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Tuesday

Oscars 2015: Complete list of winners

 
 
Honouring the best cinematic talent from Hollywood, the 87th Academy Awards or the Oscars have finally wrapped up. Presented in 24 different categories, the winners for the most coveted film awards have been announced, putting an end to the suspense. While The Grand Budapest Hotel and Birdman faced a tie bagging four awards each, Whiplash managed to pick three trophies. Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything and Julianne Moore for Still Alice have been named Best Actor and Actress in a Leading Role.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Picture
Birdman
 
 
Michael Keaton in Birdman


Actress in a Leading Role Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Actor in a Leading Role
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Directing
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman

Actress in a Supporting Role
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Actor in a Supporting Role
JK Simmons, Whiplash

Foreign Language FilmIda

Writing - Adapted Screenplay
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game

Writing - Original Screenplay
Alejandro G Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr & Armando Bo, Birdman

Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman

Music - Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Makeup and Hairstyling
Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Costume Design
Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Music - Original Song
John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn for 'Glory' from Selma

Visual Effects
Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher, Interstellar

Documentary Short Subject
Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry, Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

Documentary Feature
Citizen Four

Film Editing
Tom Cross, Whiplash

Sound Editing
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman, American Sniper

Sound Mixing
Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley, Whiplash

Production Design
Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration), The Grand Budapest Hotel

Short Film - Live Action
The Phone Call

Short Film - Animated
Feast

Animated Feature Film
Big Hero 6

Sunday

Awesome actors who've never won an Oscar


Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp- Being an A-List celebrity who has been immortalized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame doesn’t guarantee an Oscar. Nor does winning a Golden Globe award. Johnny Depp’s films have raked in millions at the Box Office but it’s baffling as to why the actor has never walked away with the golden statue. His performances in Sweeney Todd, Finding Neverland and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was exemplary and Depp got nominated thrice for an Oscar for all three films. But Johnny Depp hasn’t been lucky. What does it take an actor of his caliber to clinch the coveted award?

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio: He’s smart, handsome and exceptionally talented. That’s Leonardo DiCaprio for you. The actor and producer started his career with TV commercials before doing soap operas like Santa Barbara and Growing Pains. Films naturally followed. Leonardo has established himself in Hollywood with films like Titanic, Romeo + Juliet. The Beach and Catch Me If You Can to name a few. Gangs of New York, Blood Diamond, The Aviator, Inception and The Departed only added to his success. But this Golden Globe winner has never been a recipient of the prestigious Oscar award. Leonardo has been nominated thrice. Films like Blood Diamond, The Aviator and What's Eating Gilbert Grape got him an Oscar nod but not the award. Wonder what causes a talented actor to miss the judges’ eyes. If not Leonardo, then who is the Oscar award fit for?

Richard Gere

Richard Gere: Humanitarian and actor Richard Gere has never won an Oscar and the reasons are obvious. Richard Gere is a Buddhist convert and a staunch supporter of the Dalai Lama. The Pretty Woman actor was banned the Academy 20 years ago when he took to the Oscars stage and used the podium to talk against the Chinese Government. Gere is known to take the cause of Tibetans in exile. Not only was the actor banned from setting foot on the Oscar stage, but he was also banned by the Chinese government from entering China for the stance he took. The actor took to the stage this year to perform a musical with his Chicago co stars Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta Jones and Queen Latifah. But will the Academy forgive him and concentrate on his films rather than his stance to make him eligible for the prestigious award?

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise- It comes a shock rather than a surprise that Hollywood’s highest paid and one of the most successful stars has never won an Oscar! The Mission Impossible series star, whose career spans three decades in Hollywood, is considered as one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, a feat that is difficult to accomplish. Over and over again, Tom Cruise has been voted as one of the world’s 50 most beautiful people and remains an influential figure in Hollywood. Cruise was nominated thrice for an Oscar for his roles in films like Magnolia, Jerry Maguire and Born on the Fourth of July. Did the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences think otherwise?


Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt-In spite of being a heart throb for millions, an actor of Brad Pitt’s caliber has never walked away wit the golden statue. Interestingly, Pitt who has played a myriad of characters over the years has been nominated three times for an Oscar for the films The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Twelve Monkeys and Moneyball. Although Pitt has won other prestigious awards like the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for the same film (Twelve Monkeys) that also got him nominated for an Oscar, he wasn’t lucky there. It comes as a surprise as to why is one of Hollywood’s most popular and highest paid actors snubbed by The Academy?



 

2015 Oscar nominations: Complete list

This year, the Oscars are being hosted by the charming Neil Patrick Harris

The wait for Oscars is almost over. Here is the list of nominees.... Have a good look and support or root/ pray for your favourite...

