Oscars 2006

Oscars 2006

The 78th Academy Awards were held at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles in March 5, 2006. Jon Stewart hosted the grand ceremony which received a rating of 38.64 million. Crash won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. Brokeback Mountain, King Kong, and Memoirs of a Geisha won each 3 awards as well. 

Ang Lee won Best Director for Brokeback Mountain. Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor for his amazing performance in Capote. Reese Witherspoon won Best Actress for her performance as country star, June Carter Cash, in Walk the Line. George Clooney won Best Supporting Actor while Rachel Weisz won in the category of Best Supporting Actress. The Academy Awards of 2006 went very well and all of the winners of the night truly deserved their awards. Their was a big mixture of movie genres among the winning movies, which was interesting.

Philip Seymour Hoffman's Acceptance Speech:

Reese Witherspoon's Acceptance Speech: