Monday, February 26, 2007

Week 29: Academy Awards

Hi sweet pea :)

I don't know if you'll be into movies when you're older but the Academy Awards were last night and here is who won:

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"

Your Daddy & I had a little contest where we predicted the winners. The score? Daddy 7, Mommie 8. I'm not sure what my prize is yet. :) Love you!

-Mommie