Star Studded Selfie, J-Law’s Fall, Lupita’s Emotional Speech, WINNERS – Buzz from the 2014 Oscars

Missed the 2014 Oscars? Here’s what everyone is buzzing about!

Star Studded Selfie
Ellen DeGeneres had Bradley Cooper take a selfie with her, Brangelina, Lupita Nyong’o and her brother, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts, Jared Leto, Channing Tatum, Kevin Spacey and Meryl Streep.

Ellen DeGeneres Opening Monologue
The funny lady made it a delightful start. Watch

Photobombing

Lupita’s Speech
So emotional.

Jennifer Lawrence’s Red Carpet Fall!
As she arrived on the red carpet, J-Law slipped. It brought back memories of her fall last year when she was about accepting her Best Actress award.

Ellen’s Pizza delight
The host ordered pizza and the celebs were more than happy to chow down.

Dancing to Pharrell’s “Happy Performance”
Stars were more than happy to dance to Happy. P.S Pharell hat is back

WINNERS

We asked you to predict the winners (click here to see). A lot were right. Check it out!
Best Picture

American Hustle (Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, and Jonathan Gordon, Producers)
Captain Phillips (Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers)
Dallas Buyers Club (Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers)
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers)
Her (Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers)
Nebraska (Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers)
Philomena (Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers)
12 Years a Slave (Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers) ***WINNER (+BellaNaijarians Pick)
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Christian Bale – American Hustle
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave  (BellaNaijarians Pick)
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club ***WINNER

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Amy Adams – American Hustle
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine ***WINNER
Sandra Bullock – Gravity (BellaNaijarians Pick)
Judi Dench – Philomena
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club ***WINNER (+BellaNaijarians Pick)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave ***WINNER (+BellaNaijarians Pick)
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
June Squibb – Nebraska

Animated Feature Film
The Croods (Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson)
Despicable Me 2 (Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri)
Ernest & Celestine (Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner)
Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho) ***WINNER (+BellaNaijarians Pick)
The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki)

Cinematography
The Grandmaster – Philippe Le Sourd
Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki ***WINNER
Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska – Phedon Papamichael
Prisoners – Roger A. Deakins

Costume Design
American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson
The Grandmaster – William Chang Suk Ping
The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin ***WINNER
The Invisible Woman – Michael O’Connor
12 Years a Slave – Patricia Norris

Directing 
American Hustle – David O. Russell
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón ***WINNER
Nebraska – Alexander Payne
12 Years a Slave – Steve McQueen (BellaNaijarians Pick)
The Wolf of Wall Street – Martin Scorsese

Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
Cutie and the Boxer – Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
Dirty Wars – Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
The Square – Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
20 Feet from Stardom ***WINNER

Documentary Short Subject
CaveDigger – Jeffrey Karoff
Facing Fear – Jason Cohen
Karama Has No Walls – Sara Ishaq
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life – Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed ***WINNER
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall – Edgar Barens

Film Editing
American Hustle – Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
Captain Phillips – Christopher Rouse
Dallas Buyers Club – John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger ***WINNER
12 Years a Slave – Joe Walker

Foreign Language Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown – Belgium
The Great Beauty – Italy ***WINNER
The Hunt – Denmark
The Missing Picture – Cambodia
Omar – Palestine

Make-up & Hair Styling
Dallas Buyers Club – Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews ***WINNER
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – Stephen Prouty
The Lone Ranger – Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

Original Score
The Book Thief – John Williams
Gravity – Steven Price ***WINNER
Her – William Butler and Owen Pallett
Philomena – Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman

Music – Original Song
“Alone Yet Not Alone” from ALONE YET NOT ALONE – Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel
“Happy” from DESPICABLE ME 2 – Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
“Let it Go” from FROZEN – Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez ***WINNER
“The Moon Song” from HER – Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
“Ordinary Love” from MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM – Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson

Production Design
American Hustle – Judy Becker (Production Design); Heather Loeffler (Set Decoration)
Gravity – Andy Nicholson (Production Design); Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard (Set Decoration)
The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin (Production Design); Beverley Dunn (Set Decoration) ***WINNER
Her – K.K. Barrett (Production Design); Gene Serdena (Set Decoration)
12 Years a Slave – Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Alice Baker (Set Decoration)

Short Film – Animated
Feral – Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
Get a Horse! – Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
Mr. Hublot – Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares ***WINNER
Possessions – Shuhei Morita
Room on the Broom – Max Lang and Jan Lachauer

Short Film – Live Action
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me) – Esteban Crespo
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything) – Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
Helium – Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson ***WINNER
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) – Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
The Voorman Problem – Mark Gill and Baldwin Li

Sound Editing
All Is Lost – Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
Captain Phillips – Oliver Tarney
Gravity – Glenn Freemantle ***WINNER
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Brent Burge
Lone Survivor – Wylie Stateman

Sound Mixing
Captain Phillips – Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
Gravity – Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro ***WINNER
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
Inside Llewyn Davis – Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Lone Survivor – Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow

Visual Effects
Gravity – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould ***WINNER
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
Iron Man 3 – Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
The Lone Ranger – Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
Star Trek Into Darkness – Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalto

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

Writing – Original Screenplay
American Hustle – Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine – Written by Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club – Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
Her – Written by Spike Jonze ***WINNER
Nebraska – Written by Bob Nelson