The winners

It's that Scorsese factor: The Departed takes the 2007 Oscar for best picture, best screenplay, best editing and... Photograph: Public domain

... appropriately enough, Martin Scorsese wins best director. "Could someone double-check the envelope?" he asks nervously. Photograph: Mark J Terrill/AP

Helen Mirren juggles handbag and earring while claiming her - not entirely unexpected - Oscar for best actress. Photograph: Chris Carlson/AP

Forest Whitaker nabs the award for best actor... and thanks not only his wife, Uganda and God, but also his ancestors. Photograph: Robyn Beck/AP

It is Alan Arkin's first Oscar, and the veteran performer's first nomination since The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter way back in 1968. He cries as he picks up his award for best supporting actor in Little Miss Sunshine, which also picked up best original screenplay. Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Jennifer Hudson wins best supporting actress for her role in Dreamgirls. "Oh God," she screams. "Look what God can do." The Supremes take-off also wins an Oscar for best sound mixing. Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/AP

The Academy just loves penguins: best animated feature goes to Happy Feet. Photograph: Public domain

Lives of Others, a tense tale of the Stasi era, has already picked up awards and acclaim around the world, but it is still a surprise choice for best foreign language film. Photograph: Public domain

Marie Antoinette beats The Devil Wears Prada to best costume Oscar. Well it did look good... Photograph: Public domain

Al Gore sends up expectations that he'll announce himself as a presidential candidate when he gets his Oscar for best documentary. An Inconvenient Truth also scores best song for I Need to Wake Up. Photograph: Amy Sancetta/AP

Bill Nighy's trademark good looks win best visual effects for Pirates of the Caribbean. Photograph: Public domain

Hollywood royalty: Tom Cruise presents Sherry Lansing with her Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award. The first woman to head a major studio, she chaired Paramount when it produced Forrest Gump, Braveheart, and the highest grossing film of all time - Titanic. Photograph: Mark J Terrill/AP

Ennio Morricone's speech on accepting the lifetime achievement award is choked and emotional, and delivered entirely in Italian. Photograph: Mark J Terrill/AP

Pan's Labyrinth misses out on a couple of major awards, but still snaffles best makeup, art direction and cinematography. Photograph: Public domain

Babel didn't pick up the fistful predicted, but it did at least win one - for Gustavo Santaolalla's score. Photograph: Vince Bucci/Getty