Academy awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak theatre at Hollywood & highland center, and televised live by the ABC television network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour arrivals segment, “The Road to The Oscars.” Babel is nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture. Nominations By Category - 79th Awards

Politician Al Gore's hard-hitting environmental film An Inconvenient Truth and the Dixie Chicks' rockumentary Shut Up & Sing are among the 15 movies shortlisted for a 2007 Best Documentary Oscar. Over 80 features originally qualified in the category for the 79th Academy Awards next year.