Oscars 2015 - The Winners

The biggest awards event took place last night in Los Angeles whilst the rest of us were sleeping here in the UK. Yes, the Academy Award winners have been announced and in case you’ve somehow missed it, here is the full list of winners and some of the speeches from the glitzy ceremony.

Best Picture - Birdman

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Best Director - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman

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Best Actor - Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best Actress - Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Best Supporting Actor - J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress - Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Costume Design - Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel

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Hair and Make Up - Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, 
The Grand Budapest Hotel

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Best Foreign Language Film - Ida

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Best Live Action Short - The Phone Call

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Best Documentary Short Subject - 
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Sound Mixing - Whiplash

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Sound Editing - American Sniper

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Best Visual Effects - Interstellar

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Best Animated Short - Feast

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Best Animated Film - Big Hero 6

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Best Production Design - The Grand Budapest Hotel

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Best Cinematography - Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman

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Film Editing - Tom Cross, Whiplash

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Best Documentary - Citizenfour

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Best Original Song - Glory by Lonnie Lynn (Common) and John Stephens (John Legend), Selma



Best Original Score - Alexandre Desplat, 
The Grand Budapest Hotel

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Best Original Screenplay - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, Birdman

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Best Adapted Screenplay - Graham Moore, The Imitation Game





What do make of the 2015 winners?

Who missed out on the top prizes?

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Golden Globes 2015 - The Winners

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The first big awards ceremony took place last night - the 2015 Golden Globes. Whilst we were sleeping in the UK, you may have missed the winners and losers. The Globes also give us a glimpse as to what may be in the running for the Academy Awards this year - the nominations of which will be revealed on Thursday.

So who won what? Take a look at the list below:

Best Motion Picture, Drama 

Boyhood

Best Actor, Drama

Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

Best Actress, Drama

Julianne Moore - Still Alice

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Actor, Musical or Comedy

Michael Keaton - Birdman

Best Actress, Musical or Comedy

Amy Adams - Big Eyes

Best Animated Feature Film

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Best Foreign Language Film

Leviathan

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Patricia Arquette - Boyhood

Best Director, Motion Picture

Richard Linklater - Boyhood

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture

Birdman

Best Original Score, Motion Picture

The Theory of Everything

Best Original Song, Motion Picture

Glory - Selma

Do you agree with the winners?

Who will be in the running for the Oscar nominations this week?

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2015 BAFTA Nominations

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The awards season is about to kick off! BAFTA have announced their nominations for the 2015 awards this morning. I'm so pleased to see so many outstanding films included - many of which were selected as Film of the Months last year, with The Grand Budapest Hotel winning my Film of the Year (leading with 11 nominations). 

Let's have a look at some of this year's nominees:

Best Film:

Birdman

Boyhood

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

The Theory of Everything

Outstanding British Film

'71

The Imitation Game

Paddington 

Pride

The Theory of Everything

Under The Skin

Best Director

Alejandro G. Iñárritu - Birdman

 Richard Linklater - Boyhood

Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel

James Marsh - The Theory of Everything

Damien Chazelle - Whiplash

Best Actor

Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game

Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler

Michael Keaton - Birdman

Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

Best Actress

Amy Adams - Big Eyes

Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything

Julianne Moore - Still Alice

Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl

Reese Witherspoon - Wild

Best Supporting Actor

Edward Norton - Birdman

Ethan Hawke - Boyhood

J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher

Steve Carell - Foxcatcher

Best Supporting Actress

Emma Stone - Birdman

Imelda Staunton - Pride

Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game

Patricia Arquette - Boyhood

Rene Russo - Nightcrawler

Best Cinematography

Birdman

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Ida

Interstellar 

Mr. Turner 

For the full listing of awards, take a look at the BAFTA website.

It will be a tough choice for the academy! Who would you pick?

Watch the BAFTAs on Sunday 8th February, BBC One.

Oscars 2014: Favourite Moments

Highlights from this year's awards, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres

There were some pretty memorable moments from Sunday's Oscars ceremony where 12 Years A Slave won Best Picture and there was a rather popular selfie posted on Twitter too.

What did you make of it this year?

I have picked my favourite moments from the awards.

1. Benedict Cumberbatch's Epic Photobomb on U2

As if Benedict Cumberbatch couldn't get any better, he only went and did the best photo-bomb EVER!

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Actually there were quite a few on the night:

Jared Leto photo-bombs Anne Hathaway.

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Leto gets a taste of his own medicine from Lupita Nyong'o.

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2. Jennifer Lawrence Falling...Again

Just as she got out of the car, Jennifer Lawrence tripped and fell on the red carpet. She didn't think anyone saw - Jennifer there are a gazillion cameras, how could we not notice?!

3. John Travolta's Pronunciation of Idina Menzel

How on earth did he get this so wrong?

There is now a website where you can have your own name 'Travoltified'.
Please now call me "Harrison Smurphy".

4. Ellen Ordering Pizza for A List Guests

The pizza delivery guy got a $1000 tip for dishing out pizza to the likes of Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt.

Here's a follow up video on The Ellen Show with Edgar and Ellen explaining how it all happened. Ellen also presented him his well deserved tip. She collected the money, along with Lupita Nyong'o's lip balm, in Pharrell Williams' hat on the night.

5. Pharrell dancing with Lupita, Meryl and Amy

Speaking of Pharrell, he performed his hit single, featured in Despicable Me 2, Happy. Some of the nominated actresses joined in with Pharrell's performance. Meryl's shimmy wins it for me.

6. Steve McQueen Jumping for Joy

After winning the Best Picture Oscar for 12 Years A Slave, Steve McQueen displayed his true delight and celebrated with a bouncy jump after his acceptance speech.

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7. Ellen's Oscar Selfie

The most talked about and certainly the most tweeted moment of the night. I predicted in my Top Ten Film Award Moments that Ellen would do a selfie with at least one of the famous faces. In fact, loads of them jumped in on it - including Nyong'o's brother.

Unfortunately for Liza Minnelli, she was too short to get in on the most retweeted picture of all time.

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 Though she did have an opportunity later with Ellen.

What were your favourite moments from the awards?

Did the Academy get it right or wrong?

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