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Ellie Bamber will star as Kate Moss in Academy Award-winning writer and director James Lucas’ upcoming feature film Moss & Freud.

Two-time Emmy Award winner and BAFTA Award nominee Derek Jacobi will star as Lucian Freud.

The film is a dramatized account of when supermodel Kate Moss made the decision to sit for famed British artist Lucian Freud in a decision that deeply impacted and transformed both of their lives.

James Lucas is known for his Academy Award-winning live-action short film The Phone Call (starring Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent). Kate Moss will executive produce with the support of the Lucian Freud Archive.

Cornerstone will launch sales on the project at the EFM.

"SNL" was hilarious for it's season opener ... Alec Baldwin tore the Prez apart over his reaction to the Puerto Rican disaster. No stone was left unturned.  The Sarah Huckabee Sanders impression was cringe-worthy.  Ditto Jeff Sessions, who planted a smooch on Trump's cheek as he pledged his blind loyalty. The phone call between the mayor of Puerto Rico and Trump is hilarious ... especially how Trump mischaracterizes the call and blasts her to Sarah. Definitely no shortage of material this season.

Ryan Reynolds really cares about his fans.

The star did his part to help make a terminally ill child's dream come true by calling the young Marvel superfan from the set of Deadpool 2.

When 5-year-old Daniel Downing was diagnosed with a particularly aggressive form of brain cancer earlier this month, his parents set about trying to arrange a phone call from the Deadpool star to help raise their son's spirits.

Watch: Ryan Reynolds Supports Cancer Patient With Sweetest Facebook Message

Reynolds was more than happy to speak with the young fan, and the touching meeting was caught on camera. The phone call quickly turned into a FaceTime conversation when Downing asked if he could show Reynolds his Deadpool T-shirt.

"Ah that's awesome, what an awesome T-shirt!" Reynolds exclaimed. "You know, I'm the only guy who doesn't have one of those T-shirts. I need to get one of those."

The father of two later asked Downing if he's...

Now that the question of Jack’s whereabouts has been answered on This Is Us, it’s time to look at every clue that should have tipped us off.

It was established in Tuesday's episode that the Pearson patriarch is dead in the present day, with his ashes in the golden urn on the mantle in Kate’s home. As it turns out, the first five episodes of the NBC family drama have actually provided major hints at his fate -- and some were right under our nose.

Et has compiled a list of the clues from the first five episodes that we should have kept in mind.

Exclusive: 'This Is Us' Star Milo Ventimiglia on the Devastating Jack Reveal

Episode 1, “Pilot”

Clue No. 1: The Birthday Suit

In the opening scene of the series, Jack is in his birthday suit (aka butt-naked) and ready to celebrate his 36th birthday with his uber-pregnant wife, Rebecca...

Michael Sheen will host this year’s London Film Festival awards ceremony.

The juries for the 60th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 5-16) have been revealed.

Athina Rachel Tsangari, director of Chevalier - winner of best film at last year’s Lff and Greece’s Oscar entry this year – will preside over this year’s Official Competition.

That jury will also feature Belle star Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Suffragette writer Abi Morgan, Aferim! director Radu Jude, and Ilo Ilo director Anthony Chen.

They will oversee a line-up including Paul Verhoeven’s Elle, submitted by France to the 2017 Oscar race, Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, François Ozon’s Frantz¸ Mohamed Diab’s Clash, and Benedict Andrews’ Una.

Frost/Nixon and The Queen star Michael Sheen will host this year’s awards ceremony at Banqueting House on Oct 15, where 12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen will receive a BFI Fellowship award.

Elsewhere, Suffragette director Sarah Gavron will preside over the First Feature Competition...

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It's famously one of the worst sequels ever, but why did Jaws The Revenge go so wrong? Ryan looks at its disastrous nine-month production...

It's an oft-repeated adage that nobody sets out to make a bad movie, but Jaws The Revenge is so legendarily, comically bad that it almost looks like an inside job. The fishy sequel, released in 1987 to scathing reviews, famously stars a rubbery shark that growls when its head rears out of the water, Michael Caine spouting bizarre dialogue and some of the most glaring continuity errors this side of an Ed Wood movie.

What separates Jaws The Revenge from the usual bad-movie crowd is its otherwise decent pedigree. It was the product of a major Hollywood studio. The budget was generous. The director, Joseph Sargent, was far from a hack - a veteran of TV and film, he'd previously made the classic thriller...

Pope Francis is known for making comforting calls to strangers, and this time he reportedly reached out to a man who murdered his parents 25 years ago, in a case that shocked Italy. The man, Pietro Maso, now 45, wrote to the pope in 2013 begging for forgiveness after spending more than 20 years in jail for battering his mother and father with saucepans. "I wrote a letter to the pope in which I asked forgiveness for what I did 25 years ago and that I was praying for peace," Maso, who was released in 2013 and now lives in Milan, recently told the Italian weekly magazine Chi.

Pope Francis is known for making comforting calls to strangers, and this time he reportedly reached out to a man who murdered his parents 25 years ago, in a case that shocked Italy. The man, Pietro Maso, now 45, wrote to the pope in 2013 begging for forgiveness after spending more than 20 years in jail for battering his mother and father with saucepans. "I wrote a letter to the pope in which I asked forgiveness for what I did 25 years ago and that I was praying for peace," Maso, who was released in 2013 and now lives in Milan, recently told the Italian weekly magazine Chi.

Say whosey whatsy what now? The last 10 seconds of tonight's Scream Queens has us thinking all kinds of thoughts because it appears that the guy who looked the most suspicious in the very first episode, and yet we somehow totally forgot all about that, is perhaps indeed The Red Devil. (Or, at the very least, a Red Devil.) "I don't want your first time to be with a murderer," Pete (Diego Boneta) tells Grace (Skyler Samuels), moments after we see him packing up his bags to flee the campus, after telling someone on the phone that he's had enough, and "This isn't me." The phone call, of course, along with the reveal that he still has that Red Devil costume hanging...

When Jamal closed that door on Cookie last week, shivers went down my spine because I was hoping that that would begin his descent into Corleone-dom. And in this episode, when he rolled up in a big black car and told Hakeem to get in, when he was going to become an uncle, when Lucious lost his voice and was doing his best Brando impression, I thought we were in for a full-scale Godfather homage. However, Jamal never was vicious in this episode and Lucious’ jaw remained unpuffy. There’s still time yet for a montage of people being brutally murdered as Jamal stands at Andre’s baby’s baptism. We kick off this week’s episode with a slickly executed montage of phone calls where everyone in Cookie and the Hostile Takeover Gang is planning something, but not telling everyone exactly what they’re planning. The phone call montage...

"You're the Worst," the great romantic comedy about two awful people struggling to accept that they have real feelings for each other, returns for a new season, on a new channel (so you will probably have to make new DVR season passes), tonight at 10:30 on Fxx. Yesterday, I spoke with the show's creator, Stephen Falk, about what makes "You're the Worst" tick. Today, it's the turn of stars Aya Cash and Chris Geere, who have their own takes on Gretchen and Jimmy's relationship, the explicit sex scenes of the pilot (and why they're relieved that didn't continue), Jimmy's fake mustache, and a lot more. When did you guys first meet in the process of doing this, and how? Aya Cash: We met during the test for "You’re the Worst," but barely remember each other because we were both so narcissistically in our own heads and nervous about the test.

Leah Messer is due for a little fun in the sun. The "Teen Mom 2" star was spotted in Los Angeles this week, hitting the beach in Santa Monica with her three daughters, Ali, Aleeah and Adalynn for a girls day out. The twice-divorced 23-year-old proudly put her physique on display in a white bikini with gold embellishments as she ran around the sand.  This is one of the first times we've seen her out in public since her divorce from Jeremy Calvert and her reported trip to rehab for stress and depression earlier this summer. We gotta say, she does look happier and healthier than she's appeared on the MTV reality show this year. Fans of the series have seen Messer hash it out with both Calvert and first ex-husband Corey Simms all season long -- and, from the looks of it, the drama is only beginning. In a sneak peek for tonight's episode,...

Academy invitee Eddie Redmayne in 'The Theory of Everything.' Academy invites 322 new members: 'More diverse and inclusive list of filmmakers and artists than ever before' The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has offered membership to 322 individuals "who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures." According to the Academy's press release, "those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy's membership in 2015." In case all 322 potential new members say an enthusiastic Yes, that means an injection of new blood representing about 5 percent of the Academy's current membership. In the words of Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs (as quoted in the press release), in 2015 "our branches have recognized a more diverse and inclusive list of filmmakers and artists than ever before, and we look forward to adding their creativity, ideas and experience to our organization." In recent years, the Academy membership has...

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this week that the Los Angeles City Council, in a unanimous vote, approved plans for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Construction will begin this summer, and ceremonial groundbreaking festivities will occur this fall.

“I am thrilled that Los Angeles is gaining another architectural and cultural icon,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti. “My office of economic development has worked directly with the museum’s development team to ensure that the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will create jobs, support tourism, and pay homage to the industry that helped define our identity as the creative capital of the world.”

“We are grateful to our incredible community of supporters who have helped make this museum a reality,” said Dawn Hudson, the Academy’s CEO. “Building this museum has been an Academy...

