The 87th Annual Academy Awards Winners List

Posted on February 23, 2015 by thefakesamjoseph

Neil Patrick Harris hosting the 87th Annual Academy Awards

Hello everyone!

It’s me, thefakesamjoseph and this morning I bring you news of last night’s incredible and star studded 87th Annual Academy Awards, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. Hollywood’s biggest night was nothing short of amazing, from the red carpet fashion, to the performances, to the awards themselves. Some of the the best moments from the night include host Neil Patrick Harris’s opening performance, an entertaining and well executed tribute to all the films that were nominated last night, Patricia Arquette’s incredible acceptance speech calling for equal wages for women, John Legend and Common performing their awe inspiring “Glory”, and Lady Gaga’s Sound of Music Tribute culminating with an emotional embrace with the one and only, Julie Andrews.

Before treating you to the list of winners, I’d like to take a few moments to share my top three fashion favorites from last night. While the night was full of stellar looks from Hollywood’s starlets, in my opinion, these three ladies stopped the show before it even started. In no particular order the best dressed of the night were Chrissy Teigan in Zuhair Murad, Rosamund Pike in Givenchy, and Lupita Nyong’o in custom Calvin Klein. Bravo to these stunning ladies in successfully, and unsurprisingly, turning heads with their ensembles last night. To see more red carpet fashion and to make your own picks for best looks of the night, head over to oscar.go.com/red–carpet.

Model Chrissy Teigen stuns in an embellished Zuhair Murad gown as she arrives to the 87th Annual Academy Awards

Model Chrissy Teigen stuns in an embellished Zuhair Murad gown as she arrives at the 87th Annual Academy Awards

Rosamund Pike in a attention grabbing red Givenchy dress as she arrives at the 87th Annual Academy Awards

Lupita Nyong'o in a custom Calvin Klein dress as she arrives to the 87th Annual Academy Awards

Lupita Nyong’o in a custom Calvin Klein dress as she arrives at the 87th Annual Academy Awards

Now with the fashion highlights out of the way, let’s move on to the list of winners. Many surprising wins occurred last night, including Eddie Redmayne’s win for Best Actor for his work in “The Theory of Everything” as opposed to expected winner Michael Keaton for his work in “Birdman”, and “Birdman” winning best Picture over expected winner “Boyhood”. Once again, Hollywood’s biggest night has passed, but rest assured, they will come again next year and you can be sure that Black Chick Media and I will gladly keep you updated. Until next year!

Check out the list of winner’s below!

BEST PICTURE
“American Sniper” – Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar,Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan
“Birdman” – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole *WINNER
“Boyhood” – Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” – Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson
“The Imitation Game” – Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman
“Selma” – Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner
“The Theory of Everything” – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten
“Whiplash” – Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster

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

Julianne Moore holding her Oscar for Best Actress backstage

BEST ACTOR
Steve Carell, “Foxcatcher”
Bradley Cooper, “American Sniper”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Imitation Game”
Michael Keaton, “Birdman”
Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything” *WINNER

Eddie Redmayne holding his Oscar for Best Actor backstage

BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Alejandro G. Inarritu, “Birdman” *WINNER
Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
Bennett Miller, “Foxcatcher”
Morten Tyldum, “The Imitation Game”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jason Hall, “American Sniper”
Graham Moore, “The Imitation Game” *WINNER
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice”
Anthony McCarten, “The Theory of Everything”
Damien Chazelle, “Whiplash”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo, “Birdman” *WINNER
Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, “Foxcatcher”
Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Dan Gilroy, “Nightcrawler”

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, “Grand Budapest Hotel” *WINNER
Alexandre Desplat, “Imitation Game”
Hans Zimmer, “Interstellar”
Gary Yershon, “Mr. Turner”
Jóhann Jóhannsson, “Theory of Everything”

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Everything is Awesome” – The Lego Movie
“Glory” – Selma *WINNER
“Grateful” – Beyond the Lights
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” – Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
“Lost Stars” – Begin Again

Common and John Legend holding their Oscars for Best Original Song from the film “Selma”

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Citizenfour” – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky *WINNER
“Finding Vivian Maier” – John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
“Last Days in Vietnam” – Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
“The Salt of the Earth” – Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
“Virunga” – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

