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Oscars 2015: Full winners list

The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, honored the best films of 2014, yesterday February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Here is the full list of winners.

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
Joanna – Aneta Kopacz
Our Curse – Tomasz Sliwinski, Maciej Slesicki
The Reaper – Gabriel Serra
White Earth – Christian Jensen

Achievement in sound mixing

WINNER: Whiplash – Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, Thomas Curley
American Sniper – John T Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin
Birdman – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Thomas Varga
Interstellar – Gary Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, Mark Weingarten
Unbroken – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, David Lee

Achievement in sound editing

WINNER: American Sniper – Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
Birdman – Aaron Glascock, Martín Hernández
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Brent Burge, Jason Canovas
Interstellar – Richard King
Unbroken – Becky Sullivan, Andrew DeCristofaro

Best supporting actress

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

Achievement in visual effects

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

Best animated short film

WINNER: Feast – Patrick Osborne, Kristina Reed
The Bigger Picture – Daisy Jacobs, Chris Hees
The Dam Keeper – Robert Kondo, Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi
Me and My Moulton – Torill Kove
A Single Life – Joris Oprins

Best animated feature film

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

Best production design

WINNER: The Grand Budapest Hotel: Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
The Imitation Game: Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
Interstellar: Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
Into the Woods: Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock
Mr Turner: Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts

Achievement in cinematography

WINNER: Birdman: Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel: Robert D Yeoman
Ida: Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski
Mr Turner: Dick Pope
Unbroken: Roger Deakins

Achievement in film editing

WINNER: Whiplash – Tom Cross
Boyhood – Sandra Adair
The Imitation Game – William Goldenberg
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Barney Pilling
American Sniper – Joel Cox, Gary Roach

Best documentary feature

WINNER: Citizenfour – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky
Finding Vivian Maier – John Maloof, Charlie Siskel
Last Days in Vietnam – Rory Kennedy, Keven McAlester
The Salt of the Earth – Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, David Rosier
Virunga – Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara

Best original song

WINNER: Glory from Selma – Lonnie Lynn (Common), John Stephens (John Legend)
The Lego Movie – Shawn Patterson (Everything Is Awesome)
Beyond the Lights – Diane Warren (Grateful)
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me – Glen Campbell, Julian Raymond (I’m Not Gonna Miss You)
Begin Again – Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois (Lost Stars)

Best original score

WINNER: Alexandre Desplat – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar
Jóhann Jóhannsson– The Theory of Everything
Gary Yershon – Mr Turner

Original screenplay

WINNER: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
E Max Frye, Dan Futterman – Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler

Adapted screenplay

WINNER: Graham Moore – The Imitation Game
Jason Hall – American Sniper
Paul Thomas Anderson – Inherent Vice
Anthony McCarten – The Theory of Everything
Damien Chazelle – Whiplash

Best director

WINNER: Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman
Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Bennett Miller for Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum for The Imitation Game

Best actor

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

Best actress

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

Best picture

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

February 23, 2015
Woman induces labour with Jackson’s music

32 year old Bonnie Northsea who was already past her due date dances to Micheal Jackson’s Thriller to induce labour.

The Florida mother to be who was said to be 40 weeks into her pregnancy was told dancing to Michael Jackson’s early 1980’s hit ‘Thriller’ might do the trick.

On her page she wrote “better way to celebrate your due date is by doing a dance. Decided to give this method a try, Someone told me ‘Thriller’ would induce labour.” She posted the video on her Facebook page which had about a million views already.

Watch the Video below.

February 20, 2015
Osas Ighodaro stuns on Made Mag cover

Tinsel Star Actress/Model Osas Ighodaro is the latest beauty to grace the cover of Made Magazine. The shows a daring Osas in a plunging neckline and sleek hair as she speaks on escapism, her low self esteem and the Nollywood film industry.

Excerpts from the interview:

Escapism

I believe everyone needs some form of escapism to handle a lot of the pressures life tends to bring our way. Some things I do as part of my own escapism traveling, going to the movies, enjoying the spa and meditating.

