Friday, June 13, 2025

2008 Tyler's Choice Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Picture

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall & Ceán Chaffin)
  • The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas & Charles Roven)
  • Frost/Nixon (Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner)
  • Slumdog Millionaire (Christian Colson)
  • WALL·E (Jim Morris)
    (Honourable Mentions: Changeling, In Bruges, Kung Fu Panda, Revolutionary Road, Tropic Thunder)

Best Director

  • Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
  • David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
  • Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
  • Andrew Stanton - WALL·E
    (Honourable Mentions: Clint Eastwood - Changeling, Jon Favreau - Iron Man, Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky, Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road, Gus Van Sant - Milk)

Best Lead Actor

  • Robert Downey, Jr. - Iron Man
  • Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
  • Sean Penn - Milk
  • Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
    (Honourable Mentions: Christian Bale - The Dark Knight, Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino, Colin Farrell - In Bruges, Richard Jenkins - The Visitor, Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Lead Actress

  • Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
  • Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
  • Angelina Jolie - Changeling
  • Meryl Streep - Doubt
  • Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
    (Honourable Mentions: Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Melissa Leo - Frozen River, Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long, Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!, Michelle Williams - Wendy and Lucy)

Best Supporting Actor

  • Josh Brolin - Milk
  • Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
  • Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
  • Maddhur Mittal - Slumdog Millionaire
    (Honourable Mentions: Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder, James Franco - Milk, Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges, Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky, Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road)

Best Supporting Actress

  • Amy Adams - Doubt
  • Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Viola Davis - Doubt
  • Rosemarry DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married
  • Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
    (Honourable Mentions: Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Freida Pinto - Slumdog Millionaire, Tilda Swinton - Burn After Reading, Tilda Swinton - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Kate Winslet - The Reader)

Best Original Screenplay

  • Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh)
  • In Bruges (Martin McDonagh)
  • Milk (Dustin Lance Black)
  • The Visitor (Thomas McCarthy)
  • WALL·E (Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon & Pete Docter)
    (Honourable Mentions: Burn After Reading, Changeling, Frozen River, Kung Fu Panda, The Wrestler)

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Eric Roth & Robin Swicord; based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
  • The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan & David S. Goyer; based on the characters from the DC Comics created by Bob Kane & Bill Finger)
  • Doubt (John Patrick Shanley; based on the play Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley)
  • Frost/Nixon (Peter Morgan; based on the play by Peter Morgan)
  • Slumdog Millionaire (Simon Beaufoy; based on the novel Q & A by Vikas Swarup)
    (Honourable Mentions: Iron Man, Let the Right One In, The Reader, Revolutionary Road, Wendy and Lucy)

Best Cast Ensemble

  • The Dark Knight [John Papsidera, casting director] (Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Eric Roberts, Néstor Carbonell & Morgan Freeman, et. al.)
  • Iron Man [Sarah Finn & Randi Hiller, casting directors] (Robert Downey, Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Shaun Toub, Paul Bettany, Clark Gregg, Jon Favreau & Gwyneth Paltrow, et. al.)
  • Rachel Getting Married [Bernard Telsey, casting director] (Anne Hathaway, Rosemarry DeWitt, Bill Irwin, Debra Winger, Tunde Adebimpe, Mather Zickel, Tamyra Gray, Sebastian Stan & Anna Deveare Smith, et. al.)
  • Slumdog Millionaire [Gail Stevens & Loveleen Tandan, casting directors] (Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Maddhur Mittal, Ayush Makesh Khedekar, Rubina Ali, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Tanay Chheda, Irrfan Khan & Anil Kapoor, et. al.)
  • Tropic Thunder [Kathy Driscoll & Francine Maisler, casting directors (Ben Stiller, Robert Downey, Jr., Jack Black, Nick Nolte, Matthew McConaughey, Steve Coogan, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Brandon T. Jackson & Tom Cruise, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Doubt, Frost/Nixon, Milk, Valkyrie)

Best Young Actor (18 or Under)

  • Dakota Fanning - The Secret Life of Bees
  • Freddie Highmore - The Spiderwick Chronicles
  • Lina Leandersson - Let the Right One In
  • Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
  • Brandon Walters - Australia
    (Honourable Mentions: Josh Hutcherson - Journey to the Center of the Earth, Skandar Keynes - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, David Kross - The Reader, Jaden Smith - The Day the Earth Stood Still, Catinca Untaru - The Fall)

Best Foreign Language Film

  • The Baader Meinhof Complex (Uli Edel)
  • Gomorrah (Matteo Carrone)
  • Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson)
  • Mongol (Sergei Bodrov)
  • Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman)
    (Honourable Mentions: Che, A Christmas Tale, The Class, Departures, I've Loved You So Long)

Best Documentary Feature

  • Encounters at the End of the World (Werner Herzog, Erik Nelson & Henry Kaiser)
  • I.O.U.S.A. (Patrick Creadon & Christine O'Malley)
  • Man on Wire (James Marsh & Simon Chinn)
  • Standard Operating Procedure (Errol Morris & Julie Ahlberg)
  • Trouble the Water (Tia Lessin & Carl Deal)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Teen, Dear Zachary: A Letter to the Son from His Father, The Garden, Waltz with Bashir, Young@Heart)

Best Original Score

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Alexandre Desplat)
  • The Dark Knight (Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard)
  • Milk (Danny Elfman)
  • Slumdog Millionaire (A.R. Rahman)
  • WALL·E (Thomas Newman)
    (Honourable Mentions: Australia, Changeling, Defiance, Iron Man, Kung Fu Panda)

Best Original Song

  • "Down to Earth" - WALL·E (Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman)
  • "Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire (A.R. Rahman & Gulzar)
  • "The Wrestler" - The Wrestler (Bruce Springsteen)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Another Way to Die" - Quantum of Solace, "Dracula's Lament" - Forgetting Sarah Marshall, "Gran Torino" - Gran Torino, "Once in a Lifetime" - Cadillac Records, "The Traveling Song" - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa)

Best Sound Editing

  • Changeling (Alan Robert Murray & Bub Asman)
  • The Dark Knight (Richard King)
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Ben Burtt & Richard Hymns)
  • Iron Man (Christopher Boyes & Frank E. Eulner)
  • WALL·E (Ben Burtt & Matthew Wood)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Kung Fu Panda, Quantum of Solace, Slumdog Millionaire, Wanted)

Best Sound Mixing

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce & Mark Weingarten)
  • The Dark Knight (Gary Rizzo, Lora Hirschberg & Ed Novick)
  • Iron Man (Christopher Boyes, Lora Hirschberg & Mark Ulano)
  • Slumdog Millionaire (Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke & Resul Pookutty)
  • WALL·E (Tom Myers, Michael Semanick & Ben Burtt
    (Honourable Mentions: Changeling, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Kung Fu Panda, Quantum of Solace, Wanted)

Best Animated Feature

  • Kung Fu Panda (Mark Osborne, John Stevenson & Melissa Cobb)
  • WALL·E (Andrew Stanton)
  • Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman, Serge Lalou & Roman Paul)
    (Honourable Mentions: $9.99, Bolt, Horton Hears a Who!, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, The Sky Crawlers)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Ben Burtt - WALL·E
  • Dustin Hoffman - Kung Fu Panda
  • Angelina Jolie - Kung Fu Panda
  • Ian McShane - Kung Fu Panda
  • John Travolta - Bolt
    (Honourable Mentions: Jim Carrey - Horton Hears a Who!, John Cusack - Igor, Chris Rock - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Mark Walton - Bolt, Will.i.am - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa)

Best Cinematography

  • Changeling (Tom Stern)
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Claudio Miranda)
  • The Dark Knight (Wally Pfister)
  • The Reader (Chris Menges & Roger Deakins)
  • Slumdog Millionaire (Anthony Dod Mantle)
    (Honourable Mentions: Australia, The Fall, Let the Right One In, Milk, Revolutionary Road)

Best Film Editing

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall)
  • The Dark Knight (Lee Smith)
  • Frost/Nixon (Mike Hill & Daniel P. Hanley)
  • Slumdog Millionaire (Chris Dickens)
  • WALL·E (Stephen Schaffer)
    (Honourable Mentions: Changeling, In Bruges, Iron Man, Milk, Tropic Thunder)

