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76th Academy Awards® Rundown - Winners & News

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The winners of the 76th Annual Academy Awards were presented on Sunday, February 29th on live (OK, 5 sec. time-delayed) television. The following is a rundown of the events and related news items that we find.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Sweeps the Awards!
Congratulations to The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King for winning all 11 categories in which it was nominated! The 11 wins ties it with Titanic (1997) and Ben-Hur (1959), although neither of the early films swept every category in which they were nominated.

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• Search Google News for news articles relating to the Academy Awards -- Google.com
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• Buy them on DVD from Amazon.com -- Amazon.com

Winners & Nominees
The winner in each category is highlighted with a gold star.

Actor in a Leading Role
	Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (Buena Vista)	Sean Penn accepts the Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in "Mystic River." HO/AMPAS ©A.M.P.A.S.®
	Ben Kingsley in "House of Sand and Fog" (DreamWorks in association with Cobalt Media Group)
	Jude Law in "Cold Mountain" (Miramax)
	Bill Murray in "Lost in Translation" (Focus Features)
	Sean Penn in "Mystic River" (Warner Bros.)
Actor in a Supporting Role
	Alec Baldwin in "The Cooler" (Lions Gate)	Tim Robbins, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor for his work in "Mystic River." HO/AMPAS ©A.M.P.A.S.®
	Benicio Del Toro in "21 Grams" (Focus Features)
	Djimon Hounsou in "In America" (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox)
	Tim Robbins in "Mystic River" (Warner Bros.)
	Ken Watanabe in "The Last Samurai" (Warner Bros.)
Actress in a Leading Role
	Keisha Castle-Hughes in "Whale Rider" (Miramax)	Charlize Theron, Academy Award winner for Best Actress for her work in "Monster." HO/AMPAS ©A.M.P.A.S.®
	Diane Keaton in "Something's Gotta Give" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
	Samantha Morton in "In America" (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox)
	Charlize Theron in "Monster" (Newmarket Films)
	Naomi Watts in "21 Grams" (Focus Features)
Actress in a Supporting Role
	Shohreh Aghdashloo in "House of Sand and Fog" (DreamWorks in association with Cobalt Media Group)	Renee Zellweger, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress for her work in "Cold Mountain." HO/AMPAS ©A.M.P.A.S.®
	Patricia Clarkson in "Pieces of April" (MGM)
	Marcia Gay Harden in "Mystic River" (Warner Bros.)
	Holly Hunter in "Thirteen" (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox)
	Renée Zellweger in "Cold Mountain" (Miramax)
Animated Feature Film
	"Brother Bear" (Buena Vista)
	"Finding Nemo" (Buena Vista)
	"The Triplets of Belleville" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Art Direction
	"Girl with a Pearl Earring" (Lions Gate) Art Direction: Ben Van Os Set Decoration: Cecile Heideman
	"The Last Samurai" (Warner Bros.) Art Direction: Lilly Kilvert Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
	"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Art Direction: Grant Major Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
	"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Art Direction: William Sandell Set Decoration: Robert Gould
	"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass) Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall Set Decoration: Leslie Pope
Cinematography
	"City of God" (Miramax) Cesar Charlone
	"Cold Mountain" (Miramax) John Seale
	"Girl with a Pearl Earring" (Lions Gate) Eduardo Serra
	"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Russell Boyd
	"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass) John Schwartzman
Costume Design
	"Girl with a Pearl Earring" (Lions Gate) Dien van Straalen
	"The Last Samurai" (Warner Bros.) Ngila Dickson
	"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
	"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Wendy Stites
	"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass) Judianna Makovsky
Directing
	"City of God" (Miramax) Fernando Meirelles	Peter Jackson, multiple Academy Award winner for his work on "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." HO/AMPAS ©A.M.P.A.S.®
	"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Peter Jackson
	"Lost in Translation" (Focus Features) Sofia Coppola
	"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Peter Weir
	"Mystic River" (Warner Bros.) Clint Eastwood
Documentary Feature
	"Balseros" (Seventh Art Releasing) A Bausan Films S.L. Production Carlos Bosch and Marcos Loris Omedes
	"Capturing the Friedmans" (Magnolia Pictures) A Hit The Ground Running Production Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling
	"The Fog of War" (Sony Pictures Classics) A Globe Department Store Production Errol Morris and Michael Williams
	"My Architect" (New Yorker) A Louis Kahn Project, Inc. Production Nathaniel Kahn and Susan R. Behr
	"The Weather Underground" (Shadow Distribution) A Free History Project Production Sam Green and Bill Siegel
Documentary Short Subject
	"Asylum" A Constant Communication & Make-do Production Sandy McLeod and Gini Reticker
	"Chernobyl Heart" A Downtown TV Documentaries Production Maryann DeLeo
	"Ferry Tales" A Penelope Pictures Production Katja Esson
Film Editing
	"City of God" (Miramax) Daniel Rezende
	"Cold Mountain" (Miramax) Walter Murch
	"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Jamie Selkirk
