Oscar Show 2015: Inarritu, Alejandro G.–Best Director for Birdman

Many of the questions from reporters backstage for the Birdman director were in Spanish, prompting the helmer to joke: “It’s so good; it feels like Mexico. I haven’t had to speak in English,” he said. When asked about why he made Birdman the way he did, Inarritu said, “I haven’t figured out why I did […]

Oscar Show 2015: Redmayne, Eddie, Best Actor, The Theory of Everything

Eddie Redmayne plans to email Stephen Hawking and his family tonight to thank them for his win. “They have been so kind to us throughout this process,” said the actor backstage of playing the physicist in his first Oscar-winning role. “Our responsibility to tell their story truthfully and authentically — we felt it,” he continued. He […]

Oscar Show 2015: Moore, Julianne–Best Actress for Still Alice

“I believe in hard work. And I like stories about real people and real relationships and real families, and that’s what I respond to. This movie had all those things in it,” said Moore of Still Alice. She was asked about how her husband had supported her and told reporters a story she had not […]

Oscar Show 2015: Lady Gagy–Julie Andrews (Sound of Music), Top Social Moment

Lady Gaga (aka Stephanie Germanotta), in a flowing white gown sang a medley from the 1965 Best Picture winner, “The Sound of Music” and then greeted original star Julie Andrews in what was the No. 1 social moment from Sunday’s Oscars, according to both Facebook and Twitter. “Thank you, for that,” Andrews, who won the 1964 […]

Oscar Show 2015: Lowest Viewership in 6 Years!

The total-viewer count is the event’s lowest in six years.