Best Art Direction

  • Changeling (James J. Murakami & Gary Fettis)
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Donald Graham Burt & Victor J. Zolfo)
  • The Dark Knight (Nathan Crowley & Peter Lando)
  • Revolutionary Road (Kristi Zea & Debra Schutt
  • WALL·E (Ralph Eggleston)
    (Honourable Mentions: Australia, City of Ember, The Duchess, Kung Fu Panda, Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Costume Design

  • Australia (Catherine Martin)
  • City of Ember (Ruth Myers)
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Jacqueline West)
  • The Duchess (Michael O'Connor)
  • Revolutionary Road (Albert Wolsky)
    (Honourable Mentions: Changeling, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The Dark Knight, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Makeup

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Greg Cannom)
  • The Dark Knight (John Caglione Jr. & Conor O'Sullivan)
  • Tropic Thunder (Rick Baker & Gerald Quist)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Frost/Nixon, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Synecdoche, New York, The Wrestler)

Best Visual Effects

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton & Craig Barron)
  • The Dark Knight (Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber & Paul Franklin)
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Pablo Helman, Marshall Krasser, Christine Felman & Stephanie Hornish)
  • Iron Man (John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick & Shane Mahan)
  • Quantum of Solace (Chris Corbould, Angela Barson, Jon Thum & Alex Wuttke)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Cloverfield, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Speed Race, WALL·E)

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

2007 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Game of the Year

  • BioShock (Jonathan Chey)
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Mark Rubin)
  • The Orange Box (Gabe Newell & Bill van Buren)
  • Rock Band (Michael Verrette, Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom & Daniel Sussman)
  • Super Mario Galaxy (Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka & Takao Shimizu)
    (Honourable Mentions: Assassin's Creed, Crysis, Halo 3, Mass Effect, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune)

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Assassin's Creed (Patrice Désilets)
  • BioShock (Ken Levine)
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Jason West)
  • Halo 3 (Harold Ryan)
  • Super Mario Galaxy (Yoshiaki Koizumi)
    (Honourable Mentions: God of War II, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, The Orange Box, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2)

Best Game Design

  • BioShock (Paul Hellquist)
  • Mass Effect (Preston Watamaniuk)
  • The Orange Box: Portal (Kim Swift)
  • Rock Band (Rob Kay)
  • Super Mario Galaxy (Koichi Hayashida)
    (Honourable Mentions: Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Crackdown, The Ship, skate., Uncharted: Drake's Fortune)

Best Family/Casual Game

  • Drawn to Life (Jeremiah Slaczka)
  • Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Stephen Withers)
  • Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck (Robert Buchanan)
  • Rock Band (Greg LoPiccolo)
  • WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Goro Abe & Taku Sugioka)
    (Honourable Mentions: Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree, Calling All Cars, Rayman Raving Rabbids 2, Scene It? Lights Camera Action, Super Paper Mario)

Best Sport/Racing Game

  • Colin McRae: DiRT (Clive Moody & Alex Grimbley)
  • FIFA 08 (Kazuya Makita & Joe Booth)
  • NBA 2K8 (Rob Jones)
  • NHL 08 (David Littman)
  • skate. (Scott Henshaw)
    (Honourable Mentions: Forza Motorsport 2, Madden NFL 08, MLB '07: The Show, MotorStorm, Need for Speed: ProStreet)

Best Technical Innovation

  • Assassin's Creed (Mathieu Mazerolle)
  • BioShock (Rowan Wyborn & Christopher Kline)
  • The Orange Box (Garrett Rickey, Jeep Barnett & David Kircher)
  • Rock Band (Eran Egozy, James Fleming, John Eskew & Dan Schmidt)
  • Super Mario Galaxy (Naoki Koga & Takeshi Hayakawa)
    (Honourable Mentions: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Drawn to Life, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Super Paper Mario, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune)

Best Multiplayer

  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Garrett Akira Oshiro, Leonard Rodriguez & Michael Thomsen)
  • Halo 3 (Tyson Green, Aaron Lieberman, Jon Cable & Luke Timmins)
  • The Orange Box
  • Rock Band
  • World in Conflict

Best Strategy/Simulation Game

  • Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (Natsuki Isaki)
  • Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Chris Corry)
  • Forza Motorsport 2 (Garrett Young)
  • Supreme Commander (Chris Taylor)
  • World in Conflict (Petter Sydow)

Best Sound Design

  • BioShock (Emily Ridgway)
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Mark Ganus, John Paul Fasal, Stephen Miller & Linda Rosemeier)
  • Halo 3 (Jay Weinland & C Paul Johnson)
  • Mass Effect (Steven Sim, Matthew Besler, Vance Dylan & Jeremie Voillot)
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (Bryan O. Watkins, Chris Alba, Tony Roza & Alder Hampel)
    (Honourable Mentions: Crysis, God of War II, Need for Speed: ProStreet, The Orange Box, skate.)

Best Music [TIE]

  • BioShock (Garry Schyman)
  • Heavenly Sword (Nitin Sawhney)
  • Lair (John Debney)
  • Mass Effect (Jack Wall & Sam Hulick)
  • Super Mario Galaxy (Mahito Yokota & Koji Kondo)
  • Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Greg Edmonson)
    (Honourable Mentions: Assassin's Creed (Jesper Kyd), Dead Head Fred (Jason Graves), God of War II (Gerard Marino, Ron Fish, Mike Reagan & Cris Velasco), Halo 3 (Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori))

Best Handheld Game

  • Drawn to Life (Jeremiah Slaczka)
  • Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (Hiroyuki Ito)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Daiki Iwamoto)
  • Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (Tobi Saulnier)
  • Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (Carl Grande)
    (Honourable Mentions: Calling All Cars, Contra 4, Jeanne d'Arc, skate., Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow)

Best Art Direction

  • Assassin's Creed (Raphaël Lacoste)
  • BioShock (Scott Sinclair)
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Richard Kriegler)
  • God of War II (Stig Asmussen)
  • The Orange Box: Team Fortress 2 (John Cook & Robin Walker)
    (Honourable Mentions: Eternal Sonata, Heavenly Sword, Super Mario Galaxy, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, The Witcher)

Best Animation

  • Assassin's Creed (Sylvain Bernard, Alex Drouin, Mathieu Latulippe & Steeve Oullet)
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Mark Grigsby, Paul Messerly & Eric Pierce)
  • The Orange Box: Team Fortress 2 (James Cunliffe, Keith Lango, Bay Raitt & Matt Russell)
  • Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (David Hancock & John Lally)
  • Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Josh Scherr, Jeremy Yates, Eric Baldwin & Troy Slough)
    (Honourable Mentions: God of War II, Halo 3, Heavenly Sword, Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck, The Witcher)

Best Story/Writing

  • BioShock (Ken Levine)
  • Heavenly Sword (Rhianna Pratchett, Tameem Antoniades & Andy Serkis)
  • Mass Effect (Drew Karpyshyn)
  • The Simpsons Game (Matt Selman, Tim Long & Matt Warburton)
  • Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Amy Hennig, Neil Druckmann & Josh Scherr)
    (Honourable Mentions: Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, The Darkness, Drawn to Life, Super Paper Mario)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons Game for voicing Homer Simpson (and others)
  • Jennifer Hale - Mass Effect for voicing Commander Shepard
  • David Kaye - Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction for voicing Clank
  • Andy Serkis - Heavenly Sword for voicing King Bohan
  • Anna Torv - Heavenly Sword for voicing Nariko
    (Honourable Mentions: Cam Clarke - Mass Effect, Ellen McLain - The Orange Box: Portal, Fred Tatasciore - Mass Effect, Fred Willard - Hot Brain, Will Wright - The Simpsons Game)

