "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."<br /><br /><strong>Sound Editing:</strong> "Apocalypto," "Blood Diamond," "Flags of Our Fathers," <strong> Winner! "Letters From Iwo Jima,"</strong> "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."<br /><br /><strong>Original Score:</strong> <strong> Winner! "Babel," Gustavo Santaolalla;</strong> "The Good German," Thomas Newman; "Notes on a Scandal," Philip Glass; "Pan's Labyrinth," Javier Navarrete; "The Queen," Alexandre Desplat.<br /><br /><strong>Original Song:</strong> <strong> Winner! "I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth," Melissa Etheridge</strong>; "Listen" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler and Anne Preven; "Love You I Do" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett; "Our Town" from "Cars," Randy Newman; "Patience" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger and Willie Reale.<br /><br /><strong>Costume:</strong> "Curse of the Golden Flower," "The Devil Wears Prada," "Dreamgirls," <strong> Winner! "Marie Antoinette,"</strong> "The Queen."<br /><br /><strong>Documentary Feature:</strong> "Deliver Us From Evil," <strong> Winner! "An Inconvenient Truth,"</strong> "Iraq in Fragments," "Jesus Camp," "My Country, My Country."<br /><br /><strong>Documentary (short subject):</strong> <strong> Winner! "The Blood of Yingzhou District,"</strong> "Recycled Life," "Rehearsing a Dream," "Two Hands."<br /><br /><strong>Film Editing:</strong> "Babel," "Blood Diamond," "Children of Men," <strong>"Winner! The Departed,"</strong> "United 93."<br /><br /><strong>Makeup:</strong> "Apocalypto," "Click," <strong> Winner! "Pan's Labyrinth." </strong><br /><br /><strong>Animated Short Film:</strong> <strong>Winner! "The Danish Poet,"</strong> "Lifted," "The Little Matchgirl," "Maestro," "No Time for Nuts."<br /><br /><strong>Live Action Short Film:</strong> "Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)," "Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)," "Helmer & Son," "The Saviour," <strong> Winner! "West Bank Story."</strong><br /><br /><strong>Visual Effects:</strong> <strong> Winner! "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,"</strong> "Poseidon," "Superman Returns."<br /><br /><strong>Academy Award winners previously announced this year:</strong><br /><br /><strong>Honorary Award (Oscar statuette):</strong> Ennio Morricone<br /><br /><strong>Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (Oscar statuette):</strong> Sherry Lansing
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