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78th Annual Academy Awards
Sunday, March 5, 8 p.m.
ABC
Actor - Leading
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Terrence Howard - “Hustle & Flow”
Heath Ledger - “Brokeback Mountain”
Joaquin Phoenix - “Walk The Line”
David Strathairn - “Good Night, and Good Luck”
Actor- Supporting
George Clooney - “Syriana”
Matt Dillon - “Crash”
Paul Giamatti - “Cinderella Man”
Jake Gyllenhaal - “Brokeback Mountain”
William Hurt - “A History of Violence”
Actress - Leading
Judi Dench - “Mrs. Henderson Presents”
Felicity Huffman - “Transamerica”
Keira Knightley - “Pride & Prejudice”
Charlize Theron - “North Country”
Reese Witherspoon - “Walk the Line”
Actress - Supporting
Amy Adams - “Junebug”
Catherine Keener - “Capote”
Frances McDormand - “North Country”
Rachel Weisz - “The Constant Gardener”
Michelle Williams - “Brokeback Mountain”
Screenplay - Adapted
“Brokeback Mountain” - Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
“Capote” - Dan Futterman
“The Constant Gardener”
“A History of Violence”
“Munich” - Tony Kushner & Eric Roth
Directing
“Brokeback Mountain” - Ang Lee
“Capote” - Bennett Miller
“Crash”
“Good Night, and Good Luck”
“Munich”
Best Picture
“Brokeback Mountain”
“Capote”
“Crash”
“Good Night, and Good Luck”
“Munich”
Original Score
“Brokeback Mountain” - Gustavo Santaolalla & Marcelo Zarvos
“The Constant Gardener”
“Memoirs of a Geisha”
“Munich”
“Pride & Prejudice”
Original Song
“In the Deep” - “Crash”
“It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” - “Hustle & Flow”
“Travelin’ Thru” - “Transamerica” - Dolly Parton
Cinematography
“Batman Begins”
“Brokeback Mountain” - Rodrigo Prieto
“Good Night, and Good Luck”
“Memoirs of a Geisha”
“The New World”
Screenplay - Original
“Crash”
“Good Night, and Good Luck”
“Match Point”
“The Squid and the Whale”
“Syriana”
Animated Feature
“Howl’s Moving Castle”
“Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride”
“Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-rabbit”
Art Direction
“Good Night, and Good Luck”
“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”
“King Kong”
“Memoirs of Geisha”
Costume Design
“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”
“Memoirs of a Geisha”
“Mrs. Henderson Presents”
“Pride & Prejudice”
“Walk the Line”
Documentary Feature
“Darwin’s Nightmare”
“Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room”
“March of the Penguins”
“Murderball”
“Street Fight”
Documentary Short
“The Death of Kevin Cater: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club”
“God Sleeps in Rwanda”
“The Mushroom Club”
“A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin”
Film Editing
“Cinderella Man”
“The Constant Gardener”
“Crash”
“Munich”
“Walk the Line”
Foreign Language Film
“Don’t Tell”
“Joyeux Noël”
“Paradise Now”
“Sophie Scholl - The Final Days”
“Tsotsi”
Makeup
“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”
“Cinderella Man”
“Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith”
Short Film - Animated
“Badgered”
“The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation”
“The Mysterious Geographic Exploration of Jasper Morello”
“9”
“One Man Band”
Short Film - Live Action
“Ausreisser (The Runaway)”
“Cashback”
“The Last Farm”
“Our Time is Up”
“Six Shooter”
Sound Editing
“King Kong”
“Memoirs of a Geisha”
“War of the Worlds”
Sound Mixing
“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe”
“King Kong”
“Memoirs of a Geisha”
“Walk the Line”
“War of the Worlds”
Visual Effects
“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe”
“King Kong”
“War of the Worlds”
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By: GREG MARZULLO COMMENTS
 
Academy Awards night is always a big gay event, but this year’s ceremony has special significance because of the unusual number of gay-related nominees.
Past years have only seen a smattering of gay characters, and they’ve not always been portrayed in the best light.
William Hurt was the first actor to win an Academy Award for a gay role for his turn as Louis Molina in 1985’s "Kiss of the Spider Woman," which was also nominated for best picture, director and screenplay.
Tom Hanks won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance as a lawyer suffering from AIDS in 1993’s, "Philadelphia," but some gay critics complained that Hanks’ character’s relationship with his partner was asexual. Charlize Theron grabbed the Best Actress award in 2003 for her disturbingly brilliant portrayal of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute-turned-serial-killer who was also a lesbian. Great role, but not exactly a gay role model.
This year, however, gay characters and stories are plentiful, and the stories are touching without being stereotypical. And many are odds-on favorites to win. Canadian website Sportsbook is giving "Brokeback Mountain" 1/9 odds to win, which means a winning bet will only make 11 cents on the dollar. Its closest competition is "Crash" at 2/5 odds.
Odds makers are also predicting that the film’s director Ang Lee will take home a trophy, as well as Phillip Seymour Hoffman for his role as gay author Truman Capote in "Capote" and Reece Witherspoon for her role in "Walk the Line" (with "Transamerica’s" Felicity Huffman close behind).
While everyone is speculating who is going to win what, the Blade asked three film experts to pick which artists should win the awards and which will actually take home the little golden man.
Ellen Huang is the executive director of Queer Lounge, a hangout space for gay and straight filmmakers, moviegoers and artists that is set up at film festivals.
Alexander Doty has written two books on queer cinema and culture: "Making Things Perfectly Queer: Interpreting Mass Culture" and "Flaming Classics: Queering the Film Canon."
Frank DeCaro hosts "The Frank DeCaro Show," a national talk radio show, weekdays on Sirius Satellite Radio. He appeared on "The Daily Show With John Stewart" from 1996-2003, hosting "Out at the Movies," a show segment during which he reviewed films while delivering snappy gay commentary.
Best Supporting Actress
Ellen Huang
Should Win & Will Win: Catherine Keener - "Capote"
"She really embodied the character and was able to extricate more of Capote’s personality just by being there."
Alex Doty
Should Win & Will Win: Rachel Weisz -
"The Constant Gardener"
"I’d like to make it an all-queer film sweep, but Weisz is brilliant in what was really a lead female role," says Doty. "She created one of the most complex female characters of the year."
Frank DeCaro
Should Win & Will Win: Rachel Weisz -
"The Constant Gardener"
"I think the buzz is that they’re going to give it to Rachel Weisz," DeCaro says.
Best Supporting Actor
Ellen Huang
Should Win: Jake Gyllenhaal - "Brokeback Mountain"
Will Win: Matt Dillon - "Crash"
"I think Matt Dillon did an amazing job [playing] somebody who is a racist. He has more of an arc than Jake Gyllenhaal. I think [Gyllenhaal] is really supposed to be the ‘straight’ man against Heath Ledger who really develops the character."
Alex Doty
Should Win: Jake Gyllenhaal - "Brokeback Mountain"
Will Win: Paul Giamatti - "Cinderella Man"
"It will be difficult for the Academy members not to reward Giamatti after passing him over for a nomination for ‘Sideways.’ [Gyllenhaal’s] character’s movement from confused desire to a more positive sense of himself as a gay man is really the most progressive part of this tragic melodrama."
Frank DeCaro
Should Win & Will Win: Jake Gyllenhaal - "Brokeback Mountain"
"Jake Gyllenhaal is really terrific. It’s about time a bottom gets an Oscar. Oh, wait, Kevin Spacey’s already got one."
Best Actress
Ellen Huang
Should Win: Felicity Huffman - "Transamerica"
Will Win: Reese Witherspoon - "Walk the Line"
"In certain ways there might be some backlash with LGBT characters. ... There were certain points for me where [Huffman] didn’t feel real enough. She didn’t transcend technical difficulties completely."
Alex Doty
Should Win: Felicity Huffman - "Transamerica"
Will Win: Reese Witherspoon - "Walk the Line"
"Huffman should win not because she played a trans character, but because her performance was spot on. Witherspoon will get the award for singing better ...
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