Eddie Redmayne, Benedict Cumberbatch, Felicity Jones and Rosamund Pike are leading the flag-flying honours for the Brits at tonight's Oscars, with their many fans crossing everything that at least one of these stars will be bringing home a little golden statuette from the biggest night in the film world's calendar.
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Elsewhere, the contest for Best Picture is being fought between the current favourites, 'Birdman' and 'Boyhood' with 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' also boasting its many fans.
Best Supporting Actor and Actress are, by all accounts, sewn up in favour of JK Simmons ('Whiplash') and Patricia Arquette ('Boyhood') while 'Still Alice' star Julianne Moore has her name virtually engraved on the gong for Best Leading Actress.
But if there were no surprises, they wouldn't hold the event. So let's cross our fingers for a few upsets to keep it interesting! Stay with us here, ALL THE WINNERS IN BOLD BELOW - LIVE AS THEY'RE ANNOUNCED.
BEST PICTURE:
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
BEST DIRECTOR:
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
BEST ACTRESS:
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
BEST ACTOR:
Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
(Read our interview with Patricia Arquette here: 'It's pretty brutal to watch yourself age on screen'... )
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
(Read our interview with JK Simmons here - 'I think he used every tool of torture at his disposal'...)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Jason Hall, American Sniper
Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dan Futterman and E. Max Frye, Foxcatcher
Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Leviathan
Ida
Tangerines
Timbuktu
Wild Tales
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
CITIZENFOUR
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
BEST FILM EDITING:
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
"Everything is Awesome" from The LEGO Movie (written by Shawn Patterson)
"Glory" from Selma (written by Common and John Legend)
"Grateful" from Beyond the Lights (written by Diane Warren)
"I’m Not Gonna Miss You" from Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me (written by Glen Campbell)
"Lost Stars" from Begin Again (written by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley and Nick Southwood)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
Johann Johannsson, The Theory of Everything
Gary Yershon, Mr. Turner
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Roger Deakins, Unbroken
Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman
Dick Pope, Mr. Turner
Robert Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski, Ida
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner
BEST SOUND EDITING:
American Sniper
Birdman
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Unbroken
BEST SOUND MIXING:
American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar
Unbroken
Whiplash
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past
BEST SHORT FILM, LIVE ACTION:
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parvaneh
The Phone Call
BEST SHORT FILM, ANIMATED:
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life
BEST DOCUMENTARY, SHORT SUBJECT:
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Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth
