The 86th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2013 and took place on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. The ceremony was scheduled well after its usual late-February date to avoid conflicting with the 2014 Winter Olympics.[7] During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan and directed by Hamish Hamilton. Actress Ellen DeGeneres hosted the show for the second time, having previously hosted the 79th ceremony held in 2007.[8]

86th Academy Awards
Official poster featuring Ellen DeGeneres promoting the 86th Academy Awards in 2014.
Official poster
DateMarch 2, 2014
SiteDolby Theatre
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted byEllen DeGeneres[1]
Preshow hostsJess Cagle
Lara Spencer
Robin Roberts
Tyson Beckford[2]
Produced byNeil Meron
Craig Zadan[3]
Directed byHamish Hamilton[4]
Highlights
Best Picture12 Years a Slave
Most awardsGravity (7)
Most nominationsAmerican Hustle and Gravity (10)
TV in the United States
NetworkABC
Duration3 hours, 34 minutes[5]
Ratings43.74 million
24.7% (Nielsen ratings)[6]

In related events, the academy held its 5th annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 16, 2013.[9] On February 15, 2014, in a ceremony at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by hosts Kristen Bell and Michael B. Jordan.[10]

12 Years a Slave won three awards, including Best Picture.[11][12] Other winners included Gravity with seven awards, Dallas Buyers Club with three, Frozen and The Great Gatsby with two, and Blue Jasmine, The Great Beauty, Helium, Her, The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, Mr Hublot, and 20 Feet from Stardom with one. The telecast garnered nearly 44 million viewers in the United States, making it the most watched Oscar ceremony since the 72nd Academy Awards in 2000.[13]

Winners and nominees edit

The nominees for the 86th Academy Awards were announced on January 16, 2014, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC), at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the academy, and actor Chris Hemsworth.[14] American Hustle and Gravity tied for the most nominations with ten each.[15]

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 2, 2014. American Hustle became David O. Russell's second consecutive film to earn nominations in all acting categories and the fifteenth film overall in Oscar history to achieve this distinction, but the first such film to not win any since 1936's My Man Godfrey.[16] It also was the third film after Gangs of New York and True Grit to lose all ten of its nominations.[17] Steve McQueen became the first black director to direct a Best Picture winner and the third such person to receive a nomination for directing.[18] Alfonso Cuarón became the first person of Mexican descent to win Best Director. With Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto's respective wins in the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories, Dallas Buyers Club was the fifth film to win both male acting awards.[19] Additionally, 3 other films (American Hustle, 12 Years a Slave, and The Wolf of Wall Street) also received nominations for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.

Cate Blanchett became the sixth actress to have won both female acting awards in her career.[19] Lupita Nyong'o was the sixteenth Oscar acting winner to win for a debut film performance and the ninth Best Supporting Actress recipient to achieve this feat.[19] Best Original Song co-winner Robert Lopez became the youngest individual to win an Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award and the twelfth person overall to earn these accolades.[20]

Awards edit

 
Brad Pitt, Best Picture co-winner
 
Dede Gardner, Best Picture co-winner
 
Jeremy Kleiner, Best Picture co-winner
 
Steve McQueen, Best Picture co-winner
 
Alfonso Cuarón, Best Director winner and Best Film Editing co-winner
 
Matthew McConaughey, Best Actor winner
 
Cate Blanchett, Best Actress winner
 
Jared Leto, Best Supporting Actor winner
 
Lupita Nyong'o, Best Supporting Actress winner
 
Spike Jonze, Best Original Screenplay winner
 
John Ridley, Best Adapted Screenplay winner
 
Chris Buck, Best Animated Feature Film co-winner
 
Jennifer Lee, Best Animated Feature Film co-winner
 
Peter Del Vecho, Best Animated Feature Film co-winner
 
Paolo Sorrentino, Best Foreign Language Film winner
 
Morgan Neville, Best Documentary – Feature co-winner
 
Laurent Witz, Best Animated Short Film co-winner
 
Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Best Original Song co-winner
 
Robert Lopez, Best Original Song co-winner
 
Skip Lievsay, Best Sound Mixing co-winner
 
Catherine Martin, Best Production Design co-winner and Best Costume Design winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[21]

Honorary Academy Awards edit

The academy held its 5th Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 16, 2013, during which the following awards were presented.[22][23][24]

