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Sunday, March 2, 2014

2014 Academy Awards: Winners List

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Although 'Gravity' walked away with the most golden statues (7 to be exact), '12 Years A Slave' took home the top award of the night for Best Picture at the 2014 Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 2nd.

Matthew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett were named Best Actor and Best Actress for 'Dallas Buyers Club' and 'Blue Jasmine' (respectively), while in the supporting categories, Jared Leto and Lupita Nyong'o were awarded for their work in 'Dallas Buyers Club' and '12 Years A Slave' (respectively). Full list of winners beneath:

2014 ACADEMY AWARDS - WINNERS

Best Picture
"12 Years a Slave"

Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón, "Gravity"

Best Actor
Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyer's Club"

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"

Best Supporting Actor
Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyer's Club"

Best Supporting Actress
Lupita Nyong’o, "12 Years a Slave"

Best Animated Feature
"Frozen"

Best Original Song
"Let It Go" from "Frozen"

Best Original Screenplay
"Her"

Best Adapted Screenplay
"12 Years a Slave"

Best Foreign Language Film
"The Great Beauty"

Best Documentary - Feature
"20 Feet From Stardom"

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

Best Live Action Short Film
"Helium"

Best Animated Short Film
"Mr. Hublot"

Best Original Score
Steven Price, "Gravity"

Best Sound Editing
"Gravity"

Best Sound Mixing
"Gravity"

Best Production Design
"The Great Gatsby"

Best Cinematography
"Gravity"

Best Makeup And Hairstyling
"Dallas Buyers Club"

Best Costume Design
"The Great Gatsby"

Best Film Editing
"Gravity"

Best Visual Effects
"Gravity"

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2014 Academy Awards: McConaughey Named Best Actor For 'Dallas Buyers Club'

As expected, Matthew McConaughey was named Best Actor at the 2014 Academy Awards for his gut-retching performance as Ron Woodruff in 'Dallas Buyers Club'.

Held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 2nd, 2014, the handsome actor defeated fellow nominees Bruce Dern,Leonardo DiCaprio, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Christian Bale.

In his speech, McConaughey talked about always striving to have three things in his life: someone to look up to (God), someone to look forward to (his family) and someone to chase (himself ten years in the future). Watch his speech beneath:

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2014 Academy Awards: Cate Blanchett Named Best Actress For 'Blue Jasmine'

Completing her awards season sweep, Cate Blanchett was named Best Actress at the 2014 Academy Awards for stirring and controversial role in the Woody Allen film, 'Blue Jasmine'.

Held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 2nd, 2014, the respected actress defeated fellow nominees Judi Dench, Amy Adams, Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep for the gold trophy.

In her captivating speech, Blanchett paid respected to each of her four fellow nominees, called out studio for thinking that female oriented films can't make money, and thank her cast and director (to timid applause). Watch her delightful speech beneath:

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2014 Academy Awards: Pink Performs 'Over The Rainbow' For 'The Wizard Of Oz' Tribute

Pink has shown just how great of a performer she is over the years, but even she struggled a bit during her performance of "Over the Rainbow" at the 2014 Academy Awards.

The performance was part of a tribute to Judy Garland and the 75th anniversary of her classic film, 'The Wizard of Oz', and prior to the performance, her three children - Liza Minelli, Lorna Luft, and Joey Luft – were acknowledge by the star-studded crowd. Watch her take on the yellow brick road classic beneath:

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2014 Academy Awards: Pharrell Williams Gets A-Listers Dancing With 'Happy' Performance

Hitmaker Pharrell Williams, who will release his new 'GIRL' album tomorrow, briefly turned the 2014 Academy Awards into a party as a bevy of A-listers got on their feet and danced along as he performed "Happy".

The infectious tune, which is No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100, is nominated for Best Original Song at the ceremony against "Let It Go", "The Moon Song" and "Ordinary Love". Watch him get the Dolby Theatre crowd moving beneath:

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2014 Academy Awards: Lupita Nyong'o Named Best Supporting Actress For '12 Years A Slave'

Newcomer Lupita Nyong'o pulled out a win for Best Supporting Actress in tight race with Jennifer Lawrence at the 2014 Academy Awards for her debut outing in '12 Years A Slave'.

Held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 2nd, 2014, the Yale graduate also defeated Julia Roberts, Sally Hawkins and June Squibb for the emotionally-charged role as Patsy.

In her speech, the obviously nervous beauty thanked her family, her entire cast and director Steve McQueen for giving her this opportunity. Watch it beneath:

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2014 Academy Awards: Jared Leto Named Best Supporting Actor For 'Dallas Buyers Club'

Continuing his awards season sweep, Jared Leto was named Best Supporting Actor at the 2014 Academy Awards for his heartbreaking turn in 'Dallas Buyers Club' as AIDS patient Rayon.

Held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 2nd, 2014, the 42-year-old actor defeated fellow nominees Michael Fassbender, Bradley Cooper, Jonah Hill and Barkhad Abdi for the trophy.

In his beautiful speech, Leto thanked his mom for inspiring him to dream after she herself faced hardships, his co-stars and dedicated his award to everyone that lost their battle with AIDS, as well as, everyone who has ever felt like an outsider. Watch beneath:

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2014 Academy Awards: Red Carpet Arrivals

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Looking like complete and utter perfection in a fairytale-inspired Prada gown, Academy Award-nominee and this season's red carpet darling Lupita Nyong'o was snapped arriving on the red carpet at the 86th Annual Academy Awards.

Held in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, March 2nd, the actress was just one of many stars on the red carpet as a bevy of Hollywood elite including Jennifer Lawrence, Matthew McConaughey, Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett, Bradley Cooper and more were all in attendance. View all of the red carpet arrivals from the event beneath: