2006 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Game of the Year

• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Gavin Carter & Craig Lafferty)
• Gears of War (Erika Carlson & Rod Fergusson)
• Guitar Hero II (Elena Siegman & Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Eiji Aonuma, Shigeru Miyamoto & Satoru Iwata)
• Wii Sports (Katsuya Eguchi & Shigeru Miyamoto)
  (Honourable Mentions: Final Fantasy XII, LocoRoco, Ōkami, Saints Row, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Gears of War (Michael V. Capps)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Eiji Aonuma)
• Metroid Prime Hunters (Masamichi Abe)
  
• Ōkami (Hideki Kamiya)
• Saints Row (Michael Kulas)
  (Honourable Mentions: Bully, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, Just Cause, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Tomb Raider: Legend)

Best Game Design

• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Ken Rolston)
• Gears of War (Cliff Bleszinski)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Yoshiyuki Oyama & Atsushi Miyagi)
• New Super Mario Bros. (Masanao Arimoto)
• Wii Sports (Junji Morii)
  (Honourable Mentions: Bully, Company of Heroes, Nintendo Brain Age, Ōkami, Viva Piñata)

Best Family/Casual Game

• Guitar Hero II (Daniel Sussman) 
• New Super Mario Bros. (Shigeyuki Asuke)
• Nintendo Brain Age (Kouichi Kawamoto)
• Viva Piñata (Chris Sutherland & Steven Brand)
• Wii Sports (Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura & Yoshikazu Yamashita)
  (Honourable Mentions: Cooking Mama, LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, LocoRoco, Over the Hedge, Rayman Raving Rabbids)

Best Sport/Racing Game

• Cars: The Video Game (Aaron Cammarata)
• FIFA 07 (Joe Booth)
• MLB '06: The Show (Chris Gill)
• NBA 2K7 (Jeffrey J. Thomas)
• Wii Sports (Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura & Yoshikazu Yamashita)
  (Honourable Mentions: Excite Truck, FlatOut 2, Need for Speed: Carbon, NHL 07, Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam)

Best Technical Innovation

• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Guy Carver & Craig Winston)
• Gears of War (Ray Davis)
• LocoRoco (Hiroya Matsugami & Gregg Tavares)
• Nintendo Brain Age (Jun Ito, Shinji Kitahara & Yoshinori Katsuki)
• Wii Sports (Tsutomu Kaneshige)
  (Honourable Mentions: Call of Duty 3, Company of Heroes, Ōkami, Resistance: Fall of Man, Viva Piñata)

Best Multiplayer

• Company of Heroes
• Gears of War (T.J. Duez, Chong Kim, James Schend & Brishan Merrill-Brown)
• Guitar Hero II (Brian Ralph & Jeremy Wahiszczewicz)
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
• Wii Sports

Best Strategy/Simulation Game

• Company of Heroes (John Johnson)
• Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II (Chris Corry)
• Medieval: Total War (Robert T. Smith)
• Star Wars: Empire at War (Theodore A. Morris & Charles J. Kroegel Jr.)
• Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania (Linda Currie)
  (Honourable Mentions: Age of Empires: The War Chiefs, Defcon, Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, Sid Meier's Railroads!)

Best Use of Audio

• Call of Duty 3 (Jerry Berlongieri, Chris Cowell, Scott Purvis & Brian Tuey)
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Mark Lampert)
• Guitar Hero II (Izzy Maxwell, Jeff Allen, Devon Newsom & Sachi Sato)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Takahiro Watanabe, Yohei Miyagawa, Atsushi Masaki & Mitsuhiro Kida)
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Jeff Wesevich, Frederic Devanlay, Darren Mitchell & Jason Drust)
  (Honourable Mentions: Company of Heroes, Final Fantasy XII, Gears of War, Ōkami, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent)

Best Music

• Black (Chris Tilton & Michael Giacchino)
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Jeremy Soule)
• Final Fantasy XII (Hitoshi Sakimoto)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ohta & Koji Kondo)
• LocoRoco (Nobuyuki Shimizu & Kemmei Adachi)
• Wii Sports (Kazumi Totaka)
  (Honourable Mentions: Call of Duty (Joel Goldsmith), Company of Heroes (Jeremy Soule), Ōkami (Masami Ueda), Tomb Raider: Legend (Troels Brun Folmann)

Best Handheld Game

• LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Jon Burton)
• LocoRoco (Tsutomu Kuono)
• New Super Mario Bros. (Shigeyuki Asuke)
• Nintendo Brain Age (Kouichi Kawamoto)
• Tetris DS (Masaki Tawara)
  (Honourable Mentions: Elite Beat Agents, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Metroid Prime Hunters, Orcs & Elves)

Best Fighting Game

• Fight Night Round 3 (Jennifer Gadrinab & Keith J. Morton)
• Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (Ed Boon)
• Tekken: Dark Resurrection (Katsuhiro Harada)
  (Honourable Mentions: Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2, God Hand, Guilty Gear: Judgment, WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw 2007, Yakuza)

Best Art Direction

• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Matthew Carofano)
• Final Fantasy XII (Akihiko Yoshida, Hideo Minaba & Isamu Kamikokuryo)
• Gears of War (Jeremiah O'Flaherty)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Satoru Takizawa)
• Ōkami (Naoki Katakai)
  (Honourable Mentions: Call of Duty 3, The Godfather: The Game, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Viva Piñata, Yoshi's Island DS)

Best Animation

• Call of Duty 3 (Dom Drozdz, Eric Campanella, Jamie Egerton & Adam Rosas)
• Final Fantasy XII (Kohichiro Shiratori & Hirotaka Sawada)
• Gears of War (Scott Dossett, Aaron Herzog & Jay Hosfelt)
• Kingdom Hearts II (Kohichiro Shiratori & Yoshihiro Kitano)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Marumi Nakajo, Yuko Yoshimura, Kimihiro Ozaki, Takeshi Yamaguchi)

Best Story/Writing

• 24: The Game (Duppy Demetrius & Chris Sorrell)
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bruce Nesmith & Ken Rolston)
• Final Fantasy XII (Daisuke Watanabe, Miwa Shoda & Yasumi Matsuno)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Aya Kyogoku & Takayuki Ikkaku)
• Saints Row (Steve Jaros)
  (Honourable Mentions: Bully, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, Ōkami, Rogue Trooper, Tomb Raider: Legend)

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Sean Bean - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for voicing Martin Septim
• Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow for voicing Jack Sparrow
• Christopher Lee - Kingdom Hearts II for voicing DiZ/Ansem the Wise
• Patrick Stewart - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for voicing Uriel Septim VII
• Kiefer Sutherland - 24: The Game for voicing Jack Bauer
• Catherine Taber - Final Fantasy XII for voicing Penelo
  (Honourable Mentions: James Caan - The Godfather: The Game, John DiMaggio - Gears of War, James Gandolfini - The Sopranos: Road to Respect, Seth MacFarlane - Family Guy Video Game!)

