The Academy Awards are here again and, just like last year, the Bournemouth Rock is covering Oscars 2015 live.
All eyes are once again turned to Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, where the awards will be announced in a glittering ceremony hosted by the wonderful Neil Patrick Harris.
Join Tom Beasley – former Editor of The Rock and film blogger at The Popcorn Muncher – from 11pm for all of the coverage of the red carpet, the ceremony and, of course, the winners.
Feel free to join the discussion on Twitter by tweeting @BournemouthRock with your views.
05.16
So that’s about it for tonight’s Oscars 2015 live blog.
It’s been a blast for me and I hope you’ve enjoyed it too.
I’ve been Tom Beasley. Be sure to check out my blog, The Popcorn Muncher, where I will be posting some reaction to the good and the bad of tonight’s ceremony.
05.13
Oscars 2015 in Brief
Birdman soared to victory at the Oscars, winning four awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Also with four prizes was The Grand Budapest Hotel. Coming in third was the terrific Whiplash, with three gongs.
Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore won Best Actor and Actress, for their roles in The Theory of Everything and Still Alice, respectively.
05.08
Film Twitter right now: pic.twitter.com/bFP3KeKM4m
— Robbie Collin (@robbiereviews) February 23, 2022
05.08
I love Birdman to death, but it's hard not to feel that the wrong movie won in this case. #Oscars2015
— David Fear (@davidlfear) February 23, 2022
05.08
In all seriousness, it’s an absolute travesty that Boyhood didn’t win Best Picture.
The film deserves to be remembered as more than just a “gimmick”. An Oscar would’ve been the cherry on the top of the cake of critical approval.
05.06
The guys behind ‘Honest Trailers’ just pretty much summed up the opinion of the world.
So, Birdman wins all the awards that no one wanted it to win - and not the one that everyone did #Oscars #ugh
— screenjunkies (@screenjunkies) February 23, 2022
05.03
Well that went nowhere. Can we do Best Picture now?
Oh good. Sean Penn is out to present the big one. It has to be Boyhood, right?
05.00
“So many people with this disease feel isolated and marginalised. People with Alzheimer’s deserve to be seen, so we can find a cure.”
– Julianne Moore
04.58
“I am grateful for this and I am grateful for the opportunity to stand up here and thank people who I love.”
– Julianne Moore, accepting Best Actress for Still Alice
04.55
Matthew McConaughey, presenting Best Actress, just paraphrased Roger Ebert.
There’s the pang of sadness again when I remember that the brilliant Ebert documentary Life Itself wasn’t even nominated.
04.53
Eddie Redmayne really deserves that Oscar. The physicality of his performance alone is nothing short of astounding.
His childlike glee at accepting the award is really something to behold. That’s how I’d feel if I were accepting a bloody Oscar.
04.53
“I don’t think I am capable of articulating how I feel right now, but know this. I am a lucky, lucky man … This Oscar belongs to all of those people around the world battling ALS.”
– Eddie Redmayne, winner of the Best Actor award
04.48
Three huge awards to go. Suddenly this doesn’t feel like a chore.
Cate Blanchett is up first, presenting the award for Best Actor. Will it be Redmayne or Keaton?
04.46
Could we be looking at wins for Michael Keaton in Best Actor and Birdman in Best Picture?
This makes my prediction of Birdman as the night’s biggest loser look somewhat premature.
04.45
“Our work will be judged, as always, only by time.”
– Alejandro G Inarritu accepts the award for Best Director
04.41
With Birdman winning for Adapted Screenplay, does that point to it beating Boyhood for Best Director and even Best Picture?
We could be in for a thrilling twist ending.
04.40
I’m still not convinced by The Imitation Game as winner, but Graham Moore’s speech was beautifully heartfelt. It’s clear how much the recognition means to him.
04.38
“Stay weird, stay different and then when it’s your turn and you’re standing on this stage, please pass the message on.”
– Graham Moore, winner of Best Adapted Screenplay
04.37
That’s a strange choice for Adapted Screenplay.
The Imitation Game is a very good film, but I thought there were stronger scripts in that category.