Self Esteem

In terms of confidence. It wasnt an overnight thing for me. I had low self esteem when i was younger. My parents put me through modelling and pageants to help me boost my confidence. I do feel a sense of pride when others are inspired by me because it was a long journey. Believing in onesself and knowing that you are beautiful and amazing just the way you are will in itself exude confidence from within and outward.

On Nollywood

It most certainly has evolved and it will continue to do so. When one observes the acting and types of cameras used to the quality in editing and the movie theatre releases Nollywood at 20 years old is most certainly evolving and growing. I’m definitely excited to be a part of it. It’s an exciting time for the film industry not just in Nigeria but in Africa as a whole.

Read more HERE

February 20, 2015
Ellen DeGeneres, wife celebrate 10 year anniversary

Ellen DeGeneres popular for her talk show, Ellen DeGeneres and being openly gay, celebrates 10 years with her ‘Scandal’ star wife Portia de Rossi. The duo started dating in 2004 and tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at their LA home in 2008.

The couple celebrate their ten-year-old union with a couple of makeup free selfies over the weekend. This is quite different from their tradition of skywriting.

The couple on their 6th year Anniversary

De Rossi kicked off the social media tribute to her and DeGeneres’ milestone Saturday with an adorable picture showing the pair grinning at the beach.

A second snap, captioned “Sunday,” showed the 41-year-old “Arrested Development” star with her head resting on DeGeneres’ while both gazed into the camera.

December 11, 2014
Lola Omotayo’s tribute to late father-in-law

Paul and Peter Okoye’s father fonfly called “Grandpa Jos” was reported to have passed on Monday November 24, 2014 a few hours after he fell on the way to see a specialist having previously undergone a successful knee surgery.

In light of this, Peter Okoye’s wife Lola Omotayo took to Instagram page to leave a heartfelt tribute.

“Our dearest “Gradpa Jos” it was just a week ago we were all hanging out with you, your grandchildren were running around you and playing with you. Cameron, Andre and Aliona all wondering why you had a cast on your leg and Cameron was playing with your crutches….Your warm smile and your energy kept us going. We were all happy that you were strong. You made us all laugh. This was the last thing we ever imaged. We are still in shock but we cannot question God as He knows best. May your gentle soul Rest in perfect peace our “grandpa Jos”. We miss you already. #RIP #Thebestfather-in-law”

November 25, 2014
Beyonce’s sister Solange Knowles set to wed

Solange Knowles, sister of pop diva Beyonce will tie the knot with her long term boyfriend Alan Ferguson this Sunday.

Ferguson, 51, is a music video director with a long standing relationship with Beyoncé and Jay Z, his future in-laws.

Not much is known about Sunday’s top-secret nuptials, but word on the street is the ceremony will be held in New Orleans, where Knowles, 28, lives with her 10-year-old son, Julez.

Solange will be following in her sister’s footsteps who similarly wed Jay Z in a secret ceremony in 2008.

This will be Solange Knowles’ second marriage. She was once married to Daniel Smith at the age of 17 — and divorced three years later.

November 14, 2014
It’s a boy for Kelly Rowland

Kelly Rowland is now a proud mother of a baby boy.

The former destiny’s child singer confirmed she just welcomed her first child with her husband Tim Witherspoon, yesterday, November 4th at 1:30pm.

The couple have named their 3.4kg baby Titan Jewell Witherspoon

“We are thrilled to announce that today we are the proud parents of our first son, We are blessed to report everyone is healthy and happy!” She said in a statement

Throughout her pregnancy, the 33 year old dropped many hints about the sex of her baby by posting a snapshot of mini Air Jordans with the caption “I’ll be stuntin’ like my daddy.”

November 5, 2014
Wedding bells for OC Ukeje

Fast rising Nollywood actor Oc Ukeje is officially off the market as he is set to marry Ibukun-Togonu in an intimate affair this Saturday, 8 November.

