A Gatsby worthy award night
The 86th annual Academy Awards took place Sunday, March 2. Ellen DeGeneres hosted the show held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Below are the 2014 Oscar winners as well as a few highlights from the show.
BEST PICTURE:
BEST DIRECTOR:
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
BEST ACTOR:
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
BEST ACTRESS:
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Frozen
BEST FOREIGN FILM:
The Great Beauty (Italy)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Her, Spike Jonze
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
12 Years a Slave, John Ridley
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
“Let It Go” from Frozen, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Steven Price, Gravity
BEST DOCUMENTARY:
20 Feet From Stardom
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT:
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING:
Dallas Buyers Club, Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
The Great Gatsby
BEST FILM EDITING:
Gravity
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Gravity, Emmanuel Lubezki
BEST SOUND EDITING:
Gravity
BEST SOUND MIXING:
Gravity
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Gravity
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
Mr. Hublot
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:
Helium
Highlights:
– DeGeneres tweets a selfie (including Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper, herself and more) in hopes of having the most retweeted tweet of all time. DeGeneres’s tweet gets 3 million retweets, reaching her goal and crashing Twitter.
– Pharrell Williams performs “Happy”.
– Frozen’s Idina Menzel sings “Let it Go”.
– DeGeneres orders and serves pizza to audience members.
– Leonardo DiCaprio goes home without an Oscar once again.
– Matthew McConaughey gives a shout out to his pantless dad up in Heaven during his acceptance speech for Best Actor.
– Jennifer Lawrence trips for the second year in a row at the Academy Awards, this time on the red carpet.
– Lupita Nyong’o cries tears of joy during her acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress in 12 Years a Slave.
– Jared Leto, winner of Best Supporting Actor, honors his mom in his acceptance speech.
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