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Inside Film at the Oscars

Pictures is the actress Jennifer Lawrence attempting to steal the Oscar for Best Actress from the winner, Lupita N'yongo
Pictures is the actress Jennifer Lawrence attempting to steal the Oscar for Best Actress from the winner, Lupita N'yongo

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The 86th Academy Awards ceremony marks the end of this years awards season and it was certainly a fitting end. If you didn’t happen to watch our entertaining liveblog covering all the events as and when they happened, we’ve got a recap of all the nominations and winners of the night.

The nominations and winners for each category at the Oscars are as follows:

Best Picture
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years a Slave – Winner
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club – Winner

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine – Winner
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County

Best Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Philips
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club – Winner

Best Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Ny’ongo, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County – Winner

Best Director
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity – Winner
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Original Screenplay
American Hustle, Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club, Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack
Her, Spike Jonze – Winner
Nebraska, Bob Nelson

Best Adapted Screenplay
Before Midnight, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips, Billy Ray
Philomena, Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope
12 Years a Slave, John Ridley – Winner
The Wolf of Wall Street, Terence Winter

Best Animated Feature Film
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
The Wind Rises
Frozen – Winner

Best Foreign Language Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown 
The Great Beauty – Winner
The Hunt
The Missing Picture
Omar

Best Visual Effects
Gravity – Winner
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness

Best Cinematography
The Grandmaster
Gravity – Winner
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Prisoners

Best Costume Design
American Hustle, Michael Wilkinson
The Grandmaster, William Chang Suk Ping
The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin – Winner
The Invisible Woman, Michael O’ Connor
12 Years a Slave, Patricia Norris

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club, Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews – Winner
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, Stephen Prouty
The Lone Ranger, Joel Harlow, Gloria Pasqua-Casny

Best Original Score
The Book Thief, John Williams
Gravity, Steven Price – Winner
Her, William Butler, Owen Pallett
Philomena, Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr. Banks, Thomas Newman

Best Original Song
“Happy”, Despicable Me 2
“Let it Go”, Frozen – Winner
“The Moon Song”, Her
“Ordinary love”, Mandela: Long Walk to freedom 

Best Sound Editing
All is Lost, Steve Boeddeker, Richard Hymns
Captain Philips, Oliver Tarney
Gravity, Glenn Freemantle – Winner
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Brent Burge, Chris Ward
Lone Survivor, Wylie Stateman

Best Sound Mixing
Captain Philips, Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael and Semanick
Gravity, Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro – Winner
Inside Llewyn Davis, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Lone Survivor, Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow

Best Production Design
American Hustle, Judy Becker
Gravity, Andy Nicholson
The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin – Winner
Her, K.K. Barrett
12 Years a Slave, Adam Stockhausen

Best Film Editing
American Hustle, Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
Captain Phillips, Christopher Rouse
Dallas Buyers Club, John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger – Winner
12 Years a Slave, Joe Walker

Best Animated Short Film
Feral
Get a Horse!
Mr. Hublot – Winner
Possessions
Room o

Best Live Action Short Film
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
Helium – Winner
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa (Do I Have To Take Care Of Everything?)
The Voorman problem

Best Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet from Stardom – Winner

Best Documentary Short
CaveDigger
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: The Music Saved My Life – Winner
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall

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What went viral at the Oscars.

Jennifer Lawrence and Matthew Mcconaughey backstage at the Oscars after Matthew won the Oscar for Best Actor in a leading role.

Jennifer Lawrence

The golden girl of the oscars never fails to disappoint, Jennifer Lawrence manages to recreate last year’s hilarious fall, although this time she didn’t even make it into the theatre. Instead, she tripped on a traffic cone.

Click on the image to watch the fall.

Jennifer Lawrence Falls on the Red carpet

Gif via E! Online

 

 

 

 

 

 

After losing out to Lupita Nyong’o for Best Supporting Actress, Jennifer goes on to wrestle for her second Oscar statuette.

Pictures is the actress Jennifer Lawrence attempting to steal the Oscar for Best Actress from the winner, Lupita N'yongo

Image via: news.softpedia.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ellen returns to the Oscars and resurrects the selfie.

Last time Ellen hosted the shindig in 2007, she took a snap with Clint Eastwood as a way to remember the event.

An image of Ellen Degeneres and Clint Eastwood at the Oscars in 2007.

Image via Empire Online

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This year she decided to grab a selfie with Liza Minelli.

A selfie taken by Ellen Degeneres of her and Liza Minelli at the Oscars 2014.

Image via Twitter (@TheEllenShow)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But that was nothing compared to the ‘Best selfie ever!’

A selfie taken by Bradley Cooper at the Oscars 2014 including, Meryl Streep, Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts, Ellen Degeneres, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Lupita Nyong'o.

Image via Twitter (@TheEllenShow)

 

 

 

 

 

 

From left to right the celebrities in the uber-selife are, Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Channing Tatum, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts (looking like she has had one to many gin and tonics) Ellen Degeneres, Kevin Spacey (looking oddly like Pee-wee Herman), Bradley Cooper, Brad Pitt, Lupita Nyong’o, Peter Nyong’o (making the most of his sister’s new found fame and A-list friend) and Angelina Jolie.

Following the Tweet of this selfie, it soon became the most retweeted tweet in history, easily beating the previous record held by Barack Obama’s ‘Four more years’ tweet.

Cumberbomb

Probably the best red carpet moment of the night, Benedict Cumberbatch photo-bombs U2.

U2 posing for a photo on the red carpet at the Oscars 2014, with Benedict Cumberbatch jumping up behind them.

Photo via Buzzfeed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benedict then goes on the photobomb 38 other things

 

Pizza!