Monday, June 9, 2025

2007 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist
  • "Dreaming with a Broken Heart" - John Mayer (Steve Jordan & John Mayer)
  • "Everything" - Michael Bublé (Bob Rock)
  • "Grace Kelly" - Mika (Greg Wells)
  • "Stronger" - Kanye West (Kanye West & Mike Dean)
  • "Wait for You" - Elliott Yamin (Stargate)
  • "What Goes Around... Comes Around" - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland & Danja Hills)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Amazing" - Seal, "Dance Tonight" - Paul McCartney, "Little Wonders" - Rob Thomas, "World" - Five for Fighting)
Best Song by a Female Vocalist
  • "1234" - Feist (Feist, Ben Mink & Gonzales)
  • "Before He Cheats" - Carrie Underwood (Mark Bright)
  • "Big Girls Don't Cry" - Fergie (Will.i.am)
  • "Irreplaceable" - Beyoncé (Beyoncé Knowles, Stargate & Ne-Yo)
  • "No One" - Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys & Kerry Brothers)
  • "Rehab" - Amy Winehouse (Mark Ronson)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Bubbly" - Colbie Caillat, "Candyman" - Christina Aguilera, "Girlfriend" - Avril Lavigne, "Say it Right" - Nelly Furtado)
Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band
  • "Falling Slowly" - Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová (Glen Hansard)
  • "Hey There Delilah" - Plain White T's (Ariel Rechtshaid & Sean O'Keefe)
  • "Home" - Daughtry (Howard Benson)
  • "Makes Me Wonder" - Maroon 5 (Mark Endert & Maroon 5)
  • "The Sweet Escape" - Gwen Stefani, ft. Akon (Aliaune Thiam & Giorgio Tuinfort)
  • "Umbrella" - Rihanna, ft. Jay-Z (Tricky Stewart)
    (Honourable Mentions: "First Time" - Lifehouse, "The Pretender" - Foo Fighters, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" - Fall Out Boy, "What I've Done" - Linkin Park)
Best Album
  • Back to Black - Amy Winehouse (Mark Ronson & Salaam Remi)
  • Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters (Gil Norton)
  • It Won't Be Soon Before Long - Maroon 5 (Mike Elizondo, Mark Endert, Spike Stent & Maroon 5)
  • Lost Highway - Bon Jovi (Dann Huff & John Shanks)
  • River: The Joni Letters - Herbie Hancock (Herbie Hancock & Larry Klein)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Best Damn Thing - Avril Lavigne, Daughtry - Daughtry, Graduation - Kanye West, Memory Almost Full - Paul McCartney, Minutes to Midnight - Linkin Park)
Best Music Video
  • "1234" - Feist (Patrick Daughters, director; Geoff McLean, producer)
  • "D.A.N.C.E." - Justice (Jonas and Francois & So Me, directors/producers)
  • "God's Gonna Cut You Down" - Johnny Cash (Tony Kaye, director; Rachel Curl, producer)
  • "Rehab" - Amy Winehouse (Phil Griffin, director)
  • "Stronger" - Kanye West (Hype Williams, director)
  • "What Goes Around... Comes Around" - Justin Timberlake (Samuel Bayer, director)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Gone Daddy Gone" - Gnarls Barkley, "Irreplaceable" - Beyoncé, "What I've Done" - Linkin Park, "When You're Gone" - Avril Lavigne)
Best Country Song
  • "Before He Cheats" - Carrie Underwood (Mark Bright)
  • "Give It Away" - George Strait (George Strait & Tony Brown)
  • "How Long" - Eagles (Eagles, Steuart Smith, Scott Crago & Bill Szymczyk)
  • "Long Trip Alone" - Dierks Bentley (Brett Beavers)
  • "Stupid Boy" - Keith Urban (Dann Huff & Keith Urban)
  • "Teardrops on My Guitar" - Taylor Swift (Nathan Chapman)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Famous in a Small Town" - Miranda Lambert, "I Need You" - Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, "If You're Reading This" - Tim McGraw, "Lost Highway" - Willie Nelson & Ray Price, )
Best Dance/Electronic Song
  • "D.A.N.C.E." - Justice (Justice)
  • "Do It Again" - The Chemical Brothers (The Chemical Brothers)
  • "Don't Stop the Music" - Rihanna (Stargate)
  • "LoveStoned/I Think She Knows (Interlude)" - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland & Danja Hills)
  • "Love Today" - Mika (Greg Wells)
  • "The Way I Are" - Timbaland, ft. Keri Hilson (Timbaland)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Gimme More" - Britney Spears, "Love is Gone" - David Guetta, ft. Chris Willis, "New York New York" - Moby, ft. Debbie Harry, "What Hurts the Most" - Cascada)
Best Pop Song
  • "Belief" - John Mayer (Steve Jordan & John Mayer)
  • "Home" - Daughtry (Howard Benson)
  • "Makes Me Wonder" - Maroon 5 (Mark Endert & Maroon 5)
  • "Rehab" - Amy Winehouse (Mark Ronson)
  • "What Goes Around... Comes Around" - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland & Danja Hills)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Big Girls Don't Cry" - Fergie, "Candyman" - Christina Aguilera, "Everything" - Michael Bublé, "Give It To Me" - Timbaland, ft. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake, "Hey There Delilah" - Plain White T's)
Best Rap Song
  • "Big Things Poppin' (Do It)" - T.I. (Mannie Fresh)
  • "Good Life" - Kanye West, ft. T-Pain (Kanye West, Mike Dean & DJ Toomp)
  • "The People" - Common (Kanye West)
  • "Stronger" - Kanye West (Kanye West)
  • "Umbrella" - Rihanna, ft. Jay-Z (Tricky Stewart)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Ayo Technology" - 50 Cent, ft. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland, "Can't Tell Me Nothing" - Kanye West, "Like This" - Kelly Rowland, ft. Eve, "Show Me What You Got" - Jay-Z, "Southside" - Common, ft. Kanye West)
Best Rock Song
  • "Dance Floor Anthem (I Don't Wanna Be in Love)" - Good Charlotte (Don Gilmore)
  • "Icky Thump" - The White Stripes (Jack White)
  • "Over You" - Daughtry (Howard Benson)
  • "The Pretender" - Foo Fighters (Gil Norton)
  • "Radio Nowhere" - Bruce Springsteen (Brendan O'Brien)
  • "What I've Done" - Linkin Park (Rick Rubin & Mike Shinoda)
  • "Working Class Hero" - Green Day (Green Day)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Snow (Hey Oh)" - Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Thnks fr th mmrs" - Fall Out Boy, "Welcome to the Black Parade" - My Chemical Romance)
Best Songwriting
  • "Big Girls Don't Cry" - Fergie (Stacy Ferguson & Toby Gad)
  • "Hey There Delilah" - Plain White T's (Tom Higgenson)
  • "Like a Star" - Corinne Bailey Rae (Corinne Bailey Rae)
  • "Rehab" - Amy Winehouse (Amy Winehouse)
  • "What Goes Around... Comes Around" - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Timothy Mosley & Nate Hills)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Irreplaceable" - Beyoncé, "No One" - Alicia Keys, "Umbrella" - Rihanna, ft. Jay-Z, "Welcome to the Black Parade" - My Chemical Romance, "When You're Gone" - Avril Lavigne)
Best Original Score
  • Babel (Gustavo Santaolalla)
  • The Departed (Howard Shore)
  • Notes on a Scandal (Philip Glass)
  • Pan's Labyrinth (Javier Navarrete)
  • Ratatouille (Michael Giacchino)
    (Honourable Mentions: Blood Diamond (James Newton Howard), Casino Royale (David Arnold), Dexter (Daniel Licht), Happy Feet (John Powell))
Best Compilation Soundtrack
  • Across the Universe (Music from the Motion Picture) (T-Bone Burnett, Elliot Goldenthal & Matthias Gohl)
  • Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture (Harvey Mason Jr., Randy Spendlove & Damon Thomas)
  • Hairspray: Soundtrack to the Motion Picture (Marc Shaiman)
  • Love: The Beatles (George Martin & Giles Martin)
  • Once (Music from the Motion Picture) (Glen Hansard)
Best Song Written for Visual Media
  • "Falling Slowly" - Once (Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová)
  • "Guaranteed" - Into the Wild (Eddie Vedder)
  • "Keep Holding On" - Eragon (Avril Lavigne & Lukasz Gottwald)
  • "Listen" - Dreamgirls (Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler & Anne Preven)
  • "Love You I Do" - Dreamgirls (Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Le Festin" - Ratatouille, "Little Wonders" - Meet the Robinsons, "Patience" - Dreamgirls, "The Song of the Heart" - Happy Feet, "You Know My Name" - Casino Royale)
Best New Artist
  • Amy Winehouse
  • Daughtry
  • Feist
  • Paramore
  • Taylor Swift
    (Honourable Mentions: Colbie Caillat, Gym Class Heroes, Katharine McPhee, Ledisi, Sean Kingston)

