87th Oscars News Today

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>> his speech one of the highlights for me how he got up and talked about his family instead of thanking agents and studios and what not as usual. julianne moore not a surprise, she was the front runner and darling of the evening. >> certainly was. she looked phenomenal. sounded great when she got up there and has given so many speeches this season. like j.k. simmons, the oscar speech really was her most personal one yet. it really meant something to her and it was beautiful to see her all smile...

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Backstage. some of people liked his jokes. he had a great joke about cumberbatch, making fun of john travolta. thought that worked very well. some are calling him out for the whole thing with octavia spencer and her watching the cases and then having two white guys appointed to watch her watch the cases. a lot of people are calling it racist, a lot of racist backlash on twitter for that. and then to have the image of him in his tidy whiteys. thats the image i think you will be left with from the...

You heard one name said a lot. >> "birdman" nominated for nine oscars, scored four trophies including best picture, best director and best original screen play. brandi hitt is on the red carpet with the latest. brandi, good morning. >> good morning, reena and t.j. the stars are celebrating in to the wee hours of the morning. you can see a few walking the red carpet behind me. a variety of films taking home oscar gold but the biggest honor of the night, definitely best picture, and it went to "bi...

♪ >> welcome to the 87th oscars. tonight, we honor hollywoods best and whitest -- sorry, brightest. >> hi, whats your name? >> steve. >> nice. first time here? >> yes. [ laughter ] >> have you -- whos the most famous person you are looking forward to meeting tonight? >> ed norton. hes right over there. >> nice seat. ♪ he won an oscar ♪ >> id like to thank the academy. i had toe write -- to write this down so i dont forget my childrens names. >> i love that dress. takes a lot of balls to we...

Best supporting actor to j. k simmons and best supporting actress to patricia arquette for "boyhood." lets talk about neil patrick harris. there are a lot of mixed reviews coming in for his role as host. the opening number was spectacular. there was a sort of holographic image that went along with him on stage. then of course there was the funny moment of his imitation of "birdman" where he walked out in his underwear on the oscar stage, surprising many people. some critics, though, believe his ...

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