'Birdman' Is The Evening's High Flyer: The Winners Of The Oscars 2015

Birdman, Boyhood, Birdman, Boyhood. What seemed to be a neck and neck race for the much coveted Best Picture Academy Award has finally been laid to rest with Birdman picking up the big award. The film by Alejandro González Iñárritu swept up with four Oscars, including Best Director, with The Grand Budapest Hotel winning big in the technical categories with four wins. Besides that, it seems that most of the year’s most celebrated movies had their fair share of success tonight. Let’s review, shall

Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne, Patricia Arquette, JK Simmons ... let’s face it: all of the favourites for the big awards came out on top. We have to say we feel just a little bit sorry for everyone involved in Boyhood though; despite winning Best Supporting Actress, the 12-years-in-the-making movie lost out on all of the juiciest prizes of the evening, mostly due to Birdman. Thanks Birdman.

So now that the most important moment of the Oscars (AKA the red carpet, amirite?) has come and gone, it was time to focus on talent rather than all the dress we’ll never be able to wear in our wildest dreams. Fortunately, we’ve covered everything that happened last night, from show highlights to a list of the winners – check it out!

Oscar 2015 Highlights in Pictures

Neil Patrick Harris

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Our Favourite Oscar Moments...

Neil Patrick Harris

The Host of the evening Neil Patrick Harris opened the show with a spectacular musical number (did we expect anything less?!), which Jack Black and Anna Kendrick joining in for good measure. We do love a good sing song! He also pulled a Birdman and arrived on stage in his underwear. OMG YASSSS!

Neil Patrick Harris y su 'paquetegate'

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J.K. Simmons gives us a quick lecture

Winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, J. K. Simmons dedicated the statuette for his wife and his parents, saying: "Call your mother and your father, do not send them a sms or a whatsapp: call them and thank them for the time they have with you." Okay, thanks J.K. we’ll get right on that.

The Grand Budapest Hotel sweeps up

The Grand Budapest Hotel triumphed in the technical sections, winning Oscars for Best Makeup, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography and Best Soundtrack. It's fair to say it was STUNNING to look at!

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Let's all learn together

Kerry Washington presented to award for Best Short Film, which went to The Phone Call. Its directors used their acceptance speech to talk about how much an Oscar weighs. Apparently they are 3.85 kilos. There's one for the parties!

Patricia Arquette talks equal rights

Naturally the Oscar for Best Supportive Actress went to Patricia Arquette for her role in Boyhood! This was her first nomination and she used the opportunity to speak about equality for women in the US, saying: "It's time that we have equal rights and wages." You go gurl!

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The Tribute

Meryl Streep presented the 'In Memoriam' segment to celebrate the lives of the actors, directors and writers who died last year: Mickey Rooney, Anita Ekberg, Malik Bendjelloul, Louis Jourdan, Richard Attenborough, Robin Williams, Lauren Bacall, Gabriel García Márquez ... RIP.

Robin Williams

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John Legend wins big

The Best Original Song Oscar goes to John Legend's Glory, written for Selma! John Legend spoke of racial struggles in the US, saying: "Selma is now, because the struggle for justice is now. Right now the struggle for freedom and justice is real. There are more black men in prison today than in 1950." Luckily Chrissy Teigen had practised her crying face by that time!

The Sound of Music tribute

Okay, amazing. Celebrating 50 years of the best musical EVER The Sound of Music! One of our favorite movies, which this year celebrates 50 years. Lady Gaga performed in the tribute and showed off her vocal chops. We have to say, we love it she gets a bit serious and shows off her sheer talent behind her usual craziness! Naturally Julie Andrew also arrived on stage to thank Lady Gaga for her incredible tribute, saying: "It would have been impossible to have more luck. A fantastic music in the film consolidates memory." Sniff.

Eddie Redmayne wins Best Actor

Yes! Our little ginger angel is all grown up as the actor won Best Actor for his role as Stephen Hawking. Naturally the man was thrilled, and dedicated the award to everyone suffering from motor neurone disease. He said: This Oscar belongs to all who face the ALS in the world. It belongs to the family of Stephen Hawking."

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Julianne Moore wins big for Simply Alice

Julianne Moore took home for Oscar for her role in Still Alice, as a professor diagnosed with early-onset dementia. She said: "I'm glad that we could talk about Alzheimer's. These people deserve to be seen to find a cure."

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What did you think of the evening? We'll leave you with the complete list of winners.

List of Oscar winners in 2015

BEST MOVIE

Boyhood
Whiplash
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Grand Budapest Hotel
American Sniper
Birdman
The Theory of Everything

BEST DIRECTOR

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Bennet Miller, Foxcatcher
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood

BEST ACTRESS

Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Simply Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

BEST ACTOR

Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

BEST NON-ENGLISH MOVIE

Ida
Wild Tales
Leviathan
Tangerines
Timbuktu

BEST ANIMATION

How To Train Your Dragon 2
Big Hero 6
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Song of the Sea
The Boxtrolls

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Boyhood
Birdman
Nightcrawler
Foxcatcher

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

American Sniper
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Inherent Vice

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga

BEST SHORT FILM

Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Burter Lamp
Parvaneh
The Phone Call

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Crisis Hotline
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Interstellar
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mr. Turner
The Theory of Everything
The Imitation game

BEST SONG

Everything is Awesome, The Lego Movie
Glory, Selma
I'm not gonna miss you, Glenn Campbell: I'll be me
Lost Stars, Begin Again
Grateful, Beyond the lights

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Birdman, Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Robert Yeoman
Ida, Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski
Mr. Turner, Dick Pope
Invincible, Roger Deakins

BEST EDITING

American Sniper, Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
The Imitation Game, William Goldenberg
Whiplash, Tom Cross
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Barney Pilling
Boyhood, Sandra Adair

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Captain America: The WInter Soldier, Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick
Interstellar, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
Guardians of the Galaxy, Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould
X-Men: Days of Future Past, Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer
The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist

BEST COSTUME