86th Annual Academy Awards(Oscars)Winners Sunday March 02,2014

Ellen DeGeneres hosted the show List of winners at Sunday's 86th annual Academy Awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best picture WINNER: 12 Years a Slave Nominees: American Hustle; Captain Phillips; Dallas Buyers Club; Gravity; Her; Nebraska; Philomena; The Wolf of Wall Street; 12 Years a Slave  Based on the memoir by Solomon Northup, a free man kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841, "12 Years a Slave" topped "American Hustle," "Captain Phillips," "Dallas Buyers Club," "Gravity," "Her," "Nebraska," "Philomena" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" for 2014 Best Picture honors Will Smith presented Steve McQueen's film, which was also produced by Brad Pitt, with the Best Picture Oscar. Brad Pitt accepted the award before giving way to McQueen, a fellow producer.Steve McQueen(44)made history by becoming the 1st Black Man to win an Oscar  in the Best Picture category. (He lost Best Director, however, to Alfonso Cuaron for "Gravity.") Steve McQueen thanked his mother, his children and Pitt. "Everyone deserves not just to survive, but to live. This is the legacy of Solomon Northup," McQueen said. He dedicated the Oscar to the people who spent their lives suffering in slavery. Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" which earned 9 total nominations and won threeawards - Best Picture Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o) and  Best Adapted Screenplay (written by John Ridley)  Angelina gives her husband Brad - producer of 12 Years A Slave - a kiss on the lips Lupita Nyong'O embraces 12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen while producer Bra Pitt looks on Gravity director Alfonso Cuaron gets two Oscars -Best Director and Best Editing Alfonso Cuaron's"Gravity" which got 10 nominations won 7 awards - Best Director -Alfonso Cuaron for ''Gravity'' Best Editing -Alfonso Cuaron & Mark Sanger for ''Gravity'' Best Cinematography - Emmanuel Lubezki for "Gravity" Best Sound Editing - Glenn Freemantle for "Gravity" Best Sound Mixing -Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro for "Gravity" Best Original Score -Steven Price for '' Gravity'' Best Visual Effects -Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould for "Gravity" OSCARS - MAIN WINNERS Gravity - 7 awards 12 Years a Slave - 3 awards Dallas Buyers Club - 3 awards Frozen - 2 awards The Great Gatsby - 2 awards Blue Jasmine - 1 award Her - 1 award Best actor WINNER: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club Nominees: Christian Bale, American Hustle; Bruce Dern, Nebraska; Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street; Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club; Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave Best actress WINNER: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine Nominees: Amy Adams, American Hustle; Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine; Sandra Bullock, Gravity; Judi Dench, Philomena; Meryl Streep, August: Osage County Best supporting actor WINNER: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club Nominees: Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips; Bradley Cooper, American Hustle; Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave; Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street; Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club Best supporting actress WINNER: Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave Nominees: Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine; Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle; Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave; Julia Roberts, August: Osage County; June Squibb, Nebraska
Best director WINNER: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity Nominees: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity; Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave; Alexander Payne, Nebraska; David O. Russell, American Hustle; Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street Best animated feature film WINNER: Frozen Producer Peter Del Vecho, directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck accept the Best Animated Feature Film award for Frozen onstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre Nominees: The Croods; Despicable Me 2; Ernest & Celestine; Frozen; The Wind Rises Best foreign film WINNER: The Great Beauty Nominees: The Broken Circle Breakdown, Belgium; The Great Beauty, Italy; The Hunt, Denmark; The Missing Picture, Cambodia; Omar, Palestine Best original screenplay WINNER: Her, Spike Jonze Nominees: American