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The 87th Academy Award Ceremony, took place on 22 February, 2015 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The Ceremony which is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science honored the best films in various categories for the year 2014. The grand event started at 5: 30 pm, attended by stalwarts.

Here's the list of Nominees and Winners for the 87th Academy Award.

•    Best Actor
o    Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
o    Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
o    Benedict Cumberbatch, Imitation Game
o    Michael Keaton, Birdman
o    Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything – Winner

•    Best Actress
o    Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night
o    Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
o    Julianne Moore, Still Alice – Winner
o    Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
o    Reese Witherspoon, Wild

•    Direction
o    Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman– Winner
o    Richard Linklater, Boyhood
o    Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
o    Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
o    Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

•    Best Supporting Actor
o    Robert Duvall, The Judge
o    Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
o    Edward Norton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
o    Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
o    J.K. Simmons, Whiplash – Winner

•    Best Supporting Actress
o    Patricia Arquette, Boyhood – Winner
o    Laura Dern, Wild
o    Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
o    Emma Stone, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
o    Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

•    Original Screenplay
o    Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Winner
o    Richard Linklater, Boyhood
o    E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, Foxcatcher
o    Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest Hotel
o    Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler

•    Film Editing
o    American Sniper
o    Boyhood
o    The Grand Budapest Hotel
o    The Imitation Game
o    Whiplash – Winner

•    Adapted Screenplay
o    Jason Hall, American Sniper
o    Graham Moore, The Imitation Game – Winner
o    Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice
o    Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything
o    Damien Chazelle, Whiplash

•    Original Score
o    Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel – Winner
o    Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
o    Hans Zimmer, Interstellar
o    Gary Yershon, Mr. Turner
o    Jóhann Jóhannsson, The Theory of Everything

•    Original Song
o    “Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie
o    “Glory” from Selma – Winner
o    “Grateful” from Beyond the Lights
o    “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell… I’ll Be Me
o    “Lost Stars” from Begin Again

•    Visual Effects
o    Captain America: The Winter Soldier
o    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
o    Guardians of the Galaxy
o    Interstellar – Winner
o    X-Men: Days of Future Past

•    Animated Feature Film
o    Big Hero 6 – Winner
o    The Boxtrolls
o    How to Train Your Dragon 2
o    Song of the Sea
o    The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

•    Cinematography
o    Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Winner
o    Robert Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel
o    Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski, Ida
o    Dick Pope, Mr. Turner
o    Roger Deakins, Unbroken

•    Costume Design
o    Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel – Winner
o    Mark Bridges, Inherent Vice
o    Colleen Atwood, Into the Woods
o    Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive, Maleficent
o    Jacqueline Durran, Mr. Turner

•    Makeup and Hairstyling
o    Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard, Foxcatcher
o    Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, The Grand Budapest Hotel – Winner
o    Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White, Guardians of the Galaxy

•    Foreign Language Film
o    Ida (Poland) – Winner
o    Leviathan (Russia)
o    Tangerines (Estonia)
o    Timbuktu (Mauritania)
o    Wild Tales (Argentina)

•    Live Action Short Film
o    Aya
o    Boogaloo and Graham
o    Butter Lamp (La Lampe au Beurre de Yak)
o    Parvaneh
o    The Phone Call – Winner

•    Animated Short Film
o    The Bigger Picture
o    The Dam Keeper
o    Feast – Winner
o    Me and My Moulton
o    A Single Life

•    Sound Editing
o    American Sniper – Winner
o    Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
o    The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
o    Interstellar
o    Unbroken

•    Sound Mixing
o    American Sniper
o    Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
o    Interstellar
o    Unbroken
o    Whiplash – Winner

•    Documentary Short Subject
o    Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1– Winner
o    Joanna
o    Our Curse
o    The Reaper (La Parka)
o    White Earth

•    Production Design
o    The Grand Budapest Hotel – Winner
o    The Imitation Game
o    Interstellar
o    Into the Woods
o    Mr. Turner

•    Documentary Feature
o    Citizen four – Winner
o    Finding Vivian Maier
o    Last Days in Vietnam
o    The Salt of the Earth
o    Virunga

•    Best Picture
o    American Sniper
o    Birdman – Winner
o    Boyhood
o    The Grand Budapest Hotel
o    The Imitation Game
o    Selma
o    The Theory of Everything
o    Whiplash

- Smrutirekha