Tears and triumph as Lupita Nyong'o accepts her Best Supporting Actress Oscar and 12 Years A Slave is named Best Picture

• Gravity cleans the board with SEVEN Oscars... but misses the big one
• Cate Blanchett is Best Actress for Blue Jasmine
• Matthew McConaughey named Best Actor for Dallas Buyers Club as Jared Leto scoops Best Supporting Actor
• Disney's Frozen wins Best Animated Feature

Cate Blanchett and Matthew McConaughey took the top acting honours at Sunday night's Oscars.
Cate was named Best Actress for her role in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine, while Matthew won his award for Dallas Buyers Club.
The win for Cate was somewhat overshadowed by a hilarious and controversial speech from the Australian actress - who both praised and ribbed her fellow nominees and thanks director Woody.
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Best Actress: Cate Blanchett gave a hilarious speech in which she praised and teased her fellow nominees

Jennifer Lawrence presented the best actor honour to Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club.
In the movie he played a red-blooded hell-raising electrician who finds he is HIV positive and goes on to help those suffering from the illness.
Lupita Nyong'o made a tearful acceptance speech as she was named Best Supporting Actress on Sunday.

The most competitive category, was won by Lupita for her harrowing portrait of a cotton picker who was repeatedly raped by her owner in 12 Years A Slave.
The actress, who celebrated her 31st birthday on Saturday, had worked behind the scenes on films but this was her first role in front of the camera.

Bringing down the house: Lupita Nyong'o's heartfelt acceptance speech deeply touched many in the audience

Lupita's heartfelt acceptance speech deeply touched many in the audience.
Jennifer Lawrence , who had been vying with Lupita for most of the awards season had privately told friends that she wanted Lupita to win because ' she so deserves it'.
It's clear that Academy voters felt that way too.

Winning performance: Lupita Nyong'o as Patsey alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in 12Years A Slave

Group hug: Lupita embraces 12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen while producer Bra Pitt looks on

Ever since 12 Years A Slave was shown at the Telluride Film Festival back in August Lupita has behaved with great dignity and has impressed many Academy members.
Earlier Lupita told MailOnline that she felt like a 'goddess' in her powder blue Prada gown.
Now, she's a goddess with an Oscar statue for her first film.

Winner: Lupita Nyong'o, who celebrated her 31st birthday on Saturday, gave a tearful acceptance speech

Overjoyed: Lupita looked absolutely over the moon to have won the award

Her moment: The actress looked completely overcome with emotion as she got up from her seat

Making an entrance: Lupita lifts her Prada gown to make sure she doesn't trip on her way to the stage

Meanwhile Jared Leto kicked off the 86th Academy Awards as he was named Best Supporting Actor for his role in Dallas Buyers Cub.
Anne Hathaway presented the award, for Jared's performance as a transgender HIV sufferer in in the film, and taking to the stage, the actor became emotional as he gave a stirring speech dedicated to his mother Constance.
'In 1971... in the city of Louisina there was a teenage gfirl who was prengnat with her second child
she was a high school drop out, and a single mom, she encouraged her kids to be creative and work hard,' he began.

The Oscars 2014: Nominated films

THE OSCARS 2014: WINNERS LIST

Best Picture12 Years A Slave

Best DirectorAlfonso Cuaron (Gravity)

Best Actor in a Leading RoleMatthew McConaughey

Best Actress in a Leading RoleCate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Supporting RoleLupita Nyong'o (12 Years A Slave)

Best Animated Feature
Frozen

Best Live Action Short Film
Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)

Best Visual Effects
Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)

Best Film Editing
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)

Best Sound EditingGravity (Glenn Freemantle)
Best Original Score
Gravity (Steven Price)

Best Original Screenplay
Her (Spike Jonze)

Best Make-up and Hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)

Best Animated Short Film
Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)

Best Documentary Feature
20 Feet from Stardom

Foreign Language Film
The Great Beauty, Italy

Best Costume Design
Catherine Martin, The Great Gatsby
Best Cinematography
Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Best Production Design
The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)

Best Documentary Short Subject
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life

Best Original Song
Let It Go (Frozen)

Best Adapted Screenplay
12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)

Best Sound Mixing
Skip Lievsay, Niv Adirj, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro (Gravity)

'That girl is my mother and she's here tonight. I love you mom thank you for teaching me to dream.'
Jared handed his Oscar statuette to journalists in the press room so they could ,in his words, 'fondle it'.
As the award was passed along he joked: 'This is the first time someone has given their Oscar away for an orgy in the press room'.
He then shouted out for people to go ahead and take a selfie of themselves with the Oscar.

