BY Mansur Ibrahim
It was a night of memories, politics and tears at the 87th Oscar awards, which held at the Dolby Theatre Los Angeles on Sunday night.
Who cried? Why did they? Who took politics to the stage? What points did they have to make? What shocking expressions took the night and who were the eventual winners of the day?
David Oyelowo, a British actor with Nigerian descent who was the lead actor in Selma, a movie that premiered in Lagos and eventually won the best original song, broke down in tears as John Legend and Common performed Glory, the best original song.
Chris Pine and Oprah Winfrey were also among others who were full of tears as they cast their minds to the pain the black Americans had to bear in the days of racial segregation.
Octavia Spencer, who invited John Legend and Commons to perform Glory, reminded the world how Oscars were postponed about five decades ago on Martin Luther King’s account.
“Forty-seven years ago, the Oscars telecast was postponed for the first time in history…out of respect for Dr. Martin Luther King who was gunned down four days before the ceremony,” Spencer said.
“Tonight, 50 years after Dr. King’s march through Selma, Alabama, two artists have joined forces to create a song that speaks to the struggles that continue to this day.”
Patricia Arquette, who was awarded best supporting actress for her role in Boyhood, dedicated her award to the struggle for gender equality in America.
“To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s time to have wage equality once and for all. And equal rights for women in the United States of America,” she said as she emphasized the role of film making in politics.
The awards, which were first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, saw Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel win four awards each at its 87th edition.
Here is who won what:
American Sniper
Winner: Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Winner: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones The Theory of Everything
Winner: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon,
Wild
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Winner: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Winner: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Winner: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Winner: Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Winner: Ida, Poland
Leviathan, Russia
Tangerines, Estonia
Timbuktu, Mauritania
Wild Tales, Argentina
Winner: Birdman, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo
Boyhood, Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher, E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy
American Sniper, Jason Hall
Winner: The Imitation Game, Graham Moore
Inherent Vice, Paul Thomas Anderson
The Theory of Everything, Anthony McCarten
Whiplash, Damien Chazelle
Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr. Turner
The Theory of Everything
Everything Is Awesome, from The Lego Movie
Winner: Glory, from Selma
Grateful, from Beyond the Lights
I’m Not Gonna Miss You, from Glen Campbell … I’ll Be Me
Lost Stars, from Begin Again
Winner: Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr. Turner
Unbroken
Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner
Foxcatcher
Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner
Winner: Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga
Winner: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper (La Parka)
White Earth
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Winner: Whiplash
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Winner: Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp (La Lampe au Beurre de Yak)
Parvaneh
Winner: The Phone Call
Winner: American Sniper
Birdman
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Unbroken
American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar
Unbroken
Winner: Whiplash
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Winner: Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Foxcatcher
Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
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