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Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond)
• Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson)
• Peter O'Toole (Venus)
• Will Smith (Pursuit of Happiness)
• Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine)
• Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children)
• Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond)
• Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls)
• Mark Wahlberg (The Departed)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Penelope Cruz (Volver)
• Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal)
• Helen Mirren (The Queen)
• Meryl Streep (Devil wears Prada)
• Kate Winslet (Little Children)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Adriana Barraza (Babel)
• Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal)
• Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine)
• Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
• Rinko Kikuchi (Babel)

Achievement in directing

• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel)
• Martin Scorsese (The Departed)
• Clint Eastwood (Letters from Iwo Jima)
• Stephen Frears (The Queen)
• Paul Greengrass (United 93)

Best Picture

• Babel
• The Departed
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Queen