Live coverage - Oscars - Academy Awards 2014 - 12 Years a Slave wins Best Picture

1. MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY ON 'MIRACLE'05:45: 
   More from best actor winner Matthew McConaughey backstage at the Oscars - he says the win for Dallas Buyers Club is "the end of a journey with this film.

   "Nobody wanted to make it for 20 years, it got turned down 127 times. Then it came across my desk and we got it made. That was a minor miracle in itself."
2. 05:37: Tim Masters Entertainment correspondent, BBC News 
   Gravity sound editor Glenn Freemantle said the journey of Sandra Bullock's character was told via "heart beats, tinnitus and radio signals".
3. STEVE MCQUEEN SPEECH05:28: 
   Steve McQueen, the British director of 12 Years a Slave, dedicated the best film Oscar to "all those people who have endured slavery".

   

   "Everyone deserves not just to survive, but to live," he said.
4. FULL LIST OF WINNERS05:22: 
   Gravity won seven Oscars, followed by 12 Years a Slave and Dallas Buyers Club, which each won three awards. American Hustle and Wolf of Wall Street both failed to pick up an award.

   Here's a full list of tonight's winners.
5. STEVE MCQUEEN SPEECH05:05: 
   12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen says: "Everyone deserves not just to survive but to live, this is the most important legacy of Solomon Northup and I dedicate this to those who endured slavery and for 21 million people who still suffer slavery today."
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   12 YEARS A SLAVE WINS BEST FILM04:57: BREAKING NEWS 
   The biggie of the night, best picture... goes to 12 Years a Slave.

   It may not have missed out on a lot of its nine nominations but gets the one that counts. Producer Brad Pitt introduces director Steve McQueen who has a large piece of paper. We could be here a while.
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   BEST ACTOR MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY04:56: BREAKING NEWS 
   And the best actor goes to Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club. It caps a massive turnaround in his career from rom-coms to serious drama. He praised his fellow nominees for their "impeccable performances".

   He thanked God, his family, his late father "who is up there with a big pot of gumbo and is dancing right now".
8. 04:48: Tim Masters Entertainment correspondent, BBC News 
   Gravity composer Steven Price told the BBC his love of music came from dancing around to Beatles records on the family record player at home.

   He hopes his Oscar win will open the doors to working with other people who tell great stories like Gravity.
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   BEST ACTRESS CATE BLANCHETT04:46: BREAKING NEWS 
   And the winner of best actress goes to... Cate Blanchett, for her role in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine.

   Accepting her award, Cate Blanchett praised her fellow actresses including the "sublime" Sally Hawkins and said films with strong female characters were not "niche".

   "Audiences want to see them and in fact they earn money," she said.
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    INSIDE THE DOLBY THEATRE.04:40: 
    Congrats to British Gravity sound mixer Chris Benstead, who tweeted this photo from inside the Dolby Theatre.

    
11. SANDRA BULLOCK TRIBUTE04:38: 
    Alfonso Cuaron pays tribute to his Gravity star Sandra Bullock saying: "You are the soul and heart of the film and one of the best people I ever met."
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    BEST DIRECTOR ALFONSO CUARON04:36: BREAKING NEWS 
    Angelina Jolie and Sidney Poitier to present best director... and its... Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity. Amazing seven Oscars out of ten and still got two more categories to go for the space-based drama.
13. BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY HER04:30: 
    And original screenplay goes to... Spike Jonze for Her. It is his first Oscar win and he looks stunned. "I have 42 seconds to speak so I better hurry," he says.

    Thanking friends and family, he adds: "We made a movie about relationships and intimacy, and that's what we have."
14. BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 12 YEARS A SLAVE04:27: 
    Lots of typewriters form the background of the Oscar set as the nominations for the screenplay awards are announced. We wonder if any of them work? Adapted screenplay goes to... John Ridley for 12 Years A Slave, making it two for Steve McQueen's slavery drama.
15. BEST SONG LET IT GO04:24: 
    Let It Go, from the Disney animation Frozen wins the Oscar for best original song for husband and wife team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.

    Mr Lopez becomes an Egot, which is a very rare distinction, meaning the winner of an Academy, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award.

    Other winners of all four awards include Whoopi Goldberg, Mel Brooks and the late Marvin Hamlisch.
16. GRAVITY WINS BEST ORIGINAL SCORE04:17: 
    Music score is awarded to Steven Price for Gravity - that is six out of its ten nominations for a movie that, remember everyone, is a British film.

    The humble Mr Price thanked his family. "Mum, dad, Jenny, sorry I made such noise when I was growing up".
17. 04:09: Tim Masters Entertainment correspondent, BBC News 
    Gravity's Alfonso Cuaron says backstage: "Something we didn't say on stage is all of this is down to Sandra Bullock."
18. BETTE MIDLER PERFORMS04:08: 
    Performing for the first ever time at the Oscars, Bette Midler ends the In Memoriam segment with the torch song Wind Beneath My Winds. Not a dry eye in the house. We think. Maybe not.