He confirmed this in a message that read: “Ibukun & I are gettin married. Pls come celebrate with us. We appreciate your prayers & hope 2 see you.”

His relationship with Canada based lover has been a very low profile one. Word on the street is, Ibukun and Osi used to be romantically linked in the past and have only recently rekindled old flame.

Not much is known about Ibukun except the fact that she is not in the entertainment business and she seems to handle his large female fan base very well.

Oc Ukeje’s claim to fame was the Amstel Malta box office reality show. He has featured in many award winning films including Two Brides and a Baby, Hoodrush, Alan Poza, Confusion Na Wa and more recently,Half of a Yellow Sun.

November 4, 2014
Linda Ikeji shut down: The real story

Linda Ikeji whose blog was shut down more than 24 hours ago, explains in a new post the real reason for her shut down.

According to her, an old cyber friend’s vendetta after he felt ignored by Linda.

In the gmail chat conversations with the said AyeDee, he revealed “I really thought success had gone to your head”

Linda explains in this blog post written by 1am, Friday October 10, 2014 her conversation with AyeDee and the real reason for the shut down.
What you are about to read is quite long…and chilling! I wasn’t going to share this info in public but after I showed it to some family members and a few friends who came to the house this morning, everyone agreed that I need to share this, that you all need to read this. You see, what happened with my blog wasn’t about beef. It wasn’t because I showed off my new SUV. It wasn’t about plagiarism, or copyright infringement. It was something deeper, very personal and maybe even more dangerous. Some would call it obsession. Please continue…
To understand this I am going to start from the beginning but before that I want to talk about plagiarism. My understanding of plagiarism is when you take someone’s work and republish it verbatim as your own work. I don’t do that. But if I have ever done that in the past then I apologize. It was an oversight. I do get a lot of original content, way more than any other blogger in this country. Some of the biggest news stories in this country in recent times was broken by LIB. From Goldie’s death (God rest her soul) Aluu4, ABSU rape, P-Square saga, Solomon Akiyesi and plenty more. And when I take news from other sources, I always credit them. When I don’t give credit is when the news is everywhere so I write it in my own words and make it mine. I don’t believe that is a crime. I admit that I have used photos without giving credit. I apologize. That will never happen again. You learn every day. And I have learnt from this.

Now about Mr Aye Dee. Let me start from the very beginning so you guys understand what really happened. Like I said earlier, this was not about copyright or plagiarism. It was personal. Very personal. In 2009 or 2010…(not sure) a guy named Alex who used to run 1976AD blog contacted me. He said he was impressed with my work and wanted to encourage me to never relent. Alex Info 1976AD (how I knew him back then) and I became very good friends online. In fact he was my confidant. Every time I had questions or challenges, I would reach out to him.

By 2011, Alex 1976AD and I became quite close…online. We even exchanged numbers and spoke a few times. He always reminded me how proud of me he was. He told me I would one day become a phenomenon. I wasn’t number one at the time but he told me that I would one day be the biggest news site in Nigeria…that he believed in me that much. He was my friend, my supporter; he sent me news to post on my blog. He wanted me to succeed. He told me things to do to get more readers. He knew a lot about the internet and how it works so I always went to him for advice. He was my anchor.

Read more here

October 10, 2014
Google restores Linda Ikeji’s blog

Barely 24 hours after Popular blogger lindaikeji.blogspot.com was taken down, it has been restored reportedly based on the fact that complaints filed against her were bogus.
Her first response after the shut down states:

Yay! LIB is back!
Google has restored my blog. About 24 hours after it was deleted. I hear it’s a record. Yay! Normally it takes weeks or even months for Google to restore a deleted blog. But we are special here! Lol

The people who took it down knew what to do. You get a number of strikes on blogger and after that it is automatically deleted. It’s automated, programmed to work that way. But the human beings got involved, checked out all the filed complaints, saw they were bogus and restored the Linda Ikeji Blog

Thanks LIBers, you guys rock! Make sure you read the next post coming…!

October 10, 2014