2006 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

• "Bad Day" - Daniel Powter (Mitchell Froom & Jeff Dawson)
• "Jenny Wren" - Paul McCartney (Nigel Godrich)
• "Waiting on the World to Change" - John Mayer (Steve Jordan & John Mayer)
• "White & Nerdy" - "Weird Al" Yankovic (Al Yankovic)
• "You're Beautiful" - James Blunt (Tom Rothrock)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Ever the Same" - Rob Thomas, "SexyBack" - Justin Timberlake, "Someday Baby" - Bob Dylan, "Temperature" - Sean Paul, "Upside Down" - Jack Johnson)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

• "Ain't No Other Man" - Christina Aguilera (DJ Premier & Christina Aguilera)
• "Be Without You" - Mary J. Blige (Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox & Ron Fair)
• "Black Horse and a Cherry Tree" - KT Tunstall (Andy Green)
• "Put Your Records On" - Corinne Bailey Rae (Steve Chrisanthou)
• "Unwritten" - Natasha Bedingfield (Wayne Rodrigues & Danielle Brisebois)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Hung Up" - Madonna, "Jesus, Take the Wheel" - Carrie Underwood, "Maneater" - Nelly Furtado, "SOS" - Rihanna, "Stupid Girls" - P!nk)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

• "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley (Danger Mouse)
• "Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Rick Rubin)
• "Hips Don't Lie" - Shakira, ft. Wyclef Jean (Shakira, Wyclef Jean & Jerry Duplessis)
• "How to Save a Life" - The Fray (Mike Flynn & Aaron Johnson)
• "When You Were Young" - The Killers (Flood, Alan Moulder & The Killers)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Always on Your Side" - Sheryl Crow & Sting, "Call Me When You're Sober" - Evanescence, "Not Ready to Make Nice" - Dixie Chicks, "Stickwitu" - The Pussycat Dolls, "Where'd You Go" - Fort Minor, ft. Holly Brook)

Best Album

• Continuum - John Mayer (Steve Jordan & John Mayer)
• FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Rick Rubin & Danja Hills)
• St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley (Danger Mouse)
• Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Rick Rubin)
• Straight Outta Lynwood - "Weird Al" Yankovic (Al Yankovic)
• Taking the Long Way - Dixie Chicks (Rick Rubin)
  (Honourable Mentions: Back to Basics - Christina Aguilera, Back to Bedlam - James Blunt, The Breakthrough - Mary J. Blige, Modern Times - Bob Dylan)

Best Music Video [TIE]

• "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley (Robert Hales, director)
• "Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Tony Kaye, director; Rachel Curl, producer)
• "Here We Go Again" - OK Go (Dan Konopka, Damian Kulash, Jr., Timothy Nordwind, Andy Ross & Trish Sie, directors/producers)
• "When You Were Young" - The Killers (Anthony Mandler, director; Everardo Gout & Gina Leonard, producer)
• "White & Nerdy" - "Weird Al" Yankovic (Al Yankovic, director)
  (Honourable Mentions: "8th of November" - Big & Rich, "Hung Up" - Madonna, "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" - Scissor Sisters, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - Panic! at the Disco, "Writing on the Walls" - Underoath)

Best Country Song

• "Jesus, Take the Wheel" - Carrie Underwood (Mark Bright)
• "Kerosene" - Miranda Lambert (Frank Liddell & Mike Wrucke)
• "Not Ready to Make Nice" - Dixie Chicks (Rick Rubin)
• "What Hurts the Most" - Rascal Flatts (Dann Huff & Rascal Flatts)
• "Who Says You Can't Go Home?" - Bon Jovi, ft. Jennifer Nettles (John Shanks, Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Boondocks" - Little Big Town, "Every Mile a Memory" - Dierks Bentley, "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today" - Gretchen Wilson, "Once in a Lifetime" - Keith Urban, "The Reason Why" - Vince Gill)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

• "Hung Up" - Madonna (Madonna & Stuart Price)
• "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" - Scissor Sisters (Scissor Sisters)
• "SexyBack" - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland & Danja Hills)
• "SOS" - Rihanna (J.R. Rotem)
• "Suffer Well" - Depeche Mode (Ben Hillier & Depeche Mode)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Buttons" - The Pussycat Dolls, ft. Snoop Dogg, "Everytime We Touch" - Cascada, "I'm with Stupid" - Pet Shop Boys, "Ooh La La" - Goldfrapp, "Temperature" - Sean Paul)

Best Pop Song

• "Black Horse and a Cherry Tree" - KT Tunstall (Andy Green)
• "Over My Head (Cable Car)" - The Fray (Mike Flynn & Aaron Johnson)
• "Stupid Girls" - P!nk (Billy Mann & MachoPsycho)
• "Waiting on the World to Change" - John Mayer (Steve Jordan & John Mayer)
• "You're Beautiful" - James Blunt (Tom Rothrock)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Ain't No Other Man" - Christina Aguilera, Bad Day" - Daniel Powter, "Hips Don't Lie" - Shakira, ft. Wyclef Jean, "Is It Any Wonder?" - Keane, "Unwritten" - Natasha Bedingfield)

Best Rap Song

• "Kick, Push" - Lupe Fiasco (Soundtrakk)
• "Money Maker" - Ludacris & Pharrell (The Neptunes)
• "My Love" - Justin Timberlake, ft. T.I. (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland & Danja Hills)
• "Ridin'" - Chamillionaire, ft. Krayzie Bone (Play-N-Skillz)
• "Where'd You Go" - Fort Minor, ft. Holly Brook (Mike Shinoda)
• "White & Nerdy" - "Weird Al" Yankovic (Al Yankovic)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Deja Vu" - Beyoncé, ft. Jay-Z, "Money Maker" - Ludacris & Pharrell, "Promiscuous" - Nelly Furtado, ft. Timbaland, "Unpredictable" - Jamie Foxx, ft. Ludacris, "What You Know" - T.I.)

