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Patricia Arquette arrives for the 87th annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Feb. 22, 2015.Paul Buck—EPA by [Richard Corliss](https://time.com/author/richard-corliss/) ## Richard Corliss Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:52 PM UTCPublished: Feb 23, 2015 3:29 PM UTC Neil Patrick Harris looks better in tighty whities than Michael Keaton does. Lady Gaga has a secure enough soprano voice to sing four numbers from _The Sound of Music_, as Julie Andrews awaits offstage. One of the _Birdman_ screenwriters has a dog named Larry, to whom he dedicated his award. If you want acceptance-speech rhetoric to soar into political eloquence, call on two of the most soulful men in music. And the institution of the Academy Awards can keep that mythical audience of “one billion viewers” tuned in, through interest or inertia, for prizes given to movies seen by perhaps only four million cinematic zealots. In a show that clocked in at 3 hours and 40 minutes — the running time of _Gone With the Wind_, and about an hour longer than it took Ellar Coltrane to get through a dozen years of _Boyhood_ — Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s inside-showbiz _Birdman_ copped the major awards for Picture, Director and Original Screenplay, leaving its prime competitor, Richard Linklater’s _Boyhood_, with only the sure-thing: a Supporting Actress prize for Patricia Arquette. [Your local prognosticator went six for seven](http://time.com/3712257/oscars-2015-predictions-who-will-win/) in the major awards (missing out on the _Birdman_ Screenplay win), in a year of heavy or prohibitive favorites. Julianne Moore earned Best Actress for _Still Alice_, J.K. Simmons won Supporting Actor for _Whiplash_ and Eddie Redmayne took Best Actor for _The Theory of Everything_. That meant no Oscar for Keaton, who during the climactic onstage Best Picture revelry affected a Beetlejuice shrug and said, “Look, it’s just great to be here, who am I kiddin’?” This was in keeping with his fatalist modesty this Saturday at[ the Independent Spirit Awards](http://time.com/3717822/indie-spirit-awards-oscars-hollywood/). When Keaton was asked where he’d put his Oscar statuette, he drily replied, “Next to my Nobel.” ### Oscars 2015: Celebrities on the Red Carpet  Emma Stone attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Scarlett Johansson attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Chris Pratt and Anna Faris attend the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images  Jessica Chastain attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter attend the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Chris Pine attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Reese Witherspoon attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Anna Kendrick attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Frazer Harrison—Getty Images  Rosamund Pike attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Bradley Cooper attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images  Neil Patrick Harris, right, and David Burtka attendsthe 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Steve Granitz—WireImage/Getty Images  Lupita Nyong'o attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images  Gwyneth Paltrow attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images  Eddie Redmayne attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Julianne Moore attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Oprah Winfrey attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images  Nicole Kidman attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  America Ferrera attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Steve Granitz—WireImage/Getty Images  Cate Blanchett attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images  Michael Keaton attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  David Oyelowo attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  J.K. Simmons attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Zendaya attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Josh Hutcherson attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Kevin Hart attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Dakota Johnson attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. 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Frazer Harrison—Getty Images  Laura Dern attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Steve Granitz—WireImage/Getty Images  Questlove attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Chrissy Teigen attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Faith Hill and Tim McGraw attend the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jeff Kravitz—FilmMagic/Getty Images  John Legend attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Steve Granitz—WireImage/Getty Images  Rita Ora attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images  Chloe Grace Moretz attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Viola Davis attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. 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Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Justin Theroux and Jennifer Aniston attend the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Steve Granitz—WireImage/Getty Images  Chris Evans attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images  Felicity Jones attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Frazer Harrison—Getty Images  Lady Gaga attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images  Jennifer Lopez attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images  Solange Knowles attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt—Getty Images For the first time in a year with more than five Best Picture nominees, each of the eight finalists went home with a little or a lot of Oscar love: _Birdman_ with a big four, including Cinematography; _The Grand Budapest Hotel_ with four on the craft side (Costume, Makeup and Hair, Production Design and Original Score); _Whiplash_ with a surprising three (Sound Mixing and Film Editing in addition to Simmons’ lock); and one each for _American Sniper_ (Sound Editing), _Boyhood_ (Supporting Actress), _The Imitation Game_ (Adapted Screenplay), _Selma_ (Original Song) and _The Theory of Everything_ (Actor). On a TV evening whose commercials — for Samsung (home movies), Cadillac (“Dare greatly” to an Edith Piaf theme), xfinity (a blind child imagines her own _Wizard of Oz_ movie) and iPad (illustrating a Martin Scorsese speech) — often showed more heart and craft than the onstage shenanigans, the Oscars show worked best, as [TIME’s James Poniewozik](http://time.com/3718371/oscars-telecast-broadcast-2015-recap-review/) suggested in his review of the show, when it was the Grammys. Highlights: Harris’s clever opening song (written by _Frozen_ composers Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez), The Lonely Island’s droll take on _The LEGO Movie’_s “Everything Is Awesome,” Tim McGraw’s plangent rendition of Glen Campbell’s Alzheimer’s song “I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” Gaga’s Maria von Trappezoid and, most powerfully, a choral