Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve loved the Oscars. When I was really tiny, it was really more about the dresses and the glamour, seeing the stars I’d watched in the films that year. But now that I’m a little older and wiser, … I still appreciate the dresses and the glamour, but I also get a kick out of seeing what’s awarded to whom, who gets noticed, who gets snubbed and why. Below I’ve listed this years winners and nominees for you. Again, Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel are strong contenders here as they have been at other awards nights, deservedly so, but there were a lot of fabulous films this year that were nominated or won, so please read on, or click on the link to go to the official Oscars site…
Best picture
Winner: Birdman
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Best actress
Winner: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Best actor
Winner: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Best supporting actor
Winner: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Best supporting actress
Winner: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Best director
Winner: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Best adapted screenplay
Winner: Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
Jason Hall, American Sniper
Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice
Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Best original screenplay
Winner: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo – Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
E Max Frye, Dan Futterman, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
Best foreign language film
Winner: Ida
Leviathan
Tangerines
Timbuktu
Wild Tales
Best documentary feature
Winner: CITIZENFOUR
Finding Vivian Maer
Last Days in Vietnam
Virunga
Salt of the Earth
Best animated feature
Winner: Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Film editing
Winner: Tom Cross – Whiplash
Sandra Adair – Boyhood
William Goldenberg – The Imitation Game
Barney Pilling – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Joel Cox, Gary Roach – American Sniper
Best song
Winner: Glory from Selma – Lonnie Lynn (Common), John Stephens (John Legend)
The Lego Movie – Shawn Patterson (Everything Is Awesome)
Beyond the Lights – Diane Warren (Grateful)
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me – Glen Campbell, Julian Raymond (I’m Not Gonna Miss You)
Begin Again – Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois (Lost Stars)
Best original score
Winner: Alexandre Desplat – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar
Jóhann Jóhannsson– The Theory of Everything
Gary Yershon – Mr Turner
Best cinematography
Winner: Birdman: Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert D Yeoman
Ida – Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski
Mr Turner – Dick Pope
Unbroken – Roger Deakins
Costume design
Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero
Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges
Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood
Maleficent – Anna B Sheppard
Mr Turner – Jacqueline Durran
Makeup and hairstyling
Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier
Foxcatcher – Bill Corso, Dennis Liddiard
Guardians of the Galaxy – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White
Production design
Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel: Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
The Imitation Game: Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
Interstellar: Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
Into the Woods: Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock
Mr Turner: Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts
Sound editing
Winner: American Sniper – Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
Birdman – Aaron Glascock, Martín Hernández
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Brent Burge, Jason Canovas
Interstellar – Richard King
Unbroken – Becky Sullivan, Andrew DeCristofaro
Sound mixing
Winner: Whiplash – Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, Thomas Curley
American Sniper – John T Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin
Birdman – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Thomas Varga
Interstellar – Gary Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, Mark Weingarten
Unbroken – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, David Lee
Visual effects
Winner: Interstellar – Paul J Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Scott R Fisher
Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Dan Deleeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill, Daniel Sudick
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Erik Winquist
Guardians of the Galaxy – Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould
X-Men: Days of Future Past – Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer
Short film, live action
Winner: The Phone Call
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parvaneh
Short film, animated
Winner: Feast
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Me and my Moulton
A Single Life
Documentary short subject
Winner: Crisis Hotline
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth
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