Best Picture
Birdman
Boyhood
Selma
The Theory of Everything
The Imitation Game
The Grand Budapest Hotel


Actress in a Leading Role Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild Marion
Cotillard, Two Days One Night

Actor in a Leading Role
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper

Directing
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher

Actress in a Supporting Role
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Emma Stone, Birdman
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Laura Dern, Wild

Actor in a Supporting Role
JK Simmons, Whiplash
Edward Norton, Birdman
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Robert Duvall, The Judge

Foreign Language Film
Ida
Leviathan
Tangerines
Wild Tales
Timbuktu


Writing - Adapted Screenplay
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything
Jason Hall, American Sniper
Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice

Writing - Original Screenplay
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo, Birdman
Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, Foxcatcher

Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman
Roger Deakins, Unbroken
Robert D. Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dick Pope, Mr Turner
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lynzewski, Ida

Music - Original Score
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar
Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
Johann Johannsson, The Theory of Everything
Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gary Yershon, Mr Turner

Makeup and Hairstyling
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy


Costume Design
Colleen Atwood, Into the Woods Anna B. Sheppard, Maleficent
Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jacqueline Durran, Mr Turner
Mark Bridges, Inherent Vice

Music - Original Song
'Glory' by Common and John Legend, Selma
'Lost Stars' by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley and Nick Southwood, Begin Again
'Everything Is Awesome' by Shawn Patterson, The LEGO Movie
'I'm Not Gonna Miss You', by Glen Campbell, Glenn Campbell: I'll Be Me
'Grateful', Beyond the Lights

Visual Effects
Interstellar
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Captain America: Winter Soldier
X-Men: Days of Future Past


Documentary Short Subject
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Our Curse
White Earth
The Reaper


Documentary Feature
Citizenfour
Last Days in Vietnam
Virunga
The Salt of the Earth
Finding Vivian Maier


Film Editing
Sandra Adair, Boyhood
Tom Cross, Whiplash William
Goldenberg, The Imitation Game
Joel Cox and Gary Roach, American Sniper
Barney Pilling, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Sound Editing
Interstellar
Unbroken
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
American Sniper
Birdman


Sound Mixing
Mark Weingarten, Interstellar
Thomas Curley, Whiplash
Unbroken
American Sniper
Birdman


Production Design
Into the Woods
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Interstellar
The Imitation Game
Mr Turner


Short Film - Live Action
Boogaloo and Graham
Aya
Butterlamp
Parvenah
The Phone Call


Short Film - Animated
Feast
The Bigger Picture
A Single Life
The Dam Keeper
Me and My Moulton


Animated Feature Film
Big Hero 6
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Boxtrolls
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Song of the Sea

Blast from Oscars past: Remember these Oscars couples?

On the biggest night in Hollywood, the stars walking the red carpet have some big decisions to make: what to wear, what to say, and maybe the most crucial decision—who to bring.

Over the years, we’ve seen the nominees bring some interesting dates to the Oscars, ranging from long time loves to short-term flings to supportive family members. Take a look at these amazing photos of couples from red carpets past.

Hollywood glam
Oscar night is all about the glamour, and these gorgeous couples took their style and grace from the silver screen to the red carpet.

American actors Natalie Wood (1938 - 1981) and Warren Beatty attend the Academy Awards, Santa Monica, California, April 9, 1962. (Photo by Hulton Arch...
Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood at the Oscars in 1962: The two starred in the 1961 film "Splendor in the Grass." credit: Hulton Archive / Getty Images
 
Jack Nicholson and Angelica Huston at the 1975 Oscars.
Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston at the Oscars in 1976. credit:Ron Galella/WireImage
 
Remember they dated?
Celebrity relationships can come and go in the blink of an eye. Some of Hollywood's biggest stars have been on the awards circuit for so long, we've seen them red-carpet test a number of their relationships. Did you remember that these stars were an item?


Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey Jr. in 1989
Before they became 'Carrie Bradshaw' and 'Iron Man,' Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey, Jr. were side-by-side at the 1989 Oscars. credit: Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images
 
Juliette Lewis and Brad Pitt  at the 1992 Oscars
Juliette Lewis and Brad Pitt at the 1992 Oscars (bonus points for the hairstyles). credit:
Jim Smeal / WireImage
Oscar Odd Couples
Talk about a red carpet thriller! Michael Jackson made headlines for almost everything he did, but it was these Oscar dates that had people talking (and scratching their heads).


Before they became 'Carrie Bradshaw' and 'Iron Man,' Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey, Jr. were together at the 1989 Oscars.
Michael Jackson and Brooke Shields at the Oscars in 1981. credit: Ron Galella / WireImage
 
Michael Jackson and Madonna (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)
The King of Pop with the Material Girl: Michael Jackson and Madonna at the Oscars in 1991. credit: Ron Galella / WireImage
 
It's all relative
On Oscar night, who better to have at your side than a beloved family member? But the relative-as-red-carpet-date can be a little tricky, walking that fine line between "awwww" and "ewww."

In the adorable category:

Oscar nominees Ben Affleck and Matt Damon took their mothers as their dates to the 1998 Oscars.
First-time Oscar nominees Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, who took their mothers as their dates to the 1998 Oscars. credit:
Ron Galella / WireImage
 
Too close for comfort:
 
Actress Angelina Jolie, wearing black gown, and brother James Haven at Academy Awards.  (Photo by Mirek Towski/DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty I...
Angelina Jolie and her brother James Haven made everyone feel awkward at the Oscars in 2000. credit:
Mirek Towski / The LIFE Picture Collection/Gett
Which couples will leave their mark on the Academy Awards red carpet this year? We can't wait to find out!
 
(source: today.com)