It was a night filled with lots of emotion and little surprise at last night’s 79th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker were the worthy recipients of the Best Actor statues, with Mirren thanking the Academy for “biggest and the best gold star that I have ever had in my life” and a visibly moved Whitaker, who played Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland, thanking everyone from his ancestors to the people of Uganda.

But perhaps the happiest person in the room was The Departed director Martin Scorsese. The mob drama won four awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Scorsese, who had been nominated ““ and lost ““ five times before.

Sadly, Cate Blanchett did not pick up the Best Supporting Actress trophy that she so richly deserved. That honour went to ‘American Idol’ reject Jennifer Hudson.

The big surprise of the night came when old fart Alan Arkin beat out Eddie Murphy in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role in ‘Little Miss Sunshine.’

Here’s the complete list of winners at the 79th annual Academy Awards, presented Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles:

Best Motion Picture: “The Departed”

Lead Actor: Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”

Lead Actress: Helen Mirren, “The Queen”

Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”

Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”

Directing: Martin Scorsese, “The Departed”

Foreign Language Film: “The Lives of Others,” Germany

Adapted Screenplay: William Monahan, “The Departed”

Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt, “Little Miss Sunshine”

Animated Feature Film: “Happy Feet”

Art Direction: “Pan’s Labyrinth”

Cinematography: “Pan’s Labyrinth”

Sound Mixing: “Dreamgirls”

Sound Editing: “Letters From Iwo Jima”

Original Score: “Babel,” Gustavo Santaolalla

Original Song: “I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth,” Melissa Etheridge
Costume: “Marie Antoinette”

Documentary Feature: “An Inconvenient Truth”

Documentary Short Subject: “The Blood of Yingzhou District”

Film Editing: “The Departed”

Makeup: “Pan’s Labyrinth”

Animated Short Film: “The Danish Poet”

Live Action Short Film: “West Bank Story”

Visual Effects: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”

Jean Hersholt Award (Oscar statuette): Sherry Lansing.

Honorary Academy Award (Oscar statuette): Ennio Morricone.