2015 Oscar Winners!

[JamesG]

Best Picture:

Birdman
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash







Best Actress:

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:

Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
Steve Carell (Foxcatcher)
Bradley Cooper (American Sniper)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
Michael Keaton (Birdman)







Best Supporting Actress:

Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Laura Dern (Wild)
Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)
Emma Stone (Birdman)
Meryl Streep (Into the Woods)







Best Supporting Actor:

J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)
Robert Duvall (The Judge)
Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)
Edward Norton (Birdman)
Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)








Best Director:

Alexandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman)
Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher)
Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game)







Best Animated Film:

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







Best Short Animated Film:

Feast
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life







Best Short Live Film:

The Phone Call
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parvaneh







Best Foreign Language Film:

Ida, Poland
Leviathan, Russia
Tangerines, Estonia
Timbuktu, Mauritania
Wild Tales, Argentina







Best Costume Design:

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner







Best Makeup and Hair Styling:

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Foxcatcher
Guardians of the Galaxy







Best Cinematography:

Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr. Turner
Unbroken







Best Editing:

Whiplash
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game







Best Sound Editing:

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







Best Sound Mixing:

Whiplash
American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar
Unbroken







Best Production Design:

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







Best Visual Effects:

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







Best Writing (Original Screenplay):

Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler







Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay):

The Imitation Game
American Sniper
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash







Best Documentary (Long):

Citizenfour
Finding Vivien Maier
Last Days of Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga







Best Documentary (Short):

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







Best Music (Original Score):

The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr. Turner
The Theory of Everything







Best Music (Original Song):

Everything is Awesome (The Lego Movie)
Glory (Selma)
Grateful (Beyond the Lights)
I’m Not Gonna Miss You (Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me)
Lost Stars (Begin Again)

[MrCleveland]

I hope Selma wins...I'd like to see this movie.

[HuntingtonM15]

Originally Posted by MrCleveland

I hope Selma wins...I'd like to see this movie.

It won't. It only received two nominations, as a consolation, basically.

[MrCleveland]

Originally Posted by HuntingtonM15

It won't. It only received two nominations, as a consolation, basically.

Okay then...but I'd still like to see the film.

Who'd you think will win best film?

[HuntingtonM15]

Originally Posted by MrCleveland

Okay then...but I'd still like to see the film.

Who'd you think will win best film?

It's between Boyhood and The Grand Budapest Hotel, but Boyhood will most likely take the award.

[JamesG]

^ Winners above in bold.

[Vahan]

I thought Neil Patrick Harris was a fun host. Almost reminded me of a modern-day Bob Hope in some ways.

[Vahan]

During the "In Memoriam" segment, I was surprised to see Virna Lisi and Anita Ekberg in there, as I think they were far more well known in Europe, than here in America.

And as expected, the likes of James Garner, Robin Williams, Lauren Bacall, Louis Jourdan, Rod Taylor, and Ruby Dee were in there.

[irehtman]

Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel both tied with both most nominations and most wins.

Boyhood and Whiplash are following!

[HuntingtonM15]

While I did enjoy Birdman, I do not think it deserved Best Picture. I knew it was coming, because it picked up a ton of momentum over the past couple of weeks. The ensemble was terrific, but it was still not Best Picture worthy.

I was glad that Michael Keaton did not win. He did not deserve a win just because it was a big "comeback" for him. I have been a fan of Eddie Redmayne's for several years now, and was thrilled for him. He was phenomenal in his role and completely deserved the win.

It was also nice to see Julianne Moore get her overdue, yet very much earned Oscar. Patricia Arquette was also extremely deserving. I just wish she had her Oscar speech a bit more prepared. It was beyond obvious that she was going to win so I had expected her to leave behind the folded up paper this time around.

[MrCleveland]

I wanted to watch it and tape it, but my VCR crapped-out on me.

I saw the "In Memoriam" on the Oscar website...they skimped-out through the years...at least have some clips of these legends.

And some people thought Neil Patrick Harris was only okay...

[TMC]

http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-wat...oscar-ceremony

The best song performances were terrific, notes Alan Sepinwall, but did we really need to hear Jennifer Hudson sing a song from "Smash"? — which was produced by Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. "Usually," says Sepinwall, "the desire to put on a good show seems at war with the functional purpose of the evening, and as a result, you get shows that are too long, badly-paced, and that awkwardly shift gears throughout. (Sunday night), though, the awards themselves were entertaining enough that the show would have done much better without so many of the bells and whistles that were thrown in to compensate for what was presumed to be the boring ceremony itself."
—Neil Patrick Harris choked, but was the material to blame?
—Harris seemed overwhelmed by the proceedings
—Harris isn't a comedian capable of making something out of nothing
—Harris' underwear bit was memorable — unlike anything he said
—Harris delivered precisely the exact sort of Oscar night you'd expect from him
—Harris "came oversupplied with quips but seemed uncomfortable with emotion"
—Music salvaged the telecast: From Gaga to Lego Movie to Selma
—Some on Twitter called the Octavia Spencer/locked box bit racist
—Harris is also catching flak for the Edward Snowden treason joke
—The orchestra lost control of the Oscars

Why Oscars In Memoriam snub of Joan Rivers was so egregious
Joan Rivers may have had limited work in film having directed a terrible movie and appeared in films such as Spaceballs. But as Dan Kois points out, "she was one of the reasons that many of us even CARE about the Oscars—because we watched what happened after she disemboweled hapless celebrities on the red carpet." PLUS: Read all the outrage over Rivers' omission.

If Neil Patrick Harris isn't the perfect Oscar host, who is?
Harris looked poised to become the next Billy Crystal, helming many future Academy Awards. Will he get a 2nd chance? "Harris probably deserves another shot if he wants one, his past hosting gigs have been successful enough to merit that," says Richard Lawson. "But if future producers of the show weren't impressed enough, who do they turn to next? Harris seemed like our best hope for a new, Billy Crystal-ish perpetual host. Which isn't necessarily what everyone wants, but when we've had such a dearth of strong hosts in recent years, it'd be nice to have found someone we could rely on. But judging from last night, it appears we'll have to keep looking."

Early numbers show Oscar ratings were down significantly from last year
The ratings dip could be attributed to lack of interest in the best picture nominees.