Strangely dropping a press release on a historic day where the nation's attention is elsewhere, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed their annual list of new member invitees this morning. For those who criticize the makeup of the Academy there was some good news and the stark realization the organization still has a long way to go. The Academy has spent the last eight to 10 years attempting to diversify its membership and this year's class mostly reflects that. There are significantly more invitees of Asian and African-American descent, but the male to female disparity is still depressing. Out of the 25 potential new members of the Actor's Branch only seven are women. And, no, there isn't really an acceptable way for the Academy to spin that sad fact. Additionally, It's important to realize the 322 people noted in the release have only been invited to join Hollywood's most exclusive club.

Sixty films, a record 40 of which are world premieres, will screen across nine thematic programmes during the festival, set to run from April 15-26.

The Tribeca Film Festival selections hail from 18 countries and were curated from 3076 submissions.

Selections include: Body Team 12, a documentary about the Ebola outbreak that Olivia Wilde (pictured) produced; artist Daniel Arsham directing Juliette Lewis in Future Relic 03; Boman Modine’s Merry Xmas stars Dick Van Dyke; and Katie Holmes directing Romanian gymnast legend Nadia Comaneci in Eternal Princess.

Recipients of the Tribeca Film Festival’s best narrative short and best documentary short awards will qualify for Oscar consideration. Last year’s festival winner for best narrative short, The Phone Call, earned the live-action short Academy Award last month.

Each of the seven selections in the Fml programme will become available online as part of the Tribeca Online Festival three hours after the premiere of each film. The films will...

Sixty films, a record 40 of which are world premieres, will screen across nine thematic programmes during the festival, set to run from April 15-26.

The selections hail from 18 countries and were curated from 3076 submissions.

Selections include: Body Team 12, a documentary about the Ebola outbreak that Olivia Wilde produced; artist Daniel Arsham directing Juliette Lewis in Future Relic 03; Boman Modine’s Merry Xmas stars Dick Van Dyke; and Katie Holmes directing Romanian gymnast legend Nadia Comaneci in Eternal Princess.

Recipients of the Tribeca Film Festival’s best narrative short and best documentary short awards will qualify for Oscar consideration. Last year’s festival winner for best narrative short, The Phone Call, earned the live-action short last month.

Each of the seven selections in the Fml programme will become available online as part of the Tribeca Online Festival three hours after the premiere of each film. The films will run online through April 26.

To find out more about...

Palm Springs International ShortFest , an Academy-qualifying platform lends power and prestige to the best short films from every corner of the globe. As one of the largest showcases of shorts in North America, ShortFest annually screens more than 300 unforgettable stories from more than 40 countries and skillfully promotes them to the audiences they seek. In recent years festival films "The Phone Call" (2014), "God of Love" (2011), “Toyland" (2009), and “Freeheld" (2008) all went on to earn Oscars after screening at ShortFest.

With six competitive categories ranging from student projects to documentaries to animated tales, ShortFest offers plenty of ways to earn honors - and prize money, film stock, and production services valued at more than $100,000 Usd are all awaiting the best of the best. But success at ShortFest is only the beginning: all first-place winners in ShortFest's Live-Action and Animated Categories become eligible for Academy Awards nominations.

Due to its close proximity to the entertainment capital of the world, ShortFest is an ideal environment for the development of valuable relationships with industry players who can accelerate careers. From morning until late into the night, ShortFest offers an array of receptions, seminars, master classes, and one-on-one meetings engineered to foster discussion and collaboration. In previous years, popular ShortFest Forums have tackled topics including Taking Your Content to Market, Meet the Agents, Managers, and Actors, and more.

ShortFest will take place June 16 -22, 2015. Further details about the submission process can be found Here...

Sneak Peek the complete list of "Oscar" winners from the "87th Annual Academy Awards", presented @ The Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California, February 22, 2015:

Best Actor In A Supporting Role

J. K. Simmons  "Whiplash"

Best Costume Design

Milena Canonero "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

Best Makeup And Hairstyling

Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

Best Foreign Language Film

"Ida" (Poland)

Best Live Action Short Film

"The Phone Call"

Best Documentary Short Subject

"Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1"

Best Sound Mixing

"Whiplash" Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley 

Best Sound Editing

"American Sniper" Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette "Boyhood"

Best Visual Effects

"Interstellar"

Best Animated Short Film

"Feast"

Best Animated Feature Film

"Big Hero 6"

Best Production Design

"The Grand Budapest Hotel" Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock

Best Cinematography

"Birdman" Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Film Editing

"Whiplash"  Tom Cross

Best Documentary Feature

"Citizenfour...

The big awards show went down last night, and if you followed along with our live-tweets you were able to keep up with all the action, but if you missed out on any of the big winners from the Oscars, we've got your full list here. Come inside to check it out.

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Jk Simmons for Whiplash

Achievement in Costume Design

Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero

Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier

Best Foreign-Language Film

Winner: Ida – Paweł Pawlikowski

Best Live-Action Short Film

Winner: The Phone Call – Mat Kirkby, James Lucas

Best Documentary Short Subject

Winner: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Dana Perry

Achievement in Sound Mixing

Winner: Whiplash – Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, Thomas Curley

Achievement in Sound Editing

Winner: American Sniper – Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Patricia Arquette for...

Best Picture

Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance

Actor In A Leading Role

Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)

Actress In A Leading Role

Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

 Actor In A Supporting Role

J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)

Actress In A Supporting Role

Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)

Animated Feature Film

Big Hero 6

Cinematography

Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance

Costume Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Directing

Birdman or the Unexpected Virtue of  Ignorance

 Documentary Feature

CitizenFour3

Documentary Short Subject

Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

Film Editing

Whiplash

Foreign Language Film

Ida

Makeup And Hairstyling

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Music: Original Score

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Music: Original Song

"Glory" from Selma

Production Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Short Film: Animated

Feast

Short Film: Live Action

The Phone Call

Sound Editing

American Sniper

Sound Mixing

Whiplash

Visual Effects

Interstellar

Writing: Adapted Screenplay

The Imitation Game

Writing: Original Screenplay

Birdman or The...

Best Supporting Actor Winner: Jk Simmons for Whiplash Robert Duvall for The Judge Ethan Hawke for Boyhood Edward Norton for Birdman Mark Ruffalo for Foxcatcher Achievement in Costume Design Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood Maleficent – Anna B Sheppard Mr Turner – Jacqueline Durran Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier Foxcatcher – Bill Corso, Dennis Liddiard Guardians of the Galaxy – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White Best Foreign-Language Film Winner: Ida – Paweł Pawlikowski Tangerines – Zaza Urushadze Leviathan – Andrey Zvyagintsev Wild Tales – Damián Szifrón Timbuktu – Abderrahmane Sissako Best Live-Action Short Film Winner: The Phone Call – Mat Kirkby, James Lucas Aya – Oded Binnun, Mihal Brezis Boogaloo and Graham – Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney Butter Lamp – Wei Hu, Julien Féret Parvaneh – Talkhon Hamzavi, Stefan Eichenberger Best Documentary Short Subject Winner: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Dana Perry...

There may have been few surprises among the winners at Sunday night's Academy Awards, but one surprise was how political their speeches were. After all, in recent years, political statements have largely been unwelcome guests at the Dolby Theater.

In past years, artists from Vanessa Redgrave to Richard Gere to Michael Moore have been criticized for using their time at the Oscar podium to raise controversial issues before a worldwide audience. In an evening of glitz, glamour, and self-congratulation, mentioning the sometimes cruel realities of life beyond Hollywood Boulevard makes winners seem like party poopers. Mentioning God, your cast and crew, your spouse and kids, and Harvey Weinstein is fine, but mentioning the plight of migrant farm workers is a little too much reality for the dream factory.

Nonetheless, several winners at the 87th annual Oscar ceremony used their victory speeches to mention causes important to them. Some of those...

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By The Numbers

4 - Birdman4 - The Grand Budapest Hotel3 - Whiplash1 - American Sniper, Boyhood, The Imitation Game, Interstellar, Selma, Still Alice, The Theory of EverythingBEST Motion Picture Of The Year

Birdman: Alejandro G Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, producers

BoyhoodThe Grand Budapest HotelThe Imitation GameSelmaThe Theory of EverythingWhiplashPERFORMANCE By An Actor In A Leading Role

Eddie Redmayne, The Theory Of Everything

Steve Carell, FoxcatcherBradley Cooper, American SniperBenedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation GameMichael Keaton, BirdmanPERFORMANCE By An Actress In A Leading Role

Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One NightFelicity Jones, The Theory Of EverythingRosamund Pike, Gone GirlReese Witherspoon, WildPERFORMANCE By An Actor In A Supporting Role

Jk Simmons, Whiplash

Robert Duvall, The JudgeEthan Hawke, BoyhoodEdward Norton, BirdmanMark Ruffalo...

Welcome to the 87th Oscars. Host Neil Patrick Harris opened the show with a musical number featuring “moving pictures” inserting himself into scenes from classic films. Anna Kendrick joined him in the opening number as well as Jack Black before an audience of Hollywood’s A-listers at the Dolby Theatre.

The awards season, filled with ups and downs, came to a close on Oscar Sunday with Birdman winning four Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director (Alejandro G. Iñárritu), Best Original Screenplay (Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo) and Best Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki).

Iñárritu said his good luck charm was wearing Michael Keaton’s tighty‑whities. When asked backstage about the making of the film he said, “this film was particularly scary to be making, you know. It’s very difficult and that’s what Birdman is about. As an artist some day or two hours, you...

Last night, the 2015 Oscar Awards finally happened at the beautiful Dolby Theatre in Hollywood,California. Actor, Neil Patrick Harris, was on hand to host the star-studded shindig. And eventually, after all the red carpet arrivals and what not, they got around to passing out the awards. I'm sure you guys want to know who received these awards, so I won't waste anymore of your precious time. Here's the winners list, below. Best Picture was awarded to Birdman — Alejandro G. Inarritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole. Best Director was awarded to Alejandro González Iñárritu — Birdman. Best Actor was awrded to Eddie Redmayne — The Theory of Everything. Best Actress went to Julianne Moore — Still Alice. Best Supporting Actor was awarded to J.K. Simmons — Whiplash. Best Supporting Actress was awarded to Patricia Arquette — Boyhood. Best Achievement in Costume Design went to Milena Canonero — The Grand Budapest Hotel. Best Achievement in Makeup and...

Birdman walked away with four of the biggest awards at the Oscars 2015.

The Michael Keaton-starrer beat American Sniper, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of Everything and Whiplash to the Best Picture award, while Alejandro González Iñárritu was named Best Director.

"Maybe next year the Academy will introduce some kind of immigration law. Two Mexicans in a row, that's suspicious, I guess," Iñárritu joked, referring to Alfonso Cuarón's win for Gravity last year.

The movie also achieved success in the Original Screenplay and Cinematography categories, giving it an equal number of awards to The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Wes Anderson's comedy film starring Ralph Fiennes and Tony Revolori was recognised for its Costume Design, Make-up and Hairstyling, Original Score and Production Design.

Eddie Redmayne celebrated another Best Actor victory for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything - which he...

A memorable 87th annual Academy Awards for Fox Searchlight saw Birdman claim best film, director and two other statuettes to tie with The Grand Budapest Hotel’s four-strong haul.

Boyhood, which entered the evening on six nominations and had been expected to push Birdman in several of the senior categories on Sunday night, won a sole best supporting actress for Patricia Arquette.

The film’s time in the Oscar ceremony spotlight will not be forgotten, however, as Arquette paid tribute to her “Boyhood family” and made an impassioned plea for wage equality that spread like wildfire across social media.

Eddie Redmayne from The Theory Of Everything prevailed in a tight best actor contest to deny Michael Keaton another success for Birdman. The popular victory had the British actor jumping with excitement on stage at the Dolby Theatre.

Julianne Moore finally converted her fifth Academy Award nomination into a win for her performance in Still Alice in what...

Chicago – The Bird was the word at the 87th Academy Awards, as the film “Birdman” won Best Picture and Alejandro González Iñárrittu won Best Director for the same film. The stellar broadcast was hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, and was highlighted by some passionate speeches and song performances.

Neil Patrick Harris Hosted the 87th Academy Awards

Photo credit: ABC

The other top categories contained few surprises, as Eddie Redmayne took Best Actor for “The Theory of Everything,” Julianne Moore won Best Actress for “Still Alice” and the Best Supporting trophies were taken home by Patricia Arquette for “Boyhood” and J.K. Simmons for “Whiplash.” Several of the accepting speeches, including the ones by Patricia Arquette and director Alejandro González Iñárrittu, included some revolutionary style shout-outs to causes that go beyond the Awards. The performance of the Oscar winning song “Glory,” from the film “Selma,” moved several of the star-studded audience members to tears.

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87 years into the ceremony, the Oscars are still unabashedly about the movies. Host Neil Patrick Harris along with Anna Kendrick performed a whizzbang ode to “moving pictures” in perfect Broadway musical style. And despite the fresh songwriting that seemed to give a nod to last year’s winners for Frozen and “Let it Go”, it couldn’t help but feel familiar and traditional in the grand scheme of the Oscar ceremony: glad-handing, nostalgia and pageantry.

But for a moment, Jack Black turned this musical montage on its head. Black interrupted Nph’s song to shoot a knowing eye to all of the above, as well as the sequels, superhero movies and reboots that flood the studios year after year. It was a rare moment of the Academy looking outward at the rest of the world when this year’s crop of nominees (which Harris joked was an opportunity to recognize the “best and whitest…...

Birdman, Eddie Redmayne, J K Simmons and Big Hero 6 are amongst the big winners at the Oscars. Here's our round-up...

So then. We learned a few things about the Academy Awards this year. Firstly, we don't think we've ever got so many predictions wrong. Secondly, though, Hollywood sure loves films about the performing arts.

For the third time in four years, the Best Picture Oscar went to a film about showbusiness, as the big awards went roughly in line with the way bookmakers had been predicting for the past week or so. It was Birdman's night, and whilst Michael Keaton lost out to Eddie Redmayne - as had been expected - for Best Actor, Birdman took home gongs for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. It wasn't quite a surprise, but if you'd suggested that would be the case a month ago, you'd have certainly got...

There will be full Oscar commentary coming tomorrow (plus a look at this weekend’s Spirit Awards results) in the next few posts, and basically all during the week, but for now, here simply is the full list of winners at the 87th Academy Awards ceremony that just went down. Take a gander: 87th Academy Awards Best Picture: Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance Best Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance Best Actor: Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything Best Actress: Julianne Moore – Still Alice Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons – Whiplash Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette – Boyhood Best Original Screenplay: Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Nicolas Giacobone and Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance Best Adapted Screenplay: Graham Moore – The Imitation Game Best Animated Feature: Big Hero 6 Best Production Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel Best Cinematography: Birdman or The...

The 87th Annual Academy Award winners have been announced with "Birdman" being the big winner, taking Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Also faring well was "Whiplash" with three awards including Best Supporting Actor, and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" which nabbed four including ones for costume, make-up, score and production design.

Most of the winners this year went to predictable nominees, though there were some welcome surprises - especially in the animated categories where the duo of Disney's short "Feast" and feature "Big Hero 6" both took awards.

Here's the complete list of winners:

Best Picture

"Birdman"

Actor In A Leading Role

Eddie Redmayne for "The Theory of Everything"

Actress In A Leading Role

Julianne Moore for "Still Alice"

Directing

Alejandro G. Inarritu for "Birdman"

Actor In A Supporting Role

J.K. Simmons for "Whiplash"

Actress In A Supporting Role

Patricia Arquette for "Boyhood"

Foreign Language Film...

The real winner at the 2015 Oscars wasn't a film or an actor, but a little bakery in Suffolk, England. During their acceptance speech, Mat Kirkby, director of the Best Live Action Short, The Phone Call (with co-writer and producer James Lucas), mentioned that he was excited to bring his Oscar into his local bakery. Turns out, this has been a longstanding goal: In an interview a week ago, Kirkby mentioned that one of the women who works at Pump Street Bakery near his home in Suffolk, England, "promised me a free doughnut if I bring in the Oscar," before mentioning...

It's a "short" but sweet win for The Phone Call. The movie, directed by Mat Kirkby, was awarded the 2015 Oscar for Best Short Film, Live Action on Sunday night. The short film was written by Kirkby and James Lucas and follows Heather, a shy woman who works in a call center. Kirkby and Lucas took the stage to receive the award from Kerry Washington and Jason Bateman. Kirkby in particular was excited by the victory because he said it would get him a free doughnut from his local bakery. Other contenders in the Best Live Action Short Film category included Aya,...

The Oscars are under way!

Who will reign supreme on movie’s biggest night? Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel lead the 87th Academy Awards with nine nominations apiece, while The Imitation Game follows close behind with eight. American Sniper and Boyhood follow with six nominations each.

Pics: The Stars on the Red Carpet at the Oscars!

In between the awards, expect performances from Lady Gaga, Jennifer Hudson, Anna Kendrick, Tim McGraw, John Legend, Common, Maroon 5, Rita Ora, Tegan & Sera with The Lonely Island and Jack Black. Presenters include last year’s Oscar winners Cate Blanchett, Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto and Lupita Nyong’o.

Neil Patrick Harris hosts for the first time at the ceremony, broadcast on Sunday, Feb. 22 from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and televised live coast-to-coast on ABC.

Pics: The Oscar Nominees in Photos!

Below is the list of winners.

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

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It's a wonderful night for Oscar... Oscar Oscar... Who will win? Wrong host. Neil Patrick Harris is MCing Sunday (February 22) night's Academy Awards, which is coming down to a "Birdman"/"Boyhood" showdown for the big prize. Thanks to The Guilds, we're all expecting a "Birdman" victory, but could there be exciting upsets in store? Click through, follow along and join (or start) the conversation below... 8:25 p.m. Et. That's a lot of Red Carpet coverage. My favorite moment was Terrence Howard playing "American Idol" nerd with Ryan Seacrest. 8:28 p.m. Really, ABC? You don't need a critical citation to call "American Crime" "an extraordinary new drama"? Well, if you say so yourself! 8:30 p.m. Let's Go! 8:30 p.m. Neil Patrick Harris rises onto the stage like a fire-free phoenix. "Tonight we honor Hollywood's best and whitest," he says, helping people playing Oscars Bingo at home. 8:31 p.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just finished presenting the winners of The 87th Annual Academy Awards, resulting in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s masterpiece Birdman taking four Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. Wes Anderson’s quirky comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel also came out a big winner, taking four Oscars of its own, including Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup & Hairstyling, and Best Original Score.

