Every awards show is different, but all invite a common debate. Is it okay to be perfectly predictable?<\/p>\n
On the one hand, upsets and shockers create more compelling television. Whether it was “Modern Family” winning this year’s Emmy for Outstanding Comedy or Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” claiming the Grammy for Record of the Year, many ceremonies’ key announcements are so predictable that watching the proceedings seems unnecessary.<\/p>\n
By the same token, award reveals become predictable for a reason. If something is so vastly superior–or at least so vastly buzzed about–that it seems like the obvious winner, does it not deserve to win? Why should an awards show honor an inferior show, record or film just because doing so would be considered more exciting?<\/p>\n
Those voting on the annual Academy Awards focused on the latter question. All of the night’s key awards went to the obvious, odds-on favorites.<\/p>\n
The full Oscar results follow:<\/p>\n
Best Picture: “12 Years a Slave”
\nBest Actor: Matthew McConaughey (“Dallas Buyers Club”)
\nBest Actress: Cate Blanchett (“Blue Jasmine”)
\nBest Supporting Actor: Jared Leto (“Dallas Buyers Club”)
\nBest Supporting Actres: Lupita Nyong’o (“12 Years a Slave”)
\nBest Director: Alfonso Cuaron (“Gravity”)
\nBest Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze (“Her”)
\nBest Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley (“12 Years a Slave”)
\nBest Animated Film: “Frozen”
\nBest Foreign Language Film: “The Great Beauty” (Italy)
\nBest Original Song: “Let it Go” (“Frozen”)
\nBest Original Score: “Gravity”
\nBest Production Design: Catherine Martin (Production Design); Beverley Dunn (Set Decoration), (“The Great Gatsby”)
\nBest Film Editing: Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n and Mark Sanger (“Gravity”)
\nBest Sound Editing: Glenn Freemantle (“Gravity”)
\nBest Sound Mixing: Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro (“Gravity”)
\nBest Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki (“Gravity”)
\nBest Visual Effects: Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould (“Gravity”)
\nBest Documentary: “20 Feet from Stardom”
\nBest Documentary Short: “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life”
\nBest Live Action Short: “Helium”
\nBest Animated Short: “Mr. Hublot”
\nBest Makeup & Hairstyling: Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews (“Dallas Buyers Club”)
\nBest Costume Design: Catherine Martin (“The Great Gatsby”)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1050],"tags":[1056,1540,1539],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n