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11th Empire Awards

2006 British film awards ceremony

Field	Value
number	11
award	Empire Awards
image	11th Empire Awards logo.gif
caption	The logo for the 11th Empire Awards
date
site	Hilton London Metropole Hotel, London, England
host	Bill Bailey
best_film	King Kong
best_british	Pride & Prejudice
most_awards	Pride & Prejudice and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2)
most_nominations	King Kong (5)
last	10th
next	12th

The 11th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2005 and took place on 13 March 2006 at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel in London, England. During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in 11 categories as well as four honorary awards. The awards for Best Comedy, Best Horror, Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Best Thriller as well as the honorary Empire Icon Award were first introduced this year. Other changes include Best Film and Best British Film being renamed this year only to "Best Movie" and "Best British Movie" respectively. The honorary Lifetime Achievement Award was presented for the last time. English actor Bill Bailey hosted the show for the second time, having previously hosted the 9th ceremony held in 2004. The awards were sponsored by Sony Ericsson for the fourth consecutive year.

Pride & Prejudice won two awards including Best British Movie. Other winners included Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith also with two awards and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Crash, King Kong, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Mrs Henderson Presents, Team America: World Police, The Descent, and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit with one. Brian Cox received the Empire Icon Award, Stephen Frears received the Empire Inspiration Award, Tony Curtis received the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Harry Potter films received the Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema Award.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Multiple awards

The following two films received multiple awards:

Awards	Film
2	Pride & Prejudice
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Multiple nominations

The following 16 films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
5	King Kong
4	Crash
Pride & Prejudice
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
3	Batman Begins
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Descent
War of the Worlds
2	A History of Violence
Cinderella Man
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Serenity
Sin City
Stoned
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

References

(March 1, 2006). "Empire Awards Shortlist Announced. King Kong leads the pack". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
Parker, Robin. (February 3, 2006). "Sony Ericsson sponsors Empire film awards for fourth year". [[Haymarket Media Group]].
(2006). "Awards Blog". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(March 13, 2006). "2006 Awards Winners Announced! The Sony Ericsson Empire Awards in full". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2013). "2006 Awards Winners". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2006). "Best Movie". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2006). "Best British Movie". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2006). "Best Director". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2006). "Best Actor". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2006). "Best Actress". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2006). "Best Comedy". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2006). "Best Horror". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2006). "Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2006). "Best Thriller". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2006). "Best Newcomer". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2006). "Sony Ericsson Scene of the Year". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2006). "Empire Icon Award". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2006). "Empire Inspiration Award". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2006). "The Lifetime Achievement Award". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2006). "Outstanding Contribution To British Cinema". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].

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