2015 Academy Awards
Live coverage of the 2015 Oscars.
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What a night! If you're looking for a wrap up of this year's Oscars, here's some of our coverage from the night. Thanks for joining us. That's a wrap!
Julianne Moore wins best actress Oscar for 'Still Alice'
Eddie Redmayne wins best actor Oscar for 'Theory of Everything'
Alejandro Inarritu wins best director Oscar for 'Birdman'
Oscars host Neil Patrick Harris salutes movies, pokes Oscars on race
Oscars honor veteran supporting actors, Poland's 'Ida'
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Eight days on edge may seal documentary Oscar for 'Citizenfour'
(Reuters) - Unlike the often long, arduous slog of making documentary films, with subjects sometimes followed for years, the bulk of Oscar contender "Citizenfour" came together in eight dramatic days.
Inside the Hong Kong luxury hotel room of National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, the former government contractor detailed the U.S and British governments' secret mass surveillance programs before fleeing the territory.
"We met on a Monday, and then he went underground on the following Monday," director Laura Poitras told Reuters ahead of Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony, where "Citizenfour" is widely expected to win best documentary.
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Bomb scare proves false alarm near Hollywood venue for Oscars
(Reuters) - A bomb scare triggered by an erratic motorist brandishing a propane tank at a shopping strip near the Hollywood venue for the upcoming Oscars show proved to be a false alarm on Thursday, but the man was detained, Los Angeles police said.
Bomb squad investigators cordoned off a row of storefronts and the front entrance of a hotel across the street after a man who was driving recklessly in the area emerged from his car with the propane cannister, according to police on the scene.
The man told police who stopped him that he also had two canisters of nitrous oxide, a non-flammable gas also known as laughing gas. He was taken into custody while the bomb squad was called to investigate the situation, police said.
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Third of Americans say Hollywood has problem with minorities: Reuters/Ipsos poll
(Reuters) - In a year when a lack of diversity among Academy Awards nominees prompted the Twitter hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, one-third of Americans believe Hollywood does not pay proper attention to minorities and women, according to the annual Reuters/Ipsos Oscars poll.
Thirty-four percent of the nearly 2,000 people polled online said they believed Hollywood has a general problem with minorities and 32 percent said the film industry's capital shies away from making Oscar-caliber movies that appeal to minorities.
Nearly two-thirds of black respondents, or 62 percent, said Hollywood had a problem with minorities, compared to 48 percent from all minority groups.
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According to Hollywood cognoscenti, this year’s Best Picture Oscar on Sunday may come down to Birdman or Boyhood, which couldn’t be more appropriate. Not in a long time has an Oscar race — and two pictures — so clearly defined the state of the American film industry and the tensions that rend it when it gets outside its commercial comfort zone. Think of the contest as head versus heart, or as art versus artlessness.
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A carpenter uses a hammer to remove protective plastic from an Oscar statue just placed outside the Dolby Theater during preparations for the 87th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 20, 2015. The Oscars will be presented at the Dolby Theater February 22, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
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Come for the music, stay for the movies - @mhmilliken has what to expect at Sunday's #Oscars2015 http://t.co/2GINmEPbz6Feb. 20, 2015
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These #Oscars may boil down to #Birdman v #Boyhood - and final three awards in 3-hour telecast are ones to watch http://t.co/BAPu8hhslRFeb. 20, 2015
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Netflix raises Oscar stakes with documentary contender 'Virunga'
(Reuters) - Netflix Inc, the streaming video pioneer that shook up Internet television with "House of Cards," loped into the heart of the Hollywood film world this awards season on the backs of some captivating mountain gorillas.
In a sign of the company's ambitions, Netflix mounted a high-profile campaign to win the feature documentary category at Sunday's Academy Awards with "Virunga," the story of rare gorillas threatened by unrest and oil drilling in the Congo's Virunga National Park.
It ran full-page ads in The New York Times, took over billboards in Hollywood, and hosted a screening attended by Bill and Hillary Clinton. Executive producer Leonardo DiCaprio helped promote the film.