BEST FILM EDITING
Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach, “American Sniper”
Sandra Adair, “Boyhood”
Barney Pilling, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
William Goldenberg, “Imitation Game”
Tom Cross, “Whiplash”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki, “Birdman” *WINNER
Robert Yeoman, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski, “Ida”
Dick Pope, “Mr. Turner”
Roger Deakins, “Unbroken”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” *WINNER
“Imitation Game”
“Interstellar”
“Into the Woods”
“Mr. Turner”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“Big Hero 6″ – Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli *WINNER
“The Boxtrolls” – Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
“How to Train Your Dragon 2″ – Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
“Song of the Sea” – Tomm Moore and Paul Young
“The Tale of the Princess Kaguya” – Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“The Bigger Picture”
“The Dam Keeper”
“Feast” *WINNER
“Me and My Moulton”
“A Single Life”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“Captain America: The Winter Soldier”
“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”
“Guardians of the Galaxy”
“Interstellar” *WINNER
“X-Men: Days of Future Past”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood” *WINNER
Keira Knightley, “The Imitation Game”
Emma Stone, “Birdman”
Meryl Streep, “Into the Woods”
Laura Dern, “Wild”

Patricia Arquette holding her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress backstage

BEST SOUND EDITING
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman, “American Sniper” *WINNER
Martin Hernández and Aaron Glascock, “Birdman”
Brent Burge and Jason Canovas, “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”
Richard King, “Interstellar”
Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro, “Unbroken”

BEST SOUND MIXING
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin, “American Sniper”
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga, “Birdman”
Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten, “Interstellar”
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee, “Unbroken”
Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley, “Whiplash” *WINNER

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
“Crisis Hotline” *WINNER
“Joanna”
“Our Curse”
” The Reaper”
” White Earth”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Duvall, “The Judge”
Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood”
Edward Norton, “Birdman”
Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher”
J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash” *WINNER

J.K. Simmons poses backstage with presenter and actress Lupita Nyong’o with his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Milena Canonero, “Grand Budapest Hotel” *WINNER
Mark Bridges, “Inherent Vice”
Colleen Atwood, “Into the Woods”
Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive, “Maleficent”
Jacqueline Durran, “Mr. Turner”

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
“Foxcatcher”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” *WINNER
“Guardians of the Galaxy”

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“Aya”
“Boogaloo And Graham”
“Butter Lamp”
“Parvaneh”
“The Phone Call” *WINNER

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
“Ida” (Poland) *WINNER
“Leviathan” (Russia)
“Wild Tales” (Argentina)
“Timbuktu” (Mauritania)
“Tangerine” (Estonia)

OSCAR® WINNERS BLANCHETT, LETO, MCCONAUGHEY AND NYONG’O TO RETURN AS PRESENTERS AT 87TH OSCARS®

Posted on February 4, 2015 by blackchickmedia

February 4, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OSCAR® WINNERS BLANCHETT, LETO, MCCONAUGHEY AND NYONG’O
TO RETURN AS PRESENTERS AT 87TH OSCARS®

LOS ANGELES, CA — Cate Blanchett, Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey and Lupita Nyong’o, last year’s Oscar winners in the leading actress, supporting actor and supporting actress categories, will return to present at this year’s Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Oscars, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will air on Sunday, February 22, live on ABC.

“The great tradition of having the previous year’s Oscar-winning best actors and actresses in all 4 categories happily continues this year with the amazing quartet of Cate, Jared, Matthew and Lupita. We’re thrilled to have them back,” says Zadan and Meron.

Blanchett has been nominated for six Oscars and has won two, including last year’s award for “Blue Jasmine.” Her previous win was for Actress in a Supporting Role for the 2004 film “The Aviator.” Blanchett also received leading actress nominations for “Elizabeth” (1998) and “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (2007), and supporting actress nominations for “Notes on a Scandal” (2006) and “I’m Not There” (2007).

Last year, Leto won the Oscar for Actor in a Supporting Role and McConaughey for Actor in a Leading Role, both for “Dallas Buyer’s Club.” Nyong’o took home the Oscar for Actress in a Supporting Role for “12 Years a Slave.”

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

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ACADEMY’S OSCAR® WEEK EVENTS CELEBRATE THIS YEAR’S NOMINEES

Posted on February 3, 2015 by blackchickmedia

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ACADEMY’S OSCAR® WEEK EVENTS
CELEBRATE THIS YEAR’S NOMINEES

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — In the week leading up to the 87th Oscars®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a series of public programs celebrating this year’s nominees in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Foreign Language Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, and Short Film categories. All events will be held at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

The Oscar Week schedule is as follows:

OSCAR WEEK: SHORTS
Tuesday, February 17, 7 p.m.
Hosted by Sean Astin. Astin is an actor, writer, producer and director who received an Oscar nomination for his 1994 short film “Kangaroo Court.” The program delves into the Animated Short Film and Live Action Short Film categories with complete screenings of all the nominated films as well as onstage panel discussions with the filmmakers (schedules permitting).

