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This week in history: 12th April – 18th April

Audrey Hepburn in a black and white still from Breakfast at Tiffany's.

 

A black and white image of Barbara Streisand

Image via IMDB

Katharine Hepburn and Barbara Streisand tie for Best Actress Oscar. At the 41st annual academy awards in 1969 were televised live for the first time worldwide, Ingrid Bergman proclaimed “It’s a tie!” upon opening the envelope for Best Actress in a Leading Role. The award went to both Katharine Hepburn, for her turn as Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter, and Barbra Streisand, for her debut performance in Funny Girl.

New sound process for films was announced this week in 1926. Western Electric, the manufacturing arm of the American Telephone and Telegraph company (AT&T), and the Warner Brothers film studio officially introduce Vitaphone, a new process that will enable the addition of sound to film. Vitaphone debuted in August 1926 with the costume drama Don Juan, starring John Barrymore and featuring an orchestral score by the New York Philharmonic.

On April 12th 1914 the first movie ‘Palace’, (cinema) opened in New York City. Before 1914 movie makers would often showcase their creations behind storefronts, known as ‘nickelodeons’. This palace, known as ‘The Strand’ seated an impressive 3,000 people and featured a second storey viewing area. Another ‘first’ seen at The Strand was a two-storey rotunda where movie-goers would socialise before and after the presentation and during the intermission.

 

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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

Image via: news.softpedia.com

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.