hen the nominations for the 78th Annual Academy Awards were announced on January 31, 2006, the ensemble race drama
Crash, George Clooney's black-and-white
newsroom tale
Good Night, and Good Luck, and the film of Arthur Golden's book
Memoirs of a Geisha each received six Oscar nominations, while Ang Lee's unique romantic drama
Brokeback Mountain scored eight.
Preview: Oscars 2006