The 2015 Academy Awards have just wrapped up in LA. I’m going to be completely honest, the musical performances saved the show. Neil Patrick Harris was trying too hard, making inappropriate jokes and bringing to light those who weren’t nominated constantly. Patricia Arquette and J.K. Simmons delivered two really great speeches and that’s pretty much it. If you missed them, here are the winners:
BEST PICTURE
“Birdman”
BEST ACTOR
Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”
BEST ACTRESS
Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”
I read an article that said that winning an Oscar makes you lives five years longer. If that is true, I thank the Academy because I husband is five years younger than me.
Reese Witherspoon, “Wild”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”
“Wow, thank you. Thank you to the Academy. Thank you everyone involved in making Whiplash.” He thanks his wife and kids in a moving tribute to her. “You are a reflection of your mother. Call your mom, call your dad. Don’t text them. Tell em you love them and listen to them for as long as they want to talk to you”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”
“Jesus. Thank you to the Academy. To my beautiful, powerful nominees”
BEST DIRECTOR
Alejando G. Inarritu, “Birdman”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo, “Birdman”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Graham Moore, “The Imitation Game”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Ida,” Poland
“How did I get here? We made a film about black and white and the need for silence and here we are at the epicentre of noise and attention. Life is full of surprises. I’d like to thank the Academy. I’d like to thank the people who backed our film.”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURED FILM
“Big Hero 6”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki, “Birdman”
BEST FILM EDITING
Tom Cross, “Whiplash”
BEST SOUND EDITING
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman, “American Sniper”
BEST SOUND MIXING
Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley, “Whiplash”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Adam Stockhausen (Production Design) and Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration), “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Milena Canonero, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“Thank you Wes. This is you. You’re a great inspiration. You inspire all of us. If it wasn’t for you, I couldn’t have done. And thank you, all of you.”
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Glory” by Common and John Legend, “Selma”
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” – Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher, “Interstellar”
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
“Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Citizenfour”
BEST SHORT FILM, LIVE ACTION
“The Phone Call”.
“We’d like to thank all the volunteers around the world who give their time for nothing.
BEST SHORT FILM, ANIMATED
“Feast”
