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Birdman, Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore are gold at 2015 Oscars

Written by . Published: February 23 2015

Birdman was the toast of the 87th Oscars on Sunday (22Feb15), earning Best Picture as Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore also celebrated big wins at Hollywood's big night.


Birdman filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu was named Best Director, while he also claimed Best Original Screenplay and Emmanuel Lubezki received the Best Cinematography award.


Redmayne couldn't contain his excitement as he collected the Best Actor prize for his Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything, and Julianne Moore scored Best Actress for Still Alice, while fellow awards season favorites and first-time nominees J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) and Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) walked away with the best supporting acting prizes.


Wes Anderson also had reason to celebrate as The Grand Budapest Hotel, which tied with Birdman for the most nominations with nine nods apiece, scored four titles, including Best Original Score for Alexandre Desplat.


Each of the nominations for Best Original Song were performed, but it was John Legend and Common's powerful rendition of Selma track Glory which left actors David Oyelowo and Chris Pine in tears at Los Angeles' Dolby Theater as the audience gave the musicians a standing ovation. Glory went on to win the category.


Meanwhile, Jennifer Hudson honored the stars lost in the past year by singing I Can't Let Go as part of the In Memoriam segment, and Lady Gaga helped to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Oscar-winning movie The Sound of Music with an impressive medley of hits from the Dame Julie Andrews musical, including Edelweiss, Climb Ev'ry Mountain and the title song.


Ceremony host Neil Patrick Harris also showed off his vocals by opening the 2015 prizegiving with a comedic song and dance number with Anna Kendrick and actor/rocker Jack Black.


The full list of winners at the 2015 Oscars is:

Best Motion Picture of the Year:


Birdman

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:


Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:


Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:


J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:


Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Best Achievement in Directing:


Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman

Best Writing, Original Screenplay:


Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo, Birdman

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay:


Graham Moore, The Imitation Game

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year:


Ida (Poland)

Best Animated Feature Film:


Big Hero 6

Best Documentary, Feature:


Citizenfour

Best Documentary, Short Subject:


Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

Best Short Film, Animated:


Feast

Best Short Film, Live Action:


The Phone Call

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song:


Glory from Selma, by John Legend and Common

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score:


Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Achievement in Cinematography:


Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman

Best Achievement in Film Editing:


Tom Cross, Whiplash

Best Achievement in Costume Design:


Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Achievement in Production Design:


Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling:


Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Achievement in Visual Effects:


Interstellar

Best Achievement in Sound Editing:


American Sniper

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing:


Whiplash

Academy Honorary Awards:


Jean-Claude Carriere


Hayao Miyazaki


Maureen O'Hara

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award:


Harry Belafonte.

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