Wow.. the unforgettable epic journey of humans, hobbits, wizards, dwarves and elves finally reached the Oscar glory, as "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" won a record-tying 11 Oscars, swept all 11 categories in which it was nominated, including best picture. This movie immediately finding a place in the record books alongside "Titanic" and "Ben-Hur", the only other films ever to earn 11 Oscars, and became one of the only third movie to sweep every category in which it was nominated, following 1958's "Gigi" and 1987's "The Last Emperor", which both went nine-for-nine.

For the best actor, Sean Penn was the winner, as so many of us has predicted earlier. A really powerful performance from Pennin "Mystic River", which previously nominated for "Dead Man Walking," "Sweet and Lowdown" and "I Am Sam," made me sure that he'd be this year's best actor. Meanwhile in "Monster," which I haven't watched yet, according to what i read and saw in pictures, Theron was virtually unrecognizable, packing on 30 pounds and concealing her cover-girl beauty behind false teeth, splotchy makeup and dark contact lenses. She became this year's best actress,successfully beat all the critics which doubted her to portrait the female serial killer in this movie.

Another winner, "Finding Nemo," which had been the biggest boxoffice success of 2003 until "King" arrived on the scene, was named best animated feature film. It was the first time Pixar has won in that category since it was introduced at the 74th Academy Awards.

There's another record. Sofia Coppola's win for best original screenplay for "Lost in Translation".Her win made the Coppolas only the second family in history to have three generations of Oscar winners. In addition to her father's Oscars, grandfather Carmine Coppola won the best score Academy Award for "The Godfather, Part II." The first record-setting family was the Hustons -- Walter, John and Anjelica.

Okay, that's a lil story behind the scenes about last night's oscar from me. And now, I leave you with The complete winner list of 76th Annual Academy Award. :)

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Sean Penn in MYSTIC RIVER

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Tim Robbins in MYSTIC RIVER

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Charlize Theron in MONSTER

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Renée Zellweger in COLD MOUNTAIN

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
FINDING NEMO
Andrew Stanton

ART DIRECTION THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Grant Major (Art Direction);
Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (Set Decoration)

CINEMATOGRAPHY MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
Russell Boyd

COSTUME DESIGN THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor

DIRECTING THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Peter Jackson

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
THE FOG OF WAR
Errol Morris and Michael Williams

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
CHERNOBYL HEART
Maryann DeLeo

FILM EDITING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Jamie Selkirk

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS
Canada, Directed by Denys Arcand

HONORARY AWARD
Blake Edwards

MAKEUP
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Richard Taylor Peter King

MUSIC (SCORE)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Howard Shore

MUSIC (SONG)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING "Into the West"
Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore and Annie Lennox

BEST PICTURE
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
HARVIE KRUMPET
Adam Elliot

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
TWO SOLDIERS
Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks

SOUND EDITING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
Richard King

SOUND MIXING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek

VISUAL EFFECTS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
LOST IN TRANSLATION
Written by Sofia Coppola