Academy Honorary Awards edit

  • Angela Lansbury — An entertainment icon who has created some of cinema's most memorable characters, inspiring generations of actors.
  • Steve Martin — In recognition of his extraordinary talents and the unique inspiration he has brought to the art of motion pictures.
  • Piero Tosi — A visionary whose incomparable costume designs shaped timeless, living art in motion pictures.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award edit

Films with multiple nominations and awards edit

Presenters and performers edit

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.[25][26][27]

Presenters edit

Name(s) Role
Cedering Fox Announcer for the 86th annual Academy Awards
Anne Hathaway Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Jim Carrey Presenter of the animated heroes montage
Kerry Washington Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee "Happy"
Samuel L. Jackson
Naomi Watts
Presenters of the awards for Best Costume Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Harrison Ford Presenter of the films American Hustle, Dallas Buyers Club and The Wolf of Wall Street on the Best Picture segment
Channing Tatum Introducer of the six winners of the Team Oscar contest
Matthew McConaughey
Kim Novak
Presenters of the awards for Best Animated Short Film and Best Animated Feature Film
Sally Field Presenter of real life heroes montage
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Emma Watson
Presenters of the award for Best Visual Effects
Zac Efron Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee "The Moon Song"
Kate Hudson
Jason Sudeikis
Presenters of the awards for Best Live Action Short and Best Documentary Short Subject
Bradley Cooper Presenter of the award for Best Documentary Feature
Kevin Spacey Presenter of the segment of the Honorary Academy Awards and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Viola Davis
Ewan McGregor
Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Tyler Perry Presenter of the films Nebraska, Her and Gravity on the Best Picture segment
Brad Pitt Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee "Ordinary Love"
Kristen Bell
Michael B. Jordan
Presenters of the segment of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement and the Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Chris Hemsworth
Charlize Theron
Presenters of the awards for Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing
Christoph Waltz Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Cheryl Boone Isaacs
(AMPAS president)
Special presentation announcing the museum of motion pictures, to open in 2017.
Amy Adams
Bill Murray
Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography
Anna Kendrick
Gabourey Sidibe
Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing
Whoopi Goldberg Presenter of The Wizard of Oz 75th anniversary tribute and the performance of "Over the Rainbow"
Benedict Cumberbatch
Jennifer Garner
Presenters of the award for Best Production Design
Chris Evans Presenter of the superheroes montage
Glenn Close Presenter of the In Memoriam tribute
Goldie Hawn Presenter of the films Philomena, Captain Phillips and 12 Years a Slave on the Best Picture segment
John Travolta Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee "Let It Go"
Jessica Biel
Jamie Foxx
Presenters of the awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song
Penélope Cruz
Robert De Niro
Presenters of the awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay
Angelina Jolie
Sidney Poitier
Presenters of the award for Best Director
Daniel Day-Lewis Presenter of the award for Best Actress
Jennifer Lawrence Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Will Smith Presenter of the award for Best Picture

Performers edit

Name(s) Role Performed
William Ross Musical arranger and conductor Orchestral
Pharrell Williams Performer "Happy" from Despicable Me 2
Karen O
Ezra Koenig
Performers "The Moon Song" from Her
U2 Performers "Ordinary Love" from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Pink Performer "Over the Rainbow" as part of The Wizard of Oz 75th Anniversary tribute
Bette Midler Performer "Wind Beneath My Wings" during the annual In Memoriam tribute
Idina Menzel Performer "Let It Go" from Frozen

Ceremony information edit

 
Ellen DeGeneres hosted the 86th Academy Awards

Despite the mixed reception received from the preceding year's ceremony, the academy rehired Neil Meron and Craig Zadan as producers for the second consecutive year.[28] However, actor Seth MacFarlane announced that he would not host the Oscars for a second time. In a statement released through Twitter, he wrote "Traumatized critics exhale: I'm unable to do the Oscars again. Tried to make it work schedule-wise, but I need sleep."[29] Furthermore, actress and comedian Tina Fey, who co-hosted the 70th Golden Globe Awards more than a month earlier with fellow Saturday Night Live alumnus Amy Poehler, told Huffington Post columnist Mike Ryan that she would reject any offer to host an Oscar telecast commenting, "I just feel like that gig is so hard. Especially for, like, a woman – the amount of months that would be spent trying on dresses alone – no way."[30]

