(Hollywood, California) Mob epic "The Departed" won the Academy Award for best picture Sunday. It's director, Martin Scorsese was named best director. It was his first win after five previous losses.
Helen Mirren won the best actress Academy Award Sunday night for her role in "The Queen."
Forest Whitaker took the best-actor Academy Award for "The Last King of Scotland," playing Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.
Jennifer Hudson won the supporting-actress Academy Award for "Dreamgirls," her first film role.
Her costar, Eddie Murphy, lost the supporting-actor prize to Alan Arkin of "Little Miss Sunshine."
"An Inconvenient Truth," a chronicle of Al Gore's campaign to warn the world about global warming, was picked as best documentary.
Melissa Etheridge won the Oscar for best-song for the anthem "I Need to Wake Up" from the film.
"First I want to thank my wife Tammy," the lesbian singer said, referring to her spouse Tammy Lynn Michaels.
Ethridge beat out three songs featured in "Dreamgirls" and one from the movie "Cars."
Composer Gustavo Santaolalla won his second straight Oscar for original score for "Babel." He won the same prize a year ago for "Brokeback Mountain."
"Little Miss Sunshine," which leapt from low-budget indie to become a commercial hit won the original screenplay Oscar for first-time screenwriter Michael Arndt.
Ellen DeGeneres served as a noble ringleader for the ceremonies. Her opening monologue was as distinctly low key as her pant suit. DeGeneres noted the broad scope - internationally, racially and sexually - of this year's nominees.
"Such diversity in the room in a year where there's been so many negative things said about people's race, religion and sexual orientation," said DeGeneres.
"And I want to put this out there: If there weren't blacks, Jews or gays, there would be no Oscars.
"Or anyone named Oscar, when you think about that," she said.
*365Gay.com
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