Kicking off: The first award - for Best Supporting Actor - went to Jared Leto for his role in Dallas Buyers club

Honours: Anne Hathaway presented the best supporting actor Oscar to Jared Leto for his performance as a transgender HIV sufferer in Dallas Buyers Club

Starring roles: Jared Leto and Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club

Told that photos weren't allowed in the press room he said that there, perhaps, should be a 'revolution in the room' and that the media should be allowed to take photographs, a sentiment that was greeted with a roar of approval from the press corp.
'Who's your favourite Oscar winner', Leto asked.
Starting the show taking aim at the weather, host Ellen DeGeneres got things off to a good start by joking, 'It's been a tough couple of days for us... it's been raining.'
'We're fine, thank you for your prayers,' she added.

Bringing the laughs: Ellen DeGeneres was a hit with the crowd as she thanked people for their prayers over the recent rainy LA weather

However, Ellen’s next joke fell flat as suggested Liza Minnelli was in fact a drag impersonator.
‘Well done sir,’ Ellen joked, while a visibly unimpressed Minnelli looked on.
Pregnant Kerry Washington then introduced Pharrell Williams – who she described as being ‘phenomenally cool' - to sing Happy from the movie Despicable Me 2.
Australian Catherine Martin, wife of director Baz Luhrmann , won the the next Oscar, her third, for the costumes she created for The Great Gatsby.
Dallas Buyers Club then won a second gong for Best Make-up and Hairstyling and Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews gave another emotional speech.

Glowing: Pregnant Kerry Washington took to the stage to introduce Pharrell Williams

Happy! Lupita Nyong'o dances along with Pharrell Williams during his performance of his song from Despicable Me 2

Letting loose: Lupita appeared to be thrilled to be dancing along with Pharrell to his hit song Happy

Bump in the night: Pharrell managed to get the crowds moving for an impromptu dance as he jumped down from the stage

Frozen, which has taken over one billion dollars at the box office worldwide , won the best animated feature film Oscar for Disney.
Best-actor nominee Matthew McConaughey was greeted by fans in bleachers along the red carpet humming and patting their chests as he does in The Wolf of Wall Street.
Lupita Nyong'o, the 12 Years a Slave nominated star and new red carpet favorite, wore a flowing ice blue Prada gown that she said reminded her of her Kenyan home.

Presenting duo: Naomi Watts looked stunning in a Calvin Klein dress as she joined Samuel L. Jackson onstage

Tribute: Forest Gump actress Sally Field came onstage to speak about the importance of the 'everyday heroes' celebrated in film

Unlikely duo: Kate Hudson was joined by Jason Sudeikis to present the award for Live Action Short Film which went to Helium

Mwah: Costume designer Catherine Martin accepts the Best Achievement in Costume Design award for The Great Gatsby from actors Naomi Watts and Samuel L. Jackson

Take a look: Catherine Martin's work as seen in The Great Gatsby

Ellen's other high point came when she encouraged the A-List crowd to take selfie pictures, with the likes of Meryl Streep,
Following her gag, Gravity's sound mixing technicians won the Oscar for sound mixing.
The four man team included three Britons, one of whom, Chris Munro won his first Oscar 12 years ago for Black Hawk Down.

Screen siren: 81-year-old actress Kim Novak was joined by Matthew McConaughey to present the award for Best Animated Feature

Selfie obsessed! Ellen went on a selfie spree with the likes of Meryl Streep in the star-studded audience

Best selfie ever! Ellen poses with her A-list pals at the Oscars

Gravity also won the award for best sound editing for British technician Glenn Freemantle.
Gravity took its fifth Oscar, for editing.
The honour went to director Alfonso Cuaron and British colleague Mark Sanger.