2007 Tyler's Choice Television Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Television Series - Drama

  • Boston Legal (David E. Kelley, Bill D'Elia & Janet Leahy)
  • Heroes (Tim Kring, Dennis Hammer & Allan Arkush)
  • House (David Shore, Katie Jacobs, Paul Attansio, Bryan Singer & Daniel Sackheim)
  • Lost (J.J. Abrams, Jack Bender, Bryan Burk, Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof & Jeff Pinkner)
  • The Sopranos (David Chase, Brad Grey, Ilene S. Landress, Terence Winter & Matthew Weiner)
    (Honourable Mentions: Battlestar Galactica, Deadwood, Friday Night Lights, Grey's Anatomy, Rome)

Best Television Series - Comedy

  • 30 Rock (Lorne Michaels, Tina Fey, Jo Ann Alfano, David Miner, Marci Klein & Robert Carlock)
  • American Dad! (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman)
  • Entourage (Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson & Doug Ellin)
  • The Office (Greg Daniels, Ricky Gervais, Howard Klein, Stephen Merchant & Ben Silverman)
  • Ugly Betty (Silvio Horta, Marc Pennette, Jim Parriott, Ben Silverman, James Hayman, Salma Hayek & Jose Tamez)
  • Weeds (Jenji Kohan, Craig Zisk & Roberto Benabib)
    (Honourable Mentions: Extras, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Scrubs, The Simpsons)

Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Broken Trail (Stanley M. Brooks, Robert Duvall & Robert Carliner, executive producers; Walter Hill, Chad Oakes & Damian Ganczewski, producers)
  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Tom Thayer & Dick Wolf, executive producers; Clara George, producer)
  • Longford (Peter Morgan & Andy Harries, executive producers; Helen Flint, producer)
  • Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Rebecca Eaton & Andy Harries, executive producers; Andrew Benson, producer)
  • The Starter Wife (Josann McGibbon, Sara Parriott, Jon Avnet, Stephanie Davis, Howard Klein & Gigi Levangie Grazer, executive producers; Marsha Oglesby, producer)
    (Honourable Mentions: Life Support, The Lost Room, The Ron Clark Story, Tsunami: The Aftermath, Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy)

Best Variety Series

  • The Colbert Report (Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart & Ben Karlin)
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin & David Javerbaum)
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Lorne Michaels & Jeff Ross)
  • Real Time with Bill Maher (Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Brad Grey & Marc Gurvitz)
  • Saturday Night Live (Lorne Michaels)

Best Variety Special

  • 79th Academy Awards (Louis J. Horvitz, executive producer; Laura Ziskin, producer)
  • Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner (Joel Gallen, executive producer; Rick Austin, producer)
  • Lewis Black: Red, White and Screwed (Lewis Black, JoAnne Astrow, Kimber Rickabaugh & Paul Miller, executive producers)
  • Tony Bennett: An American Classic (Danny Bennett, Rob Marshall & John DeLuca, executive producers; Jodi Hurwitz, producer)
  • Wanda Sykes: Sick and Tired (Wanda Sykes & Liz Stanton, executive producers; Michael Drumm & Andrea Allen, producers)

Best Reality Series

  • Antiques Roadshow (Marsha Bemko)
  • Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan (Jim Milio, Melissa Jo Peltier & Mark Hufnail)
  • Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Denise Cramsey)
  • MythBusters (John Luscombe & Mary Donahue)
  • Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (Penn Jillette, Teller, 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 & Richard Curtis)
  • Dancing with the Stars (Conrad Green & Richard Hopkins)
  • Project Runway (Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Andrew Cohen & Frances Berwick)
  • Top Chef (Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Andrew Cohen, Frances Berwick & Dave Serwatka)

Best Host - Reality Series

  • Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
  • Jamie Hyneman & Adam Savage - MythBusters
  • Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race
  • Jeff Probst - Survivor
  • Ryan Seacrest - American Idol

Best Animated Program

  • American Dad! - "Dungeons and Wagons" (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman, executive producers; Kurt Dumas & Anthony Lioi, directors; Michael Shipley & Jim Bernstein, writers)
  • AVATAR: The Last Airbender - "City of Walls and Secrets" (Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietko & Eric Coleman, executive producers; Lauren MacMullan, director; Tim Hedrick, writer)
  • Family Guy - "Barely Legal" (Seth MacFarlane, David A. Goodman & Chris Sheridan, executive producers; Zac Moncrief, director; Kirker Butler, writer)
  • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - "Good Wilt Hunting" (Craig McCracken, executive producer/director; Brian A. Miller, executive producer; Robert Alvarez, Eric Pringle & Robert Cullen, animation directors; Lauren Faust, writer)
  • Moral Orel - "Praying" (Dino Stamatopoulos, executive producer/writer; Keith Crofford & Nick Weidenfeld, executive producers; Ross Shuman, director)
  • The Simpsons - "24 Minutes" (Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Matt Selman & Tim Long, executive producers; Raymond S. Persi, director; Ian Maxtone-Graham, executive producer/writer; Billy Kimball, writer)
    (Honourable Mentions: King of the Hill - "The Peggy Horror Picture Show", Robot Chicken - "Lust for Puppets", South Park - "Make Love, Not Warcraft", SpongeBob Squarepants - "Bummer Vacation/Wig Struck")

Best Lead Actor - Drama

  • James Gandolfini - The Sopranos (Episode: "The Second Coming")
  • Hugh Laurie - House (Episode: "Half-Wit")
  • Ian McShane - Deadwood (Episode: "Amateur Night")
  • James Spader - Boston Legal (Episode: "Angel of Death")
  • Kiefer Sutherland - 24 (Episode: "Day 6: 5:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.")
    (Honourable Mentions: Kyle Chandler - Friday Night Lights, Michael Chiklis - The Shield, Michael C. Hall - Dexter, Denis Leary - Rescue Me, Timothy Olyphant - Deadwood)

Best Lead Actor - Comedy

  • Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (Episode: "Hiatus")
  • Steve Carell - The Office (Episode: "Business School")
  • Ricky Gervais - Extras (Episode: "Sir Ian McKellen")
  • Tony Shalhoub - Monk (Episode: "Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink")
  • Charlie Sheen - Two and a Half Men (Episode: "Who's Vod Kanockers?")
    (Honourable Mentions: Zach Braff - Scrubs, Dan Castallenta - The Simpsons, Kevin Connolly - Entourage, Jason Lee - My Name is Earl, Tracy Morgan - 30 Rock)

Best Lead Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Jim Broadbent - Longford
  • Robert Duvall - Broken Trail
  • Peter Krause - The Lost Room
  • William H. Macy - Nightmares & Dreamscapes
  • Matthew Perry - The Ron Clark Story
    (Honourable Mentions: Adam Beach - Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Chiwetel Ejiofor - Tsunami: The Aftermath, Jason Isaacs - The State Within, David Oyelowo - Five Days, Toby Stephens - Jane Eyre)

Best Lead Actress - Drama

  • Edie Falco - The Sopranos (Episode: "The Second Coming")
  • Sally Field - Brothers & Sisters (Episode: "Mistakes Were Made (Part 2)"
  • Lauren Graham - Gilmore Girls (Episode: "Bon Voyage")
  • Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Florida")
  • Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer (Episode: "Slippin'")
    (Honourable Mentions: Patricia Arquette - Medium, Connie Britton - Friday Night Lights, Minnie Driver - The Riches, Ellen Pompeo - Grey's Anatomy, Jeanne Tripplehorn - Big Love)

Best Lead Actress - Comedy

  • America Ferrera - Ugly Betty (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Tina Fey - 30 Rock (Episode: "Up All Night")
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures of Old Christine (Episode: "Playdate with Destiny")
  • Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds (Episode: "Mrs. Botwin's Neighborhood")
  • Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (Episode: "Iced, Iced Babies")
    (Honourable Mentions: Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives, Felicity Huffman - Desperate Housewives, Julie Kavner - The Simpsons, Laura Kightlinger - The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman)

Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Queen Latifah - Life Support
  • Debra Messing - The Starter Wife
  • Helen Mirren - Prime Suspect: The Final Act
  • Samantha Morton - Longford
  • Sophie Okonedo - Tsunami: The Aftermath
    (Honourable Mentions: Sarah Chalke - Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy, Sharon Gless - The State Within, Mary-Louise Parker - The Robber Bride, Ruth Wilson - Jane Eyre)

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

  • Michael Emerson - Lost (Episode: "The Man Behind the Curtain")
  • Michael Imperioli - The Sopranos (Episode: "Walk Like a Man")
  • T.R. Knight - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "Six Days")
  • Masi Oka - Heroes (Episode: "Five Years Gone")
  • William Shatner - Boston Legal (Episode: "Son of the Defender")
    (Honourable Mentions: Walton Goggins - The Shield, Josh Holloway - Lost, Robert Iler - The Sopranos, Gerald McRaney - Deadwood, Terry O'Quinn - Lost)

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy

  • Scott Grimes - American Dad! (Episode: "Irregarding Steve")
  • Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother (Episode: "Showdown")
  • Justin Kirk - Weeds (Episode: "Must Find Toes")
  • Jeremy Piven - Entourage (Episode: "Manic Monday")
  • Rainn Wilson - The Office (Episode: "The Coup")
    (Honourable Mentions: Jon Cryer - Two and a Half Men, Kevin Dillon - Entourage, John Krasinski - The Office, John C. McGinley - Scrubs, Michael Urie - Ugly Betty)

Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Thomas Haden Church - Broken Trail
  • Joe Mantegna - The Starter Wife
  • Aidan Quinn - Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
  • August Schellenberg - Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
  • Andy Serkis - Longford

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

  • Lorraine Bracco - The Sopranos (Episode: "The Blue Comet")
  • Katherine Heigl - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "Time After Time")
  • Sandra Oh - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "From a Whisper to a Scream")
  • Sarah Paulson - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (Episode: "The Focus Group")
  • Aida Turturro - The Sopranos (Episode: "Soprano Home Movies")
    (Honourable Mentions: Julie Benz - Dexter, Rachel Griffiths - Brothers & Sisters, Elizabeth Mitchell - Lost, Parminder Nagra - ER, Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy)

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy

  • Jenna Fischer - The Office (Episode: "The Job")
  • Ashley Jensen - Extras (Episode: "Orlando Bloom")
  • Elizabeth Perkins - Weeds (Episode: "Pittsburgh")
  • Jaime Pressly - My Name is Earl (Episode: "Jump for Joy")
  • Vanessa Williams - Ugly Betty (Episode: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell")
    (Honourable Mentions: Conchata Farrell - Two and a Half Men, Rachael MacFarlane - American Dad!, Becki Newton - Ugly Betty, Judy Reyes - Scrubs, Holland Taylor - Two and a Half Men)

Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Toni Collette - Tsunami: The Aftermath
  • Judy Davis - The Starter Wife
  • Lindsay Duncan - Longford
  • Anna Paquin - Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
  • Greta Scaachi - Broken Trail

Best Guest Actor - Drama

  • Christian Clemenson - Boston Legal (Episode: "Guise 'n' Dolls")
  • John Goodman - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (Episode: "Nevada Day")
  • Jerry Lewis - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Uncle")
  • Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "Every Moment Counts")
  • David Morse - House (Episode: "Finding Judas")
  • George Takei - Heroes (Episode: "The Fix")
  • Forest Whitaker - ER (Episode: "Murmurs of the Heart")
    (Honourable Mentions: Dominic Chianese - The Sopranos, Tim Daly - The Sopranos, Kevin Tighe - Lost)

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

  • Martin Landau - Entourage (Episode: "What About Bob?")
  • Ian McKellen - Extras (Episode: "Sir Ian McKellen")
  • Giovanni Ribisi - My Name is Earl (Episode: "Van Hickey")
  • Patrick Stewart - American Dad! (Episode: "Four Little Words")
  • Stanley Tucci - Monk (Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Actor")
    (Honourable Mentions: Will Arnett - 30 Rock, Beau Bridges - My Name is Earl, Christopher Gorham - Ugly Betty, Daniel Radcliffe - Extras, Jason Sudeikis - 30 Rock)

Best Guest Actress - Drama

  • Kate Burton - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "Wishin' and Hopin'")
  • Leslie Caron - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Recall")
  • Marcia Gay Harden - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Informed")
  • Allison Janney - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (Episode: "The Disaster Show")
  • Jean Smart - 24 (Episode: "Day 6: 6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.")
    (Honourable Mentions: Christine Lahti - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Lyndsey Marshall - Rome, Megan Mullally - Boston Legal, Elizabeth Reaser - Grey's Anatomy, Susan Sarandon - Rescue Me)

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

  • Salma Hayek - Ugly Betty
  • Rashida Jones - The Office (Episode: "The Job")
  • Laurie Metcalf - Desperate Housewives (Episode: "Listen to the Rain on the Roof")
  • Elaine Stritch - 30 Rock (Episode: "Hiatus")
  • Wanda Sykes - The New Adventures of Old Christine (Episode: "Open Water")
    (Honourable Mentions: Dixie Carter - Desperate Housewives, Carla Gugino - Entourage, Allison Janney - Two and a Half Men, Judith Light - Ugly Betty, Isabella Rossellini - 30 Rock)

Best Direction - Drama

  • Félix Enríquez Alcalá - Battlestar Galactica (Episode: "Exodus: Part 2")
  • Jack Bender - Lost (Episode: "Through the Looking Glass")
  • Peter Berg - Friday Night Lights (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Thomas Schlamme - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (Episode: "Pilot")
  • David Semel - Heroes (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Alan Taylor - The Sopranos (Episode: "Kennedy and Heidi") 
    (Honourable Mentions: David Boyd - Friday Night Lights, David Chase - The Sopranos, Bill D'Elia - Boston Legal, Tim Van Patten - The Sopranos)

Best Direction - Comedy

  • Julian Farino - Entourage (Episode: "One Day in the Valley")
  • Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant - Extras (Episode: "Orlando Bloom")
  • Will Mackenzie - Scrubs (Episode: "My Musical")
  • Richard Shepard - Ugly Betty (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Brent Woods - American Dad! (Episode: "Lincoln Lover")
    (Honourable Mentions: Adam Bernstein - 30 Rock, Scott Ellis - 30 Rock, Ken Kwapis - The Office, Joss Whedon - The Office, Ken Whittingham - My Name is Earl)

Best Direction - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Walter Hill - Broken Trail
  • Tom Hooper - Longford
  • Philip Martin - Prime Suspect: The Final Act
  • Bharat Nalluri - Tsunami: The Aftermath
  • Yves Simoneau - Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
    (Honourable Mentions: Craig R. Baxley - The Lost Room, David L. Cunningham - The Path to 9/11, Michael Offer - The State Within, Daniel Percival - The State Within, Susannah White - Jane Eyre)

Best Writing - Drama

  • David Chase - The Sopranos (Episode: "Made in America")
  • David Chase & Matthew Weiner - The Sopranos (Episode: "Kennedy and Heidi")
  • Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof - Lost (Episode: "Through the Looking Glass")
  • Ronald D. Moore - Battlestar Galactica (Episode: "Occupation/Precipice")
  • Terence Winter - The Sopranos (Episode: "The Second Coming")
    (Honourable Mentions: Daniel Cerone & Melissa Rosenberg - Dexter, David Milch - Deadwood, Mark V. Olsen & Will Scheffer - Big Love, David S. Rosenthal - Gilmore Girls, Aaron Sorkin - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip)