Best Rock Song

• "Chasing Cars" - Snow Patrol (Jacknife Lee)
• "Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Rick Rubin)
• "How to Save a Life" - The Fray (Mike Flynn & Aaron Johnson)
• "Someday Baby" - Bob Dylan (Jack Frost)
• "When You Were Young" - The Killers (Flood, Alan Moulder & The Killers)
  (Honourable Mentions: "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me" - Fall Out Boy, "Perfect Situation" - Weezer, "Route 66" - John Mayer, "Savin' Me" - Nickelback, "Who Knew" - P!nk)

Best Songwriting

• "Be Without You" - Mary J. Blige (Mary J. Blige, Johntá Austin, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jason Perry)
• "Not Ready to Make Nice" - Dixie Chicks (Emily Robison, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines & Dan Wilson)
• "Put You Records On" - Corinne Bailey Rae (John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou & Corinne Bailey Rae)
• "Waiting on the World to Change" - John Mayer (John Mayer)
• "You're Beautiful" - James Blunt (James Blunt, Amanda Ghost & Sacha Skarbek)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley, "Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers, "How to Save a Life" - The Fray, "Not Ready to Make Nice" - Dixie Chicks, "Jesus, Take the Wheel" - Carrie Underwood)

Best Original Score

• AVATAR: The Last Airbender (Jeremy Zuckerman)
• Brokeback Mountain (Gustavo Santaolalla)
• Memoirs of a Geisha (John Williams)
• Munich (John Williams)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Hans Zimmer)

Best Compilation Soundtrack

• Brokeback Mountain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Gustavo Santaolalla)
  
• Cars: Original Soundtrack (Chris Montan & Randy Newman)
• Grey's Anatomy: Original Soundtrack, Volume 2 (Mitchell Leib & Alexandra Patsavas)
• Little Miss Sunshine: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Mychael Danna)
• Walk the Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (T-Bone Burnett)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

• "I Need to Wake Up" - An Inconvenient Truth (Melissa Etheridge)
• "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" - Brokeback Mountain (Gustavo Santaolalla & Bernie Taupin)
  
• "Our Town" - Cars (Randy Newman)
• "Travelin' Thru" - Transamerica (Dolly Parton)
• "Upside Down" - Curious George (Jack Johnson)

Best New Artist

• Carrie Underwood
• Chris Brown
• Corinne Bailey Frae
• The Fray
• James Blunt
  (Honourable Mentions: Daniel Powter, Gnarls Barkley, KT Tunstall, Natasha Bedingfield, Panic! at the Disco)

2006 Tyler's Choice Television Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up) 

Best Television Series - Drama

• 24 (Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran, Howard Gordon, Brian Grazer & Tony Krantz)
• Grey's Anatomy (Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Mark Gordon & Jim Parriott)
• Lost (J.J. Abrams, Jack Bender, Bryan Burk, Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof)
• The Sopranos (David Chase, Brad Grey, Ilene S. Landress & Terence Winter)
• The West Wing (John Wells, Alex Graves & Christopher Misiano)
  (Honourable Mentions: Battlestar Galactica, House, Prison Break, The Shield, Six Feet Under)

Best Television Series - Comedy

• American Dad! (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman)
• Arrested Development (Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Mitchell Hurwitz & David Nevins)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Gavin Polone, Larry Charles & Robert B. Weide)
• The Office (Greg Daniels, Ricky Gervais, Howard Klein, Stephen Merchant & Ben Silverman)
• Scrubs (Bill Lawrence)
• The Simpsons (Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman, Tim Long & Carolyn Omine)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Comeback, Entourage, Everybody Hates Chris, Weeds)

Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Bleak House (Rebecca Eaton, executive producer; Nigel Stafford-Clark, producer)
• Elizabeth I (George Faber, Suzan Harrison, Charles Pattinson & Nigel Williams, executive producers; Barney Reisz, producer)
  
• The Girl in the Café (Paul Abbott & Richard Curtis, executive producers; Hilary Bevan Jones, producer)
• Into the West (Steven Spielberg, executive producer; Larry Rapaport & David A. Rosemont, producers)
• Mrs. Harris (Elizabeth Karlsen, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon & John Wells, executive producers; Chrisann Verges, producer)
  (Honourable Mentions: Flight 93, Sleeper Cell, Thief, Viva Blackpool, Yesterday)

Best Variety Series

• The Colbert Report (Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart & Ben Karlin)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Ben Karlin & Jon Stewart)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Lorne Michaels & Jeff Ross)
• Late Show with David Letterman (Barbara Gaines, Maria Pope, Rob Burnett & Jude Brennan)
• Saturday Night Live (Lorne Michaels)

Best Variety Special

• 48th Grammy Awards (Walter C. Miller & Ken Ehrlich, executive producers)
• 78th Academy Awards (Louis J. Horvitz, executive producer; Gilbert Cates, producer)
• Bill Maher: I'm Swiss (Bill Maher & Marc Gurvitz, executive producers; Michael Drumm & Andrea Allen, producers)
• George Carlin: Life is Worth Losing (George Carlin & Jerry Hamza, executive producers; Kimber Rickabaugh & Rocco Urbisci, producers)
• Winter Olympic Games XX - Opening Ceremony (Dick Ebersol, executive producer; David Neal & Molly Solomon, producer)

Best Reality Series

• Antiques Roadshow (Marsha Bemko)
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Tom Forman)
• Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (Mark Wolper & Star Price)

Best Reality-Competition Series

• The Amazing Race (Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman & Hayma "Screech" Washington)
• American Idol (Nigel Lythgoe, Ken Warwick, Cecile Frot-Coutaz & Simon Fuller)
• Dancing with the Stars (Conrad Green & Richard Hopkins)

Best Animated Program

• American Dad! - "Tears of a Clooney" (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman, executive producers; Brent Woods, director; Chris McKenna & Matt McKenna, writers)
• Boondocks - "Return of the King" (Aaron McGruder, executive producer/writer; Rodney Barnes, Brian J. Cowan & Carl Jones, executive producers; Kalvin Lee, director)
• Family Guy - "PTV" (Seth MacFarlane, David A. Goodman & Chris Sheridan, executive producers; Dan Povenmire, director; Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild, writers)
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - "Go Goo Go" (Craig McCracken, executive producer/director; Brian A. Miller, executive producer; Lauren Faust, animation director/writer; Robert Alvarez & Eric Pingle, animation directors)
• The Simpsons - "The Seemingly Neverending Story" (Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Matt Selman, Tim Long & Carolyn Omine, executive producers; Raymond S. Persi, director; Ian Maxtone-Graham, executive producer/writer)
• South Park - "Trapped in the Closet" (Trey Parker, executive producer/director/writer; Matt Stone & Anne Garefino, executive producers)
  (Honourable Mentions: AVATAR: The Last Airbender - "The Blind Bandit", Camp Lazlo - "Hello Dolly/Over Cooked Beans", Drawn Together - "A Very Special Drawn Together Afterschool Special", King of the Hill - "Hank's on Board")

Best Lead Actor - Drama

• James Gandolfini - The Sopranos (Episode: "The Fleshy Part of the Thing")
• Peter Krause - Six Feet Under (Episode: "Time Flies")
• Christopher Meloni - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Ripped")
• Martin Sheen - The West Wing (Episode: "Tomorrow")
• Kiefer Sutherland - 24 (Episode: "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.")
  (Honourable Mentions: Michael Chiklis - The Shield, Matthew Fox - Lost, Hugh Laurie - House, Denis Leary - Rescue Me, James Spader - Boston Legal)

Best Lead Actor - Comedy

• Steve Carell - The Office (Episode: "The Injury")
• Larry David - Curb Your Enthusiasm (Episode: "The Ski Lift")
• Jason Lee - My Name is Earl (Episode: "Pilot")
• Seth MacFarlane - American Dad! (Episode: "Roger 'n' Me")
• Charlie Sheen - Two and a Half Men (Episode: "The Unfortunate Little Schnauzer")
  (Honourable Mentions: Jason Bateman - Arrested Development, Zach Braff - Scrubs, Ricky Gervais - Extras, Kevin James - The King of Queens, Tony Shalhoub - Monk)

Best Lead Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Andre Braugher - Thief
• Charles Dance - Bleak House
• Ben Kingsley - Mrs. Harris
• Donald Sutherland - Human Trafficking
• Jon Voight - Pope John Paul II
  (Honourable Mentions: Michael Ealy - Sleeper Cell, Bill Nighy - Gideon's Daughter, Bill Nighy - The Girl in the Café, Jeffrey Nordling - Flight 93, Chris Pine - Surrender Dorothy)

Best Lead Actress - Drama

• Kristen Bell - Veronica Mars (Episode: "Normal is the Watchwood")
• Frances Conroy - Six Feet Under (Episode: "Everyone's Waiting")
• Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "911")
• Allison Janney - The West Wing (Episode: "Institutional Memory")
• Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer (Episode: "Fantasy Date")
  (Honourable Mentions: Patricia Arquette - Medium, Geena Davis - Commander in Chief, Edie Falco - The Sopranos, Rachel Griffiths - Six Feet Under, Polly Walker - Rome)

Best Lead Actress - Comedy

• Lauren Graham - Gilmore Girls (Episode: "New and Improved Lorelai")
• Lisa Kudrow - The Comeback (Episode: "Valerie Does Another Classic Leno")
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures of Old Christine (Episode: "Supertramp")
• Debra Messing - Will & Grace (Episode: "The Finale")
• Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (Episode: "Tears of a Clooney")
  (Honourable Mentions: Stockhard Channing - Out of Practice, Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives, Felicity Huffman - Desperate Housewives, Jane Kaczmarek - Malcolm in the Middle, Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds)

Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Gillian Anderson - Bleak House
• Annette Bening - Mrs. Harris
• Judy Davis - A Little Thing Called Murder
• Helen Mirren - Elizabeth I
  
• Mira Sorvino - Human Trafficking
  (Honourable Mentions: Kathy Bates - Ambulance Girl, Vanessa Hudgens - High School Musical, Anna Maxwell Martin - Bleak House, Miranda Richardson - Gideon's Daughter, Alfre Woodard - The Water is Wide)

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

• Alan Alda - The West Wing (Episode: "The Last Hurrah")
• Michael Imperioli - The Sopranos (Episode: "Luxury Lounge")
• Gregory Itzin - 24 (Episode: "Day 5: 3:00 a.m. - 4:00 a.m.")
• Oliver Platt - Huff (Episode: "So... What Brings You to Armageddon?")
• William Shatner - Boston Legal (Episode: "Witches of Mass Destruction")
  (Honourable Mentions: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje - Lost, James Callis - Battlestar Galactica, Walton Goggins - The Shield, Forest Whitaker - The Shield, Bradley Whitford - The West Wing)

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy

• Will Arnett - Arrested Development (Episode: "S.O.B.s")
• Jon Cryer - Two and a Half Men (Episode: "Ergo, the Booty Call")
• Scott Grimes - American Dad! (Episode: "Star Trek")
• Sean Hayes - Will & Grace (Episode: "Alive and Schticking")
• Jeremy Piven - Entourage (Episode: "The Bat Mitzvah")
  (Honourable Mentions: Bryan Cranston - Malcolm in the Middle, Donald Faison - Scrubs, Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother, John C. McGinley - Scrubs, Ethan Suplee - My Name is Earl)

Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Robert Carlyle - Human Trafficking
• Clifton Collins, Jr. - Thief
• Hugh Dancy - Elizabeth I
• Jeremy Irons - Elizabeth I
• David Tennant - Viva Blackpool
  (Honourable Mentions: Phil Davis - Bleak House, Zac Efron - High School Musical, Oded Fehr - Sleeper Cell, Toby Jones - Elizabeth I, Denis Lawson - Bleak House)

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

• Candice Bergen - Boston Legal (Episode: "The Ass Fat Jungle")
• Blythe Danner - Huff (Episode: "So... What Brings You to Armageddon?")
• Sandra Oh - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "Deny, Deny, Deny")
• Jean Smart - 24 (Episode: "Day 5: 6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.")
• Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "As We know It")
  (Honourable Mentions: Lauren Ambrose - Six Feet Under, Katherine Heigl - Grey's Anatomy, Tricia Helfer - Battlestar Galactica, Yunjin Kim - Lost, C.C.H. Pounder - The Shield)

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy

• Ashley Jensen - Extras (Episode: "Kate Winslet")
• Rachael MacFarlane - American Dad! (Episode: "Stannie Get Your Gun")
  
• Megan Mullally - Will & Grace (Episode: "The Finale")
• Jaime Pressly - My Name is Earl (Episode: "Joy's Wedding")
• Alfre Woodard - Desperate Housewives (Episode: "You'll Never Get Away from Me")
  (Honourable Mentions: Tichina Arnold - Everybody Hates Chris, Sarah Chalke - Scrubs, Cheryl Hines - Curb Your Enthusiasm, Elizabeth Perkins - Weeds, Jessica Walter - Arrested Development)

Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Emily Blunt - Gideon's Daughter
• Cloris Leachman - Mrs. Harris
• Kelly Macdonald - The Girl in the Café
• Carey Mulligan - Bleak House
• Mae Whitman - Thief
  (Honourable Mentions: Ellen Burstyn - Mrs. Harris, Pauline Collins - Bleak House, Shirley Jones - Hidden Places, Lainie Kazan - The Engagement Ring, Melissa Sagemiller - Sleeper Cell)

Best Guest Actor - Drama

• Christian Clemenson - Boston Legal (Episode: "Legal Deficits")
• Kyle Chandler - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "As We Know It")
• Henry Ian Cusick - Lost (Episode: "Live Together, Die Alone")
• Michael J. Fox - Boston Legal (Episode: "The Cancer Man Can")
• James Woods - ER (Episode: "Body and Soul")
  (Honourable Mentions: Robert Funero - The Sopranos, Rob Lowe - The West Wing, Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Grey's Anatomy, Oliver Platt - The West Wing)