Big wins: Filmmakers Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares accept the Best Short Film, Animated award for Mr. Hublot

Defying Gravity: The film's first award of the night went to the visual effects team behind the hit movie

Sweeping the board: Gravity took its fifth Oscar, for editing, and te honour went to director Alfonso Cuaron and British colleague Mark Sanger

It's a significant win at this point because the editing win is sometimes, but not always, seen as an indicator of what will take the best film prize.
British composer Steven Price also won the Oscar for the score he wrote for Gravity.
Penelope Cruz and Robert De Niro presented the best adapted screenplay to 12 Years A Slave writer John Ridley.

Stunning host: Emma Watson made her debut on the Oscar stage by joining Joseph Gordon Levitt to present the visual effects Oscar to the British wizards behind Gravity

Cute couple: Emma and Joseph enjoyed a playful exchange before giving out their award

Triple win: Producer Peter Del Vecho, directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck accept the Best Animated Feature Film award for Frozen onstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre

Gong: Frozen, which has taken over one billion dollars at the box office worldwide , won the best animated feature film Oscar for Disney

Loving tribute: Singer Pink performs Over The Rainbow onstage during the Oscars

Pipes: Pink gave a powerful rendition of the song which received a standing ovation from the audience

Cut it out! Anna Kendrick and Gabourey Sidibe arrived at the Oscars to present the award for Best Editing

With the win for supporting actress Lupita Nyong'o and now Ridley it's just possible for 12 Years A Slave to take best picture.
But it's such a close race between Gravity and 12 Years A Slave it's going to go right down to the last envelope.

Angelina Jolie paired with Sidney Poitier to present the best director prize to Alfonso Cuaron who turned Gravity into a roller-coaster hit.
He said making Gravity was a 'transformative experience'.

Wicked: Ellen followed Pink's performance by paying homage to Glinda from The Wizard Of Oz

Going all out: The chat show host brought the laughs as she came out in full costume for a gag

Anyone hungry? Thoughtful Ellen dished out the pizza for guests during the show

What a view: Ellen emerges on the stage at the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California

Watch Live: Oscars Winners Backstage

THE OSCARS 2014: NOMINATIONS LIST

Best Picture
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
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)

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

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) - WINNER

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
June Squibb (Nebraska)

Best Animated Feature
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen - WINNER
The Wind Rises

Best Cinematography
The Grandmaster (Philippe Le Sourd)
Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Inside Llewyn Davis (Bruno Delbonnel)
Nebraska (Phedon Papamichael)
Prisoners (Roger A. Deakins)

Best Costume Design
American Hustle (Michael Wilkinson)
The Grandmaster (William Chang Suk Ping)
The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)
The Invisible Woman (Michael O'Connor)
12 Years a Slave (Patricia Norris)

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

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

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)
The Wolf of Wall Street (Terence Winter)

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)
Nebraska (Bob Nelson)

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

 

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

Best Foreign Language Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
Omar (Palestine)

Best Make-up 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)
Her (William Butler, Owen Pallett)
Philomena (Alexandre Desplat)
Saving Mr. Banks (Thomas Newman)

Best Original Song
Happy (Despicable Me 2)
Let It Go (Frozen)
The Moon Song (Her)
Ordinary Love (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

Best Production Design
American Hustle (Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler)
Gravity (Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woollard)
 The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)
Her (K.K. Barrett, Gene Serdena)
12 Years a Slave (Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker)

Best Animated Short Film
Feral (Daniel Sousa, Dan Golden)
Get a Horse! (Lauren MacMullan, Dorothy McKim)
Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares) - WINNER
Possessions (Shuhei Morita)
Room on the Broom (Max Lang, Jan Lachauer)

Best Live Action Short Film
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me) (Esteban Crespo)
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything) (Xavier Legrand, Alexandre Gavras)
Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson) - WINNER
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) (Selma Vilhunen, Kirsikka Saari)
The Voorman Problem (Mark Gill, Baldwin Li)

Best Sound Editing
All Is Lost (Steve Boeddeker, Richard Hymns)
Captain Phillips (Oliver Tarney)
Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Brent Burge, Chris Ward)
Lone Survivor (Wylie Stateman)

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

Best Visual Effects
Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould) - WINNER
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds)
Iron Man 3 (Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash, Dan Sudick)
The Lone Ranger (Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams, John Frazier)
Star Trek Into Darkness (Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton)