Let’s look at the results from the 79th Academy Awards ceremony:

Best Motion Picture of the Year:
The Departed

Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

Achievement in Directing:
Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears for The Queen
Alejandro González Iñárritu for Babel
Paul Greengrass for United 93

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:
Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

Leonardo DiCaprio for Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson
Peter O’Toole for Venus
Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:
Helen Mirren for The Queen

Penélope Cruz for Volver
Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal
Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet for Little Children