Best Writing - Comedy

  • Greg Daniels - The Office (Episode: "Gay Witch Hunt")
  • Tina Fey - 30 Rock (Episode: "Tracy Does Conan")
  • Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant - Extras (Episode: "Daniel Radcliffe")
  • Michael Schur - The Office (Episode: "The Negotiation")
  • Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz & Nahnatchka Khan - American Dad! (Episode: "Lincoln Lover")
    (Honourable Mentions: Robert Carlock - 30 Rock, Marc Cherry & Jeff Greenstein - Desperate Housewives, Paul Lieberstein & Michael Schur - The Office, Katie Palmer & Jonathan Goldstein - The New Adventures of Old Christine, Michael Price - The Simpsons)

Best Writing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Allen Geoffrion - Broken Trail
  • Daniel Giat - Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
  • Josann McGibbon & Sara Parriott - The Starter Wife
  • Peter Morgan - Longford
  • Sandy Welch - Jane Eyre
    (Honourable Mentions: Lawrence D. Cohen & Stephen King - Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Frank Deasy - Prime Suspect: The Final Act, Lizzie Mackey & Daniel Percival - The State Within, Abi Morgan - Tsunami: The Aftermath, Nancey Silvers - Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy)

Best Casting - Drama

  • Big Love (Libby Goldstein & Junie Lowry-Johnson)
  • Friday Night Lights (Linda Lowy, John Brace & Beth Sepko) 
  • Grey's Anatomy (Linda Lowy & John Brace)
  • Heroes (Natalie Hart & Jason La Padura)
  • Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (Elizabeth Barnes, Francine Maisler & Liberman/Patton)
    (Honourable Mentions: Battlestar Galactica, Brothers & Sisters, Lost, Rome, The Tudors)

Best Casting - Comedy

  • 30 Rock (Jennifer McNamara)
  • American Dad! (Linda Lamontagne)
  • Entourage (Sheila Jaffe & Georgianne Walken)
  • Ugly Betty (Libby Goldstein & Junie Lowry-Johnson)
  • Weeds (Amy McIntyre Britt & Anya Coloff)
    (Honourable Mentions: Desperate Housewives, Extra, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, Scrubs)

Best Casting - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Broken Trail (Wendy Weidman, Barbara Fiorentino, Coreen Mayrs & Heike Brandstatter)
  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Rene Haynes, Rhonda Fisekci & Candice Elizinga)
  • Jane Eyre (Di Carling)
  • The Path to 9/11 (Meg Liberman, Cami Patton, Robin D. Cook & Suzanne M. Smith)
  • The Starter Wife (Mary Jo Slater & Steve Brooksbank)
    (Honourable Mentions: Longford, The Lost Room, Nightmares & Dreamscapes, The Ron Clark Story, Tsunami: The Aftermath)

Best Cinematography - Series

  • Deadwood - Joseph E. Gallagher (Episode: "Catbird Seat")
  • Heroes - Adam Kane (Episode: "Genesis")
  • Planet Earth - Doug Allan, Martyn Colbeck, Paul Stewart, Simon King, Michael Kelem & Wade Fairley (Episode: "Pole to Pole")
  • Rome - Alik Sakharov (Episode: "Passover")
  • The Sopranos - Phil Abraham (Episode: "Soprano Home Movies")
  • Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - Thomas Del Ruth (Episode: "Pilot")
    (Honourable Mentions: Battlestar Galactica (Stephen McNutt), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Michael Slovis), Friday Night Lights (David Boyd), Two and a Half Men (Steven Silver))

Best Cinematography - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Broken Trail (Lloyd Ahern II)
  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (David Franco)
  • Jane Eyre (Mike Eley)
  • The Path to 9/11 (Joel Ransom)
  • The Valley of Light (Eric Van Haren Norman)

Best Costume Design - Series

  • Deadwood - Janie Bryant (Episode: "Amateur Night")
  • Desperate Housewives - Catherine Adair (Episode: "Getting Married Today")
  • Rome - April Ferry (Episode: "Death Mask")
  • The Tudors - Joan Bergin (Episode: "In Cold Blood")
  • Ugly Betty - Patricia Field (Episode: "Pilot")
    (Honourable Mentions: Big Love, Cold Case, Entourage, Heroes, The Sopranos)

Best Costume Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Broken Trail (Wendy Partridge)
  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Mario Davignon)
  • Jane Eyre (Andrea Galer)
  • Longford (James Keast)
  • The Starter Wife (Marion Boyce)

Best Editing - Series

  • American Dad! - Bobby Gibis (Episode: "Dungeons and Wagons")
  • Battlestar Galactica - Jacques Gravett & Andrew Seklir (Episode: "Occupation/Precipice")
  • Dexter - Elena Maganini (Episode: "Dexter")
  • Heroes - Donn Aron, Louise Innes & Michael S. Murphy (Episode: "Genesis")
  • Lost - Mark Goldman, Stephen Semel, Christopher Nelson & Henk Van Eeghen (Episode: "Through the Looking Glass")
  • The Sopranos - William B. Stich (Episode: "Soprano Home Movies")
    (Honourable Mentions: Entourage (Jonathan Scott Card), Friday Night Lights (Conrad M. Gonzalez, Keith Henderson & Stephen Michael), The Office (David Rogers & Dean Holland), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (Robert Seidenglanz))

Best Editing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Broken Trail (Freeman Davies & Philip Norden)
  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Michael Ornstein & Michael Brown)
  • Life Support (Mary Jo Markey)
  • Longford (Melanie Oliver)
  • The Starter Wife (Robert Florio)
    (Honourable Mentions: Jane Eyre (Jason Krasucki), The Path to 9/11 (Geoffrey Rowland, Eric Sears, Bryan Horne, David Handman, and Mitchell Danton), Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Trevor White))

Best Ensemble - Drama

  • Battlestar Galactica (Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park, Michael Hogan, Aaron Douglas, Tahmoh Penikett & Katee Sackhoff, et. al.)
  • Friday Night Lights (Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Aimee Teegarden, Taylor Kitsch, Jesse Plemons, Zach Gilford, Minka Kelly, Adrienne Palicki, Scott Porter & Gaius Charles, et. al.)
  • Heroes (Milo Ventimiglia, Hayden Panettiere, Jack Coleman, Tawny Cypress, Leonard Roberts, Santiago Cabrera, Adrian Pasdar, Noah Gray-Cabey, Greg Grunberg & Masi Oka, et. al.)
  • Lost (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Naveen Andrews, Michael Emerson, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim, Evangeline Lilly, Elizabeth Mitchell & 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.)
Best Ensemble - Comedy

  • 30 Rock (Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jack McBrayer, Jane Krakowski, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Katrina Bowden & Keith Powell, et. al.)
  • American Dad! (Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane & Dee Bradley Baker, et. al.)
  • Entourage (Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Adrian Grenier, Carla Gugino, Jerry Ferrera, Rex Lee, Debi Mazar, Perrey Reeves & Jeremy Piven, et. al.)
  • The Office (Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak, Melora Hardin, Ed Helms, Brian Baumgartner, Angela Kinsey & 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

  • 30 Rock (J. John Corbett, et. al.)
  • Dexter (Eric Anderson, Josh Bodnar, Lindsay Daniels & Colin Davis)
  • The Lost Room (Thomas Cobb, Robert Bradley & Patrick Loungway)
  • The Path to 9/11 (Matthew Mulder, Dave Molloy, Colin Day & Lindsay Daniels)
  • Ugly Betty (Yolanda Santosa & Garson Yu)
    (Honourable Mentions: Friday Night Lights, Heroes, Nightmares & Dreamscapes, The Riches, Standoff)

