The 78th Annual Academy Awards were handed out to last year’s best (well) cinematic efforts at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood tonight, and everything seemed to look like it would turn out the way most had expected - up until the final, most prestigious award was announced: Best Picture did not go to Brokeback Mountain, but to Crash instead! Both films won three Oscars each, the same amount as Memoirs of a Geisha and King Kong, although the latter two’s successes came in the technical categories. Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor for his role in Capote, while the Best Actress prize went to Reese Witherspoon as June Carter in Walk The Line. Triple-nominee George Clooney (Syriana) and Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) won in the supporting acting categories.

You’ll find pictures of the stars on the red carpet and the winners with their prizes as well as transcripts of the winner’s acceptance speeches (onstage and backstage) in the comments below. The winners of our Oscar competition will be announced in a short while.

Here’s the full list of winners:

Best Motion Picture
CRASH

Best Director
Ang Lee / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman / CAPOTE

Best Actress
Reese Witherspoon / WALK THE LINE

Best Supporting Actor
George Clooney / SYRIANA

Best Supporting Actress
Rachel Weisz / THE CONSTANT GARDENER

Best Original Screenplay
CRASH

Best Adapted Screenplay
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Best Art Direction
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

Best Cinematography
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

Best Editing
CRASH

Best Costume Design
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

Best Make-Up
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

Best Sound Editing
KING KONG

Best Sound Mixing
KING KONG

Best Visual Effects
KING KONG

Best Original Score
Gustavo Santaolalla / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Best Original Song
“It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from HUSTLE & FLOW

Best Animated Film
WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

Best Foreign Language Film
TSOTSI

Best Documentary Feature
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS

Best Documentary Short Subject
A NOTE OF TRIUMPH: THE GOLDEN AGE OF NORMAN CORWIN

Best Animated Short Film
THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION

Best Live Action Short Film
SIX SHOOTER

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