It’s the award ceremony that makes all other accolades look like a warm-up: The Academy Awards. The shiny gold statue is the absolute pinnacle of success for an actor; an achievement that will stay with them for the rest of their careers.
This year’s nominations sparked great controversy, with the biggest snub for Angelina Jolie missing out for ‘Best Director’, and a myriad of nominations for the Grand Budapest Hotel.
For all the nominees in each category, click here.
While there were the usual suspects out on the red carpet, all the action took place inside the Dolby Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. For the full list of winners, keep reading…
Oscars 2015 Full Winners List
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR: Big Hero 6
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM: Feast
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS: Interstellar
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Patricia Arquette in Boyhood
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING: American Sniper
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING: Whiplash
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: The Phone Call
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR: Ida (Poland)
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: The Grand Budapest Hotel
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: J.K. Simmons in Whiplash
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Birdman
BEST FILM EDITING: Whiplash
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: CitizenFour
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: “Glory” from Selma, John Stevens and Lonnie Lynn (John Legend and Common)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Birdman
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Imitation Game (read the review here)
BEST DIRECTOR: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Birdman
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (read the review here)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Julianne Moore in Still Alice
BEST PICTURE: Birdman
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