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

• Alec Baldwin - Will & Grace (Episode: "Streams Like Old Times")
• Martin Sheen - Two and a Half Men (Episode: "Sleep Tight, Puddin' Pop")
• Patrick Stewart - American Dad! (Episode: "Bullocks to Stan")
• Patrick Stewart - Extras (Episode: "Patrick Stewart")
• Ben Stiller - Extras (Episode: "Ben Stiller")
  (Honourable Mentions: Jason Bateman - Scrubs, Zach Braff - Arrested Development, Bobby Cannavale - Will & Grace, Malcolm McDowell - Entourage)

Best Guest Actress - Drama

• Shorheh Aghdashloo - ER (Episode: "Lost in America")
• Patricia Clarkson - Six Feet Under (Episode: "The Rainbow of Her Reasons")
• Swoosie Kurtz - Huff (Episode: "Which Lip is the Cervical Lip?")
• Cynthia Nixon - House (Episode: "Deception")
• Christina Ricci - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "As We Know It")
  (Honourable Mentions: Kate Burton - Grey's Anatomy, Joanna Cassidy - Six Feet Under, Anjelica Huston - Huff, Sharon Stone - Huff, Gina Torres - The Shield)

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

• Blythe Danner - Will & Grace (Episode: "A Little Christmas Queer")
• Shirley Knight - Desperate Housewives (Episode: "Next")
• Cloris Leachman - Malcolm in the Middle (Episode: "Bride of Ida")
• Charlize Theron - Arrested Development (Episode: "The Ocean Walker")
• Kate Winslet - Extras (Episode: "Kate Winslet")
  (Honourable Mentions: Beverly D'Angelo - Entourage, Susie Essman - Curb Your Enthusiasm, Kathryn Joosten - Desperate Housewives, Laurie Metcalf - Monk, Debbie Reynolds - Will & Grace)

Best Direction - Drama

• Alan Ball - Six Feet Under (Episode: "Everyone's Waiting")
• Jack Bender - Lost (Episode: "Live Together, Die Alone")
• Jon Cassar - 24 (Episode: "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.")
• Rodrigo García - Big Love (Episode: "Pilot")
• Mimi Leder - The West Wing (Episode: "Election Day: Part I")
• Tim Van Patten - The Sopranos (Episode: "Members Only")
  (Honourable Mentions: David Nutter - The Sopranos, Michael Rymer - Battlestar Galactica, Alan Taylor - Rome, Brad Turner - 24)

Best Direction - Comedy

• Marc Buckland - My Name is Earl (Episode: "Pilot")
• Julian Farino - Entourage (Episode: "The Sundance Kids")
• Michael Patrick King - The Comeback (Episode: "Valerie Does Another Classic Leno")
• Robert B. Weide - Curb Your Enthusiasm (Episode: "The Christ Nail")
• Brent Woods - American Dad! (Episode: "Tears of a Clooney")
  (Honourable Mentions: Dan Attias - Entourage, Zach Braff - Scrubs, Larry Charles - Curb Your Enthusiasm, John Fortenberry - Arrested Development, Mike Kim - American Dad!)

Best Direction - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Justin Chadwick - Bleak House
• Tom Hooper - Elizabeth I
• Phyllis Nagy - Mrs. Harris
• Kenny Ortega - High School Musical
• David Yates - The Girl in the Café
  (Honourable Mentions: John David Coles - Thief, Clark Johnson - Sleeper Cell, Peter Markle - Flight 93, Stephen Poliakoff - Gideon's Daughter, Timothy Van Patten - Into the West)

Best Writing - Drama

• Alan Ball - Six Feet Under (Episode: "Everyone's Waiting")
• Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof - Lost (Episode: "The 23rd Psalm")
• Shonda Rhimes - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "It's the End of the World")
• John Wells - The West Wing (Episode: "Tomorrow")
• Terence Winter - The Sopranos (Episode: "Members Only")
  (Honourable Mentions: Peter Blake - House, David Chase - The Sopranos, Adam E. Fierro & Shawn Ryan - The Shield, Rob Thomas - Veronica Mars, Krista Vernoff - Grey's Anatomy)

Best Writing - Comedy

• Greg Garcia - My Name is Earl (Episode: "Pilot")
• Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant - Extras (Episode: "Kate Winslet") 
• Ian Maxtone-Graham - The Simpsons (Episode: "The Seemingly Neverending Story")
• Chris & Matt McKenna - American Dad! (Episode: "Tears of a Clooney")
• Chuck Tatham, Jim Vallely, Richard Day & Mitchell Hurwitz - Arrested Development (Episode: "Development Arrested")
  (Honourable Mentions: Steve Carell - The Office, Doug Ellin - Entourage, David Kohan & Max Mutchnick - Will & Grace, Chris Rock & Ali LeRoi - Everybody Hates Chris, Michael Schur - The Office)

Best Writing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Peter Barsocchini - High School Musical
• Richard Curtis - The Girl in the Café
• Andrew Davies - Bleak House
• Phyllis Nagy - Mrs. Harris
• Nigel Williams - Elizabeth I
  (Honourable Mentions: Janet Brownell - Once Upon a Mattress, William Mastrosimone - Into the West, Stephen Poliakoff - Gideon's Daughter, Nevin Schreiner - Flight 93, Cyrus Voris & Ethan Reiff - Sleeper Cell)

Best Casting - Drama

• Boston Legal (Ken Miller & Nikki Valko)
• Grey's Anatomy (John Brace & Linda Lowy)
• House (Stephanie Laffin & Amy Lippens)
• Lost (Veronica Collins Rooney, Mandy Sherman & April Webster)
• Six Feet Under (Libby Goldstein & Junie Lowry-Johnson)
  

Best Casting - Comedy

• American Dad! (Linda Lamontagne)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (Allison Jones)
• Desperate Housewives (Scott Genkinger & Junie Lowry-Johnson)
• Entourage (Sheila Jaffe, Meredith Tucker & Georgianne Walken)
• Weeds (Amy McIntyre Britt & Anya Coloff)

Best Casting - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Elizabeth I (Doreen Jones)
• The Girl in the Café (Fiona Weir)
• High School Musical (Natalie Hart & Jason LaPadura)
• Into the West (Rene Haynes, Meg Liberman & Cami Patton)
• Mrs. Harris (Libby Goldstein & Junie Lowry-Johnson)

Best Cinematography - Series

• 24 - Rodney Charters (Episode: "Day 5: 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.")
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigaton - Michael Slovis (Episode: "Time of Your Death")
• Lost - Michael Bonvillan (Episode: "Man of Science, Man of Faith")
• Six Feet Under - Rob Sweeney (Episode: "Everyone's Waiting")
• The Sopranos - Phil Abraham (Episode: "Members Only")

Best Cinematography - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Bleak House (Kieran McGuigan)
• Elizabeth I (Larry Smith)
• Into the West (Alan Caso)
• Mrs. Harris (Steven Poster)
• Sleeper Cell (Robert Primes)

Best Costume Design - Series

• Battlestar Galactica - Glenne Campbell (Episode: "Lay Your Burdens Down: Part II")
• Desperate Housewives - Catherine Adair (Episode: "Next")
• Rome - April Ferry (Episode: "Triumph")
• Six Feet Under - Jill Ohanneson (Episode: "Everyone's Waiting")
• The Sopranos - Juliet Polsca (Episode: "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request...")

Best Costume Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Bleak House (Andrea Galer)
• Elizabeth I (Mike O'Neill)
• Into the West (Michael T. Boyd)
• Mrs. Harris (Julie Weiss)
  
• Once Upon a Mattress (Bob Mackie)

Best Editing - Series

• 24 - David Latham (Episode: "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.")
• American Dad! - Bobby Gibis (Episode: "Tears of a Clooney")
• Curb Your Enthusiasm - Steven Rasch (Episode: "The Ski Lift")
• Lost - Sue Blainey, Sarah Boyd & Stephen Semel (Episode: "Live Togehter, Die Alone")
• Weeds - David Helfand (Episode: "Good Shit Lollipop")
  (Honourable Mentions: 24 - Scott Powell, Arrested Development - Stuart Bass, Boston Legal - Philip Neel, The Office - Dean Holland, Will & Grace - Peter Chakos)

Best Editing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Bleak House (Paul Knight)
• Elizabeth I (Beverly Mills)
  
• Elizabeth I (Melanie Oliver)
• Flight 93 (Scott Boyd)
• The Girl in the Café (Mark Day)

Best Ensemble - Drama

• 24 (Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kim Raver, Carlos Bernard, Gregory Itzin, James Morrison, Roger Cross, Louis Lombardi, Sean Astin & Jean Smart, et. al.)
• Battlestar Galactica (Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park, Michael Hogan, Aaron Douglas, Sam Witwer & Katee Sackhoff, et. al.)
• Lost (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Naveen Andrews, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim, Evangeline Lilly, Michelle Rodriguez & Terry O'Quinn, et. al.)
• The Sopranos (James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco, Michael Imperioli, Dominic Chianese, Steven Van Zandt, Tony Sirico, Robert Iler, Steve Schirripa & Aida Turturro, et. al.)
• The West Wing (Alan Alda, Stockhard Channing, Kristin Chenoweth, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Jimmy Smits & Martin Sheen)

Best Ensemble - Comedy

• American Dad! (Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane & Dee Bradley Baker, et. al.)
• Arrested Development (Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale, David Cross, Jeffrey Tambor & Jessica Walter, et. al.)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman, Richard Lewis, Bob Einstein, Shelley Berman & Ted Danson, et. al.)
• The Office (Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, B.J. Novak, Jenna Fischer, Melora Hardin, Brian Baumgartner, Angela Kinsey, Craig Robinson & Mindy Kaling, et. al.)
• The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden, Maggie Roswell, Russi Taylor & Tress MacNeille, et. al.)

Best Main Title Design

• 78th Academy Awards (Renato Grgic, Kristijan Petrovic, Alen Petkovic & Jon Teschner)
• Big Love (Kirk Baxter, Larry Ewing, Maurice Marable & Angus Wall)
• Prison Break (Dustin Frost, Alex Freeman & David Midgen)
• Rome (Kirk Balden, Andrew Hall, Angus Wall & Brad Waskewich)
  
• Weeds (Robert Bradley & Thomas Cobb)

Best Main Title Theme Music

• Big Love (Brian Wilson & Tony Asher)
• Masters of Horror (Edward Shearmur)
• Prison Break (Ramin Djawadi)
• Rome (Jeff Beal)
• Weeds (Malvina Reynolds)

Best Makeup - Series

• Black. White. - Brian Sipe, Keith VanderLaan & Will Huff (Episode: "Episode 1")
• Grey's Anatomy - Norman T. Leavitt, Thomas R. Burman & Bari Dreiband-Burman (Episode: "Yesterday")
• Nip/Tuck - Eryn Krueger Mekash, Stephanie A. Fowler & Bari Dreiband-Burman (Episode: "Cherry Peck")
• Rome - Maurizio Silvi, Federico Laurenti & Laura Tonello (Episode: "Caesarion")
• Six Feet Under - Matthew W. Mungle, Michelle Vittone & John E. Jackson (Episode: "Everyone's Waiting")

Best Makeup - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Bleak House (Daniel Phillips)
• Elizabeth I (Josh Weston & Gemma Richards)
• Into the West (Gail Kennedy & Matthew W. Mungle)
  
• Mrs. Harris (Tina Roesler Irwin, Elisa Marsh & Michele Baylis)
• The Ten Commandments (Michele Baylis, Angie Mudge & Jennifer Harty)

Best Music Composition - Series

• 24 - Sean Callery (Episode: "Day 5: 6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.")
• American Dad! - Walter Murphy (Episode: "Tears of a Clooney")
• Rome - Jeff Beal (Episode: "Triumph")
• Stargate Atlantis - Joel Goldsmith (Episode: "Grace Under Pressure")
• Supernatural - Christopher Lennertz (Episode: "Pilot")

Best Music Composition - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Bleak House (John Lunn)
• Elizabeth I (Robert Lane)
• Into the West (Geoff Zanelli)
• Sleeper Cell (Paul Haslinger)
• Thief (Richard Marvin)

Best Original Music and Lyrics

• American Dad! - "Worst Place in the World" (Ron Jones, Carter Bays & Craig Thomas)
• Gideon's Daughter - "Natasha's Song" (Stephen Poliakoff & Adrian Johnston)
• High School Musical - "Breaking Free" (Jamie Houston)
• MADtv - "A Wonderfully Normal Day" (Greg O'Connor & Jim Wise)
• The Simpsons - "Lady Blue" (Ricky Gervais)

Best Production Design - Series

• Desperate Housewives - Thomas A. Walsh & Erica Rogalla (Episode: "Next")
• House - Derek R. Hill & Danielle Berman (Episode: "Acceptance")
• How I Met Your Mother - Steve Olson & Richard C. Walker (Episode: "Pilot")
• Rome - Joseph Bennett & Christina Onori (Episode: "The Stolen Eagle")
• Six Feet Under - Suzuki Ingerslev & Rusty Lipscomb (Episode: "Everyone's Waiting")