04.33
The Grand Budapest Hotel is currently leading the charge with four wins. Whiplash is second with three awards. In third, with two prizes, is Birdman.
The Grand Budapest Hotel is leading the awards at Oscars 2015 ©Fox Searchlight Pictures
04.32
Birdman stole that one right from under the nose of Wes Anderson. It’s a terrific script, though, and it would have been my choice to win, even thought it seemed like the underdog tonight.
The writing is deliciously tight and the actors really helped it to fly.
04.30
This stretch of awards shows is always quite depressing from the point of view of the presenters. The show always runs long, so they tend to get pushed out in order to get through everything. Poor NPH.
04.22
Julie Andrews, after embracing Lady GaGa, presents Best Original Score. With impeccable diction, of course.
04.20
And on the anniversary of Jurassic Park, they will just let a T-Rex loose in the building.
I'm looking forward to the 50th anniversary of The Godfather when everyone finds a horse's head on their seat. #Oscars
— Ms. Marya E. Gates (@oldfilmsflicker) February 23, 2022
04.18
Joking aside, GaGa’s tribue to The Sound of Music is actually rather good.
There has been far too much music in this show though. No need for quite so much of it. This is not a music awards show.
04.14
I am starting to think that Neil Patrick Harris is really uneasy about some of the gags that have been written for him. He’s like an embarrassed child who is being forced to talk in front of the rest of the school.
04.13
Sky Movies panel right to point out that there’s a real political edge to some of the speeches tonight. The patriarchal Academy is being called out by strong women and people of colour and it’s absolutely brilliant.
04.11
And, after all of that genuine emotion, we now have to watch Lady GaGa.
She’s probably wearing a plate on her nose or something.
04.10
Selma is a film that deserves to be recognised by the Academy. Its victory for Best Original Song produced some terrific Oscars moments.
David Oyelowo crying was possibly the first moment moment of real emotion in this year's ceremony.
— Joshua Hammond (@JoshuaHammond_) February 23, 2022
Common's speech, about the time he and John Legend performed Glory on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, is a belter: heartfelt, passionate.
— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) February 23, 2022
"Selma is now, because the struggle for justice is right now." John Legend accepting the Oscar for #Glory.
— E! Online (@eonline) February 23, 2022
04.08
I was pulling for The Lego Movie, but it’s very hard to argue with a ‘Glory’ victory after that incredible performance.
04.04
This is powerful. David Oyelowo shedding more than a few tears as John Legend and Common finish their performance to an enormous standing ovation.
That’s the Best Original Song award decided.
04.01
After the Best Documentary win for Citizenfour, Neil Patrick Harris made a quip that Edward Snowden couldn’t be there “for some treason”. The pun has provoked anger from many on social media, especially given the representation of American heroism at the awards.
Edward Snowden is a hero, Chris Kyle was a psychotic, racist murderer, and only one of them was called a traitor tonight. #Oscars2015
— Evan Condry (@evancondry) February 23, 2022
03.59
Octavia Spencer, responsible for watching Neil Patrick Harris’ predictions, has been replaced with a seat-filler as she steps up to talk about Martin Luther King and introduce John Legend and Common’s performance of ‘Glory’ from Selma.
03.57
I’m quite enjoying Neil Patrick Harris, but he is proving to be rather divisive.
Last year, Ellen made this whole thing SO MUCH FUN. What's more, she did it effortlessly. This is just painful, that one Birdman gag aside.
— Matthew Turner (@FilmFan1971) February 23, 2022
03.53
“The disclosures that Edward Snowden exposed do not only illustrate a threat to our privacy, but also a threat to our democracy.”
– Laura Poitras, winner of Best Documentary for Citizenfour
03.50
Jennifer Aniston is deeply unhappy not to have been nominated at the Oscars this year. She thought it’d be a piece of Cake.
03.50
Neil Patrick Harris has said David Oyelowo’s name three or four times. He’s pronounced it differently every time.
03.45
Another win for Whiplash. It’s doing considerably better than I thought it would, which is excellent. I really cannot recommend the film enough.
03.43
I would *love* to hear the Joan Rivers routine about getting left out of the In Memoriam reel.
