Entertainment News Wednesdays: The Oscars

Lupita Nyong'o is All Smiles as Accepts Her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress (12 Years A Slave)
Photo Credit: Getty/AFP, Kevin Winter

As I heard Lupita's name for "Best Supporting Actress", I jumped out of my bed and began screaming, "She won, She won". Sharee and I have been following her fairy tale rise from unknown actress out of Yale school to Oscar winner.

Other Highlights from the 86th Academy Awards were:

• Host Ellen DeGeneres taking a selfie (See picture below) with Kevin Spacey, Channing Tatum, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lawrence, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Jared Leto, Lupita, Lupita's brother Peter, Bradley Cooper and Meryl Streep during the middle of the Oscars.
• The selfie broked Twitter with over a million retweets
• Ellen ordering Pizza for everyone
• A frenzy on Twitter as to whether pregnant Kerry Washington got any pizza
• Pharrell singing "Happy" from Despicable Me 2 and dancing with Lupita Nyong'o and Meryl Streep
• The tribute to West Columbia, South Carolina Sarah Jones, who was killed by a train while working on the set of Midnight Rider, two weeks ago.
• The pure emotion and excitement of Steven McQueen on stage after winning Best Picture for 12 Years A Slave. (See picture below)

Director Steve McQueen
Photo Credit: Theguardian.com

Photo Credit: Ellen Twitter

The Winners of the 86th Academy Awards:

Best Picture	12 Years a Slave
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress in a Leading Role	Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Best Animated Feature	Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)
Best Cinematography	Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Best Costume Design	The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)
Best Directing	Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)
Best Documentary Feature	20 Feet from Stardom (Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen, Caitrin Rogers)
Best Documentary Short	The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas Reed)
Best Film Editing	Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)
Best Foreign Language Film	The Great Beauty (Italy)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling	Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)
Best Original Score	Gravity (Steven Price)
Best Original Song	Let It Go - Frozen (Idina Menzel)
Best Production Design	The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)
Best Animated Short Film	Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)
Best Live Action Short Film	Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)
Best Sound Editing	Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)
Best Sound Mixing	Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)
Best Visual Effects	Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)
Best Adapted Screenplay	12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)
Best Original Screenplay	Her (Spike Jonze)

Jared Leto
Photo Credit: eonline.com

Matthew McConaughey
Photo Credit: Entertainment.time.com

Great speech Matthew gave thanking God, his parents, wife, and kids.

His memorable line:
"Alright, Alright, Alright"





Jared gave an emotional speech about his mom having him and his brother as a teenager.







Did you watch the Oscars? What was your favorite moment? Should Ellen host again next year?