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2014 Oscar winners: ‘Gravity’, ’12 Years A Slave’ & ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ big winners

Though 12 Years A Slave took home the top prize at this year’s Oscars for Best Picture, it was Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity that came away with the most statues. Gravity nabbed seven of them: Best Director, Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Visual Effects. In addition to Best Picture, 12 Years was awarded two more Oscars; young rising actress Lupita Nyong’o was named Best Supporting Actress and it was awarded for its Adapted Screenplay. Dallas Buyers Club also came out on top winning three Oscars, too; Matthew McConaughey won Best Actor, Jared Leto won Best Supporting Actor (and Best Speech), and the movie was also awarded for its Makeup and Hairstyling. Elsewhere, Frozen won Best Animated Feature and its popular theme “Let It Go” by Adele Dazeem Idina Menzel was crowned Best Original Song.

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2014 Oscar nods are in!

The nominations are here for the 86th Academy Awards. There are nine films vying for Best Picture and they are American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Her, Nebraska, Philomena. 12 Years a Slave, and The Wolf of Wall Street. David O. Russell (American Hustle) Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity), Alexander Payne (Nebraska), Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), and Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street) are up for Best Director. American Hustle and Gravity are the most nominated movies this year with 10 apiece. As for snubs, people are buzzing that star Tom Hanks and director Paul Greengrass were not recognized for their respective contributions to Captain Phillips; also no love for Sam Rockwell (The Way, Way Back), Scarlett Johansson (Her), Pixar’s animated Monsters University, and Ed Sheeran’s phenomenal song “I See Fire” from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Click here for the full list of nominees.

Ellen DeGeneres hosts the Oscars live Sunday, March 2 at 7PM EST on ABC.