Last night’s Academy Awards was a fairly political affair, with many of the night’s acceptance speeches featuring the battle against feminism and racism – both issues that rise again and again within the white-washed annual Oscars. Still, that wasn’t the only thing that got people talking because by the end of the night, some huge names in film walked away with the coveted gold statue.
With the likes of, Emma Stone, John Travolta, Keria Knightly and Benedict Cumberbatch gracing the red carpet, the night was a star studded event that filled Hollywood with the high level of glamour that effortlessly radiates from these awards. Here’s our list of those lucky individuals and stand out movies that went home with smiling faces as they make their way into Oscars history as the winners of 2015.
BEST PICTURE
American Sniper
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Boyhood
Whiplash
BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard for Two Days, One Night
Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl
Felicity Jones for The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore for Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon for Wild
BEST ACTOR
Steve Carrell for Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper for American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch for The Imitation Game
Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything
Michael Keaton for Birdman
BEST DIRECTOR
Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Bennet Miller for Foxcatcher
Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman
Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum for The Imitation Game
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Laura Dern for Wild
Emma Stone for Birdman
Patricia Arquette for Boyhood
Keira Knightly for The Imitation Game
Meryl Streep for Into The Woods
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Edward Norton for Birdman
Ethan Hawke for Boyhood
JK Simmons for Whiplash
Mark Ruffalo for Foxcatcher
Robert Duvall for The Judge
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
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
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
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 SCORE
Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game
Alexandre Desplat – Grand Budapest Hotel
Hanz Zimmer- Interstellar
Gary Yershon- Mr Turner
Jóhann Jóhannsson– The Theory of Everything
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
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 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Last Days in Vietnam – Rory Kennedy, Keven McAlester
The Salt of the Earth – Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, David Rosier
Finding Vivian Maier – John Maloof, Charlie Siskel
Citizenfour – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky
Virunga – Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Whiplash – Tom Cross
Boyhood – Sandra Adair
The Imitation Game – William Goldenberg
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Barney Pilling
American Sniper – Joel Cox, Gary Roach
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Birdman: Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel: Robert D Yeoman
Ida: Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski
Mr Turner: Dick Pope
Unbroken: Roger Deakins
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
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
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The Boxtrolls
Big Hero 6
Song of The Sea
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Feast – Patrick Osborne, Kristina Reed
The Bigger Picture – Daisy Jacobs, Chris Hees
The Dam Keeper – Robert Kondo, Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi
Me and My Moulton – Torill Kove
A Single Life – Joris Oprins
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
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
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
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
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero
Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges
Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood
Maleficent – Anna B Sheppard
Mr Turner – Jacqueline Durran
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE UP AND HAIR STYLING
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier
Foxcatcher – Bill Corso, Dennis Liddiard
Guardians of the Galaxy – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White
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