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) February 23, 2022
03.42
How does Alex Zane look so chirpy at almost 4am? It’s like they only let him out of a cupboard once a year.
03.40
We’ve reached the point of the awards ceremony where it becomes an endurance test for tired cinephiles.
10 categories left. So the show should be over in another four hours. #Oscars
— Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) February 23, 2022
03.35
I still can’t process the fact that Robin Williams is gone. I just keep expecting to read about his next movie.
03.32
Meryl Streep noticeably tearing up as she introduces the always heart-breaking ‘In Memoriam’ sequence. Get the tissues ready.
03.29
Emmanuel Lubezski has now won back-to-back Best Cinematography Oscars for Gravity and Birdman.
Meanwhile…
That's now 12 nominations for Roger Deakins without a win.
— Scott Weinberg (@scottEweinberg) February 23, 2022
03.28
Birdman is going to be the loser at this year’s awards, I feel. It’s a shame because in most years, it could’ve been a real contender across the board.
03.27
Very well-deserved win for Birdman in the cinematography category. That film is a technical and logistical marvel.
03.24
Patricia Arquette’s feminist message is proving a real talking point on social media.
The women in the film business know that they work in an insanely sexist industry and it takes some serious guts to call it out on live TV.
— Melissa Silverstein (@melsil) February 23, 2022
03.18
It seems that Cheryl Boone Isaacs – President of the Academy – is going to live with her “Dick Poop” slip-up at the nominations forever.
Dick Poop could not be reached for comment.
— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) February 23, 2022
03.15
It’s depressing that an auto-pilot Disney movie won the gong and the genuinely inventive and witty Lego Movie wasn’t even nominated.
03.12
Bit of a surprise there. For me, and many others, that was How to Train Your Dragon 2 all the way.
First real shocker of the night.
03.09
"If you're at an Oscar party with the guys who made The Lego Movie, now would be a good time to start distracting them." - NPH on the 'snub'
— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) February 23, 2022
03.09
I hadn’t seen any of the other nominees, but I caught Feast before Big Hero 6 and it blew me away. It’s a terrific short.
03.08
“Animated and short… someone’s making fun of us.”
– Anna Kendrick presenting Best Animated Short alongside Kevin Hart
03.05
And now, for the first time tonight, I’m angry.
Interstellar had some nice effects work, but the motion capture in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes was like nothing we have ever seen before. It was a real achievement and deserved the recognition from the Academy.
03.03
For those keeping score, Whiplash and The Grand Budapest Hotel are currently tied with two wins each.
03.02
Rita Ora has been on screen longer in this performance than she was in the entirety of Fifty Shades of Grey.
03.01
Some cracking improv from NPH as he returns to his briefcase of predictions.
Robert Duvall. If Octavia dozes off, wake her up. *TUMBLEWEED*
Eddie Redmayne. Every 5 minutes. Wake Duvall.
#Oscars
— Movie Marker (@MovieMarker) February 23, 2022
Rita Ora has taken the stage to perform ‘Grateful’ from Beyond the Lights.
02.59
It seems Meryl Streep is Chuck Norris.
Meryl Streep doesn't lose. She let's other people win.
— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) February 23, 2022
02.58
"It's our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the U.S.A." Patricia Arquette accepting her #Oscar
— Variety (@Variety) February 23, 2022
02.58
Arquette is genuinely terrific in Boyhood. She’s subtle and layered. Her performance creeps up on you throughout the film and, with one line late in the movie, she punches the audience squarely in the gut with a feelings bomb. It hurts.
02.57
“To every woman who gave birth to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everyone else’s equal rights.”
&ndashl Patricia Arquette, drawing a standing endorsement from Meryl Streep
02.52
Jared Leto says Meryl Streep is nominated for Best Supporting Actress “in accordance with California state law”.
Best Supporting Actress
Nominees: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood), Laura Dern (Wild), Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game), Emma Stone (Birdman), Meryl Streep (Into the Woods)
02.48
Thrilled to see Whiplash picking up a handful of gongs. As much as I think Boyhood is the best of this year’s films, Whiplash is my personal favourite.
