Oscars 2014: '12 Years A Slave' wins Best Picture, Cate Blanchett & Matthew McConaughey win lead categories

The Winner So Far: 

- '12 Years A Slave' wins Best Picture

- Matthew McConaughey wins Best Actor for 'Dallas Buyers Club'

- Cate Blanchett wins Best Actress for 'Blue Jasmine'

- Alfonso Cuaron wins Best Director for 'Gravity'.

- Spike Jonze wins for Best Original Screenplay for 'Her'

- John Ridley wins Best Adapted Screenplay for '12 Years a Slave'

- 'Frozen' wins Best Original Song for 'Let Her Go'. 

- 'Gravity' takes home one more award as Steven Price wins for best original score

- The Oscar for Achievement in Production Design goes to 'The Great Gatsby'

- Alfonso Cuaron wins his first Oscar for Film Editing for his work on 'Gravity​'

- 'Gravity' wins Best Cinematography

- Lupita Nyong'o wins Best Supporting Actress for '12 Years A Slave'

- 'Gravity' wins for Sound Editing

- 'Gravity' wins for Sound Mixing

- 'The Great Beauty' wins Best Foreign Film

- The 'Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life' wins Best Documentary Short Subject

- 'Helium' wins best Short Film - Live Action

- Gravity wins Best Visual Effects

- Frozen' wins Best Animated Film

- 'Mr Hublot' wins Best Animated Short Film

- The Oscar for Best Make-Up goes to Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews of 'Dallas Buyers Club', the second Oscar for the film tonight

- The Oscar for Best Costume Design goes to Catherine Martin for 'The Great Gatsby' 

- Jared Leto wins the first award of the night, Best Supporting Actor for his performance in 'Dallas Buyers Club'

Here are the nominees in the major categories:

Best Picture

'American Hustle' – Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, and Jonathan Gordon
'Captain Phillips' – Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, and Michael De Luca
'Dallas Buyers Club' – Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter
'Gravity' – Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman
'Her' – Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze, and Vincent Landay
'Nebraska' – Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa
'Philomena' – Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, and Tracey Seaward
'12 Years a Slave' – Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, and Anthony Katagas
'The Wolf of Wall Street' – Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff

Winner - 12 Years A Slave

Best Director

David O. Russell – American Hustle
Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity
Alexander Payne – Nebraska
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

Winner - Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity

Best Actor

Christian Bale – American Hustle as Irving Rosenfeld
Bruce Dern – Nebraska as Woody Grant
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street as Jordan Belfort
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof

Winner - Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club 

Best Actress

Amy Adams – American Hustle as Sydney Prosser
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine as Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis
Sandra Bullock – Gravity as Dr. Ryan Stone
Judi Dench – Philomena as Philomena Lee
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County as Violet Weston

Winner - Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

Best Supporting Actor

Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips as Abduwali Muse
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle as Agent Richard "Richie" DiMaso
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave as Edwin Epps
Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street as Donnie Azoff
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club as Rayon

Winner - Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress

Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine as Ginger
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle as Rosalyn Rosenfeld
Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave as Patsey
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County as Barbara Weston-Fordham
June Squibb – Nebraska as Kate Grant
Best Writing - Original Screenplay

Winner - Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave

Best Writing – Original Screenplay

American Hustle – Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club – Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack
Her – Spike Jonze
Nebraska – Bob Nelson

Winner - Her – Spike Jonze

Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay

Before Midnight – Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips – Billy Ray
Philomena – Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
12 Years a Slave – John Ridley
The Wolf of Wall Street – Terence Winter

Winner - 12 Years a Slave – John Ridley

Best Animated Feature Film

The Croods – Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders, and Kristine Belson
Despicable Me 2 – Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud, and Chris Meledandri
Ernest & Celestine – Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
Frozen – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho
The Wind Rises – Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Winner - Frozen – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho

Best Foreign Language Film

The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium) in Dutch – Felix Van Groeningen
The Great Beauty (Italy) in Italian – Paolo Sorrentino
The Hunt (Denmark) in Danish – Thomas Vinterberg
The Missing Picture (Cambodia) in French – Rithy Panh
Omar (Palestine) in Arabic – Hany Abu-Assad

Winner - The Great Beauty (Italy) in Italian

Christopher Waltz, Anne Hathaway, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Watson, John Travolta, Kevin Spacey, Will Smith, Anna Kendrick, Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L Jackson, Angelina Jolie, Whoopi Goldberg, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Harrison Ford, Jamie Foxx and Andrew Garfield will be appearing as presenters.

#Oscars Red Carpet Report: Laura and Bruce Dern arrive together! #GMAOscars pic.twitter.com/RNfupOeB89 — Good Morning America (@GMA) March 2, 2014

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@jlawisqueen, you were on the #Oscars red carpet with Maria Menounos #MyOscarPhoto pic.twitter.com/DCUHR773i4 — #MyOscarPhoto (@MyOscarPhoto) March 3, 2014

 

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Matthew McConaughey - Who will win big at the Oscars? 

 

#TeamOscar is Red Carpet ready with @RobinRoberts. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/7dWPE22n6T — The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 3, 2014

 

Here we go #Oscars pic.twitter.com/IIa8aHXcSe — Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014

Backstage at The #Oscars in the #ArchDigestGreenRoom with John Travolta, Kelly Preston and Ella pic.twitter.com/4N5Nc5poZa — The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 3, 2014

Backstage at the #Oscars in the #ArchDigestGreenRoom w/ with The Accountants from Price Waterhouse Cooper pic.twitter.com/DQO2RD7pFb — The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 3, 2014

 

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When you see me on the red carpet of the oscars tonight, just know…there’s a burrito in my clutch. pic.twitter.com/WwXQtMq10A — Kristen Bell (@IMKristenBell) March 2, 2014

@nikolawrites, you were on the #Oscars red carpet with nominee @LeoDiCaprio #MyOscarPhoto pic.twitter.com/rAbWllVowa — #MyOscarPhoto (@MyOscarPhoto) March 3, 2014

#Oscars backstage at #Oscars @TheAcademy @TheEllenShow pic.twitter.com/ZpTk5fGEAd — Neil Meron (@neilmeron) March 2, 2014

Will Smith is really, really excited about Bono. But aren't we all? #oscars https://t.co/45fJ4bnLZy — People magazine (@peoplemag) March 3, 2014

POV shot. Silvery! pic.twitter.com/e220B1PQdI — John August (@johnaugust) March 3, 2014

 

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Latest Updates:

- '12 Years A Slave' wins Best Picture beating out front runner 'Gravity'

- Matthew McConaughey wins Best Actor for 'Dallas Buyers Club'

- Cate Blanchett wins Best Actress for 'Blue Jasmine'

Any guesses what's inside this? #Oscars pic.twitter.com/zK6zZJRE2n — The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 3, 2014

- Alfonso Cuaron wins Best Director for 'Gravity'.

Backstage at the #Oscars in the #ArchDigestGreenRoom with @theellenshow's pizzas! pic.twitter.com/SXEcthf8vG — The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 3, 2014

- Spike Jonze wins for Best Original Screenplay for 'Her'

- John Ridley wins Best Adapted Screenplay for '12 Years a Slave'

- '12 Years A Slave' wins Best Adapted Screen Play

- 'Gravity' wins five Oscars in technical categories

- 'Frozen' wins Best Original Song for 'Let Her Go'. Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez who wrote the song, accept the award.

- 'Gravity' takes home one more award as Steven Price wins for best original score

- Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emma Watson take a selfie

- Glenn Close presents the tribute to the celebrities that passed away this year including Paul Walker, Cory Monteith, Peter O'Toole and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Griffiths and Shirley Temple

- The Oscar for Achievement in Production Design goes to 'The Great Gatsby'​

- Nominee for Best Actor in 'Dallas Buyers Club' Matthew McConaughey with mother Mary Kathlene and wife Camila Alves arriving on the red carpet for the 86th Academy Awards

 

- Pink delivers a stellar performance honouring 'The Wizard Of Oz'

- Alfonso Cuaron wins his first Oscar for Film Editing for his work on 'Gravity​'

- Gravity wins Best Cinematography​

- Host Ellen Degeneres' pizza arrives on stage. She shares with Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence and Jared Leto

- Lupita Nyong'o wins Best Supporting Actress for her performance in '12 Years A Slave'

- Gravity wins for Sound Editing

- Gravity wins for Sound Mixing

 

If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap — Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014

- Brad Pitt announces U2 as they perform 'Odinary Love' at the 86th Annual Academy Awards

- 'The Great Beauty' wins Best Foreign Film

- The 'Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life' wins Best Documentary Short Subject

- 'Helium' wins best Short Film - Live Action

- Nominee for Best Actor in 'The Wolf of Wall Street' Leonardo DiCaprio arrives on the red carpet for the 86th Academy Awards on March 2nd, 2014

- Gravity wins Best Visual Effects

- Ellen DeGeneres' Oscar selfie gets 7 lakh RTs in less than 40 minutes

If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap — Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014

- They continue to announce the nominees for Best Animated Film, and the Oscar goes to fan favourite 'Frozen'

- Matthew McConaughey and Kim Novak announce the winner of the Best Animated Short Film. And the Oscar goes to 'Mr Hublot'

- 'Indiana Jones' and 'Star Wars' veteran Harrison Ford introduces the Best Picture nominees of the night

- The Oscar for Best Make-Up goes to Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews of 'Dallas Buyers Club', the second Oscar for the film tonight

- The Oscar for Best Costume Design goes to Catherine Martin for 'The Great Gatsby'

- Actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emma Watson speak onstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014

- Kerry Washington presents the first performer of the night, Pharrell Williams. He performs his Academy Award nominated song, 'Happy' from 'Despicable Me 2' 

- Oscar nominated actress Anna Kendrick attends the Oscars held at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 2, 2014

- Jim Carrey presents a montage of Animated Heroes

- Anne Hathaway presents the first award, Best Supporting Actor. And Jared Leto wins the first award of the night, Best Supporting Actor for his performance in 'Dallas Buyers Club'

- And the show begins! Ellen Degeneres, the host for tonight takes the stage

- Ah Sherlock, ever the comedian.

#Oscars PHOTO: Actor Benedict Cumberbatch jumps behind U2 (REUTERS/Mike Blake) pic.twitter.com/kXCei8UoGt — ABS-CBN News Channel (@ANCALERTS) March 3, 2014

- The theme for tonight is 'Heroes in Hollywood' 

"I think you should think of yourselves as winners. Not all of you, but the ones who have won before..." - @TheEllenShow — The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 3, 2014

 

#Oscars #Blessed #blurry pic.twitter.com/gSo8vYJ34z — Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014

 

Backstage at the #Oscars in the #ArchDigestGreenRoom with @hitrecordshow AKA Joseph Gordon-Levitt pic.twitter.com/OOGL8wketo — The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 3, 2014

 

Look who I just found backstage. pic.twitter.com/rp5Mt1sYsx — Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014

Backstage at the #Oscars in the #ArchDigestGreenRoom with @neilmeron pic.twitter.com/fBG0bSUCC9 — The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 3, 2014

 

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