X-Nico

6 unusual facts about 78th Academy Awards


2005 Academy Awards

78th Academy Awards, the 2006 ceremony honoring the best in film for 2005

2006 Academy Awards

78th Academy Awards, the Academy Awards ceremony that took place in 2006

Elliott Kalan

He was instrumental in putting together the "gay cowboy" montage (a comedic series of clips from classic westerns, illustrating that the gay content in Brokeback Mountain is nothing new), when Jon Stewart hosted the 78th Academy Awards.

Expressions of Social Justice Festival

It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature for the 78th Academy Awards.

Fred Breinersdorfer

His first full-length cinema screenplay was for the 2005 production of Sophie Scholl – The Final Days, which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards.

Rosalina Lydster

In 2005, she was named as one of the official jewelers for the 2006 Academy Awards.


Frayser Boy

At the 78th Academy Awards, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" along with Three 6 Mafia members DJ Paul and Juicy J.

Memoirs of a Geisha

It was nominated for and won numerous awards, including nominations for six Academy Awards, three of which – Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design – were won.


see also

Kathleen York

"In the Deep" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song with York performing the song live at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006.