Birdman was undoubtedly the big winner of the 87th Academy Awards that took place last night at Hollywood’s Dolby Theater, in a glamorous ceremony hosted by Neil Patrick Harris with several gorgeous celebrities spotted on the red carpet including: Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Lopez, Bradley Cooper, Eddie Murphy, Meryl Streep, Lupita Nyong’o, Kerry Washington, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Stone, Reese Whiterspoon, Dakota Johnson, Lady Gaga, Viola Davis, Zoe Saldana & a host of other stars. Click here if you missed it!
The Grand Budapest Hotel and Whiplash also won big, receiving multiple awards. On the other hand, movies like Boyhood, American Sniper and The Imitation Game fell short in the most important categories but still grabbed some minor awards.
Eddie Redmayne was honored with the Best Leading Actor award for his impersonation of Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything while Julianne Moore also won her first Oscars as Leading Actress for her role in Still Alice.
Elsewhere, ‘Glory’ from Selma was the big winner in the Best Song category while the Polish movie Ida won the award for the Best Foreign Movie.
Let’s take a look at the complete list of winners and nominees:
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Birdman (2014): Alejandro González Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole
American Sniper (2014): Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper, Peter Morgan
Boyhood (2014/I): Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
The Imitation Game (2014): Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven M. Rales, Jeremy Dawson
Selma (2014): Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
The Theory of Everything (2014): Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten
Whiplash (2014): Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, David Lancaster
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything (2014)
Steve Carell for Foxcatcher (2014)
Benedict Cumberbatch for The Imitation Game (2014)
Bradley Cooper for American Sniper (2014)
Michael Keaton for Birdman (2014)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Julianne Moore for Still Alice (2014)
Marion Cotillard for Two Days, One Night (2014)
Felicity Jones for The Theory of Everything (2014)
Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl (2014)
Reese Witherspoon for Wild (2014)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
J.K. Simmons for Whiplash (2014)
Robert Duvall for The Judge (2014)
Ethan Hawke for Boyhood (2014/I)
Edward Norton for Birdman (2014)
Mark Ruffalo for Foxcatcher (2014)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Patricia Arquette for Boyhood (2014)
Laura Dern for Wild (2014)
Keira Knightley for The Imitation Game (2014)
Emma Stone for Birdman (2014)
Meryl Streep for Into the Woods (2014)
Best Achievement in Directing
Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman (2014)
Richard Linklater for Boyhood (2014/I)
Bennett Miller for Foxcatcher (2014)
Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)Whip
Morten Tyldum for The Imitation Game (2014)
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Birdman (2014): Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
Boyhood (2014/I): Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher (2014): E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler (2014): Dan Gilroy
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
The Imitation Game (2014): Graham Moore
American Sniper (2014): Jason Hall
Inherent Vice (2014): Paul Thomas Anderson
The Theory of Everything (2014): Anthony McCarten
Whiplash (2014): Damien Chazelle
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Big Hero 6 (2014)
The Boxtrolls (2014)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Song of the Sea (2014)
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Ida (2013): Pawel Pawlikowski
Tangerines (2013): Zaza Urushadze
Leviathan (2014): Andrey Zvyagintsev
Wild Tales (2014): Damián Szifrón
Timbuktu (2014): Abderrahmane Sissako
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Birdman (2014): Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Robert D. Yeoman
Ida (2013): Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski
Mr. Turner (2014): Dick Pope
Unbroken (2014/I): Roger Deakins
Best Achievement in Editing
Whiplash (2014): Tom Cross
Boyhood (2014/I): Sandra Adair
The Imitation Game (2014): William Goldenberg
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Barney Pilling
American Sniper (2014): Joel Cox, Gary Roach
Best Achievement in Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
The Imitation Game (2014): Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
Interstellar (2014): Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
Into the Woods (2014): Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock
Mr. Turner (2014): Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts
Best Achievement in Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Milena Canonero
Inherent Vice (2014): Mark Bridges
Into the Woods (2014): Colleen Atwood
Maleficent (2014): Anna B. Sheppard
Mr. Turner (2014): Jacqueline Durran
Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier
Foxcatcher (2014): Bill Corso, Dennis Liddiard
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014): Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Alexandre Desplat
The Imitation Game (2014): Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar (2014): Hans Zimmer
The Theory of Everything (2014): Jóhann Jóhannsson
Mr. Turner (2014): Gary Yershon
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Selma (2014): Common, John Legend(Glory)
The Lego Movie (2014): Shawn Patterson(Everything is Awesome)
Beyond the Lights (2014): Diane Warren(Grateful)
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me (2014): Glen Campbell, Julian Raymond(I’m Not Gonna Miss You)
Begin Again (2013/II): Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois(Lost Stars)
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Whiplash (2014): Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, Thomas Curley
American Sniper (2014): John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin
Birdman (2014): Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Thomas Varga
Interstellar (2014): Gary Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, Mark Weingarten
Unbroken (2014/I): Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, David Lee
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
American Sniper (2014): Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
Birdman (2014): Aaron Glascock, Martín Hernández
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014): Brent Burge, Jason Canovas
Interstellar (2014): Richard King
Unbroken (2014/I): Becky Sullivan, Andrew DeCristofaro
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Interstellar (2014): Paul J. Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Scott R. Fisher
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014): Dan Deleeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill, Daniel Sudick
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014): Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Erik Winquist
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014): Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014): Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer
Best Documentary, Feature
Citizenfour (2014): Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky
Finding Vivian Maier (2013): John Maloof, Charlie Siskel
Last Days in Vietnam (2014): Rory Kennedy, Keven McAlester
The Salt of the Earth (2014): Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, David Rosier
Virunga (2014): Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara
Best Documentary, Short Subject
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 (2013): Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Dana Perry
Joanna (2013/I): Aneta Kopacz
Our Curse (2013): Tomasz Sliwinski, Maciej Slesicki
The Reaper (2013): Gabriel Serra
White Earth (2014): Christian Jensen
Best Short Film, Animated
Feast (2014/I): Patrick Osborne, Kristina Reed
The Bigger Picture (2014): Daisy Jacobs, Chris Hees
The Dam Keeper (2014): Robert Kondo, Daisuke ‘Dice’ Tsutsumi
Me and My Moulton (2014): Torill Kove
A Single Life (2014): Joris Oprins
Best Short Film, Live Action
The Phone Call (2013): Mat Kirkby, James Lucas
Aya (2012/I): Oded Binnun, Mihal Brezis
Boogaloo and Graham (2014): Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney
Butter Lamp (2013): Wei Hu, Julien Féret
Parvaneh (2012): Talkhon Hamzavi, Stefan Eichenberger
Photo Credit: Patrick T. Fallon for NYT, Source: oscars.org
