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That's all from the Dolby Theatre. A big shout out to 12 Years A Slave and Gravity. Here's one last look at this year's top actors - Matthew, Cate, Jared and Lupita:
The final count:
Gravity: 7 including Best Director
12 Years A Slave: 3 including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress
Dallas Buyers Club: 3 including Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor
The Great Gatsby: 2
Her: 1
The Wolf Of Wall Street, Captain Phillips, American Hustle, Nebraska, Philomena: 0
Gravity: 7 including Best Director
12 Years A Slave: 3 including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress
Dallas Buyers Club: 3 including Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor
The Great Gatsby: 2
Her: 1
The Wolf Of Wall Street, Captain Phillips, American Hustle, Nebraska, Philomena: 0
On stage for 12 Years A Slave, director Steve McQueen, producer and actor Brad Pitt and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lupita Nyong'o, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch
12 Years A Slave wins Best Picture
This was Matthew McConaughey's first nomination. Other actors who also won the first time they were nominated include Ben Kingsley (Gandhi), Daniel Day-Lewis (My Left Foot), Robert De Niro (The Godfather II) and Sean Connery (The Untouchables) - so he's in good company
Matthew McConaughey wins Best Actor for Dallas Buyers Club
Leonardo fans everywhere are heartbroken but yay for an actor whose transformation from shirtless rom-com hero to true blue actor has been nothing less than stunning
Leonardo fans everywhere are heartbroken but yay for an actor whose transformation from shirtless rom-com hero to true blue actor has been nothing less than stunning
Jennifer Lawrence on stage to present Best Actor. No mishaps this time
7 wins for Gravity so far
"The world is round people!" It sure is, Cate
And the Oscar goes to Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine
This is Cate's 4th nomination and 2nd win. She won Best Supporting Actress for The Aviator in 2005
This is Cate's 4th nomination and 2nd win. She won Best Supporting Actress for The Aviator in 2005
Daniel Day-Lewis announces the Best Actress
This was Alfonso Cuaron's first nomination as director. He's previously been nominated for Original Screenplay for Y tu mama tambien, and Adapted Screenplay and Film Editing for Children Of Men
Best Director: Gravity's Alfonso Cuaron makes Oscar history as first Latino winner of Best Director
Wow. That's Sidney Poitier with Angelina Jolie on stage. Respect
Best Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze for Her
Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley for 12 Years A Slave
Ellen's passing a hat around. Those pizzas have to be paid for! Harvey Weinstein coughs up, as do Kevin Spacey, John Travolta and Lupita Nyong'o
Space, the final frontier. Gravity leads with 6 wins, Dallas Buyers Club and The Great Gatsby trail far behind with 2 each
Let It Go from Frozen wins Best Original Song
Best Original Score: Gravity
Jamie Foxx and Jessica Biel, co-stars from ensemble rom-com Valentine's Day, are presenting Best Original Score. Here's a look at Jessica's dress
Idina Menzel's glorious voice soars in song - Let It Go from Frozen
Best selfie ever - Ellen's star-studded group photo is already the most re-tweeted picture. Read about it here
Please welcome Holdie Gawn, sorry Goldie Hawn
Oscar count so far:
Gravity: 5
Dallas Buyers Club: 2
1 Years A Slave: 1
American Hustle, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Captain Phillips, Nebraska, Her, Philomena: 0
Gravity: 5
Dallas Buyers Club: 2
1 Years A Slave: 1
American Hustle, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Captain Phillips, Nebraska, Her, Philomena: 0
Bette Midler singing Wind Beneath My Wings - class act!
Who wants some pizza? Brad shares with Chiwetel
Best Production Design: The Great Gatsby
Ellen in a giant white dress and a wand - Glinda the Good Witch? Really? Wouldn't she have made a better Wicked Witch of the West?
We'll just come straight out and say it. We love Lupita
And that's some celebration - Pink sings Somewhere Over The Lullaby
Whoopi Goldberg, former Oscar host and Best Supporting Actress winner for Ghost, is wearing ruby slippers to introduce The Wizard Of Oz. The Judy Garland classic is celebrating its 75th anniversary
Gravity's cleaning up! Wins Best Film Editing
Gravity wins Best Cinematography
That didn't take long! Ellen's group selfie, stuffed full of famous faces, is going viral already
Picture courtesy @peoplemag
Picture courtesy @peoplemag
Jared Leto's face is perfection in Ellen DeGeneres's group selfie pic. #oscars pic.twitter.com/G0uyflWToa
- People magazine (@peoplemag) March 3, 2014 Who's hungry? Pizza's here. Meryl gets a slice, so does Julia. Chiwetel and Angie have plates. "Kerry Washington is pregnant, she needs some," says Ellen, handing out pizza. Leo passes.
But who's paying? Not Ellen: "I don't have any money, who has some? Where's Harvey Weinstein? Harvey, no pressure only a billion people watching, whatever you feel is right!"