Hustle, Eric Singer and David O. Russell; Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen; Dallas Buyers Club, Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack; Her, Spike Jonze; Nebraska, Bob Nelson Best adapted screenplay WINNER: 12 Years a Slave, John Ridley Nominees: Before Midnight, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke; Captain Phillips, Billy Ray; Philomena, Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope; 12 Years a Slave, John Ridley; The Wolf of Wall Street, Terence Winter Best original score WINNER: Gravity Nominees: The Book Thief; Gravity; Her; Philomena; Saving Mr. Banks Best original song WINNER: Let It Go, from Frozen Nominees: Alone Yet Not Alone, from Alone Yet Not Alone; Happy, from Despicable Me 2; Let It Go, from Frozen; The Moon Song, from Her; Ordinary Love, from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Best cinematography WINNER: Gravity Nominees: The Grandmaster; Gravity; Inside Llewyn Davis; Nebraska; Prisoners  Best costume design WINNER: The Great Gatsby Nominees: American Hustle; The Grandmaster; The Great Gatsby; The Invisible Woman; 12 Years a Slave Best documentary feature WINNER: 20 Feet From Stardom Nominees: The Act of Killing; Cutie and the Boxer; Dirty Wars; The Square; 20 Feet From Stardom Best documentary short subject WINNER: The Lady in Number 6 Nominees: CaveDigger; Facing Fear; Karama Has No Walls; The Lady in Number 6; Music Saved My Life; Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall Best film editing WINNER: Gravity Nominees: American Hustle; Captain Phillips; Dallas Buyers Club; Gravity; 12 Years a Slave Best makeup and hairstyling WINNER: Dallas Buyers Club Nominees: Dallas Buyers Club; Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa; The Lone Ranger Best production design WINNER: The Great Gatsby Nominees: American Hustle; Gravity; The Great Gatsby; Her; 12 Years a Slave Best animated short film WINNER: Mr. Hublot Nominees: Feral; Get a Horse!; Mr. Hublot; Possessions; Room on the Broom Best live-action short film WINNER: Helium Nominees: Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me); Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything); Helium; Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?); The Voorman Problem Best sound editing WINNER: Gravity Nominees: All Is Lost; Captain Phillips; Gravity; The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; Lone Survivor Best sound mixing WINNER: Gravity Nominees: Captain Phillips; Gravity; The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; Inside Llewyn Davis; Lone Survivor Best visual effects WINNER: Gravity Nominees: Gravity; The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; Iron Man 3; The Lone Ranger; Star Trek Into Darkness

Perhaps atoning for past sins, Hollywood named the brutal, unshrinking historical drama "12 Years a Slave" best picture at the 86th annual Academy Awards. Steve McQueen's slavery odyssey, based on Solomon Northup's 1853 memoir, has been hailed as a landmark corrective to the movie industry's long omission of slavery stories and years of whiter tales like 1940 best-picture winner "Gone With the Wind." McQueen dedicated the honor to those who suffered slavery and "the 21 million who still endure slavery today." Read more at http://gazette.com/12-years-a-slave-wins-best-picture-at-oscars/article/1515719#IOFFoKSmPJSqchqy.99
Perhaps atoning for past sins, Hollywood named the brutal, unshrinking historical drama "12 Years a Slave" best picture at the 86th annual Academy Awards. Steve McQueen's slavery odyssey, based on Solomon Northup's 1853 memoir, has been hailed as a landmark corrective to the movie industry's long omission of slavery stories and years of whiter tales like 1940 best-picture winner "Gone With the Wind." McQueen dedicated the honor to those who suffered slavery and "the 21 million who still endure slavery today." Read more at http://gazette.com/12-years-a-slave-wins-best-picture-at-oscars/article/1515719#IOFFoKSmPJSqchqy.99
Perhaps atoning for past sins, Hollywood named the brutal, unshrinking historical drama "12 Years a Slave" best picture at the 86th annual Academy Awards. Steve McQueen's slavery odyssey, based on Solomon Northup's 1853 memoir, has been hailed as a landmark corrective to the movie industry's long omission of slavery stories and years of whiter tales like 1940 best-picture winner "Gone With the Wind." McQueen dedicated the honor to those who suffered slavery and "the 21 million who still endure slavery today." Read more at http://gazette.com/12-years-a-slave-wins-best-picture-at-oscars/article/1515719#IOFFoKSmPJSqchqy.99