Academy Awards

Hugh Jackman reportedly team up with Beyonce Knowles, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens to perform a musical extravaganza at the star-studded event.

Jackman will be joined on-stage by the Dreamgirls star, along with the real-life couples Hudgens and Efron and Mamma Mia’s Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper for a showstopping song-and-dance routine.

The 81st Academy Awards takes place at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday -22 February 2009.

Cate Blanchett

Best Supporting Actress nominee Blanchett wears the first and only dress she tried on, a beaded Armani Privé gown.

Emily Blunt

The delightful Blunt is shimmering in a blue gown by Francisco Costa by Calvin Klein.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Apparently Paltrow likes Zac Posen’s spring collection—her gathered gown was fresh off the runway!

Helen Mirren

Winner of the Best Actress statue for The Queen, Mirren plays the part on the red carpet in a stunning Christian Lacroix gown.

Jennifer Hudson

Hudson, who took home the gold statue for Best Supporting Actress, dazzles on the red carpet in an Oscar de la Renta creation.

Jennifer Lopez

Lopez is glorious in Marchesa—her recent red-carpet designer of choice.

Nicole Kidman

Kidman plays the role of lady in red to perfection in her floor-length Balenciaga stunner.

Penélope Cruz

Though she didn’t win the Best Actress award, Cruz makes a dramatic (and gorgeous!) statement in her blush-colored Versace number and elegant updo.

Portia de Rossi

Girlfriend of the host Ellen Degeneres, de Rossi looks positively gorgeous in a floor-length navy blue gown.

Reese Witherspoon

Witherspoon shows off her toned shoulders and flirty hair in a strapless floor-length Nina Ricci gown.
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In a year of unparalleled diversity and international muscle at Hollywood’s film honors, the Academy Awards finished as a love fest for a long-overlooked American — Martin Scorsese.

After Scorsese’s five previous losses in the direction category, he won for mob epic “The Departed,” which also won best picture.

Awards watchers had viewed Scorsese as a lock to win at last, and while he clearly coveted an Oscar, the director said he had not counted on anything.

Here’s the complete list of winners at the 79th annual Academy Awards, presented Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles:

Best Motion Picture: “The Departed”

Lead Actor: Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”

Lead Actress: Helen Mirren, “The Queen”

Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”

Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”

Directing: Martin Scorsese, “The Departed”

Foreign Language Film: “The Lives of Others,” Germany

Adapted Screenplay: William Monahan, “The Departed”

Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt, “Little Miss Sunshine”

Animated Feature Film: “Happy Feet”

Art Direction: “Pan’s Labyrinth”

Cinematography: “Pan’s Labyrinth”

Sound Mixing: “Dreamgirls”

Sound Editing: “Letters From Iwo Jima”

Original Score: “Babel,” Gustavo Santaolalla

Original Song: “I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth,” Melissa Etheridge
Costume: “Marie Antoinette”

Documentary Feature: “An Inconvenient Truth”

Documentary Short Subject: “The Blood of Yingzhou District”

Film Editing: “The Departed”

Makeup: “Pan’s Labyrinth”

Animated Short Film: “The Danish Poet”

Live Action Short Film: “West Bank Story”

Visual Effects: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”

Jean Hersholt Award (Oscar statuette): Sherry Lansing.

Honorary Academy Award (Oscar statuette): Ennio Morricone.

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