By Maria Esteves – March 3, 2014
The 86th Academy Awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.) for outstanding film achievements of 2013 hosted by Ellen DeGeneres commenced Sunday, March 2, 2014, 8:00pm ET at the Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, California and aired live with 40 million viewers worldwide. GRAVITY received seven Oscars including Best Director Alfonso Cuaron. Three Oscars went to 12 YEARS A SLAVE including Best Picture and DALLAS BUYERS CLUB including Best Actor Matthew McConaughey.
This year’s Oscars celebrated the 75th Anniversary of award winning film THE WIZARD OF OZ presented by Whoopi Goldberg with an outstanding memorable performance by Pink singing Judy Garland's "Somewhere Over The Rainbow.” The 86th Oscars winners by category are:
Best Picture
12 YEARS A SLAVE, produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas Watch trailer
Best Documentary Feature
20 FEET FROM STARDOM, directed by Morgan Neville Watch trailer
Best Documentary Short
THE LADY IN NUMBER 6: MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE, directed by Malcolm Clarke Watch trailer
Best Foreign Language
THE GREAT BEAUTY, directed by Paolo Sorrentino (Italy) Watch trailer
Best Animated Feature
FROZEN, directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee Watch trailer
Best Animated Short
MR. HUBLOT, directed by Laurent Witz Watch trailer
Best Live Action Short
HELIUM, directed by Anders Walter Watch trailer
Best Director
ALFONSO CUARON for Gravity Watch trailer
Best Actor
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY in Dallas Buyers Club Watch trailer
Best Actress
CATE BLANCHETT in Blue Jasmine Watch trailer
Best Supporting Actor
JARED LETO in Dallas Buyers Club
Best Supporting Actress
LUPITA NYONG'O in 12 Years a Slave
Best Adapted Screenplay
12 YEARS A SLAVE, written by John Ridley
Best Original Screenplay
HER, written by Spike Jonze Watch trailer
Best Film Editing
GRAVITY, editing by Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
Best Sound Editing
GRAVITY, sound editing by Glenn Freemantle
Best Sound Mixing
GRAVITY, sound mixing by Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
Best Original Score
GRAVITY, composer Steven Price
Best Original Song
LET IT GO from Frozen; music and lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez Watch trailer
Best Visual Effects
GRAVITY, visual effects by Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
Best Cinematography
GRAVITY, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki
Best Costume Design
THE GREAT GATSBY, costume designer Catherine Martin Watch trailer
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, makeup artist Robin Mathews; hairstyling artist Adruitha Lee