\u201c12 Years a Slave\u201d walked away with the big prize, Best Picture at the 86th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday. The historical drama was directed by Steve McQueen and also netted accolades in the Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong\u2019o) and Adapted Screenplay (John Ridley) categories. \u201cDallas Buyers Club\u201d also won a trio of Oscars, although \u201cGravity\u201d landed the most overall, at seven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event was hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, who did a phenomenal job of loosening up the crowd with bits ranging from ordering pizzas for the audience to taking a group selfie with some of the celebs in attendance. Her good-natured brand of humor was not only hilarious but seemed tailor-made for the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The acceptance speeches were uniformly gracious, with both Lupita Nyong\u2019o and Jared Leto\u2019s proving to be particularly moving. Perhaps the only one with a glaring faux pas was Cate Blanchett, who inexplicably went out of her way to thank Woody Allen at a time when he\u2019s being shunned by polite society because of his daughter Dylan\u2019s recent allegations that he\u2019d molested her as a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As far as this critic\u2019s Oscar handicapping, faithful readers who relied on my predictions in their office pools were richly rewarded since all 21 of my picks were correct. See:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Complete List of Academy Award Winners<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Picture: \u201c12 Years a Slave\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey, \u201cDallas Buyers Club\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, \u201cBlue Jasmine\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, \u201cDallas Buyers Club\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong\u2019o, \u201c12 Years a Slave\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, \u201cGravity\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze, \u201cHer\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley, \u201c12 Years a Slave\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Foreign Language film: \u201cThe Great Beauty\u201d (Italy)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Documentary Feature: \u201c20 Feet from Stardom\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Animated Feature: \u201cFrozen\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Original Song: \u201cLet It Go\u201d from \u201cFrozen,\u201d music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Original Score: Steven Price, \u201cGravity\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Visual Effects: \u201cGravity\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Film Editing: \u201cGravity\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Cinematography: \u201cGravity\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Sound Mixing: \u201cGravity\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Sound Editing: \u201cGravity\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Costume Design: \u201cThe Great Gatsby\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Production Design: \u201cThe Great Gatsby\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: \u201cDallas Buyers Club\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Animated Short Film: \u201cMr. Hublot\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Live-Action Short Film: \u201cHelium\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Documentary Short: \u201cThe Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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