Stewart, known for political satire, began the three-hour and 33-minute telecast by sticking to what he does best -- poking fun at politicians and Hollywood stars.
He reminded audiences of the swan dress Icelandic pop singer Bjork wore several years ago and became a major fashion faux pas on Oscar's red carpet. Stewart said that this year when Bjork was trying on her dress, "Dick Cheney shot her."
Brokeback Mountain was released by Focus Features, a unit of NBC Universal, which is controlled by General Electric Co. Capote and Memoirs of a Geisha were released by Sony Pictures, a unit of Sony Corp.
Walk the Line was released by Twentieth Century Fox, a unit of News Corp. Crash was released by Lionsgate, a unit of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Syriana was released by Warner Bros Pictures, a unit of Time Warner Inc.
Oscar stars
Complete list of winners at the 78th annual Academy Awards, presented Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles:
■ Best Picture: Crash
■ Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
■ Actress: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
■ Supporting Actor: George Clooney, Syriana
■ Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
■ Director: Ang Lee (
■ Foreign Film: Tsotsi, South Africa
■ Adapted Screenplay: Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain
■ Original Screenplay: Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, Crash
■ Animated Feature Film: Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
■ Art Direction: Memoirs of a Geisha
■ Cinematography: Memoirs of a Geisha
■ Sound Mixing: King Kong
■ Sound Editing: King Kong
■ Original Score: Brokeback Mountain, Gustavo Santaolalla
■ Original Song: It's Hard out Here for a Pimp from Hustle and Flow, Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard
■ Costume: Memoirs of a Geisha
■ Documentary Feature: March of the Penguins
■ Documentary (short subject): A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
■ Film Editing: Crash
■ Makeup: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
■ Animated Short Film: The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
■ Live Action Short Film: Six Shooter
■ Visual Effects: King Kong
■ Oscar winners previously announced this year: Honorary Academy Award (Oscar statuette): Robert Altman.
The Gordon E. Sawyer award for technical achievement (Oscar statuette): Gary Demos.
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