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Rory Mellon takes your through the biggest awards show of the year.
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It was a weird and wonderful night at the Oscars. Neil Patrick Harris played his part for a few well timed one liners and an opening number that will surely go down as one of the best Oscar performances of recent times. Meanwhile we witnessed the drug-induced staging of Lonely Island's Everything Is Awesome, who handed out Lego Oscars to nominees, and filled the stage with colourful and creative designs. We saw John Travolta apologise for mispronouncing Idina Menzel's name a few years ago, by stroking her face on live television. However, the highlight the night came before the ceremony even began, with Noel Clarke, former Doctor Who companion and opinion-haver, who the entire build up name dropping and being very angry that Jake Gyllenhall wasn't nominated for best actor. With regards to the films, Birdman was unquestioningly the winner. While Keaton, Norton, and Stone failed to win in their categories, Alejandro González Iñárritu walked away with 3 of the most coveted prizes of the night: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. The big story of the night however were the snubs; no acting nominations or major wins for Selma, Foxcatcher walking away without a single award, Joan Rivers not being a part of the In Moratorium section of the Oscars, and Boyhood only picking up one award, despite being tipped to be one of the big winners of the night. If anything the political movements during the ceremony overshadowed all the other aspects. On the Red Carpet Reese Witherspoon refused to answer questions about her dress, drawing attention to the talented women on show that night. Patricia Arquette, while collecting her award for Best Supporting Actress, issued a rallying call for equal pay across all sectors; which was enthusiastically applauded by Meryl Streep. Graham Moore stood up for those feel weird and isolated, the audience stood and cheered in support of Edward Snowden, and Alejandro used his final speech of the night to call for a better