    
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    EMMA WATSON AND JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT03:59: 
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt - or to give him his twitter handle Hit Record Joe - gets into the spirit of things with Emma Watson at the Oscars.

    He tweets: Me and Emma #Oscars PHOTO: http://fb.me/39pjtmJN2

    
20. 'JOY OF MY LIFE'03:53: 
    Earlier, an emotional Lupita Nyong'o picked up the first Oscar for 12 Years A Slave, winning the best supporting actress award.

    

    The tearful star thanked director Steve McQueen for casting her in a film which she said had "been the joy of my life".
21. GREAT PRODUCTION DESIGN03:47: 
    That's two Oscars now for Catherine Martin for production design for The Great Gatsby.

    She has two other Oscars for Moulin Rouge in 2002, also directed by her husband Baz Luhrmann.
22. ACTORS SHARE A JOKE03:43: 
    Samuel L. Jackson was photographed on the red carpet whispering into the ear of Matthew McConaughey. We wonder what he was saying? Seems to have put a grin on the best actor nominee's face.

    
23. WIZARD OF OZ03:39: 
    Pink pays a musical tribute to 75 years of The Wizard of Oz with a stirring rendition of Somewhere Over The Window. Another standing ovation.

    
24. WINNERS SO FAR03:38: 
    With nine more awards up for grabs, here's a list of the winners so far.
25. STARDOM 'GOOSEBUMPS'03:33: Tim Masters Entertainment correspondent, BBC News 
    Morgan Neville, director of 20 Feet from Stardom, said: "I think we should change the name of the film to Stardom.

    He admits he had "the biggest goosebumps" when Darlene Love burst into song on stage.
26. GRAVITY WINS FOR FILM EDITING03:32: 
    Almost quicker than we can type it, Gravity's director Alfonso Cuaron picks up the film editing Oscar. That's five now.
27. GRAVITY WINS FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY03:31: 
    Cinematography goes to...Gravity - that makes their haul four Oscars so far. It's a bittersweet moment though as presenter Bill Murray adds his Ghostbusters co-star, the late Harold Ramis, who died in February, to the list of the nominees.
28. ALICE HERZ SOMMER03:28: Tim Masters Entertainment correspondent, BBC News 
    Malcolm Clarke, director of The Lady in Number 6 talks about the passing of the film's subject Alice Herz Sommer aged 110 a week ago saying: "It's been a very rough surreal week celebrating and mourning our leading lady."
29. JARED LETO WAXED03:26: Tim Masters Entertainment correspondent, BBC News 
    Make up and hair winners Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews (for Dallas Buyers Club) reveal they only met Jared Leto last week.

    He was already in character as Rayon on set, and never came out of it during filming. He'd already waxed his entire body for the transgender role. They only had to do his eyebrows.
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    STAR-STUDDED SELFIE03:23: 
    Best selfie ever?

    Ellen DeGeneres tweets: If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars

    
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    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS LUPITA NYONG'O03:18: BREAKING NEWS 
    Last year's best supporting actor Christoph Waltz is on hand to present the supporting actress Oscar... and it goes to... Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years a Slave.

    She gets a random hug from Liza Minnelli on the way to the stage. First tears of the night in a moving speech, she says "so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else's."
32. GRAVITY WINS SOUND AWARDS03:11: 
    It's a second and third Oscar win for Gravity for sound mixing and sound editing, to add to its visual effects award. Set to sweep the technical board?
33. ALL-WHITE ELLEN03:04: 
    Ellen has changed to an all-white outfit to introduce "a man who needs no introduction" Brad Pitt who introduced "one of the biggest rock bands in the world" U2 to perform their song Ordinary Love from the film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.

    
34. VIDEO: RED CARPET02:55: 
    Earlier, best supporting actress nominee Amy Adams graced the red carpet in a strapless navy Gucci Couture dress while American Hustle co-star Jennifer Lawrence wore a bright red Dior gown.

    

    Liza Minnelli delighted fans as she arrived in a blue outfit with a matching blue streak in her hair. Watch the red carpet highlights in this video montage.
35. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM02:52: 
    Bearded and ponytailed Ewan McGregor and Viola Davis presented The Great Beauty, directed by Paolo Sorrentino, with the Oscar for best foreign language film.
36. DOCUMENTARY FEATURE02:42: 
    The documentary feature goes 20 Feet from Stardom, a film about the men and woman singing backup on some of the most famous songs ever recorded.

