Oscars 2014 highlights led by Gravity, 12 Years a Slave Best Picture win

By Adam Rosenberg Published March 2, 2014

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The 86th Academy Awards winners are in, and director Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave scored the big win in the Best Picture category, along with Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Lupita Nyong’o and Best Adapted Screenplay for John Ridley. Gravity was the numbers champ for the night, however, with seven statues in all for Best Directing (Alfonso Cuarón), Best Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki), Best Film Editing (Alfonso Cuarón/Mark Sanger), Best Original Score (Steven Price), Best Sound Editing (Glenn Freemantle), Best Sound Mixing (Skip Lievsay/Niv Adiri/Christopher Benstead/Chris Munro), and Best Visual Effects (Tim Webber/Chris Lawrence/Dave Shirk/Neil Corbould).

The top performance category winners are rounded out by Dallas Buyers Club stars Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto for Best Actor in a Leader Role and Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and Blue Jasmine star Cate Blanchett for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Disney’s Frozen scored Best Animated Feature and Spike Jonze’s Her won for Best Original Screenplay.

You can view the full list of winners right here.

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