02.45
The guys behind ‘Honest Trailers’ have isolated an… ahem… prominent aspect of the last Neil Patrick Harris skit.
Check out doogie's schnauzer! #NeilFatDickHarris #Oscars pic.twitter.com/zmG0GnnHiw
— screenjunkies (@screenjunkies) February 23, 2022
02.43
Neil Patrick Harris is doing his best impression of Michael Keaton in Birdman and Miles Teller is on the drums. He is rapidly becoming an excellent host.
02.42
had so much fun performing at THE ACADEMY AWARDS!!! Thanks @teganandsara @theacademy @oprah pic.twitter.com/MF2u9BbCWw
— The Lonely Island (@thelonelyisland) February 23, 2022
02.42
Best Supporting Actress is coming up soon. Patricia Arquette has it more or less sewn up, but Emma Stone deserves a tonne of recognition for her work in Birdman. She feels hugely important with very little screen time.
02.40
It’s worth pointing out that wrestling royalty, in the shape of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, is at the Oscars tonight. Looks like someone is snubbing WWE Fastlane on the other channel…
"I can feel it comin' in the air tonight.." #Rehearsals #HonoredToTakeTheStage #Oscars pic.twitter.com/id0V72Ozfr
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) February 22, 2022
02.37
The performance is lovely, but Tim McGraw’s attire is a little incongruous.
Of all the places cowboy hats shouldn't be, the Oscars is pretty high in that list.
— Joshua Hammond (@JoshuaHammond_) February 23, 2022
02.36
This is set to be a heartfelt performance by Tim McGraw in honour of musical legend Glenn Campbell.
02.35
Nice dig at the Academy refusing to recognise David Oyelowo then. Neil Patrick Harris is on good form.
02.30
There’s definitely a trend emerging tonight.
The IDA director started a revolution. Now people know nothing happens if you keep talking. He's the Katniss Everdeen of the 2015 Oscars.
— Pablo L. (@PabloLF91) February 23, 2022
02.26
Twitter is rushing to commemorate the most notable moment of this year… or indeed any year – Oprah’s Lego Oscar.
Oprah gets a Lego Oscar! Seat filler gets a Lego Oscar. You ALL get a Lego Oscar!!
#Oscars pic.twitter.com/eUbr4mt84z
— Movie Marker (@MovieMarker) February 23, 2022
02.25
I’ve got three predictions right out of four so far.
How are you doing with your own picks? Let me know by tweeting @BournemouthRock.
02.22
Well that was… different.
That Lego Movie number was energetic, colorful, and funny. Why was it on during The Oscars?
— Scott Weinberg (@scottEweinberg) February 23, 2022
02.20
The Lonely Island are at the Academy Awards. Oprah and Steve Carell just got handed Oscars made from Lego.
Either they’re doing the song from The Lego Movie or I have eaten way too much sugar.
02.18
I love that they have selected Marion Cotillard – an enormously serious actor – to introduce the performance of a brain-washing song from an animated movie. Everything is, indeed, awesome!
02.16
Michael Keaton’s bird call is the best noise I’ve heard in a cinema since the lightsaber in the Star Wars trailer.
02.14
Ida director Pawel Pawlikowski brilliantly refuses to abide by the rules of the wrap-it-up music and just keeps talking.
He’s my favourite winner of the night already.
Let's have a round of applause for stickin' it to the man. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/dir5OKHTGv
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) February 23, 2022
02.12
In a sorry indictment of the variety of films that get a wide release in the UK, I haven’t seen a single one of the nominees for Best Foreign Language Film.
It’s almost impossible to see foreign films outside of major cities.
02.09
Katy Brand is on the Sky Movies panel. She, of course, was unforgivably snubbed at the Oscars for her titanic role in Walking on Sunshine.
02.08
Interesting that The Grand Budapest Hotel could walk out as the biggest winner of the night almost solely as a result of the production and technical categories.
02.05
Channing Tatum missed out in the acting category bonanza for Foxcatcher. Apparently you have to either wear a fake nose or get shot to please the Academy.
