Tonight’s Oscars are the most competitive in recent memory. Coming off an awards season where the various guild awards split in different directions in almost every category, there are no clear-cut front runners tonight. As the winners are announced, we will be updating here live throughout the evening.
The 87th Academy Awards ceremony will kick off from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood at 5:30 PST, or 8.30 p.m. EST, and will be broadcast live on the ABC Television network.
Oscars ads sold out three weeks ago, going for $2 million for a 30-second spot, second only to the Super Bowl at $4.5 million per 30-second spot. Live events like this have become increasing important to traditional over-the-air broadcasters as viewership has been eroded by DVR “time-shifting” and competition from cable networks.
The winners of the 87th Academy Awards are:
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
J.K. Simmons in Whiplash
Achievement in Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Milena Canonero
Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Ida, Poland
Best Live Action Short Film
The Phone Call
Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
Best Documentary Short Subject
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
Achievement in Sound Mixing
Whiplash
Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley
Achievement in Sound Editing
American Sniper
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Patricia Arquette in Boyhood
Achievement in Visual Effects
Interstellar
Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
Best Animated Short Film
Feast
Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Big Hero 6
Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
Achievement in Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Achievement in Cinematography
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Emmanuel Lubezki
Achievement in Film Editing
Whiplash
Tom Cross
Best Documentary Feature
CitizenFour
Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
“Glory” from Selma
Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat
Original Screenplay
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
Adapted Screenplay
The Imitation Game
Written by Graham Moore
Achievement in Directing
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Julianne Moore in Still Alice
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers
