Oscar winners announced

The winners of the 74th annual Academy Awards were announced last night during a four and a half hour show hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. The winners are as follows. Comments about the winners, losers, acceptance speeches, etc can be written below.

Best Picture: "A Beautiful Mind"

Best Director: Ron Howard, "A Beautiful Mind"

Best Actress: Halle Berry, "Monster's Ball"

Best Actor: Denzel Washington, "Training Day"

Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly, "A Beautiful Mind"

Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent, "Iris"

Screenplay (original): Julian Fellowes, "Gosford Park"

Screenplay (adapted): Akiva Goldsman, "A Beautiful Mind"

Original Score: Howard Shore, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"

Foreign Film: "No Man's Land" from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Art Direction: Catherine Martin and Brigitte Broch, "Moulin Rouge"

Cinematography: Andrew Lesnie, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"

Sound: Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga and Chris Munro, "Black Hawk Down"

Sound Editing: Christopher Boyes and George Watters II, "Pearl Harbor"

Original Song: Randy Newman, "If I Didn't Have You" from "Monsters Inc."

Costume Design: Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie, "Moulin Rouge"

Documentary (feature): Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and Denis Poncet, "Murder on a Sunday Morning"

Documentary (short subject): Sarah Kernochan and Lynn Appelle, "Thoth"

Film Editing: Pietro Scalia, "Black Hawk Down"

Makeup: Peter Owen and Richard Taylor, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"

Animated Feature: Aron Warner, "Shrek"

Animated Short Film: Ralph Eggleston, "For the Birds"

Live Action Short Film: Ray McKinnon and Lisa Blount, "The Accountant"

Visual Effects: Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor and Mark Stetson, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"

Honorary Awards: director Arthur Hiller; actors Sidney Poitier and Robert Redford

Gordon E. Sawyer Award: sound director Edmund M. Di Giulio