	"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Lee Smith
	"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass) William Goldenberg
Foreign Language Film
	"The Barbarian Invasions" A Cinémaginaire Inc. Production Canada
	"Evil" A Moviola Film & Television Production Sweden
	"The Twilight Samurai" A Shochiku/Nippon Television Network/Sumitomo/Hakuhodo/Nippon Shuppan Hanbai/Eisei Gekijo Production Japan
	"Twin Sisters" An IdtV Film Production The Netherlands
	"Zelary" A Total HelpArt T.H.A./Barrandov Studio Production Czech Republic
Makeup
	"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Richard Taylor and Peter King
	"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Edouard Henriques III and Yolanda Toussieng
	"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (Buena Vista) Ve Neill and Martin Samuel
Music (Original Score)
	"Big Fish" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Danny Elfman
	"Cold Mountain" (Miramax) Gabriel Yared
	"Finding Nemo" (Buena Vista) Thomas Newman
	"House of Sand and Fog" (DreamWorks in association with Cobalt Media Group) James Horner
	"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Howard Shore
Music (Original Song)
	"Into the West" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore and Annie Lennox
	"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from "A Mighty Wind" (Warner Bros.) Music and Lyric by Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole
	"Scarlet Tide" from "Cold Mountain" (Miramax) Music and Lyric by T Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello
	"The Triplets of Belleville" from "The Triplets of Belleville" (Sony Pictures Classics) Music by Benoit Charest Lyric by Sylvain Chomet
	"You Will Be My Ain True Love" from "Cold Mountain" (Miramax) Music and Lyric by Sting
Best Picture
	"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) A Wingnut Films Production Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers	Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Academy Award winners for Best Picture for their work on "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." HO/AMPAS ©A.M.P.A.S.®
	"Lost in Translation" (Focus Features) An American Zoetrope/Elemental Films Production Ross Katz and Sofia Coppola, Producers
	"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) A 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures and Miramax Films Production Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir and Duncan Henderson, Producers
	"Mystic River" (Warner Bros.) A Warner Bros. Pictures Production Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt and Clint Eastwood, Producers
	"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass) A Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures Production Nominees to be determined
Short Film (Animated)
	"Boundin'" A Pixar Animation Studios Production Bud Luckey
	"Destino" (Buena Vista) A Walt Disney Pictures Production Dominique Monfery and Roy Edward Disney
	"Gone Nutty" (20th Century Fox) A Blue Sky Studios Production Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin
	"Harvie Krumpet" A Melodrama Pictures Production Adam Elliot
	"Nibbles" An Acme Filmworks Production Chris Hinton
Short Film (Live Action)
	"Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket)" A Hamburger Filmwerkstatt Production Florian Baxmeyer
	"Most (The Bridge)" An Eastwind Films Production Bobby Garabedian and William Zabka
	"Squash" A Tetramedia Production Lionel Bailliu
	"(A) Torzija [(A) Torsion]" A Studio Arkadena Production Stefan Arsenijevic
	"Two Soldiers" A Shoe Clerk Picture Company Production Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks
Sound Editing
	"Finding Nemo" (Buena Vista) Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers
	"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Richard King
	"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (Buena Vista) Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
Sound Mixing
	"The Last Samurai" (Warner Bros.) Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Jeff Wexler
	"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
	"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Arthur Rochester
	"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl " (Buena Vista) Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David Campbell and Lee Orloff
	"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass) Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Tod A. Maitland
Visual Effects
	"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
	"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness and Robert Stromberg
	"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (Buena Vista) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Terry Frazee
Adapted Screenplay
	"American Splendor" (HBO Films in association with Fine Line Features) Written by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman
	"City of God" (Miramax) Screenplay by Braulio Mantovani
	"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson
	"Mystic River" (Warner Bros.) Screenplay by Brian Helgeland
	"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass) Written for the Screen by Gary Ross
Original Screenplay
	"The Barbarian Invasions" (Miramax) Written by Denys Arcand
	"Dirty Pretty Things" (Miramax and BBC Films) Written by Steven Knight
	"Finding Nemo" (Buena Vista) Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds Original Story by Andrew Stanton
	"In America" (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox) Written by Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan
	"Lost in Translation" (Focus Features) Written by Sofia Coppola