Forest Whitaker Gets Star On Walk Of Fame

Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker has been awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The 45-year-old won a host of awards for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland.
Whitaker started acting in 1982's teen hit Fast Times at Ridgemont High after an injury ended his sporting career, reports BBC.

Oscar Pictures

Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker & Oprah

Jenna Jameson & Tito Ortiz, Kirsten Dunst

Tom & Katie, Nicole & Keith,

Jennifer & Marc, Madonna & Gwyneth

Ocar Winners

Best picture
The Departed

Best director
Martin Scorsese, The Departed

Best actor
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

Best actress
Helen Mirren, The Queen

Best supporting actress
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls

Best supporting actor
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine

Best animated feature film
Happy Feet

Best adapted screenplay
The Departed

Best original screenplay
Little Miss Sunshine

Best original score
Babel

Best visual effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

BAFTA Winners

Best Actor
Forest Whitaker [The Last King Of Scotland]

Best Actress
Helen Mirren [The Queen]

Best Film
The Queen

Outstanding British Film
The Last King Of Scotland

Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin [Little Miss Sunshine]

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson [Dreamgirls]

The Orange Rising Star Award
Eva Green [Casino Royale]

Best Original Screenplay
Little Miss Sunshine

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Last King Of Scotland

Best Animated Film
Happy Feet

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Dreamgirls & Babel Lead Oscar Nominations

Best Picture
Babel
The Departed
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio [Blood Diamond]
Ryan Gosling [Half Nelson]
Peter O'Toole [Venus]
Will Smith [The Pursuit of Happyness]
Forest Whitaker [The Last King of Scotland]

Best Actress
Penelope Cruz [Volver]
Judi Dench [Notes on a Scandal]
Helen Mirren [The Queen]
Meryl Streep [The Devil Wears Prada]
Kate Winslet [Little Children]

Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin [Little Miss Sunshine]
Jackie Earle Haley [Little Children]
Djimon Hounsou [Blood Diamond]
Eddie Murphy [Dreamgirls]
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]

Best Directing
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu [Babel]
Martin Scorsese [The Departed]
Clint Eastwood [Letters From Iwo Jima]
Stephen Frears [The Queen]
Paul Greengrass [United 93]

Best Foreign Language Film
After the Wedding [Denmark]
Days of Glory (Indigenes) [Algeria]
The Lives of Others [Germany]
Pan's Labyrinth [Mexico]
Water [Canada]

Best Adapted Screenplay
Sacha Baron Cohen and Anthony Hines and Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips [Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan]
Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby [Children of Men]
William Monahan [The Departed]
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta [Little Children]
Patrick Marber [Notes on a Scanda]

Best Original Screenplay
Guillermo Arriaga [Babel]
Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis [Letters From Iwo Jima]
Michael Arndt [Little Miss Sunshine]
Guillermo del Toro [Pan's Labyrinth]
Peter Morgan [The Queen]

Best Animated Feature Film
Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House

Full List of Nominees >
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Golden Globes

WINNERS

BEST TV DRAMA SERIES
24
BEST ACTRESS IN A TV DRAMA
Kyra Sedgwick [The Closer]
BEST ACTOR IN A TV DRAMA
Hugh Laurie [House]
BEST TV COMEDY
Ugly Betty
BEST ACTRESS IN A TV COMEDY
America Ferrera [Ugly Betty]
BEST ACTOR IN A TV COMEDY
Alec Baldwin [30 Rock]
BEST TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Elizabeth I
BEST ACTRESS IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Helen Mirren [Elizabeth I]
BEST ACTOR IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Bill Nighy [Gideon's Daughter]
BEST MOTION PICTURE — DRAMA
Babel

America Ferrera


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