Ellen delivers pizza to the audience who have more than likely been starving themselves for the past months to fit into their Oscar dress.

Brad and Angelina eating pizza at the Oscars 2014.

Image via Twitter (@YahooCelebUK)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A series of six pictures taken by Ellen at the Oscars of celebrities eating pizza during the ceremony.

Image via Twitter (@TheEllenShow)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Travolta messes up his one line.

Introducing Idina Menzel to perform the Oscar nominated song ‘Let It Go’ from Frozen, Travolta somehow manages to introduce her as ‘Adele Dazeem’, and we have the vine to prove it.

If you’re interested in how John Travolta would introduce yourself at the Oscars, some internet geek has created a way to Travoltify your name.

What was your favourite part of the Oscars? Tweet us @Inside_Film using the hashtag #InsideFilmOscars, we’d love to know what you think.

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Time is running out to visit Tatooine

The fictional city of Mos Espa is located within the sand dunes of Tunisia. The characters from Star Wars are walking down the marketplace with many domed buildings and sci fi structures around them.
The fictional city of Mos Espa is located within the sand dunes of Tunisia. The characters from Star Wars are walking down the marketplace with many domed buildings and sci fi structures around them.

Image via starwars.wikia.com

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, 1999 and Tunisia to be exact, George Lucas gave Star Wars fans the most detailed and strikingly beautiful location that the series had to offer. Just ask any Star Wars fan of the first city that springs to mind, they’ll undoubtedly think of Mos Espa, the hometown of one Anakin Skywalker. Fast forward well over a decade however, this real world location may soon be a thing of the past.

Located just to the west of the Tunisian city of Tozeur, lies one of the most detailed Star Wars sets ever built. Nestled amidst the dunes are around 20 buildings covering an area of around 10,000 square meters. One of the largest Star Wars sets produced, many tourists stumble upon the location thinking they’ve been transported in time.

This area was prominently featured in the first of the Star Wars prequels, Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace and has since become one of Tunisia’s key tourist attractions. Tourists can currently visit Mos Espa and get the feel as though they are on the fictional planet of Tatooine, the only thing that’s missing are the twin suns.

CNN reports however, that this iconic area may soon be lost by the very location it resides in. The sand dunes next to Mos Espa are currently moving at a rate of around 4cm per day, with the fictional city lying right in its path. Very soon, Mos Espa may be lost forever.

A domed hut is shown with sand creeping up the already decayed walls.

Image via holidaycheck.com. The sand is starting to surround the already weathered Mos Espa buildings.

This news comes at a devastating loss for Tunisia, as the area is frequently included in various holiday packages and draws many visitors, all wishing to gain an insight into this iconic fictional city.

In an interview with CNN, Tahar Karya, an expert in the sand dunes of Tunisia and George Lucas’ personal driver during filming, had this to say about how Tunisia benefited as a result of Mr Lucas:

“More than 1,500 background actors were employed. Agencies and hotels also benefited. Over a period of two-and-a-half months, (Lucas) brought activities to the region and beneficial economic activity. We hope he comes back here again.”

Perhaps George Lucas will return to Tunisia to film the latest Star Wars films? He’d better bring a spade.

The set has remained unused since 2003 after Lucas finished filming Episode 2, the final film that featured Mos Espa. At the time of writing, those interested can still visit the set, but for how much longer?

Better book those tickets sooner rather than later Star Wars fans, as Mos Espa may soon be swallowed up by the Sahara Desert itself. Perhaps a few centuries from now future civilisations may uncover the location and mistake it for a functioning city of our time and not that of a film set.

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John Williams, the man behind the music

Image shows composer John Williams conducting one of his many pieces.

Image via: eddieonfilm.blogspot.co.uk

You probably already know by now who John Williams is. The famous composer has written more scores than you shake a musical stick at (or a conductor’s baton if you prefer). Most notable scores include Saving Private Ryan, Superman and my personal favourite, Jurassic Park. How did John Williams achieve such great recognition in the movie industry?

Born on February 8th 1932 in New York, to an already musical family, John Williams was destined for a life of music. Attending the University of California in 1952, John studied with Italian composer, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. His musical career had begun.

After his time at university John Williams worked as a jazz pianist, playing in many clubs in and around New York. He then worked on television production for shows such as Peter Gunn and Days of Wine and Roses. His first credited film score didn’t come until the 1960 film, Because They’re Young, moving away from his television work.

For many years, John was nominated for musical awards in film, but never took home an award. In many ways, it was director Steven Spielberg who introduced John Williams into the limelight. A then new director on the movie scene, Steven asked for John Williams to compose the score for his first film, The Sugarland Express. The film gained critical acclaim, and showcased the power the duo have in the movie industry.

Since then, John Williams has scored all but two of Spielberg’s movies, The Twilight Zone and The Color Purple being the only exceptions. In 1977, John Williams was approached by another up and coming director, George Lucas.

The director pitched the idea of a science fiction space opera titled, Star Wars. John happily accepted and his since provided the score for all subsequent sequels and prequels. The most distinguished score, “Force Theme” can be heard via the YouTube video below.

Surely, it must be a given that John Williams will be composing the score for the newly announced Star Wars trilogy?

John Williams has since composed the soundtrack for another series of George Lucas directed films, starring an archaeologist called Dr Henry Jones. Other notable film scores include the X-Men series, The Adventures of Tintin and the Harry Potter films.

During his career, John Williams has won 40 awards for his musical achievement in film and it doesn’t look like it’s going to end there. John has already started work on his composition for the upcoming Jurassic World and it looks more than likely that he’ll be composing the score for the new Star Wars films. May the score be with you John.