    Singer Darlene Love broke into a gospel song at the mic and got a standing ovation.
37. BACKSTAGE 'FONDLE'02:39: 
    From our man backstage at the Oscars, Tim Masters, Jared Leto passed round his Oscar to the journalists in the press room to have a "fondle", as he put it.
38. THE MOON SONG02:37: 
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O and Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig performed a heartfelt rendition of The Moon Song from Her.

    

    They're up against Pharrell Williams, U2 and Idina Menzel for best song. All four nominees are performing during the ceremony.
39. SHORT FILM AWARDS02:36: 
    Live action short, presented by Kate Hudson and Jason Sudeikis, goes to Helium. Bad luck to Brits Mark Gill and Baldwin Li who were nominated for their film, The Voorman Problem.

    The best short documentary goes to The Lady in Number 6 about Alice Herz-Sommer, the oldest known survivor of the Nazi Holocaust who died in London a week ago at the age of 110.
40. JARED LETO ON HIS SPEECH02:35: 
    The official Oscars Press Room tweets: Jared Leto: "At one point in my speech I found myself talking to De Niro, as if the room wasn't intimidating enough!
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    VISUAL EFFECTS VICTORY02:28: 
    And Framestore has tweeted - well done guys.

    Oscar-winner tweets: Tim's speech in summary: thank you absolutely everyone!
42. FIRST BRITISH WIN02:23: 
    And it's the first victory for the Brits - the award for visual effects goes to Gravity and the ladies and gents at Framestore in London.
43. ANIMATED FILM WINNERS02:19: 
    Animated short goes to Mr Hublot while the animated feature film goes to the Disney blockbuster hit Frozen.
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    ELLEN BACKSTAGE02:14: 
    Not one to be left out - presenter Ellen is busy tweeting backstage.

    She tweets: Look who I just found backstage. pic.twitter.com/rp5Mt1sYsx

    
45. $250 MAKE UP02:10: 
    Make up and hair Oscar winner Dallas Buyers Club had a make up budget of just $250.
46. PHARRELL PERFORMANCE02:04: 
    Pharrell Williams managed to get actresses Lupita Nyong'o, Amy Adams and Meryl Streep on their feet dancing with his live performance.

    

    His infectious anthem Happy is up for an award for best original song.
47. MAKE UP AND HAIR WINNER02:01: 
    And the Oscar for make up and hair goes to Dallas Buyers Club - the second award of the night for the film.
48. COSTUME DESIGN WINNER02:00: 
    Samuel L Jackson and Naomi Watts presented Catherine Martin for The Great Gatsby with the Oscar for costume design. She had her speech tucked into her bra and thanked the ladies who are currently working on the musical version of her husband Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom.
49. PHARRELL WILLIAMS01:54: 
    Tonight's first performer Pharrell Williams went back to top of the UK singles chart for the third time earlier with his song Happy.

    The song, which is nominated for an Oscar, features in the hit animated film Despicable Me 2.
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    JARED LETO BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR01:45: BREAKING NEWS 
    And the first award of the night, best supporting actor, is presented by last year's best supporting actress winner Anne Hathaway and it has gone to Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club. It's his first ever Oscars nomination.

    "To my fellow nominees, I'm proud to share with journey with you." He also thanked his mother - "I love you mum thank for teaching me how to dream" and he even plugged his band Thirty Seconds to Mars by thanking his brother Shannon, the band's drummer.
51. ELLEN DEGENERES HOSTS01:38: 
    Our host for the night Ellen Degeneres is dressed a little bit like something between Liberace and a barrister. She's missing the wig though and started off with a joke about the wet weather in Los Angeles.

    
52. 01:35: Tim Masters Entertainment correspondent, BBC News 
    The show has started. Backstage the press is all fed and watered.

    Ellen Degeneres is making jokes about the recent rain in LA. I predict the show will have the same duration as The Wolf of Wall Street.
53. IN PICTURES: OSCARS 2014 RED CARPET01:33: 
    American Hustle star and best supporting actress nominee Jennifer Lawrence laughed off a slip up on the red carpet, this time on her way in. Last year she famously tripped up the steps to the stage when collecting her best actress award for Silver Linings Playbook.

    

    Find out what she and other Hollywood glitterati were wearing on the red carpet.
54. 01:29: 
    So they're all in now and we're moments away from the beginning of the 86th annual Academy Awards. Good luck everybody.
55. SANDRA BULLOCK01:29: 
    Gravity's best actress nominee Sandra Bullock said working on the best picture nominated film changed her life. "I'm still problematic but I'm not as problematic as I used to be," she says. This is her second Oscar nomination, she won in 2010 for The Blind Side.
56. 01:23: Tim Masters Entertainment correspondent, BBC News 
    Here in the press room, we're all fed and ready to go. Coffee and an iced tea lined up. Is that enough caffeine?
57. AMY ADAMS01:16: 
    Actress Amy Adams arrived on the red carpet with with her partner Darren Le Gallo. She's up for best actress for her role in American Hustle.

