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Academy Award Nominations & Oscar Winners - 2006

Below are the Academy Award nominees and winners for 2006. Which movie was given the Best Picture Oscar? Who won the Best Actor Oscar? Which movies were denied an Academy Award?

Best Picture
  WINNER:
  Departed, The - (My pick)
A+ 
  Babel
  Letters From Iwo Jima - (My prediction) A- 
  Little Miss Sunshine A- 
  Queen, The B+ 
Best Director
  WINNER:
  Departed, The - Martin Scorsese (My pick and prediction)
A+ 
  Babel - Alejandro González Iñárritu
  Letters From Iwo Jima - Clint Eastwood A- 
  Queen, The - Stephen Frears B+ 
  United 93 - Paul Greengrass
Best Actor in a Leading Role
  WINNER:
  Last King of Scotland, The - Forest Whitaker (My prediction)
  Venus - Peter O'Toole  
  Blood Diamond - Leonardo DiCaprio
  Half Nelson - Ryan Gosling B- 
  Pursuit of Happyness, The - Will Smith (My pick) A- 
Best Actress in a Leading Role
  WINNER:
  Queen, The - Helen Mirren (My prediction)
B+ 
  Devil Wears Prada, The - Meryl Streep (My pick) B+ 
  Little Children - Kate Winslet A- 
  Notes on a Scandal - Judi Dench
  Volver - Penelope Cruz
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  WINNER:
  Little Miss Sunshine - Alan Arkin
A- 
  Blood Diamond - Djimon Hounsou
  Departed, The - Mark Wahlberg A+ 
  Dreamgirls - Eddie Murphy (My prediction) B- 
  Little Children - Jackie Earle Haley (My pick) A- 
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  WINNER:
  Dreamgirls - Jennifer Hudson (My prediction)
B- 
  Babel - Adriana Barraza (My pick)
  Babel - Rinko Kikuchi
  Little Miss Sunshine - Abigail Breslin A- 
  Notes on a Scandal - Cate Blanchett
Best Original Screenplay
  WINNER:
  Little Miss Sunshine
A- 
  Babel
  Letters From Iwo Jima A- 
  Pan's Labyrinth - (My pick)
  Queen, The - (My prediction) B+ 
Best Adapted Screenplay
  WINNER:
  Departed, The - (My prediction)
A+ 
  Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
  Children of Men A+ 
  Little Children - (My pick) A- 
  Notes on a Scandal
Best Foreign Picture
  WINNER:
  Lives of Others, The
A- 
  After the Wedding  
  Days of Glory (Indigènes)
  Pan's Labyrinth - (My pick and prediction)
  Water  
Best Documentary Picture
  WINNER:
  Inconvenient Truth, An - (My pick and prediction)
A- 
  Iraq in Fragments  
  My Country My Country  
  Deliver Us From Evil B- 
  Jesus Camp
Best Animated Picture
  WINNER:
  Happy Feet
 
  Cars - (My prediction) D+ 
  Monster House - (My pick)
Best Art Direction
  WINNER:
  Pan's Labyrinth - (My pick and prediction)
  Dreamgirls B- 
  Good Shepherd, The B- 
  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  Prestige, The B+ 
Best Cinematography
  WINNER:
  Pan's Labyrinth - (My prediction)
  Black Dahlia, The C+ 
  Children of Men - (My pick) A+ 
  Illusionist, The
  Prestige, The B+ 
Best Costume Design
  WINNER:
  Marie Antoinette
B+ 
  Curse of the Golden Flower - (My pick)
  Devil Wears Prada, The B+ 
  Dreamgirls - (My prediction) B- 
  Queen, The B+ 
Best Film Editing
  WINNER:
  Departed, The
A+ 
  Babel
  Blood Diamond
  Children of Men A+ 
  United 93 - (My pick and prediction)
Best Makeup
  WINNER:
  Pan's Labyrinth - (My prediction)
  Apocalypto - (My pick) A- 
  Click
Best Original Score
  WINNER:
  Babel
  Good German, The
  Notes on a Scandal - (My pick and prediction)
  Pan's Labyrinth
  Queen, The B+ 
Best Original Song
  WINNER:
  Inconvenient Truth, An - Melissa Etheridge ("I Need To Wake Up")
A- 
  Cars - Randy Newman ("Our Town") D+ 
  Dreamgirls - Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven ("Listen") B- 
  Dreamgirls - Henry Krieger, Siedah Garrett ("Love You I Do") B- 
  Dreamgirls - Henry Krieger, Willie Reale ("Patience") B- 
Best Sound Mixing
  WINNER:
  Dreamgirls
B- 
  Apocalypto A- 
  Blood Diamond
  Flags of Our Fathers B- 
  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Sound Editing
  WINNER:
  Letters From Iwo Jima
A- 
  Apocalypto A- 
  Blood Diamond
  Flags of Our Fathers B- 
  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Visual Effects
  WINNER:
  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - (My pick and prediction)
  Poseidon B- 
  Superman Returns
Best Documentary Short
  WINNER:
  The Blood of Yingzhou District
 
  Recycled Life  
  Rehearsing a Dream  
  Two Hands  
Best Animated Short Film
  WINNER:
  The Danish Poet
 
  Lifted  
  Maestro  
  No Time for Nuts  
  The Little Matchgirl  
Best Live-Action Short Film
  WINNER:
  West Bank Story
 
  Binta y la gran idea  
  Helmer & Son  
  The Saviour  
  Éramos pocos