But who's paying? Not Ellen: "I don't have any money, who has some? Where's Harvey Weinstein? Harvey, no pressure only a billion people watching, whatever you feel is right!"
Oscar count so far:
Gravity - 3
Dallas Buyers Club - 2
12 Years A Slave - 1
American Hustle, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Captain Phillips, Her, Philomena - 0
Gravity - 3
Dallas Buyers Club - 2
12 Years A Slave - 1
American Hustle, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Captain Phillips, Her, Philomena - 0
Chiwetel, thank you for your fearlessness. Michael Fassbender, you are my rock - Lupita thanks almost everyone she can think of. This has got to be one of the best thank yous of the show
Kenyan-Mexican Lupita is one of eight first time nominees this year. She has the even rarer distinction of winning her Oscar for her debut role
And the Best Supporting Actress goes to Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years A Slave
Another biggie coming up. Christoph Waltz is announcing the Best Supporting Actress
Oscar count so far:
Gravity - 3
Dallas Buyers Club - 2
12 Years A Slave, American Hustle, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Captain Phillips, Her, Philomena - 0
Gravity - 3
Dallas Buyers Club - 2
12 Years A Slave, American Hustle, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Captain Phillips, Her, Philomena - 0
Best Sound Editing: Gravity
Best Sound Mixing: Gravity
EpicMoment#2: Charlize Theron's teleprompter fail, says "was that me? Oh sorry." Co-presenter Chris Hemsworth looks sheepish
Ellen just took a group selfie with Meryl, Jennifer, Bradley, Brad and Angie and a bunch of others. And one with Chiwetel. Bet they'll end up on the internet in the next 5 mins
This is what #epicshit looks like. Pharrell gets Meryl to dance
Picture courtesy @Billboard
Picture courtesy @Billboard
Okay, lets just relive this #Oscars moment for a hot minute. pic.twitter.com/VP92bwoD1z
- Billboard (@billboard) March 3, 2014 The highlight so far: Jennifer Lawrence trips on the red carpet. Her second Oscar spill two years in a row. Read all about it here
Brad Pitt introduces U2, yes! they are performing Ordinary Love from Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
And the Oscar goes to The Great Beauty (Italy)
Viola Davis and Ewan McGregor are presenting the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
Kevin Spacey introduces the recipients of this year's honorary Oscars - actors Steve Martin and Angela Lansbury and costume designer Piero Tosi - and Angelina Jolie, the recipient of this year's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Best Documentary Feature: 20 Feet From Stardom
Anybody hungry? I have this crazy idea that I will order pizza. And if I do, I don't want it go to waste: Ellen (OK. Forks and knives out)
The Lady In Number 6: Music Saved My Life wins Best Documentary - Short Subject
Best Live Action Short Film: Helium
Oscar history: This year's Best Actress nominees Amy Adams and Meryl Streep were both nominated for Doubt in 2009. Meryl lost Best Actress to Kate Winslet for The Reader, Amy to Penelope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Zac Efron introduces Karen O who's singing The Moon Song from Her
Gravity is nominated for 10 Oscars, just won its first
And the Oscar goes to Gravity
Young blood: Emma Watson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are presenting the Oscar for Best Visual Effects
We can't stop looking at Lupita's custom Prada - the dreamiest dress the year
Best Animated Feature Film: Frozen
Mr Hublot wins Best Animated Short Film
Matthew McConaughey's co-presenter is still-stunning Kim Novak, star of Hitchcock's Vertigo
What, no meat, space-age headgear or plastic? Lady Gaga looks just like a regular gal
This dress would have looked wrong on anyone but Penelope Cruz. On her, it looks stunning
Harrison Ford is introducing the Best Picture nominees
That's two wins for Dallas Buyers Club - Best Supporting Actor and Best Make Up and Hair
Best Make Up and Hair: Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews for Dallas Buyers Club
Best Costume Design: Catherine Martin for The Great Gatsby
Naomi Watts and Samuel L Jackson are the next presenters
From the Grammys to the Oscars: Pharrell Williams is performing Happy from Despicable Me
Jared beat Michael Fassbender (12 Years A Slave), Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), Bradley Cooper (American Hustle) and Jonah Hill (The Wolf Of Wall Street)
Jared thanks his mom, awww. He's cleaned up at awards season so far for playing AIDS-afflicted transgender Rayon
And the Oscar goes to Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club
Anne Hathaway is presenting the first Oscar - for Best Supporting Actor
Don't worry, won't tell anyone about you falling out of your car: Ellen pokes fun at serial tripper JLaw
The real Captain Phillips and Philomena Lee are at the Oscars. They are played on screen by Tom Hanks and Judi Dench
Things are so different now. The first time I was here, Cate was nominated, Leo was nominated, Scorsese was nominated: Ellen (haha, yeah)
And the show begins! Ellen DeGeneres gets a big hand
Oscar history: 3 Best Actress nominees from this year were also nominated in 1999. Cate and Meryl were nominated for Best Actress for Elizabeth and One True Thing, they lost to Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare In Love. Gwyneth's co-star Judi Dench was nominated for Best Supporting Actress and won. Both Cate and Judi played Queen Elizabeth I
5 mins to the show now
Ooh, Brad and Angelina! Angie is this year's recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Loving her Elie Saab dress - sheer and sequinned, such a change from her usual black or white
Well what do you know, Jennifer Lawrence fell AGAIN! This time on the red carpet. Last year, she fell tripped over her giant dress while on her way to the podium to collect her Oscar and fell flat on her face. Watch a video of Jennifer falling. Maybe she should quit wearing Dior!