02.04
Mark Coulier, in a nice touch, paid tribute to make-up legend Dick Smith, who died last year.
— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) February 23, 2022
02.03
All of the winners for The Grand Budapest Hotel are taking the time to thank Wes Anderson. It’s obvious that he exercises absolute control as director, which really shows in the meticulous detail of his films.
02.00
“Wes, you’ve been a great inspiration. You’re like a conductor, a composer and our director. You inspire us all.”
– Milena Canonero, winner of Best Costume Design
01.54
Anna Kendrick and Jack Black have their priorities sorted.
We did it!!!! Now it's time for some brown liquor! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/OcS5pIAI6q
— Anna Kendrick (@AnnaKendrick47) February 23, 2022
01.52
Dakota Johnson introduces Adam Levine, who is performing Best Song nominee ‘Lost Stars’ from the brilliant summer movie Begin Again.
If you missed Begin Again at the cinemas, it’s definitely worth a look on DVD. Charmed the pants off me.
01.51
The Grand Budapest Hotel and American Sniper go nicely together. Both are set in cartoonish worlds in which nothing seems real… especially babies.
01.48
“I want pictures! Pictures of… me?”
My editor is insisting that Jk Simmons' Oscar win should be front page news. pic.twitter.com/0syzqnTtL6
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) February 23, 2022
01.48
Neil Patrick Harris is channeling Derren Brown with this briefcase shtick. Can’t wait for him to predict the lottery numbers too.
01.46
Pleased to see JK Simmons win. His performance in Whiplash is ferocious and spectacular, like Full Metal Jacket meets Glee.
01.45
“If you’re lucky enough to have a parent alive on this Earth, call them.”
– JK Simmons, winner for Best Supporting Actor
01.41
Lupita Nyong’o has stepped up to present Best Supporting Actor.
Nominees: Robert Duvall (The Judge), Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), Edward Norton (Birdman), Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher), JK Simmons (Whiplash)
01.36
I stand corrected. Now Jack Black has arrived and the Oscars have gone all Sondheim meets Tenacious D.
01.27
It looks like critic Anna Smith is hedging her bets.
Best Picture: two syllables, begins with B… #SkyOscars
— Anna Smith (@annasmithjourno) February 23, 2022
01.23
Bradley Cooper has been nominated three times in three years. This is the guy from The Hangover… and Wedding Crashers… and He’s Just Not That Into You.
Wow.
01.17
Attention! The Oscars just got seriously adorable.
Emma Stone and Jennifer Aniston share a fierce hug on the #Oscars red carpet. pic.twitter.com/TrF1eJm44n
— Variety (@Variety) February 23, 2022
01.16
Sounds like Albert Brooks (A Most Violent Year) had something of a shock this evening.
Woke up excited. Tried on the tux. Prepared the speech. Realized I'm not nominated and now going back to bed.
— Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) February 22, 2022
01.13
American Sniper is, for me, out of place amongst the other Best Picture nominees. It’s not just troubling in its attitude to war, but it’s also a shoddy piece of filmmaking.
01.12
Bradley Cooper is wearing a suit and a bow tie. According to Chung, it’s “snoozy”. Presumably he should’ve worn clown shoes and a pirate hat.
01.08
The Best Picture race this year is a close one.
Birdman vs Boyhood is the most competitive Best Picture race since No Country For Old Men vs There Will Be Blood in 2008. #Oscars2015
— Samuel James (@FilmGeek91) February 23, 2022
01.06
“This woman was going down a dark tunnel in her life, and with no man and no parents, she managed to pull herself out of it.”
– Reese Witherspoon on playing Cheryl Strayed in Wild
01.05
"I'm a total Oscar junkie. So this has a special, extra surrealness." Damian Chazelle at the #Oscars pic.twitter.com/vud1BJPlY6
— Indiewire (@indiewire) February 23, 2022
01.00
Some are unimpressed by Cumberbatch tonight. They are, needless to say, in the minority.
Hate the Cumberbatch white tux look. Only one man can pull that look off. Best Bond Ever. #rogermoore #cumberbatch pic.twitter.com/khIKKUEMFe
— Cassam Looch (@cassamlooch) February 23, 2022
00.58
Reese Witherspoon has been a vocal supporter of the #AskHerMore campaign.
Reese Witherspoon on the #AskHerMore trend: "We're more than just our dresses" #OscarsRedCarpet
— Variety (@Variety) February 23, 2022
00.57
“This man was a hero of his times, much wronged, and to honour him with a film was a great honour.”
– Benedict Cumberbatch on portraying Alan Turing in The Imitation Game
00.56
Catherine Bray knows the score.
Start the Oscars already. Come on, Oscar. Wake up. Time to do your thing. Oi. I wants songs and stuff. Enough of this.
— Catherine Bray (@catherinebray) February 23, 2022
00.54
Julianne Moore is a classy, classy lady #Oscars2015
— FilmAware (@FilmAwareBlog) February 23, 2022
00.53
“I’ve been in the business a long time and this doesn’t always happen.”
– Julianne Moore on her awards season success
00.52
Alexa Chung complaining about how women are reduced to their dresses in the next day’s papers. Does she realise that that is the entire reason she’s on the show? I mean, she openly admits she hasn’t seen 50% of the films.
00.51
Apparently Reese Witherspoon’s dress is “iconic”. I’ll keep you up to date with all of the adjectives Alexa Chung devalues throughout the evening.
00.49
Video package on Sky hyping Neil Patrick Harris as host. He’ll be great, as long as he doesn’t make Rosamund Pike angry.
00.42
We’ve really hit saturation point on Fifty Shades of Grey jokes about Neil Patrick Harris’ suit. Next person to crack one gets a paddling.
00.37
My favourite part of this Sky coverage is Alex Zane pretending to know about dresses. He’s struggling admirably.
00.36
“When you work in the entertainment industry, you want to entertain people and that’s what we did.”
– Rosamund Pike, Best Actress nominee for Gone Girl
00.34
That ABC reporter barely let Michael Keaton get a word in. She didn’t ask who he was wearing, so the red carpet question pool was empty from the start.
00.28
JK Simmons is here, hat and all.
He was nothing but lovely when I met him on the red carpet at the London premiere of Whiplash. Looks like a dead cert to win tonight and it’s well-deserved.
The Oscar-nominated J.K. Simmons, looking dapper. #SkyOscars pic.twitter.com/5EVVxOgdYW
— Sky Movies (@skymovies) February 23, 2022
00.24
“You know how many bad movies I could make in 12 years? I’ll take one good one.”
– Ethan Hawke on Boyhood
00.23
Eddie Redmayne is the odds-on favourite for Best Actor.
So damn sleek - Eddie Redmayne. http://t.co/bAcGk2vNCh (Jason Merritt/Getty Images) pic.twitter.com/WvcJdT2w1e
— Guardian Fashion (@GuardianFashion) February 23, 2022
00.22
The big question tonight, of course, is who will be the victim of Benedict Cumberbatch’s trademark photobomb action? Cumberbomb?
00.20
“I genuinely feel so lucky to be invited to the party …getting to be in there is wonderful.”
– Best Actor nominee Eddie Redmayne
00.12
“It was challenging. I’m glad I did it. I think I learned a lot and it was great to work with a director like Bennett Miller.”
– Steve Carell on playing John du Pont in Foxcatcher
00.09
All eyes are on Best Actress nominee Rosamund Pike as she arrives on the red carpet.
HOLY……….Rosamund Pike…………….. pic.twitter.com/i9M5217ceP
— Tricia (@Tr16ia) February 23, 2022
00.06
The fact that anything a woman wears on a red carpet can be called “a risk” is slightly troubling.
00.04
Michael Keaton looks like a statue. He may have a real one of his own later. #Oscars2015 pic.twitter.com/GJ0JPn9j8V
— HeyUGuys Movie News (@HeyUGuys) February 23, 2022
00.01
Felicity Jones drawing plenty of buzz for her Alexander McQueen dress.
#TheTheoryofEverything Felicity JOnes in Alexander McQueen at the #Oscars2015. More RC later. @WorldMcQueen pic.twitter.com/TvWZ7EEjgK
— Tom + Lorenzo® (@tomandlorenzo) February 22, 2022
23.56
Best Supporting Actress nominee Laura Dern was easily the best part of Wild, in her brief appearances.
Standing out in metallic - @LauraDern honours her #Wild character with a turquoise ring! #Oscars2015 pic.twitter.com/0jflquehX9
— ET Canada (@ETCanada) February 22, 2022
23.53
David Oyelowo was arguably the most egregious snub in the Best Actor category.
That tux, though, David Oyelowo #Oscars2015 pic.twitter.com/cgOMaEwE8f
— T Magazine (@tmagazine) February 22, 2022
23.51
Noel Clarke shamelessly name-dropping. Benedict Cumberbatch is his “mate” apparently. In fairness, I’d want to tell everybody too.
23.50
Marion Cotillard's white @Dior dress is UNREAL. 36% of winners wear white! http://t.co/u3HlPBTjSm pic.twitter.com/kdq8wOB0xC (@pretareporter)
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 22, 2022
23.47
The most interesting battle tonight is definitely Eddie Redmayne vs. Michael Keaton in the Best Actor category. That one really could go either way. My money’s on the Brit though.
23.43
Interesting factoid about Gone Girl scribe Gillian Flynn, who was one of the biggest snubs of this year’s nominations.
Gillian Flynn made history by being the only writer nommed by GG, BAFTA, BFCA, WGA, and USC Scripter only to get snubbed at the Oscars
— Alex Abad-Santos (@alex_abads) February 22, 2022
23.39
It’s weird watching the Oscars in the UK. Ryan Seacrest is just this thing we hear about, without ever seeing. He’s a bit like the creature in Cloverfield.
23.36
Words of wisdom from the Academy.
No matter who "wins" tonight, we all win when people make great movies. #Oscars
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 22, 2022
23.34
Alexa Chung and Noel Clarke are joining regulars Alex Zane and Boyd Hilton on the Sky Movies sofa. We’re about to dive down onto the red carpet.
23.33
Social media has fallen in love with Anna Kendrick’s red carpet look.
Looking good, @AnnaKendrick47! What do you think of her #Oscars red carpet look? #ERedCarpet pic.twitter.com/up28ms5ZBt
— E! News (@ENews) February 22, 2022
23.30
Sky Movies coverage is just starting. I wonder who this year’s random celebrity guest is. Last year, we had a great time ribbing Ben Miller, who was there for seemingly no reason.
23.28
The host is here!
Neil Patrick Harris is in the building http://t.co/F9CdQIbV0g (Steve Granitz/WireImage) pic.twitter.com/lFDmp7bAVP
— Oscars 2015 (@guardianfilm) February 22, 2022
23.18
I can see The Grand Budapest Hotel leaving with the most wins. It’s going to score hugely in the production categories.
23.17
Let’s look at which films are most heavily nominated tonight.
Birdman – 9
The Grand Budapest Hotel – 9
The Imitation Game – 8
American Sniper – 6
Boyhood – 6
Foxcatcher – 5
Interstellar – 5
The Theory of Everything – 5
Whiplash – 5
23.06
We’re all thinking it…
Deep down I know we all want to see @TheBabadook leap out during the Oscars and devour Matthew McConaughey on live television.
— Scott Weinberg (@scottEweinberg) February 22, 2022
23.05
So, here we go. The Oscars are growing ever closer.
Unfortunately, The Rock doesn’t have the budget to ship me out to LA. As a result, I’m watching the Sky Movies coverage of the ceremony, which means this live blog is entirely dependent on the whims of Sky Go.
It should be a cracking night!
21.33
Welcome to the Bournemouth Rock‘s live blog for the Oscars 2015!
I’m Tom Beasley and I’m going to be with you from 11pm until whenever the seemingly endless parade of shiny shoes decides to finish. It’s definitely going to be a long night…
I’ll be back soon with updates, but in the meantime, here’s an interesting article from Ben York Jones in Vice about how the “Oscar movie” became its own genre.
Featured image courtesy of Alan Light on Flickr.
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