'The Departed' Takes Home Best Picture Oscar.

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LOS ANGELES — It was said to be a wide-open field for the best picture Oscar, but when the mobster thriller "The Departed" took the top prize in Hollywood Sunday, it still felt like an upset over oft-predicted winner "Little Miss Sunshine" nevertheless.

But "Sunshine," a road trip tale about a lovable yet dysfunctional family, did leave with both the best supporting actor award and the trophy for original screenplay.

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Other best picture contenders included the third favorite, "Babel," with "Letters From Iwo Jima" and "The Queen" trailing behind going into the 79th Annual Academy Awards.

When "The Departed" captured the coveted title Sunday, it was one of many curveballs thrown on Hollywood's biggest night of the year. But for all the talk of up-in-the-air Academy Award races, three of the four predicted winners — those in the major acting categories — took home a golden man named Oscar.

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