Anne Hathaway, last year's Best Supporting Actress for Les Miserables, is a presenter this year
Another look at Lupita's dress - definitely one of the best on this red carpet. It's Prada and was inspired by 'champagne bubbles'
Meryl's August: Osage County co-star Julia Roberts, up for Best Supporting Actress, is lovely in black lace. This is Julia's 4th nomination, she won Best Actress in 2001 for Erin Brockovich
Meryl Streep, nominated an incredible 18th time (!!!) for August: Osage County
Oscar history: 2005 was a good year for two of this year's nominees. Leonardo, Cate and Scorsese were all nominated for The Aviator. Cate and Scorsese won, Leo lost to Jamie Foxx who won Best Actor for Ray
Best Actress nominee Cate Blanchett is stunning in sparkling Armani Prive, a designer she favours. She is up for Blue Jasmine this year, her 6th nomination. She win Best Supporting Actress for The Aviator in 2005 See the dresses Cate's worn to previous Oscars
Black magic on the red carpet: Charlize Theron, a previous Oscar winner, is a presenter this year. Last year, she danced with Channing Tatum
We just heard Best Actor nominee Leonardo DiCaprio say he was honoured to be here. Will this year end 4-time nominee Leo's Oscar drought?
Some Oscar trivia: 44 statuettes are given out and the red carpet is 500 feet long
American Hustle star Jennifer Lawrence, who is in a close Best Supporting Actress race with 12 Years A Slave's Lupita Nyong'o, is sensational in fire engine red Dior. This is Jen's 3rd Oscar nomination, she won Best Actress last year for Silver Linings Playbook and was nominated for Winter's Bone in 2011
Mapping The Wolf Of Wall Street, American Hustle and Her
A pregnant and glowing Kerry Washington on the red carpet. She's a presenter this year:
Naomi Watts is a presenter this year
We just saw first time Best Actor nominee Matthew McConaughey on the red carpet, flanked by his mother and wife Camila. He said the awards season is a new experience for him, his mother said he deserves it. We think he'll probably win for playing a man dying of AIDS in Dallas Buyers Club
Ellen DeGeneres is hosting the Oscars for the second time this year. She last hosted in 2007. Five nominees from that year are nominees again this year - Leonardo DiCaprio was up for Blood Diamond in 2005 and is nominated for The Wolf Of Wall Street this year, Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench were up for Notes On A Scandal and are nominated for Blue Jasmine and Philomena this year, Meryl Streep was nominated for The Devil Wears Prada in 2005 and is nominated for the 18th time for August: Osage County this year and director Martin Scorsese won his first Oscar in 2005 for The Departed and is nominated for the eighth time this year for The Wolf Of Wall Street
Mapping Dallas Buyers Club and Philomena
Best Supporting Actress nominee Lupita Nyong'o, who plays Patsey in 12 Years A Slave, looking lovely in blue:
The map for 12 Years A Slave and Nebraska
Here's Amy Adams, Best Actress nominee for American Hustle, wearing Gucci
We made these maps of this year's Best Picture nominees to help you place the plotlines. Here's the map for Captain Phillips
Good morning and welcome to Oscar day. Who's your money on? We're rooting for 12 Years A Slave for Best Picture
Who's your pick to win this year? Vote for your favourite nominees here
Did you know that of the 85 Best Picture winners so far, only 12 have been non-American films. Read: Academy Awards? Let's be honest and call them American Awards instead
India surprised itself by picking The Good Road as this year's Oscar entry over the crowd and critic-pleasing The Lunchbox. Here are 13 Indian films over the years that should have gone to the Oscars in pictures
There's a whole bunch of Leonardo DiCaprio fans out there rooting for his performance as devious, drug-addicted stockbroker Jordan Belfort in The Wolf Of Wall Street. Will the Academy hand him his long over-due Oscar over a slave and a man dying of AIDS. Read about Leo's Oscar-deprived years here
Hollywood's biggest night is just a weekend away and our money's on 12 Years A Slave to take home Best Picture. Meanwhile, here are 10 things you may or may not know about this years nominees