Best Production Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Bleak House (Simon Elliott & Andrea Galer)
• Elizabeth I (Eve Stewart & Sarah Whittle)
• The Girl in the Café (Candida Otton & Jacky Levy)
• Into the West (Marek Dobrowolski & Paul Healy)
• Mrs. Harris (Alison Dominitz & Barbara Munch)

Best Sound Design - Series

• 24 - William Dotson, Kenneth Kobett & Michael Olman (Episode: "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.")
• American Dad! - Bob Newlan, Shawn Ian Kerkhoff & Jim Fitzpatrick (Episode: "Tears of a Clooney")
• Battlestar Galactica - Jack Levy, Kenneth Kobett & Michael Olman (Episode: "Scattered")
• Lost - David Barbee, Marc Mayer, Frank Morrone & Scott Weber (Episode: "Live Together, Die Alone")
• The West Wing - Thomas A. Harris, Walter Newman & Ed Greene (Episode: "The Debate")

Best Sound Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Elizabeth I (Becki Ponting & Paul Hamblin)
• Flight 93 (Harry E. Snodgrass, Mark Linden & Tara Paul)
• Into the West (G. Michael Graham, Rick Alexander & Richard D. Rogers)
• Sleeper Cell (Mark Cookson, Joe Earle & Elmo Ponsdomenech)
• The Ten Commandments (Sean Byrne, Terry O'Bright & Keith Rogers)

Best Visual Effects

• Battlestar Galactica - Gary Hutzel, Michael Gibson, Steve Kullback & Lane Jolly (Episode: "Resurrection Ship")
• Into the West - Craig Waiss, Tim McHugh, Chris Tezber & Christopher DeCristo (Episode: "Hell on Wheels")
• Lost - Kevin Blank, Mitch Suskin, Jay Worth & Archie Ahuna (Episode: "Live Together, Die Alone")
• Perfect Disaster - Gareth Edwards & Bob Trevino (Episode: "Super Tornado")
• Rome - James Madigan, Barrie Hemsley, Clare Herbert & Anne Panton (Episode: "The Stolen Eagle")

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons for voicing Groundskeeper Willie (and others) in "My Fair Laddy"
• Keith Ferguson - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends for voicing Bloo in "Squeeze the Day"
• Kelsey Grammer - The Simpsons for voicing Sideshow Bob in "The Italian Bob"
• Julie Kavner - The Simpsons for voicing Marge Simpson in "Regarding Margie"
• Wendy Schaal - American Dad! for voicing Francine Smith in "Tears of a Clooney"

2006 Tyler's Choice Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Picture

• Babel (Alejandro González Iñárritu, Steve Golin & Jon Kilik)
• The Departed (Graham King)
• Letters from Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg & Robert Lorenz)
• Little Miss Sunshine (David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf & Marc Turtletaub)
• The Queen (Andy Harries, Christine Langan & Tracey Seaward)
  (Honourable Mentions: Borat, The Devil Wears Prada, Dreamgirls, Pan's Labyrinth, United 93)

Best Director

• Bill Condon - Dreamgirls
• Guillermo del Toro - Pan's Labyrinth
• Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima
• Alejandro González Iñárritu - Babel
• Martin Scorsese - The Departed
  (Honourable Mentions: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris - Little Miss Sunshine, Stephen Frears - The Queen, Paul Greengrass - United 93, Gore Verbinski - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Edward Zwick - Blood Diamond)

Best Lead Actor

• Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
• Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
• Peter O'Toole - Venus
• Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
• Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
  (Honourable Mentions: Daniel Craig - Casino Royale, Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Will Ferrell - Stranger Than Fiction, Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson, Ben Stiller - Night at the Museum)

Best Lead Actress

• Penélope Cruz - Volver
• Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
• Helen Mirren - The Queen
• Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
• Kate Winslet - Little Miss Sunshine
  (Honourable Mentions: Annette Bening - Running with Scissors, Beyoncé - Dreamgirls, Maggie Gyllenhaal - Sherrybaby, Gretchen Mol - The Notorious Bettie Page, Renée Zellweger - Miss Potter)

Best Supporting Actor

• Laurence Fishburne - Akeelah and the Bee
• Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
• Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
• Jack Nicholson - The Departed
• Robin Williams - Night at the Museum
  (Honourable Mentions: Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland, Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine, Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children, Bill Nighy - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Mark Wahlberg - The Departed) 

Best Supporting Actress

• Adriana Barraza - Babel
  
• Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
• Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
• Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
• Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
  (Honourable Mentions: Angela Bassett - Akeelah and the Bee, Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada, Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson, Catherine O'Hara - For Your Consideration, Emma Thompson - Stranger Than Fiction)

Best Original Screenplay

• Babel (Guillermo Arriaga)
• Letters from Iwo Jima (Paul Haggis & Iris Yamashita)
• Little Miss Sunshine (Michael Arndt)
• Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
• The Queen (Peter Morgan)
  (Honourable Mentions: Bobby, The Good Shepherd, Happy Feet, Stranger Than Fiction, United 93)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines, Dan Mazer & Todd Phillips; based on the character Borat Sagdiyev from the television series Da Ali G Show created by Sacha Baron Cohen)
• The Departed (William Monahan; based on the film Internal Affairs written by Felix Chong & Alan Mak)
• Little Children (Todd Field & Tom Perrotta; based on the novel by Tom Perrotta)
• Notes on a Scandal (Patrick Marber; based on the novel by Zoe Heller)
• Thank You for Smoking (Jason Reitman; based on the novel by Christopher Buckley)
  (Honourable Mentions: Children of Men, The Devil Wears Prada, Dreamgirls, Night at the Museum, The Prestige)

Best Cast Ensemble

• The Departed [Ellen Lewis, casting director] (Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Anthony Anderson, James Badge Dale & Alec Baldwin, et. al.)
• Dreamgirls [Jay Binder & Debra Zane, casting directors] (Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Anika Noni Rose, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Keith Robinson, Sharon Leal & Danny Glover, et. al.)
• Happy Feet [Kristy Carlson, casting director] (Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Carlos Alazraqui, Lombardo Boyar, Anthony LaPaglia & Steve Irwin, et. al.)
• Little Miss Sunshine [Justine Arteta & Kim Davis-Wagner, casting directors] (Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Bryan Cranston, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Dean Norris & Abigail Breslin, et. al.)
• Night at the Museum [Ilene Starger, casting director] (Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Dick Van Dyke, Carla Gugino, Mickey Rourke, Bill Cobbs, Steve Coogan, Jake Cherry & Owen Wilson, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: Babel, Bobby, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, A Prairie Home Companion, The Queen)

Best Young Actor (18 or Under)

• Ivana Baquero - Pan's Labyrinth
• Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
• Jake Cherry - Night at the Museum
• Keke Palmer - Akeelah and the Bee
• Jaden Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
  (Honourable Mentions: Joseph Cross - Running with Scissors, Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson, Dakota Fanning - Charlotte's Web, Freddie Highmore - A Good Year, Tristen Lake Leabu - Superman Returns)

Best Foreign Language Film

• Apocalypto [United States] (Mel Gibson)
• Letters from Iwo Jima [Japan] (Clint Eastwood)
• The Lives of Others [Germany] (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
• Pan's Labyrinth [Mexico] (Guillermo del Toro)
  
• Volver [Spain] (Pedro Almodóvar)
  (Honourable Mentions: After the Wedding, Black Book, Days of Glory, L'Enfant, Water)

Best Documentary Feature

• Deliver Us from Evil (Amy J. Berg, Matthew Cooke & Frank Donner)
• An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim, Lawrence Bender & Scott Z. Burns)
• Jesus Camp (Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady)
• This Film is Not Yet Rated (Kirby Dick & Eddie Schmidt)
• Wordplay (Patrick Creadon, Michael Creadon & Christine O'Malley)
  (Honourable Mentions: Iraq in Fragments, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, Neil Young: Heart of Gold, Shut Up & Sing, Who Killed the Electric Car?)

Best Original Score

• Babel (Gustavo Santaolalla)
• The Da Vinci Code (Hans Zimmer)
• Notes on a Scandal (Philip Glass)
• Pan's Labyrinth (Javier Navarrete)
• The Queen (Alexandre Desplat)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Departed (Howard Shore), The Good German (Thomas Newman), Happy Feet (John Powell), The Illusionist (Philip Glass), The Painted Veil (Alexandre Desplat))

Best Original Song

• "I Need to Wake Up" - An Inconvenient Truth (Melissa Etheridge)
• "Listen" - Dreamgirls (Scott Cutler, Henry Krieger & Anne Preven)
• "Our Town" - Cars (Randy Newman)
• "Patience" - Dreamgirls (Henry Krieger & Willie Reale)
• "Upside Down" - Curious George (Jack Johnson)
  (Honourable Mentions: "A Father's Way" - The Pursuit of Happyness, "Love You I Do" - Dreamgirls, "Never Gonna Break My Faith" - Bobby, "Ordinary Miracle" - Charlotte's Web, "You Know My Name" - Casino Royale)

Best Sound Editing

• Blood Diamond (Lon Bender)
  
• Cars (Tom Myers & Michael Silvers)
• Flags of Our Fathers (Alan Robert Murray & Bub Asman)
• Letters from Iwo Jima (Alan Robert Murray & Bub Asman)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Christopher Boyes & George Watters II)
  (Honourable Mentions: Apocalypto, Babel, Casino Royale, Pan's Labyrinth, X-Men: The Last Stand)

Best Sound Mixing

• Apocalypto (Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell & Fernando Cámara)
• Blood Diamond (Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer & Ivan Sharrock)
• Dreamgirls (Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer & Willie D. Burton)
• Flags of Our Fathers (John T. Reitz, David E. Campbell, Gregg Rudloff & Walt Martin)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes & Lee Orloff)
  (Honourable Mentions: Babel, Casino Royale, The Departed, Pan's Labyrinth, United 93)

Best Animated Feature

• Cars (John Lasseter & Darla K. Anderson)
• Happy Feet (George Miller, Bill Miller & Doug Mitchell)
• Ice Age: The Meltdown (Carlos Saldanha & Lori Forte)
• Monster House (Gil Kenan, Jack Rapke & Steve Starkey)
• Over the Hedge (Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick & Bonnie Arnold)
  (Honourable Mentions: Everyone's Hero, Flushed Away, Open Season, Paprika, A Scanner Darkly)

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Hugh Jackman - Flushed Away for voicing Roddy St. James
• Ian McKellen - Flushed Away for voicing The Toad
• Paul Newman - Cars for voicing Doc Hudson
• Wanda Sykes - Over the Hedge for voicing Stella
• Robin Williams - Happy Feet for voicing Lovelace
  (Honourable Mentions: Billy Connolly - Open Season, Maggie Gyllenhaal - Monster House, Mitchel Musso - Monster House, Ray Romano - Ice Age: The Meltdown, Bruce Willis - Over the Hedge)

Best Cinematography

• Apocalypto (Dean Semler)
• The Black Dahlia (Vilmos Zsigmond)
• Children of Men (Emmanuel Lubezki)
• Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Navarro)
• The Prestige (Wally Pfister)
  (Honourable Mentions: Babel, Curse of the Golden Flower, The Fountain, The Illusionist, Letters from Iwo Jima)

Best Film Editing

• Babel (Douglas Crise & Stephen Mirrione)
• Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón & Alex Rodríguez)
• The Departed (Thelma Schoonmaker)
• Dreamgirls (Virginia Katz)
• United 93 (Clare Douglas, Richard Pearson & Christopher Rouse)
  (Honourable Mentions: Blood Diamond, Casino Royale, Flags of Our Fathers, Pan's Labyrinth, The Queen)

Best Art Direction

• Dreamgirls (John Myhre & Nancy Haigh)
• Night at the Museum (Claude Paré & Lin Macdonald)
• Pan's Labyrinth (Eugenio Caballero & Pilar Revuelta)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Rick Heinrichs & Cheryl Carasik)
• The Prestige (Nathan Crowley & Julie Ochipinti)
  (Honourable Mentions: Babel, Flags of Our Fathers, The Good Shepherd, Marie Antoinette, V for Vendetta)

Best Costume Design

• Curse of the Golden Flower (Yee Chung Man)
• The Devil Wears Prada (Patricia Field)
• Dreamgirls (Sharen Davis)
• Marie Antoinette (Milena Canonero)
• The Queen (Consolata Boyle)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Black Dahlia, Little Miss Sunshine, Pan's Labyrinth, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Prestige)

Best Makeup

• Apocalypto (Aldo Signoretti & Vittorio Sodano)
• Pan's Labyrinth (David Martí & Montse Ribé)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Ve Neill & Martin Samuel)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Devil Wears Prada, Marie Antoinette, The Prestige, The Queen, X-Men: The Last Stand)

Best Visual Effects

• Casino Royale (Steven Begg, Chris Corbould, John Paul Docherty & Angela Barson)
• Night at the Museum (Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Dan DeLeeuw & Bruce Woloshyn)
• Pan's Labyrinth (Everett Burrell, Edward Irastorza, Brad Achorn & Alex Friderici)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson & Allen Hall)
• Superman Returns (Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover & Jon Thum)
  (Honourable Mentions: Charlotte's Web, Eragon, Mission Impossible III, Poseidon, X-Men: The Last Stand)