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Lucky, lucky man. this is oscar. eddie redmayne winning an oscar for the theory of everything. that s one of the captivating performances honored last night. our dear friend grae drake fresh from the rotten tomatoes party. joining us from l.a. good to see you. we talked to you a week or so ago and you said it was come down to birdman or boyhood. sure enough, it was birdman took home the big oscar. so much of a surprise of any kind last night in any category? you know what s amazing is that boyhood didn t take home as many awards as i thought it was going to. like you know, i thought it was an exceptional film but birdman took home all of the big prizes. alejandro gonzález iñárritu got to say so much and he is delightful. j.k. simmons what a story there. absolutely. j.k. simmons not only gives the best speeches but really has it together. ....
Right? it is done in seemingly one take, which has never been done very well in movies before, not since alfred hitchcock. put it that way. he did a movie called rope and it was wonderful and people have said do a movie in one take and they are not good. and you have birdman and michael keaton shines in this movie, performances are spectacular. it is really hard to say who will win. let s go to the acting categories. any surprise we should look out for. what should people look for in the acting categories? the acting categories are something you can win an oscar pool on this year because based on the awards that everybody has already won it looks like solid choices already. i know who s going to win. i will tell you who s going to win. i m going to sound that confident. okay. best actress is going to be eddie redmayne, the theory of everything. he was so unbelievable as stephen hawking. ....
reporter: yet it was only days before the theory of everything shoot began that redmayne met his icon, stephen hawking himself for the first time. i remember getting out of the car and going why have you not thought of what you are going to ask. the truth, what did i want when i was meeting him was approval and he was incredibly kind to me. reporter: his command of hawking s physicality lets viewers focus on the movie s emotional power. reporter: with or without a win on oscar sunday, redmayne is doing what he loves. there are so many things i could do other than this. absolutely there are but i m an addict to acting. reporter: i m chris connelly for nightline in los angeles. ....
how about now? now. okay. how about now? now. okay. we are just over a week away from the annual academy awards. 87th annual we are coming up on and you have been seeing the oscar buzz. we are at a fever pitch right now. up for best picture the theory of everything. the bio pic of the life of stephen hawking and up for best actor eddie redmayne. no question he put on a great performance here but as abc s chris connelly found out this is a man of many talents. here you go. should we make it interesting? look at who s hawking, 33-year-old eddie redmayne. best actor nominated for his role as physicist and best-selling author stephen hawking in the theory of everything. reporter: taking a break from the award season, car wash at the standard downtown l.a. with the game he prefers, ping-pong. ....
Music, and despite all of the slights against him, beck agrees. yeah. he told us weekly magazine that he still loves west and thinks he s a genius, even saying, quoting here, i aspire to do what he does. which is nice of him. and it doesn t take away from kanye s talent. but he really needs to stay out of it. tweet about it. if you don t agree with the choice, use your own voice. stop or vote. but stop using the stage when these people put together a choice. beck deserved his moment. it s crazy. but he was right. sorry. moving on to another creative competition, the oscars, and heavy favorite for best actor, eddie redmayne. he won a bafta award on sunday for his portrayal of dr. stephen hawking in the theory of everything. and there are some pictures of redmayne in a previous role, rugby player. here he is from his time in school. but if you look two players to the right of him you may recognize who is that? his teammate. um, looks like prince william. wow ....