OSCAR WEEK: DOCS
Wednesday, February 18, 7:30 p.m.
Hosted by Rob Epstein and Tabitha Jackson. Epstein has won Oscars for the documentary features “The Times of Harvey Milk” and “Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt.” Jackson is currently the director of the documentary film program at the Sundance Institute. The evening includes clips from all the films nominated in Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject categories, as well as onstage panel discussions with the filmmakers (schedules permitting).

OSCAR WEEK: ANIMATED FEATURES
Thursday, February 19, 7:30 p.m.
Hosted by Oscar- winning directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee. Buck and Lee shared the 2013 Oscar for Animated Feature Film for “Frozen.” Buck was previously nominated for “Surf’s Up.” Lee also co-wrote the screenplay for “Wreck-It Ralph.” This year’s nominees in the Animated Feature Film category (schedules permitting) will talk about their creative processes and present clips illustrating their techniques.
OSCAR WEEK: FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS
Saturday, February 21, 10 a.m.
Hosted by Producers Branch governor Mark Johnson. Johnson won the 1988 Best Picture Oscar for “Rain Man” and received a second nomination for “Bugsy.” The directors of the nominated films in the Foreign Language Film category (schedules permitting) will explore a wide range of topics, from their experiences developing their projects to the specific challenges of their profession. This two-hour event includes clips from each of the nominated films.

OSCAR WEEK: MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, February 21, 3 p.m.
Moderated by Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch governor Leonard Engelman. Engelman’s feature credits include “Ghostbusters,” “Moonstruck,” “Heat” and “Burlesque.” In Oscar Week’s final public event, the nominees in the Makeup and Hairstyling category (schedules permitting) will reveal the secrets behind their on-screen work. Photographs, appliances, molds, wigs and other items will be on display in the theater lobby.

Tickets will be available online at Oscars.org starting Friday, February 6, at 10 a.m. PT. Tickets to the Shorts, Docs, Animated Features and Foreign Language Films events are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID (Shorts and Foreign Language Films tickets limited to four per person). Admission to the Saturday afternoon Makeup and Hairstyling event is free, but advance tickets are required (limited to two per person). The Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Doors open one hour prior to each event. All ticketed seating is unreserved. For more information, visit Oscars.org or call (310) 247-3600.

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

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“LET IT GO” OSCAR®-WINNING TEAM KRISTEN ANDERSON-LOPEZ AND ROBERT LOPEZ WRITE ORIGINAL MUSICAL NUMBER FOR OSCAR HOST NEIL PATRICK HARRIS

Posted on January 27, 2015 by blackchickmedia

January 27, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“LET IT GO” OSCAR®-WINNING TEAM KRISTEN ANDERSON-LOPEZ

AND ROBERT LOPEZ WRITE ORIGINAL MUSICAL NUMBER FOR

OSCAR HOST NEIL PATRICK HARRIS

LOS ANGELES, CA – Oscar host Neil Patrick Harris and show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron shared that the Oscar-winning songwriting team from “Frozen,” Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, are in the midst of writing an original multimedia, musical sequence, “Moving Pictures,” which Harris will perform on Oscar Sunday, February 22, on ABC. Harris made the initial announcement on his Twitter account, posting the network’s first tweet using its new mobile video camera feature.

“On the heels of the international success of last year’s “Frozen” and their Oscar for “Let It Go,” we couldn’t be happier to have Kristen and Bobby Lopez write an incredibly special song for Neil Patrick Harris and special guests to perform this year on the Oscar stage,” said Zadan and Meron. “YouTube, get ready!”

“We love the Oscars® and have always been huge Neil Patrick Harris fans, so when he asked us to write him a song for this year’s show we said, ‘Yes!’ before he could finish the sentence – it’s possible he may have been asking us for something else,” said the Lopezes. “We are having so much fun collaborating, and have even enjoyed weaving our experience as Oscar nominees into the song.”

Lopez is an Oscar, Tony®, Emmy®, Grammy® winning songwriter and co-creator of the worldwide smash-hit Broadway musicals “Avenue Q” and “The Book of Mormon.” Anderson-Lopez in an Oscar-winning songwriter for film and television, who along with her husband, co-wrote songs for “Frozen” and “Winnie the Pooh.” The pair won an Oscar for original song for “Let It Go” from the 2013 Oscar-winning animated film “Frozen,” and are currently working on music for the upcoming stage musical “Up Here.”

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