The 79th Acaemy Awards ceremony (also known as the Oscars), honoring the best in film for 2006, took place on February 25, 2007 5:00 p.m. PT/8:00 p.m. ET at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on ABC. Ellen DeGeneres hosted the ceremony for the first time. The producer was Laura Ziskin. The announcers were Don LaFontaine and Gina Tuttle.