87th Academy Awards

   The 87^th Academy Awards were held today at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

   The host this year was Neil Patrick Harris. While it was his first time hosting the Oscars he has in the past hosted the Tony Awards 4 times and the Prime Time Emmy Awards twice.

Best Picture	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Best Directing	Alejandro Gonzalez for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Best Actor	Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking
Best Actress	Julianne Moore in Still Alice as Dr. Alice Howland
Best Supporting Actor	J.K. Simmons in Whiplash as Terence Fletcher
Best Supporting Actress	Patricia Arquette in Boyhood as Olivia Evans
Best Original Screenplay	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Best Adapted Screenplay	The Imitation Game  Graham Moore from Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges
Best Animated Feature Film	Big Hero 6 Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
Best Foreign Language Film	Ida(Poland) in Polish – Pawel Pawlikowski
Best Documentary – Feature	Citizenfour – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutsky
Best Documentary – Short Subject	Crisis Hotline: ?Veterans Press 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
Best Live Action Short Film	The Phone Call – Mat Kirby and James Lucas
Best Animated Short Film	Feast – Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
Best Original Score	The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat
Best Original Song	Glory from Selma – Music and Lyric by John Legend and Common
Best Sound Editing	American Sniper – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Best Sound Mixing	Whiplash – Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley
Best Production Design	The Grand Budapest Hotel – Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
Best Cinematography	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Emmanuel Lubezki
Best Makeup and Hairstyling	The Grand Budapest Hotel –Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
Best Costume Design	The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero
Best Film Editing	Whiplash – Tom Cross
Best Visual Effects	Interstellar – Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher