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The 68th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1995 and took place on March 25, 1996, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Quincy Jones and directed by Jeff Margolis. Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the second time, having previously presided over the 66th ceremony in 1994. Braveheart won five awards including Best Picture, the ninth film to do so without any acting nominations, and Best Director for Mel Gibson (pictured). Other winners included Apollo 13, Pocahontas, Restoration, and The Usual Suspects with two awards each. The telecast garnered almost 45 million viewers in the United States. (Full list...)