Best Main Title Theme Music

  • 30 Rock (Jeff Richmond) 
  • Dexter (Rolfe Kent)
  • Friday Night Lights (Snuffy Walden)
  • Heroes (Lisa Coleman & Wendy Melvoin)
  • The Tudors (Trevor Morris)
    (Honourable Mentions: Hu$tle, The Knights of Prosperity, On the Lot, Ugly Betty)

Best Makeup - Series

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Melanie Levitt, Clinton Wayne & Matthew W. Mungle (Episode: "Fannysmackin'")
  • Deadwood - John Rizzo, Ron Snyder & Bob Scribner (Episode: "I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For")
  • House - Dalia Dokter, Ed French & Jamie Kelman (Episode: "Que Sera Sera")
  • Nip/Tuck - Eryn Krueger Mekash, Bill Corso & Christien Tinsley (Episode: "Conor McNamara")
  • Rome - Maurizio Silvi, Federico Laurenti & Laura Tonello (Episode: "De Patre Vostro (About My Father)")
    (Honourable Mentions: Battlestar Galactica, Dexter, Grey's Anatomy, The Shield, Ugly Betty)

Best Makeup - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Broken Trail (Debbie Vanderlaar, Tania El Zahr & Penny Thompson)
  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Gail Kennedy, Rochelle Pomerleau & Joanne Preece)
  • Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower (Ronell Oliveri & Jason Allen)
  • Nightmares & Dreamscapes (Angela Conte & Kate Birch)
  • The Starter Wife (Vivien Mepham & Deborah Lanser)

Best Music Composition - Series

  • 24 - Sean Callery (Episode: "Day 6: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.")
  • American Dad! - Ron Jones (Episode: "Dungeons and Wagons")
  • Battlestar Galactica - Bear McCreary (Episode: "Exodus: Part 2")
  • Planet Earth - George Fenton (Episode: "Pole to Pole")
  • Rome - Jeff Beal (Episode: "Philippi")
    (Honourable Mentions: 30 Rock (Jeff Richmond), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (John Keane), Ghost Whisperer (Mark Snow), Heroes (Lisa Coleman & Wendy Melvoin), Lost (Michael Giacchino))

Best Music Composition - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Broken Trail (David Mansfield & Van Dyke Parks)
  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (George S. Clinton)
  • The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (Joseph LoDuca)
  • Longford (Robert Lane)
  • Nightmares & Dreamscapes (Jeff Beal)

Best Original Music and Lyrics

  • American Dad! - "When I Was His Alien" (Walter Murphy & Dan Vebber)
  • Family Guy - "My Drunken Irish Dad" (Walter Murphy & Danny Smith)
  • MADtv - "Merry Ex-Mas" (Greg O'Connor, Jim Wise & Bruce McCoy)
  • Saturday Night Live - "Dick in a Box" (Katreese Barnes, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Asa Taccone, Jorma Taccone & Justin Timberlake)
  • Scrubs - "Everything Comes Down to Poo" (Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx & Debra Fordham)

Best Production Design - Series

  • Deadwood - Maria Caso & Ernie Bishop (Episode: "Amateur Night")
  • Heroes - Curtis A. Schnell & Cristina Schneider (Episode: "Genesis")
  • Rome - Joseph Bennett, Anthony Pratt & Christina Onori (Episode: "Philippi")
  • The Tudors - Tom Conroy & Eliza Solesbury (Episode: "In Cold Blood")
  • Ugly Betty - Mark Worthington & Archie D'Amico (Episode: "The Box and the Bunny")
    (Honourable Mentions: American Dad!, How I Met Your Mother, Lost, Shark, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip)

Best Production Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Broken Trail (Ken Rempel & Paul Healy)
  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Ian Thomas & Paul Healy)
  • Jane Eyre (Grenville Horner & Claire Andrade)
  • Return to Halloweentown (Edward L. Rubin & Ken Kirchner)
  • The Starter Wife (Tracy Gallacher & Rolland Pike)

Best Sound Design - Series

  • 24 - William Dotson, Kenneth Kobett & Michael Olman (Episode: "Day 6: 10:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.")
  • American Dad! - Bob Newlan, Shawn Ian Kerkhoff & Jim Fitzpatrick (Episode: "Dungeons and Wagons")
  • Battlestar Galactica - Jack Levy, Kenneth Kobett & Michael Olman (Episode: "Exodus: Part 2")
  • Heroes - Richard Weingart & Kenn Fuller (Episode: "Genesis")
  • Lost - Thomas deGorter, Frank Morrone & Scott Weber (Episode: "Through the Looking Glass")
  • Smallville - Michael E. Lawshe, Dan Hiland & Gary D. Rogers (Episode: "Zod")
    (Honourable Mentions: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Deadwood, Planet Earth, The Sopranos)

Best Sound Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Broken Trail (Kevin Howard, Cory Mandel & James Porteous)
  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Stephen Flick, Avram Gold, Rick Ash & Edward Carr)
  • The Lost Room (Todd Murakami, Rick Alexander & Richard D. Rogers)
  • The Path to 9/11 (G. Michael Graham & Greg Chapman)
  • Tsunami: The Aftermath (Julian Slater, Oliver Brierley & Nigel Heath)

Best Visual Effects

  • Battlestar Galactica - Gary Hutzel, Michael Gibson, Doug Drexler & Ross Woo (Episode: "Exodus: Part 2")
  • Grey's Anatomy - Sam Nicholson, Eric Grenaudier, Jason Gustafson & Diego Galtieri (Episode: "Walk on Water")
  • Heroes - Mark Kolpack, Gary D'Amico, Mark Spatny & Diego Galtieri (Episode: "Five Years Gone")
  • Lost - Kevin Blank, Michael Rivero & Archie Ahuna (Episode: "The Man Behind the Curtain")
  • Rome - James Madigan, Barrie Hemsley, Daniel Acon & Anne Panton (Episode: "Philippi")
    (Honourable Mentions: Eureka, Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction, The Lost Room, Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Secrets of the Deep)

Best Voice-Over Performance 

  • Scott Adsit - Moral Orel for voicing Clay Puppington
  • Drew Barrymore - Family Guy for voicing Jillian Wilcox in "Whistle While Your Wife Works"
  • Nancy Cartwright - The Simpsons for voicing Bart Simpson/Nelson Muntz (and others) in "The Haw-Hawed Couple"
  • Mila Kunis - Family Guy for voicing Meg Griffin in "Barely Legal"
  • Seth MacFarlane - American Dad! for voicing Roger Smith (and others) in "A.T.: The Abusive Terrestrial"

Sunday, June 8, 2025

2007 Tyler's Choice Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Picture

  • Atonement (Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner & Paul Webster)
  • Juno (Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick & Russell Smith)
  • No Country for Old Men (Scott Rudin, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)
  • Ratatouille (Brad Lewis)
  • There Will Be Blood (JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson & Daniel Lupi)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Into the Wild, Michael Clayton, Once, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)

Best Director

  • Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
  • Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
  • Jason Reitman - Juno
  • Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  • Joe Wright - Atonement
    (Honourable Mentions: Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood, Brad Bird - Ratatouille, Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, David Cronenberg - Eastern Promises, Sean Penn - Into the Wild)

Best Lead Actor

  • George Clooney - Michael Clayton
  • Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
  • Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  • Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
  • Will Smith - I Am Legend
    (Honourable Mentions: Josh Brolin - No Country for Old Men, Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl, Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild, James McAvoy - Atonement, Denzel Washington - American Gangster)

Best Lead Actress [TIE]

  • Amy Adams - Enchanted
  • Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
  • Julie Christie - Away from Her
  • Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
  • Ellen Page - Juno

Best Supporting Actor

  • Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  • Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
  • Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
  • John Travolta - Hairspray
  • Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
    (Honourable Mentions: Paul Dano - There Will Be Blood, Ben Foster - 3:10 to Yuma, Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War, Tommy Lee Jones - No Country for Old Men, Peter O'Toole - Ratatouille)

Best Supporting Actress

  • Ruby Dee - American Gangster
  • Jennifer Garner - Juno
  • Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
  • Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
  • Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
    (Honourable Mentions: Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There, Taraji P. Henson - Talk to Me, Catherine Keener - Into the Wild, Kelly Macdonald - No Country for Old Men, Vanessa Redgrave - Atonement)

