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80th Annual Academy Awards: Oscar Presenters and Winners

Jon Stewart hosted the 80th Annual Academy Awards. He started off funny but just before introducing Jennifer Garner, he made fun of Barack Obama’s name and spewed some crap about “Adolf Titler.”

Jennifer Garner presented Best Costume Design. Winner: Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

Anne Hathaway and Steve Carell presented Best Animated Feature (winner: Ratatouille).

Katherine Heigl presented Best Achievement in Makeup. Winner: La Vie En Rose (aka Mome, La).

Duane “The Rock” Johnson presented Best Visual Effects. Winner: The Golden Compass.

Cate Blanchett presented Best Art Direction. Winner: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Jennifer Hudson presented Best Supporting Actor. Winner: Javier Bardem.

Kari Russell introduced a performance for the second Oscar-nominated song.

Owen Wilson presented Best Live Action Short Film. Winner: Le Mozart des pickpockets.

Jerry Seinfeld (as animated bee) presented: Best Animated Short Film. Winner: Peter & the Wolf.

Alan Arkin presented Best Supporting Actress. Winner: Tilda Swinton.

Jessica Alba recapped her presentation of the Scientific Technical Awards.

Josh Brolin and James McAvoy presented Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published. Winner: Coen Brothers.

Steve Dennis, Academy President, discussed how the Oscar nominees and winners are selected.

Miley Cyrus introduced a performance of the third Oscar-nominated song, That’s How You Know, performed by the radiant Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies).

Jon Stewart pointed out three pregnant actresses in attendance: Nicole Kidman, Jessica Alba, and Kate Blanchett.

Judd Apatow and Jonah Hill presented two awards, pretending to be Dame Judy Dench and Halle Berry.

1. Best Achievement in Sound Editing. Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum.
2. Best Achievement in Sound. Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum.

Forest Whitaker presented Best Actress. Winner: Marion Cotillard.

Colin Farrell introduced a performance for the four Oscar-nominated song.

Jack Nicholson introduced a presentation of the history of Best Picture winners.

Renee Zellweger introduced Best Film Editing. Winner: Christopher Rouse for The Bourne Ultimatum.

Nicole Kidman introduced the Honorary Oscar winner, Robert Boyle, who’s now 98.

Penelope Cruz presented the Best Foreign Language Film. Winner: Falscher, Die.

Patrick Dempsey introduced a performance of the fifth Oscar-nominated song, So Close, sung by John McLaughlin (sp?).

John Travolta presented the Best Song. Winner: Once. That must have been a blow to Enchanted composers Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, who had three songs nominated.

Cameron Diaz presented Best Cinematography. Winner: Roger Elswit for There Will Be Blood.

Hilary Swank introduced the Memoriam, which ended with Heath Ledger.

Amy Adams presented Best Original Score. Winner: Dario Marianelli for Atonement.

Tom Hanks introduced some members of the military, currently in Baghdad, who presented the nominees for Best Short Documentary. Winner: Freeheld. Hanks then presented the Best Feature Documentary. Winner: Taxi to the Dark Side.

Harrison Ford presented Best Original Screenplay. Winner: Diablo Cody for Juno. (Diablo, wtf were you wearing? Was that a leopard skin print dress? Nice “naughty girl” tattoo.

Dame Helen Mirren presented Best Actor. Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood. (It’s his second Academy Award.)

Martin Scorsese presented Best Director. Winner: Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country For Old Men. This is their third award and second for this night.

Denzel Washington presented Best Picture. Winner: No Country For Old Men.