As usual, we had a few surprise upsets along the way, including Big Hero 6 besting assumed frontrunner How to Train Your Dragon 2 for Best Animated Feature, in addition to Whiplash swiping Best Film Editing away from Boyhood (the winner of the American Cinema Editors’ award for Drama). The latter was particularly surprising because it was assumed that the Academy would, at the very least, give it the two awards it was...

The Oscars are over and so here is the full list of winners from The 87th Oscars.

Best Supporting Actor

Robert Duvall – The Judge

Ethan Hawke – Boyhood

Edward Norton – Birdman

Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher

J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

Costume Design

Milena Canonero – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Mark Bridges – Inherent Vice

Colleen Atwood – Into The Woods

Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive – Maleficent

Jacqueline Durran – Mr. Turner

Makeup and Hairstyling

Foxcatcher – Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier

Guardians Of The Galaxy – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White

Foreign Language Film

Ida – Poland; Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski

Leviathan – Russia; Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev

Tangerines – Estonia; Directed by Zaza Urushadze

Timbuktu – Mauritania; Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako

Wild Tales – Argentina; Directed by Damián Szifron

Short Film (Live Action)

Aya – Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis

Boogaloo And Graham – Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney

Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak...

The 87th Academy Awards were handed out Sunday, February 22nd at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.  Here is a complete list of all the nominees and the winners as they were announced. Best Picture "American Sniper" (Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan) "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" (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) Directing "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" (Alejandro G. Iñárritu)***Winner*** "Boyhood" (Richard Linklater) "Foxcatcher" (Bennett Miller) "The Grand Budapest Hotel" (Wes Anderson) "The Imitation Game...

Good evening and welcome to the 87th Academy Awards, live from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

The biggest movie event of the year is with us once more, and Digital Spy will be bringing you comprehensive live coverage, from the first Manolos on the red carpet to the last teary speech from the stage.

Refresh your memory with this list of all the nominations and compare your prediction cards with our guesses for who will win all the major gongs.

21:15What were your favourite moments from tonight? And what do you think of all the big winners, especially Birdman's victory over Boyhood? Do let us know in the comments box below, and stick around on DS for our full reaction to the ceremony.

21:14Neil Patrick Harris was undoubtedly a bit hit and miss, lacking confidence in the middle more than anything else, but there were...

Oscar 2015 winners (photo: Chris Pratt during Oscar 2015 rehearsals) The complete list of Oscar 2015 winners and nominees can be found below. See also: Oscar 2015 presenters and performers. Now, a little Oscar 2015 trivia. If you know a bit about the history of the Academy Awards, you'll have noticed several little curiosities about this year's nominations. For instance, there are quite a few first-time nominees in the acting and directing categories. In fact, nine of the nominated actors and three of the nominated directors are Oscar newcomers. Here's the list in the acting categories: Eddie Redmayne. Michael Keaton. Steve Carell. Benedict Cumberbatch. Felicity Jones. Rosamund Pike. J.K. Simmons. Emma Stone. Patricia Arquette. The three directors are: Morten Tyldum. Richard Linklater. Wes Anderson. Oscar 2015 comebacks Oscar 2015 also marks the Academy Awards' "comeback" of several performers and directors last nominated years ago. Marion Cotillard and Reese Witherspoon won Best Actress Oscars for, respectively, Olivier Dahan...

All the winners from Sunday’s 87th Academy Awards.

Show host Harris signs off with a chirpy, “Buenos noches!”

Sean Penn walks on. It’s time for the big one. Best film. Will it be Birdman or Boyhood? It’s Birdman! The movie ends the night tied with The Grand Budapest Hotel on four Oscars. Inarritu, referring to his pal Alfonso Cuaron who enjoyed success with Gravity at last year’s show, says, “Two Mexicans in a row. That’s suspicious, I guess.” Slightly more seriously, Agi also calls on his fellow Mexicans to help build a strong future for his beloved country. Wow, a good night for Birdman and a surprisingly barren one for Boyhood. Pirates indeed, Ethan Hawke, but glorious pirates.

And now Matthew McConaughey saunters on stage to announce best actress. Julianne Moore, five times a nominee at the Oscars is the favourite. Will she get it this time for Still Alice? Yes she’s got...

Photo: AMPAS Oscar Musts: Predictions | Nominees | Presenters | Printable Ballot It's that time of year again and I welcome you to the 2015 Oscars Live Blog with up-to-the-minute live winners, commentary, red carpet coverage and overall merriment. We are kicking this thing off around 4 Pm Pst or so and carrying on until 9 Pm Pst or whenever this thing ends, which means you better have food, water and perhaps a tasty beverage or two because it's going to be a long night. I've already posted my predictions and have collated the reader polls into one, easy-to-read place along with my predictions as well as my Oscar-blogging co-hort and podcast partner Laremy Legel. You can find all three, one after another with the differences highlights right here. As far as my predicting prowess is concerned, last year I went 21 for 24 and I always shoot for at least 20 correct... we'll see how this year turns...

Time's up! The results are in, the polls are closed and we have our 2015 Oscar Predictions. At the bottom of this post I've included my predictions in all 24 categories along with those of my Oscar live blog and podcast partner Laremy Legel, followed by the results from the reader polls from earlier this week and just like last year there are a couple differences to note. Between the three sets of predictions, I'm the only one predicting an Eddie Redmayne win for Best Actor while Laremy and the readers are sticking with Michael Keaton. I've definitely gone what I would consider to be the "safe" route and wouldn't complain one bit if Keaton ended up taking the statue. Laremy and the readers also see a The Grand Budapest Hotel win for Best Original Screenplay while I went with Birdman and in one more category, Best Live Action Short, the readers...

The 2015 Academy Awards have (finally) arrived, and we can't wait to see what happens.

With huge international stars, like Julianne Moore, Reese Witherspoon, Meryl Streep, Eddie Redmayne, and Michael Keaton up for Oscars, and some big movies, like "Boyhood," "Whiplash," "The Imitation Game," "Birdman," and "American Sniper," vying for the top prize, this year's ceremony is as competitive as ever.

Throughout the night, we'll be watching and updating the list below, so come back to see who won (and who didn't) as Hollywood's best and brightest take home the awards.

Best Picture

"Birdman" - Winner

"Boyhood"

"American Sniper"

"The Grand Budapest Hotel"

"The Imitation Game"

"Selma"

"The Theory of Everything"

"Whiplash"

Best Actress

Julianne Moore, "Still Alice" - Winner

Marion Cotillard, "Two Days, One Night"

Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything"

Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl"

Reese Witherspoon, "Wild"

Best Actor

Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything" - Winner

Steve Carell,...

Chicago – Oscar! Oscar! Oscar! Say it three times to win it, and you’ll win every Academy Award pool you enter – at least for the nine categories covered here – if you follow the advice of the HollywoodChicago.com “experts.” We have the Oscar magic, so if you believe in it, then we deliver.

Three film writers of HollywoodChicago.com – Patrick McDonald, Nick Allen and Spike Walters – will not only predict Sunday’s big night, but will suggest choreography to Neil Patrick Harris for his opening number. The crew will opine on Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor/Actress and Director. As in previous years, the prognostications are broken down into thoughts on who Will Win, Should Win and Should Have Been Nominated (for one last gasp of dissent). The predictors will also take on a wild card guess for several other categories, and the latest odds on the rest of...

When it comes to predicting success and failure in Hollywood, as "The Princess Bride" screenwriter William Goldman famously said, "Nobody knows anything." Well, nobody except the accountants at PricewaterhouseCooper, who are currently counting the Oscar ballots in anticipation of Sunday's Academy Awards. But the rest of us know nothing, even experienced Oscar prognosticators.

That's especially true this year, when only a handful of the 24 categories seem like foregone conclusions. The rest are tight races, all the way down to Best Picture. This should make the Feb. 22 telecast suspenseful, but it also makes filling out your own Oscar ballot harder. Still, here are my predictions, based on nearly three decades of covering the Academy Awards, attending the ceremony a few times, having kept a close watch on the current race, and a wet index finger held up to the wind. If I do well, I'll be bragging on Monday; if not,...

This year's Oscar-nominated Live Action Shorts feature a range of topics from the madness of family life to culture shock to chance encounters to desiring what we don't have, but all are are indeed emotional, heartwarming watches. Read More: The Year's Best Live Action Short Films, Plus Our Pick to Win Oscar Get a glimpse of all five nominees in the trailer below, followed by individual videos that highlight the films' directors who provide a bit more insight. All of the nominated shorts are now available on VOD. Live Action Shorts Trailer "Aya," Dirs. Mihal Brezis, Oded Binnun "Boogaloo and Graham," Dir. Michael Lennox "Butter Lamp" ("La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak"), Dir. Hu Wei "Parvaneh," Dir. Talkhon Hamzavi "The Phone Call," Dr. Mat Kirkby Read More: Watch: Get to Know This Year's Oscar-Nominated Short Documentary Directors...

When the first Academy Awards were handed out on May 16, 1929, at an Academy banquet in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, movies had just begun to talk. The attendance was 270 and guest tickets cost $5. It was a long banquet, filled with speeches, but presentation of the statuettes was handled expeditiously by Academy President Douglas Fairbanks.

The suspense that now touches most of the world at Oscar time was not always a characteristic of the Awards presentation. That first year, the award recipients were announced to the public three months ahead of the ceremony.

Today, Oscar pundits and fans alike avidly watch the precursor and guild awards to ultimately make their predictions in the 24 categories. Academy members have cast their ballots, so now it’s our turn for our Oscar picks.

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