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| 79th Academy Awards | |
|---|---|
 Official poster | |
| Date | February 25, 2007 |
| Site | Kodak Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Hosted by | Ellen DeGeneres[1] |
| Preshow hosts | Chris Connelly Lisa Ling[2] André Leon Talley[3] Allyson Waterman[4] |
| Produced by | Laura Ziskin[5] |
| Directed by | Louis J. Horvitz[6] |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | The Departed |
| Most awards | The Departed (4) |
| Most nominations | Dreamgirls (8) |
| TV in the United States | |
| Network | ABC |
| Duration | 3 hours, 51 minutes[7] |
| Ratings | 39.92 million 23.59% (Nielsen ratings)[8] |
The 79th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2006 and took place February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Laura Ziskin and directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actress Ellen DeGeneres hosted for the first time.[9] Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on February 10, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Maggie Gyllenhaal.[10]
The Departed won four awards, including Best Picture.[11][12] Other winners included Pan's Labyrinth with three awards, Dreamgirls, An Inconvenient Truth, and Little Miss Sunshine with two, and Babel, The Blood of Yingzhou District, The Danish Poet, Happy Feet, The Last King of Scotland, Letters from Iwo Jima, The Lives of Others, Marie Antoinette, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Queen, and West Bank Story with one. The telecast garnered nearly 40 million viewers in the United States.
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- ^ "André Leon Talley Named Oscar Pre-show Host". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. January 30, 2007. Archived from the original on April 20, 2007. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
- ^ Thompson, Toni (February 5, 2007). "Allyson Waterman Named Co-host of "Road to the Oscars(R)" and Host of Oscar.com". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on April 20, 2007. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
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- ^ Lindeen, Julie (December 20, 2006). "Horvitz at Oscar helm again". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
- ^ Lowry, Brian (February 25, 2007). "Review: "The 79th Annual Academy Awards"". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- ^ Finke, Nikki. "UPDATE: 39.9 Million Watch 79th Oscars". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
- ^ "Ellen, meet Oscar". USA Today. Gannett Company. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
- ^ Rich, Joshua (February 7, 2007). "Maggie G. Hosts Sci/Tech Oscars". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- ^ Halbfinger, David M.; Waxman, Sharon (February 26, 2014). "'The Departed' Wins Best Picture, Scorsese Best Director". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
- ^ "At Long Last, Scorsese Wins Oscar". CBS News. CBS Corporation. February 11, 2009. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2013.