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February 27th, 2005, 17:30 - 20:40 PST, Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Host: Chris Rock.
All presentations and awards, in the order that they were shown. For details on all nominees and winners, see the IMDb Academy Awards 2005 page. Also see the official Oscars site.
All times below are Pacific Standard Time (PST).
| Nr | Time | Presenters | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17:34 | Chris Rock | Introductory monologue |
| 2 | 17:43 | Halle Berry | Award: Art Direction (The Aviator) |
| 3 | 17:47 | Renee Zellweger | Award: Supporting Actor (Morgan Freeman for Million Dollar Baby) |
| 4 | 17:54 | Robin Williams | Award: Animated Feature (The Incredibles) |
| 5 | 18:00 | Cate Blanchett | Award: Makeup (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) |
| 6 | 18:02 | Drew Barrymore | Song performance: Beyonce (Look to Your Path from The Chorus) |
| 7 | 18:13 | Scarlett Johansson | Summary of Technical and Scientific awards ceremony |
| 8 | 18:15 | Pierce Brosnan | Award: Costume Design |
| 9 | 18:19 | Tim Robbins | Award: Supporting actress (Cate Blanchett for The Aviator) |
| 10 | 18:?? | Whoopi Goldberg | In memoriam Johnny Carson |
| 11 | 18:29 | Leonardo DiCaprio | Award: Documentary Feature (Born Into Brothels) |
| 12 | 18:32 | Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst | Award: Film Editing (The Aviator) |
| 13 | 18:34 | Mike Myers | Song performance: Counting Crows (Accidentally in Love from Shrek 2) |
| 14 | 18:41 | Adam Sandler | Award: Adapted screenplay (Sideways) |
| 15 | 18:46 | Zhang Ziyi, ? | Award: Visual Effects (Spider-Man 2) |
| 16 | 18:49 | Frank Pierson | Introduction of Al Pacino |
| 17 | 18:50 | Al Pacino | Lifetime achievement award for Sidney Lumet |
| 18 | 19:04 | Emmy Rossum | Song performance: Beyonce (Learn to Be Lonely from The Phantom of the Opera) |
| 19 | 19:09 | Jeremy Irons | Award: Short Film Live Action (Wasp) |
| 20 | 19:11 | Laura Linney | Award: Short Film Animated (Ryan) |
| 21 | 19:14 | Kate Winslet | Award: Cinematography (The Aviator) |
| 22 | 19:20 | Penelope Cruz, Salma Hayek | Award: Sound Mixing (Ray) |
| 23 | 19:24 | Penelope Cruz, Salma Hayek | Award: Sound Editing (The Incredibles) |
| 24 | 19:26 | Salma Hayek | Song performance: Santana, Antonio Banderas (Al Otro Lado Del Rio from The Motorcycle Diaries) |
| 25 | 19:35 | Natalie Portman | Award: Documentary Short (Mighty Times The Children's March) |
| 26 | 19:39 | John Travolta | Award: Original Score (Finding Neverland) |
| 27 | 19:42 | Martin Scorsese | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for Roger Mayer |
| 28 | 19:47 | Annette Bening | In memoriam (Ronald Reagan, Peter Ustinov, Marlon Brando, ...) |
| 29 | 19:55 | Sean Combs | Song performance: Beyonce, Josh Brolin (Believe from Polar Express) |
| 30 | 20:00 | Prince | Award: Original Song (Al Otro Lado Del Rio from The Motorcycle Diaries) |
| 31 | 20:02 | Sean Penn | Award: Leading Actress (Hilary Swank for Million Dollar Baby) |
| 32 | 20:13 | Gwyneth Paltrow | Award: Foreign Language Film (The Sea Inside from Spain) |
| 33 | 20:16 | Samuel L. Jackson | Award: Original Screenplay (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) |
| 34 | 20:22 | Charlize Theron | Award: Leading Actor (Jamie Foxx for Ray) |
| 35 | 20:32 | Julia Roberts | Award: Directing (Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby) |
| 36 | 20:36 | Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand | Best Picture (Million Dollar Baby) |