performance of “Glory,” from _Selma_, that packed more emotion that the movie it represented. A few minutes later, Common and John Legend (who won the “Glory” Oscar under their real names, Lonnie Lynn and John Stephens) truly [elevated the discourse with their acceptance speeches](http://www.bustle.com/articles/65840-transcript-of-john-legend-commons-oscar-acceptance-speech-proves-glory-has-a-timeless-message-video). Common spoke of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, where Martin Luther King Jr. assembled his nonviolent protestors against the violent Alabama police 50 years ago next week. “The spirit of this bridge connects the kid from the South side of Chicago \[himself\], dreaming of a better life, to those in France standing up for their freedom of expression to the people in Hong Kong protesting for democracy,” Common said. “This bridge was built on hope, welded with compassion and elevated by love for all human beings.” Legend, pointedly applying the lessons of last year’s Best Picture winner _12 Years a Slave_ to 2015, noted that “There are more black men under correctional control today than were under slavery in 1850\. When people are marching with our song, we want to tell you that we are with you, we see you, we love you — and march on.” David Oyelowo, who played King, was in tears in the audience. Chris Pine too. The other political messages, much commented on by bloggers, were in the service of moderate causes that only Fox News could take exception to. _The Imitation Game_ screenwriter Graham Moore, who revealed he had attempted suicide at 16, advised insecure teens to be proud and “Stay weird.” Simmons: Call your parents, and don’t hang up till they’re done talking. Arquette plumped for [equal wages for women](http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/watch-patricia-arquettes-rousing-oscar-acceptance-speech-20150222). Redmayne: Be nice to people with ALS. Moore: Be nice to people with Alzheimer’s _and_ ALS. Recognizing sufferers of these diseases not only helps mend the social fabric — it wins Oscars for worthy stars. Moore became the fifth consecutive Best Actress — after Natalie Portman in _Black Swan_, Meryl Streep in _The Iron Lady_, Jennifer Lawrence in _Silver Linings Playbook_ and Cate Blanchett in _Blue Jasmine_ — to play a woman with Alzheimer’s or some other severe emotional disturbance. And Redmayne took the _My Left Foot_ award for contorting himself into a genius with extraordinary physical limitations. Yet these two winners seemed genuinely ecstatic when they won their predicted awards. Moore managed to remain poised through her giddiness, but Redmayne interrupted himself mid-speech with a whooping “Wow!” and nearly ripped off his tuxedo tie. Congratulations to both of them. Coming during the titanic maelstrom of an overlong awards show, that’s Acting. Watch the full clip below: ### LIFE at the Oscars: Classic Photos From Hollywood's Biggest Night  Elizabeth Taylor walks through a crowd of admirers at the Oscars in 1961 — the year she won her first Academy Award, for her role in BUtterfield 8. Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Grace Kelly and Clark Gable arrive at the 26th annual Academy Awards at the RKO Pantages Theatre in 1954. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Kirk Douglas, elegant in white tie, smiles and waves as he enters the RKO Pantages Theatre in 1954. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Television actress Sandra White laughs while arriving late at the 1953 Academy Awards. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Humphrey Bogart and his wife Lauren Bacall arrive at the 27th annual Academy Awards at the RKO Pantages Theater in 1955. George Silk—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Natalie Wood, Best Actress nominee for her role as Deanie Loomis in Splendor in the Grass, gets her hair done prior to the 1962 Academy Awards. Allan Grant—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Presenters Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly wait backstage at the RKO Pantages Theatre during the 1956 Academy Awards. Allan Grant—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  John Wayne (whose image is being projected on the huge screen) accepts the Best Director Oscar from Olivia DeHavillan for an absent John Ford during the 25th annual Academy Awards in 1953 — the first year the ceremony was televised. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The great, inimitable Charlie Chaplin — who had been living in self-imposed exile in Switzerland for two decades — blows a kiss to the crowd while accepting an honorary Oscar in 1972 for "the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century." When he was introduced to the audience, Chaplin received a 12-minute standing ovation. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty, co-stars in the Elia Kazan-directed romantic drama, Splendor in the Grass, attend the 1962 Academy Awards. Allan Grant—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  At the 1942 Academy Awards, Joan Fontaine gazes at the Best Actress Oscar she won for her role in Suspicion — an achievement that made her, incredibly, the only actor or actress to ever win an Oscar for a performance in an Alfred Hitchcock film. Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The one and only Audrey Hepburn cradles the Oscar she won for her role in Roman Holiday. Ralph Morse—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  John Wayne holds Oscars for Gary Cooper and John Ford (Best Actor for High Noon) and Best Director for The Quiet Man, respectively) backstage at the 25th Academy Awards at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, 1953. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Academy Award-winner Olivia de Havilland (The Heiress) and dapper presenter Jimmy Stewart at the 22nd Academy Awards, 1949. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Photographers snap their cameras Oscar winners Ingrid Bergman (Gaslight) and Bing Crosby (Going My Way) at the 1945 Academy Awards. Walter Sanders—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Presenters Ginger Rogers and George Murphy dance together while holding an Oscar backstage at the RKO Pantages Theatre in 1950. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Marlon Brando (right, with French singer and actress Line Renaud) casually holds his Best Actor Oscar for On The Waterfront at the 1955 Academy Awards at the RKO Pantages Theatre. George Silk—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Joanne Woodward dances with her husband, Paul Newman, at the Governor's Ball following the Academy Awards where she won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Three Faces of Eve. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed hold their Oscars as Best Supporting Actor and Actress in From Here to Eternity — a film that won eight statuettes in 1954, including Best Picture. George Silk—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Producer Buddy Adler's Academy Award for From Here to Eternity stands amid hats in the coat check room at Romanoff's restaurant in Beverly Hills during an Oscars after-party in 1954. 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