Also see previous Oscar timelines: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007.
March 5th, 2006, 17:00 - 20:30 PST, Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Host: Jon Stewart.
Robert Altman will receive an honorary lifetime achievement Oscar.
All presentations and awards, in the order that they were shown. For details on all nominees and winners, see the IMDb Academy Awards 2006 page.
Check out trailers of nominees at Devlib's Oscars Videos Podcast!
All times below are Pacific Standard Time (PST).
| Nr | Time | Presenters | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17:05 | Jon Stewart | Introductory monologue |
| 2 | 17:13 | Jon Stewart | Gay westerns |
| 3 | 17:15 | Nicole Kidman | Actor in a Supporting Role (George Clooney) |
| 4 | 17:24 | Clip Tom Hanks: Acceptance speech howto | |
| 5 | 17:26 | Ben Stiller | Visual Effects (King Kong) |
| 6 | 17:30 | Reese Witherspoon | Animated Feature (Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit) |
| 7 | 17:34 | Naomi Watts | Song nominee (Dolly Parton, Transamerica) |
| 8 | 17:38 | Picture nominee Munich | |
| 9 | 17:42 | Luke & Owen Wilson | Live Action Short Film (Six Shooter) |
| 10 | 17:45 | Chicken Little & Abby Mallard | Animated Short Film (The Moon and the Sun: …) |
| 11 | 17:48 | Jennifer Aniston | Costume Design (Memoirs of a Geisha) |
| 12 | 17:51 | Russell Crowe | Clip biography pictures |
| 13 | 17:57 | Will Farell, Stevel Carell | Makeup (The Chronicles of Narnia) |
| 14 | 18:01 | Rachel McAdams | Scientific & Technical Awards, Gordon Sawyer Award for Gary Demos |
| 15 | 18:02 | Morgan Freeman | Actress in a Supporting Role (Rachel Weisz) |
| 16 | 18:07 | Picture nominee Good Night & Good Luck | |
| 17 | 18:11 | Lauren Bacall | Clip Film Noir |
| 18 | 18:16 | Clip shameless lobbying | |
| 19 | 18:18 | Terence Howard | Documentary Short Subject (A Note of Triumph) |
| 20 | 18:21 | Charlize Theron | Documentary Feature (March of the Penguins) |
| 21 | 18:23 | Jennifer Lopez | Song nominee (In the Deep) |
| 22 | 18:32 | Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock | Art Direction (Memoirs of a Geisha) |
| 23 | 18:36 | Samuel L. Jackson | Clip films about important issues |
| 24 | 18:40 | President of AMPAS | |
| 25 | 18:43 | Salma Hayek | Original Score (Brokeback Mountain) |
| 26 | 18:51 | Picture nominee Capote | |
| 27 | 18:56 | Jake Gyllenhaal | Clip film epics |
| 28 | 19:00 | Jessica Alba, Eric Bana | Sound Mixing (King Kong) |
| 29 | 19:03 | Lily Tomlin, Meryl Streep | Honorary Oscar (Robert Altman) |
| 30 | 19:18 | Chris Bridges | Song nominee (It's Hard Out There for a Pimp) |
| 31 | 19:22 | Queen Latifah | Best Song (It's Hard Out There for a Pimp) |
| 32 | 19:26 | Clip sound editing lobbying | |
| 33 | 19:27 | Jennifer Garner | Sound editing (King Kong) |
| 34 | 19:30 | George Clooney | In Memoriam |
| 35 | 19:37 | Will Smith | Foreign Language Film (Tsotsi, South Africa) |
| 36 | 19:41 | Ziyi Zhang | Film Editing (Crash) |
| 37 | 19:44 | Hilary Swank | Actor in a Leading Role (Philip Seymour Hoffman) |
| 38 | 19:50 | Picture nominee Brokeback Mountain | |
| 39 | 19:54 | John Travolta | Cinematography (Memoirs of a Geisha) |
| 40 | 19:57 | Jamie Foxx | Actress in a Leading Role (Reese Witherspoon) |
| 41 | 20:07 | Dustin Hoffman | Adapted Screenplay (Brokeback Mountain) |
| 42 | 20:12 | Uma Thurman | Original Screenplay (Crash) |
| 43 | 20:15 | Picture nominee Crash | |
| 44 | 20:19 | Tom Hanks | Directing (Ang Lee) |
| 45 | 20:22 | Jack Nicholson | Picture (Crash) |
| 46 | 20:29 | Jon Stewart | Goodbye |