Well, Birdman pulled it off! The film walked away with four Oscars tonight, including Picture and Director, while all four acting frontrunners won, and most of the techs as well, save for a couple of upsets, like Big Hero 6 in Animated Feature. I gotta take a second to cheer about my own predictions this year, which were actually pretty good! I got 21 out of 24 this time around (if I had only stuck with frontrunner Ida in Foreign Film- grrr!), and the biggest lesson I learned from the winners tonight was to always trust the guilds. They prevailed once again and remain the most important precursor awards when it comes to Best Picture and Best Director. As for the show itself? Well...tune in for my recap to see what I thought of that this year (hint: it was not good).
BEST ANIMATED SHORT: Feast
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT: The Phone Call
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Interstellar
BEST SOUND MIXING: Whiplash
BEST SOUND EDITING: American Sniper
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Birdman
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING: The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: "Glory," Selma
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Citizenfour
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Big Hero 6
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Ida
BEST EDITING: Whiplash
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Imitation Game
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Birdman
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
BEST ACTRESS: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
BEST ACTOR: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
BEST DIRECTOR: Alejandro Inarritu, Birdman
BEST PICTURE: Birdman