Shortly after the election of AMPAS president Cheryl Boone Isaacs in August 2013, Meron and Zadan announced that comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres would host the 2014 ceremony.[31] They explained their decision to bring back DeGeneres as host saying, "As a longtime friend, we had always hoped to find a project for us to do together and nothing could be more exciting than teaming up to do the Oscars. There are few stars today who have Ellen's gift for comedy, with her great warmth and humanity. She is beloved everywhere and we expect that the audience at the Dolby Theatre and in homes around the globe will be as excited by this news as we are."[32] DeGeneres expressed that she was thrilled to be selected to emcee the gala again, commenting, "I am so excited to be hosting the Oscars for the second time. You know what they say – the third time's the charm."[33]

As with last year's theme of music and the movies, Meron and Zadan centered the show around a theme. This year, they christened the show with a theme of saluting movie heroes commenting, "By celebrating the gamut of heroes who have enriched our movie-going experience, we hope to create an evening of fun and joy. And that includes the filmmakers and actors who take risks and stimulate us with provocative subjects and daring characters. They are all heroes in the cinematic landscape."[34] To coincide with the theme, AMPAS presented an exhibition in the lobby of its Beverly Hills headquarters titled "The Oscars Celebrate Movie Heroes". The exhibit featured posters, photographs, and artifacts from 70 different films featuring literary, comic book, and real life heroes.[35] Furthermore, actor Andrew Garfield, who portrayed the titular character in The Amazing Spider-Man, was scheduled to appear onstage with five-year-old cancer survivor Miles Scott with Garfield christening Scott as an "official superhero". The segment was scrapped, however, due to time constraints.[36]

Several other people were involved with the telecast and its promotion. Tony Award-winning art director Derek McLane designed a new set and stage design for the show.[37] Filmmaker Paul Feig produced and directed a one-minute trailer promoting the event featuring DeGeneres and 250 dancers dancing and lip-synching to the song "The Walker" by rock band Fitz and the Tantrums.[38] During the ceremony, actor Channing Tatum introduced a group called "Team Oscar". The team consisted of six young film students from colleges across the country selected by AMPAS whose role was to deliver Oscar statuettes to the presenters during the gala.[39] Television personality and former Miss USA titleholder Rachel Smith hosted "Inside the Oscars", a behind-the-scenes video blog on the Oscar ceremony website.[40]

Box office performance of nominated films edit

At the time of the nominations announcement on January 16, 2014, the combined gross of the nine Best Picture nominees at the American and Canadian box offices was $645 million, with an average of $72 million per film.[41] When the nominations were revealed, Gravity was the highest-grossing film among the Best Picture nominees with $256 million in domestic box office receipts.[42] Captain Phillips was the second-highest-grossing film with $105.5 million; this was followed by American Hustle ($105.4 million), The Wolf of Wall Street ($80.7 million), 12 Years a Slave ($39 million), Philomena ($22.3 million), Dallas Buyers Club ($16.8 million), Her ($9.9 million), and finally Nebraska ($8.5 million).[41]

Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 47 nominations went to 14 films on the list. Only Frozen (1st), Despicable Me 2 (3rd), Gravity (7th), The Croods (14th), Captain Phillips (29th), American Hustle (30th), and The Wolf of Wall Street (42nd) were nominated for Best Picture, Best Animated Feature or any of the directing, acting or screenwriting awards.[42] The other top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were Iron Man 3 (2nd), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (8th), Star Trek Into Darkness (11th), The Great Gatsby (17th), Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (31st), The Lone Ranger (38th), and Saving Mr. Banks (48th).[42]

DeGeneres' Oscar selfie edit

Prior to the introduction of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement montage, DeGeneres and several ceremony attendees such as Bradley Cooper, Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Channing Tatum, Lupita Nyong'o, and Peter Nyong'o (Lupita's brother) participated in a group selfie. The resulting tweet initially disabled the site and was eventually retweeted on Twitter over 3.4 million times.[43] It surpassed the previous record retweet of Barack and Michelle Obama's post-election hug photo, which had been retweeted 778,000 times, in just 35 minutes.[44] The selfie was taken with a Samsung Galaxy Note 3, provided by the company as part of a $20 million marketing campaign.[45]

"Adele Dazeem" incident edit

While introducing the performance of "Let It Go" from Frozen, actor John Travolta accidentally mispronounced singer Idina Menzel's name as "Adele Dazeem".[46] As a result, Travolta became the subject of mockery and ridicule in the media.[47] According to a source for E!, Menzel revealed that she was not upset about the mishap.[48] Afterwards, Menzel reportedly printed up satirical playbills that promoted her name as Adele Dazeem, noting her past work in Nert (Rent), Wicked-ly (Wicked) and Farfignugen (Frozen).[49][50] Three days after the ceremony, Travolta publicly apologized to Menzel for mispronouncing her name.[49] The following year, Menzel and Travolta appeared onstage together as award presenters, with the former introducing the latter as "Glom Gozingo".[51]

Critical reviews edit

The show received a mixed reception from media publications. Some media outlets were more critical of the show. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette television critic Rob Owen wrote, "Ms. DeGeneres brought predictable respectability to Sunday's 86th Academy Awards. Too bad this particular brand of predictable respectability was a bore." He also criticized the clip packages saluting movie heroes as "big a waste of time as Oscar montages almost always are."[52] Columnist Alan Sepinwall of HitFix commented, "It was a long, disjointed ceremony, and what was fun and likely to endure came entirely from the winners and their speeches." He went on to say that many of DeGeneres's stunts fell flat and that The Wizard of Oz 75th anniversary tribute "felt much too random."[53] Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter said, "It was a turgid affair, badly directed, poorly produced and featuring an endless string of either tired or wince-inducing moments by DeGeneres, who, by the last 30 or so minutes, seemed to have given up entirely." In addition, he noted that the show was overstuffed with montages and stunts that dragged down the pacing of the telecast.[54]

Other media outlets received the broadcast more positively. Television critic Matt Roush of TV Guide commented that DeGeneres "made the Oscars' inevitable dull patches felt less painful than usual." He also praised the cast and several musical numbers from the show.[55] Frazier Moore of the Associated Press lauded DeGeneres's performance writing that, "She seemed to be committed to an unspoken theme for the evening: Humanize Hollywood's glitterati for the viewers. In return, the stars were on their best behavior." He concluded, "All in all, a sleek show was the Oscarcast. Few bombshells, fewer embarrassments, from fade-in to fade-out."[56] Entertainment editor Marlow Stern of The Daily Beast raved, "DeGeneres followed in the footsteps of the most successful awards show hosts—Billy Crystal, the duo of Fey & Poehler, etc.—who have taken advantage of the audience, engaging in gleeful interactions with the plethora of A-listers there (when they're not mocking them)."[57]

Ratings and reception edit

The American telecast on ABC drew in an average of 43.74 million people over its length, which was a 6% increase from the previous year's ceremony.[58] An estimated 72 million total viewers watched all or part of the awards.[59] The show also earned higher Nielsen ratings compared to the previous telecast with 24.7% of households watching over a 38 share.[60] In addition, the program scored a higher 18-49 demo rating with a 13.3 rating over a 33 share among viewers in that demographic.[61] It is the second highest-rated Oscars telecast on 21st-century U.S. television, trailing only behind the 72nd ceremony held in 2000.[13]

In July 2014, the ceremony presentation received eight nominations for the 66th Primetime Emmys.[62] The following month, the ceremony won one of those nominations for Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety, Nonfiction, Reality, or Reality-Competition Program (Derek McLane, Joe Celli, and Gloria Lamb).[63]

In Memoriam edit

The annual In Memoriam tribute was presented by actress Glenn Close.[64] The montage featured an excerpt of the main title from Somewhere in Time by composer John Barry.[65] At the conclusion of the tribute, singer Bette Midler performed her song "Wind Beneath My Wings" from the film Beaches.[66] Before "In Memoriam" and while co-presenting Best Cinematography, Bill Murray paid an additional tribute to Harold Ramis. After co-presenter Amy Adams presented the nominees, Murray ad-libbed "Oh, we forgot one. Harold Ramis for Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day."

Shortly after Midler finished singing, camera assistant Sarah Jones, who died more than a week prior to the ceremony, was briefly mentioned before the commercial break.[66]

See also edit

Notes edit

a^ :The Academy revoked the Best Original Song nomination for Alone yet Not Alone's title song after determining that composer Bruce Broughton violated the Academy's promotional regulations. Broughton, a former Academy governor and member of the music branch's executive committee, had emailed other music branch members to inform them of his submission.[67]
b^ :"John Mac McMurphy" is a pseudonym for Jean-Marc Vallée.[68]

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