--- description: Our Oscars go to... title: 2014 Oscars: Unofficial Winners and Losers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73b3e261c04efe1c/6986838bcd6848d8d8093660/476275539.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Oscars](/tag/oscars/) ## Oscars Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Oscars 2014 Superlatives: The _Real_ Winners and Losers from the Academy Awards by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 3, 2014 5:07 AM CUT  onstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California. onstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California.Kevin Winter—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 3, 2014 5:07 AM CUT If the Academy asks us to sit down for over three and a half hours to watch an awards ceremony, you better _believe_ that we are going to make a list of superlatives that chronicles the good, the bad, and the ugly. With that in mind: Here is TIME’s real winners and losers of the 2014 Academy Awards: **Most likely to get lice:** Everyone in this selfie > [](https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/440322224407314432) **Biggest missed opportunity:** Lice or not, Liza missed out the [most viral tweet of all time](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/03/02/oscars-ellen-meryl-streep-selfie/ "undefined") > [](https://twitter.com/HClaytonWright/status/440325513446719489) **Most beautiful:** According to host [Ellen DeGeneres](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/03/02/oscars-2014-the-best-jokes-from-ellens-monologue/#ixzz2urkueNlN "undefined"), “I’m not going to say who looks the most beautiful, but it’s clear: It’s Jared Leto.” **Most appropriate award presenter:** Kim Novak for _Frozen_ Kevin Winter / Getty Images **Most likely to be the butt of a joke:** Jonah Hill’s penis, which actually got called out by DeGeneres more times than Jennifer Lawrence’s fall last year. **Dress most likely to cause a seizure:** Anne Hathaway. _So. Many. Sparkles._ > [](https://twitter.com/ryanpbroderick/status/440300928877359105) **Biggest snub:** Leonardo DiCaprio to the pizza guy. Say yes to the carbs, Leo. > [](https://twitter.com/HoneymoonBoca/status/440326954596986880) **Most appreciated off-book moment:** Bill Murray’s tribute to Harold Ramis **Best source of current events:** Jared Leto’s [Oscar acceptance speech](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/03/02/oscars-2014-jared-letos-amazing-acceptance-speech-for-supporting-actor/ "undefined") **Most likely to get a** **_Dancing with the Stars_** **deal:** Pharrell and Meryl > [](https://twitter.com/iD4RO/status/440328649053855745) **Biggest Twitter fail of the night:** NBC News > [](https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/440301403685539840) It was corrected to this: > [](https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/440305208087052288) **Best blazer:** Nicholas Reed, Oscar winner for documentary _The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life_ **Most likely to shatter our** **_Frozen_** **hearts:** Idina Menzel. **Most likely to be sold for tens of thousands of dollars on eBay:** Lupita Nyong’o’s lip balm > [](https://twitter.com/citacintamagz/status/440343169499021314) **Best mea culpa:** And the Oscar goes to … The Academy > [](https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/440325163964321792) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/11231/oscars-2014-winners-losers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/11231/oscars-2014-winners-losers/"},"headline":"Oscars 2014 Superlatives: The Real Winners and Losers from the Academy Awards","datePublished":"2014-03-03T05:07:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:32:06.509Z","description":"Our Oscars go to...","url":"https://time.com/11231/oscars-2014-winners-losers/","keywords":["Oscars","awards","twitter","selfie","Ellen Degeneres"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73b3e261c04efe1c/6986838bcd6848d8d8093660/476275539.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73b3e261c04efe1c/6986838bcd6848d8d8093660/476275539.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"86th Annual Academy Awards - Show","caption":"86th Annual Academy Awards - Show","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/oscars/","name":"Oscars"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/11231/oscars-2014-winners-losers/","name":"Oscars 2014 Superlatives: The Real Winners and Losers from the Academy Awards"}}]}] ```