Jennifer Hudson, Helen
Mirren and Alan Arkin are among the winners of the 79th Annual Academy Awards.
Hudson was awarded Best Supporting
Actress in a Motion Picture for her performance as Effie in Dreamgirls. Arkin, of Little Miss Sunshine, received an
Oscar as Best Supporting Actor (winning over Dreamgirls star Eddie Murphy). Mirren was honored with a Best
Actress Oscar for her performance in the title role of The Queen (Forest Whitaker won Best Actor for a similarly regal
performance in The Last King of Scotland).
Although Dreamgirls was nominated for three songs
– "Listen," "Patience," and "Love You I Do" – Melissa Etheridge's title song
from the documentary An Inconvenient
Truth was awarded Best Original Song. With the exception of Hudson's and an award for Best Sound Mixing, the movie musical, based on the
1981 Broadway classic, failed to win awards in its eight nominated categories.
Martin Scorcese (after
six previous nominations) was honored as Best Director for his crime thriller The Departed, which also received the
Oscar for Best Picture.
The Oscars were broadcast
live on ABC from the Kodak Theatre in L.A. on February 25th.
Visit www.oscars.com for more information and a
full list of winners.
Photo of Jennifer Hudson by Retna Ltd.
2026 Theater Fans' Choice Awards - Live Stats
Best Original Score - Top 3
1.
The Rescues , The Rescues - The Lost Boys
35.8% of votes
2.
Cinco Paul - Schmigadoon!
26.4% of votes
3.
Jim Barne, Kit Buchan - Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
26.2% of votes