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Civil rights groups to protest Oscars over lack of diversity
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Civil rights groups are calling for a boycott of Sunday's Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles to demand more diversity among Academy Awards voters after no actors from ethnic minority -
With eye on Oscars, Tom Ford shows latest collection in Hollywood
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Tom Ford learned his upcoming London Fashion Week runway show was scheduled for the day after Hollywood's Oscars night, where celebrity fashion on the red carpet is closely -
'Timbuktu' director wants more cinema from West Africa
ReutersDAKAR (Reuters) - The Oscar nomination of Timbuktu, a film about the occupation of the Malian desert town by al Qaeda-linked Islamists in 2012, should not mask the lack of established cinema from West -
Academy Awards: How bad is Hollywood's diversity problem?
The Christian Science MonitorOutside Hollywood’s big Oscars gathering Sunday, there’ll be a protest of what critics say is a lack of diversity among Academy Awards nominees and those who choose them. -
The Indie Spirit Awards and the Oscars, or (Why Does Hollywood Hate Itself?)
TIME.comThe inescapable takeaway from Oscar night: The industry wishes it were indie, writes TIME's Richard Corliss -
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Oscars 2015: Big Data number crunchers try their hand at calling the awards
latimes.comAs almost anyone who's ever joined an office pool can tell you, Oscar predictions are famously squishy affairs, likely to flummox even a sophisticated film fan. -
Looking for a list of all tonight's nominations? Find it here:
2015 Oscars: Nominees - 87th Academy Awards Nominations
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Oscars promise suspense and maybe some surprises
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's awards season reaches its apogee on Sunday at the 87th Academy Awards, where "Birdman" and "Boyhood" are locked in a battle for best picture and veteran actors are likely to grasp their first golden Oscar statuettes. -
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Feb. 22, 2015
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Here's the spread for the Governors Ball after the #Oscars http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-ewyzQCIAEKmCn.jpg
by Lisa Richwine via twitter 2/22/2015 10:02:36 PM -
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On the red carpet with @LARichwine http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-exGAYCUAABZpl.jpg
by Nichola Groom via twitter 2/22/2015 10:03:55 PM -
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The tented #oscars red carpet is about to open! @ Dolby Theatre instagram.com
by Piya Sinha-Roy via twitter 2/22/2015 10:04:31 PM -
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Press perks. We got to drive right up to the #Oscars red carpet. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-ezIoXCEAAiXYA.jpg
by Lisa Richwine via twitter 2/22/2015 10:12:49 PM -
Pulling up to the red carpet #oscars http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-ezSElCEAA7-NX.jpg
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Just to give you an idea of how loud the crowd is here on the
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Factbox: Oscar nominations in key categories
(Reuters) - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will hold the 87th Academy Awards at a ceremony on Sunday.
Following is a list of nominees in leading categories.
BEST PICTURE
"American Sniper"
"Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)"
"Boyhood"
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"The Imitation Game"
"Selma"
"The Theory of Everything"
"Whiplash"
BEST ACTOR
Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"
Bradley Cooper, "American Sniper"
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"
Michael Keaton, "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of
Ignorance)"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, "Two Days, One Night"
Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything"
Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl"
Reese Witherspoon, "Wild"
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A man makes final preparations along the red carpet outside the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, hours before arrivals for the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California February 22, 2015. The 87th Academy Awards ceremony honors the best films of 2014. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
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Wolfgang Puck's amazing spread for the #oscars instagram.com
by Piya Sinha-Roy via twitter 2/22/2015 10:33:04 PM -
I got my own little gold man tonight 😜 #oscars @ Dolby Theatre instagram.com
by Piya Sinha-Roy via twitter 2/22/2015 10:34:04 PM -
Looking for Oscar coverage? Follow @Reuters peeps: @LARichwine, @mhmilliken, @PiyaSRoy, @nicholagroom and @ericgkelsey.by Andrew.seaman via twitter retweeted by ericgkelsey 2/22/2015 10:52:57 PM -
The man of the hour, host Neil Patrick Harris looking very dapper on #oscars red carpet @ Dolby Theatre instagram.com
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Patricia Arquette in a dress by Rosanna Getty, her childhood friend. @ Dolby Theatre instagram.com
by Piya Sinha-Roy via twitter 2/22/2015 11:25:18 PM -
Patricia Arquette on her road to the
by Piya Sinha-Roy via twitter 2/22/2015 11:26:54 PM -
Tegan and Sara, who will be performing Everything is Awesome tonight. #oscars red carpet instagram.com
by Piya Sinha-Roy via twitter 2/22/2015 11:27:55 PM -
Will.i.am on the #oscars red carpet; he'll be performing tonight. instagram.com
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