    

    She's already picked up four nominations all in the best supporting actress category, most recently for 2012's The Master - but has yet to collect a golden statuette.
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    A-LIST ACCESS01:06: 
    Samuel L Jackson shows you what kind of access an A-list invite gets you - he's only gone and managed to get a snap of the leather bag with all the winners names in there. Did he get a sneak peak?

    He tweets: Where the Answers are!!! Ran into the PW guys backstage! http://campl.us/q0gV

    
59. PHILOMENA'S PAPER BOY00:56: 
    Fun Oscars fact from 5live reporter Colin Paterson, who tweets: Sound Editing nominee for Gravity Glenn Freemantle used to be Philomena Lee's paperboy.

    Her story has been adapted by Steve Coogan in the film Philomena - nominated for four Oscars.
60. SALLY HAWKINS00:44: 
    South London's Sally Hawkins was looking glamorous in a Valentino dress as she arrived on the red carpet. She's up for best supporting actress for her role as Ginger, the sister of Cate Blanchett's down-on-her-luck Jasmine, in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine.

    
61. 00:38: HOUR TO GO 
    So, with an hour to go before the awards starts and if you're just joining us, lets recap on the major nominees - Gravity and America Hustle are the frontrunners with ten nominations each, 12 Years a Slave is close behind with nine.

    Lots of chances for some Brit success, including Steve McQueen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dame Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins and Christian Bale all in the running for statues.
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    00:37: 
    Ellen DeGeneres is back for a second stint as host. She hosted the 79th Academy Awards in 2007, watched by a TV audience of 39.9 million.

    She tweets: Here we go #Oscars

    
63. CATE BLANCHETT00:31: 
    "It's heavy but I love it," Blue Jasmine star and best actress nominee Cate Blanchett on her golden Giorgio Armani dress. She won a statue in 2005 for her role as Katherine Hepburn in The Aviator. This year is her fifth nomination and she's the bookies' favourite.

    
64. CHIWETEL EJIOFOR00:08: 
    Chiwetel Ejiofor means business, he has shaved off the beard that graced his face at the Baftas.

    

    The British best actor nominee for 12 Years a Slave said he was "stunned" by the final film - which is up for the coveted best picture.

    He was shown a pre-recorded good luck video from his sister, CNN financial reporter Zain Asher.
65. BARKHAD ABDI00:05: 
    Barkhad Abdi was looking chipper as he arrived on the red carpet with actor Faysal Ahmed. He's up for best supporting actor for his role in Captain Phillips.

    
66. SPECIAL EFFECTS00:03: 
    Framestore, the British visual effects supremos who are Oscar-nominated for Gravity - one of ten nominations - have tweeted a pretty sweet video of how they produced such amazing effects. If you have a second, watch and marvel
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    23:59: 
    Some observations from our reporter Tim Masters @timesmarts who is backstage at the Oscars: "The dress code for the press is strict: black tie and posh frocks. I've never seen so many journalists looking so well-groomed as on Oscars night."
68. PHARRELL ARRIVES23:58: 
    Fashion alert - Best original song nominee Pharrell is in tuxedo-shorts - he looks a bit like a schoolboy. The rain's not bothering him, because he's happyyyy...

    Pharrell Williams arrived on the red carpet with Helen Lasichanh
69. BARKHAD ABDI23:36: 
    Excellent stuff, Captain Phillips star and best supporting actor nominee Barkhad Abdi greets E! host Ryan Seacrest's matey greeting of "Hi, it's good to see you," with "It's good to see you too, I've watched you a lot on TV."
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    23:36: 
    On his way to the Oscars and looking typically dapper is Joseph Gordon Levitt. Wonder if he'll be supporting his Dark Knight Rises co-star Christian Bale, who is nominated for best actor for his role in the film American Hustle.

    Joseph Gordon-Levitt tweets: On my way. #Oscars PHOTO: http://fb.me/2HM0hCSdP

    
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    23:30: 
    And they're off - best supporting actress and Oscar debutante Lupita Nyong'o is relying on some family heirloom to help her chances...

    Lupita Nyong'o tweeted: #Oscars sneak peek. Family totem. @lovegoldlivehttp://instagram.com/p/lDupZBnuXE/

    

    Follow the BBC News entertainment team's Oscar coverage on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts
72. 23:20: 
    So will American Hustle a winner, will Gravity be brought crashing back to earth or will the Wolf of Wall Street Howl in victory? It can only mean one thing, it's all about the little golden nudist that everyone wants to get their hands on, its Oscars time and we will be here with you through the entire awards.

    So relax, put your feet up and let us guide you through the frocks, the shocks and the sure things.