Best Original Screenplay

  • Eastern Promises (Steven Knight)
  • Juno (Diablo Cody)
  • Lars and the Real Girl (Nancy Oliver)
  • Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy)
  • Ratatouille (Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava & Jim Capobianco)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Gangster, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Knocked Up, The Lookout, The Savages)

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Atonement (Christopher Hampton; based on the novel by Ian McEwan)
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Ronald Harwood; based on the memoir by Jean-Dominque Bauby)
  • No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen; based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy)
  • The Simpsons Movie (James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder & Jon Vitti; based on the television series The Simpsons created Matt Groening)
  • There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson; based on the novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair)
    (Honourable Mentions: Away from Her, Charlie Wilson's War, Into the Wild, The Kite Runner, Zodiac)

Best Cast Ensemble

  • Hairspray [Richard Hicks & David Rubin] (Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Amanda Bynes, Christopher Walken, Queen Latifah, James Marsden, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron & Allison Janney, et. al.)
  • Into the Wild [Francine Maisler] (Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Catherine Keener, Kristen Stewart, Merritt Wever, Vince Vaughn, Zach Galifianakis & Hal Holbrook, et. al.)
  • Juno [Kate Lipson & Mindy Marin] (Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, J.K. Simmons & Allison Janney, et. al.)
  • No Country for Old Men [Ellen Chenoweth] (Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Barry Corbin & Stephen Root, et. al.)
  • The Simpsons Movie [Mary Hidalgo & Ruth Lambert] (Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Albert Brooks & Tom Hanks, et. al.)

Best Young Actor (18 or Under)

  • Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
  • Freddie Highmore - August Rush
  • AnnaSophia Robb - Bridge to Teribithia
  • Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
  • Edward Sanders - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    (Honourable Mentions: Alex Etel - The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, Josh Hutcherson - Bridge to Teribithia, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada - The Kite Runner, Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Wesley Singerman - Meet the Robinsons)

Best Foreign Language Film

  • 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu)
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel)
  • La Vie en Rose (Olivier Dahan)
  • Lust, Caution (Ang Lee)
  • Persepolis (Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi)
    (Honourable Mentions: Black Book, The Couterfeiters, Katyń, The Kite Runner, The Orphanage)

Best Documentary Feature

  • Darfur Now (Ted Braun, Don Cheadle & Cathy Schulman)
  • The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (Seth Gordon, Ed Cunningham & J. Clay Tweel)
  • No End in Sight (Charles Ferguson & Audrey Marrs)
  • Sicko (Michael Moore & Meghan O'Hara)
  • Taxi from the Dark Side (Alex Gibney & Eva Orner)
    (Honourable Mentions: Body of War, Crazy Love, In the Shadow of the Moon, Manufactured Landscapes, War/Dance)

Best Original Score

  • 3:10 to Yuma (Marco Beltrami)
  • Atonement (Dario Marianelli)
  • Enchanted (Alan Menken)
  • The Kite Runner (Alberto Iglesias)
  • Ratatouille (Michael Giacchino)
  • There Will Be Blood (Jonny Greenwood)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Bourne Ultimatum (John Powell), Eastern Promises (Howard Shore), Grace is Gone (Clint Eastwood) Michael Clayton (James Newton Howard))

Best Original Song

  • "Falling Slowly" - Once (Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová)
  • "Guaranteed" - Into the Wild (Eddie Vedder)
  • "Little Wonders" - Meet the Robinsons (Rob Thomas)
  • "Raise it Up" - August Rush (Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack & Tevin Thomas)
  • "So Close" - Enchanted (Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz)
  • "That's How You Know" - Enchanted (Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Do You Feel Me" - American Gangster, "Grace is Gone" - Grace is Gone, "Le Festin" - Ratatouille, "Walk Hard" - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story)

Best Sound Editing

  • The Bourne Ultimatum (Karen Baker Landers & Per Hallberg)
  • No Country for Old Men (Skip Lievsay)
  • Ratatouille (Randy Thom & Michael Silvers)
  • There Will Be Blood (Christopher Scarabosio & Matthew Wood)
  • Transformers (Mike Hopkins & Ethan Van der Ryn)
    (Honourable Mentions: 300, American Gangster, The Golden Compass, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Spider-Man 3)

Best Sound Mixing

  • 3:10 to Yuma (Paul Massey, David Giammarco & Jim Stuebe)
  • The Bourne Ultimatum (Scott Millan, David Parker & Kirk Francis)
  • No Country for Old Men (Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff & Peter Kurland)
  • Ratatouille (Randy Thom, Michael Semanick & Doc Kane)
  • Transformers (Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell & Peter J. Devlin)
    (Honourable Mentions: 300, Atonement, The Golden Compass, Into the Wild, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End)

Best Animated Feature

  • Persepolis (Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi, Marc-Antoine Robert & Xavier Rigault)
  • Ratatouille (Brad Bird)
  • The Simpsons Movie (David Silverman, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean & Richard Sakai)
    (Honourable Mentions: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, Beowulf, Meet the Robinsons, Surf's Up, Tekkonkinkreet)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons Movie for voicing Homer Simpson (and others)
  • Janeane Garofalo - Ratatouille for voicing Colette Tatou
  • Ian Holm - Ratatouille for voicing Skinner
  • Peter O'Toole - Ratatouille for voicing Anton Ego
  • Patrick Warburton - Bee Movie for voicing Ken
    (Honourable Mentions: Jeff Bridges - Surf's Up, Julie Kavner - The Simpsons Movie, Chiara Mastroianni - Persepolis, Wesley Singerman - Meet the Robinsons, Ray Winstone - Beowulf)

Best Cinematography

  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Roger Deakins)
  • Atonement (Seamus McGarvey)
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Janusz Kamiński)
  • No Country for Old Men (Roger Deakins)
  • There Will Be Blood (Robert Elswit)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Bourne Ultimatum (Oliver Wood), Into the Wood (Eric Gautier), The Kite Runner (Roberto Schaefer), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Dariusz Wolski), Zodiac (Harris Savides))

Best Film Editing

  • The Bourne Ultimatum (Christopher Rouse)
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Juliette Welfling)
  • Into the Wild (Jay Cassidy)
  • No Country for Old Men (Roderick Jaynes)
  • There Will Be Blood (Dylan Tichenor)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Gangster (Pietro Scalia), Atonement (Paul Tothill), Juno (Dana E. Glauberman), Michael Clayton (John Gilroy), Ratatouille (Darren T. Holmes))

Best Art Direction

  • American Gangster (Arthur Max & Beth A. Rubino)
  • Atonement (Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer)
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Stuart Craig & Stephenie McMillan)
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo)
  • There Will Be Blood (Jack Fisk & Jim Erickson)
    (Honourable Mentions: Across the Universe, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Enchanted, The Kite Runner, Ratatouille)

Best Costume Design

  • Atonement (Jacqueline Durran)
  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Alexandra Byrne)
  • Enchanted (Mona May)
  • La Vie en Rose (Marit Allen)
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Colleen Atwood)
    (Honourable Mentions: 300, Blades of Glory, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Hairspray, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End)

Best Makeup

  • La Vie en Rose (Didier Lavergne & Jan Archibald)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Ve Neill & Martin Samuel)
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Ivana Primorac & Peter Owen)
    (Honourable Mentions: 300, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Hairspray, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

Best Visual Effects

  • 300 (Chris Watts, Thierry Delattre, Mathieu Dupuis & Greg Strause)
  • The Golden Compass (Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris & Trevor Wood)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson & John Frazier)
  • Spider-Man 3 (Craig Barron, Scott Stokdyk, John Frazier & Peter Nofz)
  • Transformers (Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl & John Frazier)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Bourne Ultimatum, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I Am Legend, Ratatouille, Sunshine)

Saturday, June 7, 2025

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!)

Friday, June 6, 2025

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)

2025 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

( Boldface  = winner; Italics = runner-up) Game of the Year Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (François Meurisse) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach ...