Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Happy Birthday, Laura!

Happy _ _ th Birthday, dear sister.  Have a great day.  Have many, many, many more Happy Birthdays.

Monday, February 23, 2015

The 87th Academy Awards - Complete Winners List

The 87th Oscars were held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood.  The ceremony was televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.  The Oscars were produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron and hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.  The ceremony was televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

The 87th Academy Award winners for the 2015 Oscars:

Best Picture of 2014:
“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers

Director:
“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Actor:
Eddie Redmayne in “The Theory of Everything”

Supporting Actor:
J.K. Simmons in “Whiplash”

Actress:
Julianne Moore in “Still Alice”

Supporting Actress:
Patricia Arquette in “Boyhood”

Animated Feature:
“Big Hero 6” Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli

Adapted Screenplay:
“The Imitation Game” Written by Graham Moore

Original Screenplay:
“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo

Cinematography:
“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Emmanuel Lubezki

Costume Design:
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Milena Canonero

Documentary Feature:
“CitizenFour” Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky

Documentary Short Subject:
“Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1” Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry

Film Editing:
“Whiplash” Tom Cross

Foreign Language Film:
“Ida” Poland

Makeup and Hairstyling:
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier

Original Score:
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Alexandre Desplat

Original Song:
“Glory” from “Selma”
Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn

Production Design:
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

Animated Short Film:
“Feast” Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed

Live Action Short Film:
“The Phone Call” Mat Kirkby and James Lucas

Sound Editing:
“American Sniper” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

Sound Mixing:
“Whiplash” Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley

Visual Effects:
“Interstellar” Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher

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Sunday, February 22, 2015

"Birdman" Wins Oscar as Best Picture of 2014

Best Picture:

“American Sniper” Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers

“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers WINNER

“Boyhood” Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers

“The Imitation Game” Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman, Producers

“Selma” Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers

“The Theory of Everything” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers

“Whiplash” Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster, Producers


Julianne Moore Wins Lead Actress Oscar for "Still Alice"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

Marion Cotillard in “Two Days, One Night”
Felicity Jones in “The Theory of Everything”
Julianne Moore in “Still Alice” WINNER
Rosamund Pike in “Gone Girl”
Reese Witherspoon in “Wild”


Eddie Redmayne Wins Lead Actor Oscar for "The Theory of Everything"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

Steve Carell in “Foxcatcher”
Bradley Cooper in “American Sniper”
Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Imitation Game”
Michael Keaton in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
Eddie Redmayne in “The Theory of Everything” WINNER


Alejandro G. Iñárritu Wins Directing Oscar for "Birdman"

Achievement in Directing:

“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu WINNER

“Boyhood” Richard Linklater
“Foxcatcher” Bennett Miller
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Wes Anderson
“The Imitation Game” Morten Tyldum


"The Imitation Game" Wins Adapted Screenplay Oscar

Best Adapted Screenplay:

“American Sniper” Written by Jason Hall
“The Imitation Game” Written by Graham Moore WINNER
“Inherent Vice” Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
“The Theory of Everything” Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
“Whiplash” Written by Damien Chazelle