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\""Gravity"<\/a>
“Gravity” won 7 awards at the 2014 Academy Awards ceremony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While it didn\u2019t win the Oscar for Best Picture, <\/span>Gravity<\/i> left the Academy Awards with the most wins for the night \u2013 seven, including Best Director. Winning so many awards, it was a little shocking that Sandra Bullock did not win for Best Actress. \u00a0Co-stars, Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto won for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for <\/span>Dallas Buyer’s Club<\/i> and both gave incredibly heartfelt speeches. McConaughey gave special thanks to God acknowledging the importance of the all mighty in his life, which was a lot better than his odd rambling speech he gave earlier at the Golden Globes for the same honor. Finally, <\/span>12 Years a Slave<\/i> won for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Ellen<\/a>
Ellen and a few of her friends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For a production that has been presented over and over again for 86 years now, it was nice to see how this year\u2019s Academy Awards presentation was able to keep things fresh. Not shorter (it just barely ended at 3.5 hours), but fresh. No surprise that this year\u2019s host, Ellen DeGeneres, kept things classy during the opening by gently teasing the stars in attendance rather than put them down. (Though the comment \u201cHello to the best Liza Minnelli impersonator I\u2019ve ever seen. Good job, sir,\u201d to the real Minnelli was a little tacky.) DeGeneres managed to take selfies and snapshots throughout the evening to post on Twitter. In one particular one, she posed with a bunch of stars and announced that she hoped that it would become one of the most shared photos on the site ever. No word if that endeavor worked, but it did shut down the site for awhile.<\/p>\n

At one point in the evening, DeGeneres joked that she was going to order a couple of pizzas to feed the crowd as that is something a good host does. About a half hour later, she brought out on stage a real pizza delivery man with three pizzas and started passing out paper plates and napkins to anyone who wanted a slice.<\/p>\n

\"Ellen<\/a>
Ellen dresses up the the “Wizard of Oz” tribute.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The overall theme for the night appeared to be \u201cheroes\u201d as various tributes were presented for animated heroes, real heroes, superheroes, fantasy heroes, etc.\u00a0 A special tribute was given to the 75th\u00a0anniversary of the movie, The Wizard of Oz<\/i> with Whoopie Goldberg announcing the tribute while wearing striped socks and red slippers under her dress. The children of Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft and Joey Luft, sat together as Pink sang \u201cSomewhere Over the Rainbow\u201d (my new favorite version of the song). Bette Midler sang for the first time at the Oscars for the Memoriam singing, \u201cWind Beneath My Wings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other musical performances for the year\u2019s best nominated songs included Karen O (\u201cThe Moon Song\u201d from the movie Her<\/i>), Idina Menzel (\u201cLet it Go\u201d from the movie, Frozen<\/i>), Pharrell Williams (\u201cHappy\u201d from Despicable Me 2<\/i>) and U2 (\u201cOrdinary Love\u201d from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom<\/i>.)<\/p>\n

\"Disney's<\/a>
Disney’s “Frozen” won for Best Animated Feature and Best Music, Original Song.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here is the complete list of tonight\u2019s winners:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Best Picture:<\/b> “12 Years a Slave”<\/li>\n
  • Best Supporting Actor:<\/b> Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”<\/li>\n
  • Best Supporting Actress:<\/b> Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”<\/li>\n
  • Best Director:<\/b> Alfonso Cuaron, “Gravity”<\/li>\n
  • Best Actor:<\/b> Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyer’s Club”<\/li>\n
  • Best Actress: <\/b>Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine”<\/li>\n
  • Best Original Screenplay:<\/b> “Her”<\/li>\n
  • Best Adapted Screenplay:<\/b> “12 Years a Slave”<\/li>\n
  • Best Animated Feature:<\/b> “Frozen”<\/li>\n
  • Best Short Film (Animated)<\/b>: \u201cMr. Hublot\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Best Short Film (Live Action)<\/b>: \u201cHelium\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Best Documentary (Short)<\/b>: \u201cThe Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Best Documentary<\/b>: \u201c20 Feet from Stardom\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Best Foreign Feature:<\/b> “The Great Beauty,” Italy<\/li>\n
  • Best Visual Effects:<\/b> “Gravity”<\/li>\n
  • Best Cinematography:<\/b> “Gravity”<\/li>\n
  • Best Costume Design: <\/b>“The Great Gatsby”<\/li>\n
  • Best Documentary Feature:<\/b> “20 Feet from Stardom”<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Best Documentary Short:<\/b> “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life”<\/li>\n
  • Best Film Editing:<\/b> “Gravity”<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Best Sound Mixing<\/b>: \u201cGravity\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Best Sound Editing<\/b>: \u201cGravity\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Best Makeup and Hairstyling:<\/b> “Dallas Buyers Club”<\/li>\n
  • Best Production Design:<\/b> \u201cThe Great Gatsby\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Best Music (Original Score):<\/b> “Gravity” (Steven Price)<\/li>\n
  • Best Music (Original Song):<\/b> “Let It Go” from “Frozen”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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