If you didn’t get a chance to watch the Oscars last night, don’t worry, here is the ultimate recap to get you up to speed. The 6-hour long 87th Academy Awards got comedic, emotional, and political last night.
I’m going to go ahead and skip all the red carpet pleasantries because the rest of the internet will force you to be caught up on who was wearing who for the rest of the week.
Less than a minute into the Oscars and the dashing host, Neil Patrick Harris, broke out in a “completely improvised” musical number.
Anna Kendrick came in, looking like a princess, and ruined “Gone Girl”for anyone who hasn’t seen it.
Benedict Cumberbatch started drinking before the ceremony even started.
Best Supporting Actor went to J.K. Simmons in “Whiplash.”
Adam Levine very intensely sang a song from “Begin Again.” There were mixed feelings about it on Twitter.
Achievement in Costume Design went to Milena Canonero for “Grand Budapest Hotel,” who offered her sincerest gratitude towards Wes Anderson.
Achievement in Makeup/Hair Styling was presented to Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier for “Grand Budapest Hotel.”
Channing Tatum got on stage and everyone’s hearts started beating faster. He presented the 2015 Team Oscar young talents.
The Oscar for best Foreign Language Film went to “Ida (Poland).”
The all-powerful Oscars sound board had to play the wrap up music twice to get this guy off the stage.
There was an incredibly intricate “Lego Movie” ‘Everything is Awesome’ rendition.
And Oprah won a Lego Oscar because what do you give the woman who has everything?
The best Live Action Short Film went to “The Phone Call.”
The best Documentary Short was presented to the Crisis Hotline:Veterans Press 1
Gwyneth Paltrow introducing her BFF Tim McGraw, who put on an interesting performance of “Not Going to Miss You.”
This happened.
Margot Robbie recognized the 59 nominees of the nerd Oscars, or better known as the Sci & Tech Awards.
Achievement in Sound Mixing went to Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley for “Whiplash.”
The Oscar for Sound Editing went to “American Sniper.”
Jared Leto, whose hair is probably insured at this point and made 70% of viewers feel insecure of their hair presented best Actress in Supporting Role to Patricia Arquette for “Boyhood.” Arquette was trending last night for addressing the issue of gender roles in the workplace.
J-Lo and Meryl were big supporters.
Achievement in Visual Effects went to the team behind “Interstellar.”
Anna Kendrick, the animated, and Kevin Hart, the short, presented the Oscar for Animated Short to Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed for “Feast.”
Best Animated Feature Film went to “Big Hero 6.”
The Oscar for Production Design went to Grand Budapest Hotel.
Achievement in Cinematography was presented to Emmanuel Lubezki for “Birdman.”
Meryl Streep wholeheartedly introduced the ‘In Memoriam’, and thanked the deceased for their contributions to the industry. See the full ‘In Memoriam’ here.
We still can’t handle this..
Jennifer Hudson came in with a soulful tribute to the departed.
The Oscar in Film Editing went out to Tom Cross for “Whiplash.”
Terrance Howard drunkenly improvised his introduction to some of the Best Picture Trailers.
Jennifer Aniston, who still hasn’t aged by the way, and David Oyelowo presented best documentary to “Citizenfour.”
John Legend killed it with the Selma performance with Common. Like standing ovation and brought David Oyelowo (main character of “Selma”) to tears killed it. The duo addressed prejudices that are still standing.
Idina Menzel, who should be a performer at every event ever if I may say so myself, and John Travolta, who finally got Idina’s name right but wouldn’t stop touching her face, presented best Original Song to John Stevens (Legend) and Lonnie Lynn (Common) of “Glory.”
And everyone was confused by the fact that they didn’t know Legend and Common are surnames.
Lady Gaga didn’t disappoint with her performance of the “Sound of Music,” I think everyone was awestruck with the talent the lady has been holding out on us.
Julie Andrews came in and reminded us that she encompasses everything that was the original sound of music and presented Original Score to Alexandre Desplat for the “Grand Budapest Hotel.”
Eddie Murphy introduced best Original Screen Play to “Birdman.”
Oprah graced the stage with her presence to present best Adapted Screen Play to Graham Moore for the “Imitation Game.”
And Moore got real with his acceptance speech by addressing suicide and acceptance.
Ben Affleck presented Best Director to Alejandro Inarritu for “Birdman.”
The Oscar for Actor in a Leading Role went to Eddie Redmayne for “The Theory of Everything.”
Eddie gave the most adorably honest speech ever and brought attention to those who have been affected by ALS.
Matthew McCaunaghey and his beard presented Actress in a Leading Roll to Julianne Moore for “Still Alice.”
Her acknowledgement to those that suffer from Alzheimers was heartwarming.
And lastly, Sean Penn had the privilege of presenting Best Picture to “Birdman,” and made a race joke in the process.
And the Internet is mad about it.
And that’s the 2015 Oscars recap for you.
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