Scarlett Johansson has introduced a tribute to The Sound of Music – which won five Oscars including best picture in 1966 – celebrating its 50th anniversary.
And who else could perform those four-octave-range songs?
Lady Gaga of course!
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And here are all the acting winners, proudly displaying their Oscars.
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Fifty Shades of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson and her husband, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, arrive at the Vanity Fair party.
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They may not have gone home with a real Oscar, but Emma Stone and Felicity Jones both managed to snaffle a Lego version.
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Arriving at the Vanity Fair party, singer Miley Cyrus as you’ve never seen her before… with clothes on!
However she decided to attend Elton John’s Oscar bash without a bag on her head or her back to the camera – posing with Nicole Scherzinger
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After Jennifer Lopez snapped herself with her new BFF Meryl, she attempted another selfie, although this time was photobombed by Jennifer Aniston and her partner Justin Theroux
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Diversity may have been lacking at this year’s awards, but then again… two redheads won the top acting awards.
And it turns out there’s never been a ginger-haired best actor Oscar winner before…
“Maybe next year there’ll be some immigration rules to the Academy – two Mexicans in a row is suspicious,” director Alejandro G Inarritu joked when he collected the best picture prize, referencing Alfonso Cuaron’s best director win last year.
Michael Keaton paid tribute to Inarritu saying: “This has been a tremendous experience – this guy is as bold as bold can be. It’s just great fun to be here.”
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Inarritu finished his speech saying: “I dedicate this award for my fellow Mexicans who live in Mexico. I pray we can find and build a government we deserve and I hope Mexican immigrants in this country can be treated with the same dignity as the ones who came before and built this immigrant nation.””Thank you so much,” said Julianne Moore, as the hotly-tipped actress took home the best actress Oscar after racking up prizes for her role in Still Alice throughout the film season.
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I read somewhere that winning an Oscar can lead to you living five years longer – if that’s true, I’d like to thank the Academy as my husband is younger than me!”
The actress, who has been nominated four times previously, paid tribute to her fellow nominees, saying there was “no such thing as best actress”.
“I’m just grateful to be able to stand up here and thank the people I love,” she said.
“I’m thrilled we were able to shine a light on Alzheimer’s disease. So many people with this disease feel isolated and marginalised and one of the wonderful things about movies is things are able to be seen. Hopefully this movie will be seen and it will help find a cure.”Literally skipping and jumping for joy on stage, a delighted Eddie Redmayne said: “I don’t think I’m capable of articulating how I feel – I am fully aware I am a lucky, lucky man.
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This Oscar belongs to all those people around the world battling ALS,” he said. “It belongs to one exceptional family – Stephen, Jane and the Hawking children – and I will be its custodian and I will look after him; I’ll polish him and wait on him hand and foot.”
He paid tribute to his “partner in crime” and co-star Felicity Jones, and his “ferocious and kind director” James Marsh.
He described his Oscar as “a new fella coming to join our apartment”.
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Alejandro G Inarritu joked that wearing Michael Keaton’s “tighty whities” had proved his lucky charm, after wearing Raymond Carver’s shirt and Billy Wilder’s tie supposedly won him the top award at the Directors’ Guild Awards.
“They are tight, they smell like balls, but they worked!” he joked.
Inarritu paid tribute to his fellow nominees, scorning ego and competition.
“For someone to win, someone has to lose – but true art, true individual expression cannot be compared. Our work, as always, will be judged by time.”
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Collecting his award, Graham Moore said: “Alan Turing never got to stand on a stage like this and look at these faces and I do – and that’s the most unfair thing I’ve ever heard.
“So I want to use this moment to say this – when I was 16 I tried to kill himself because I felt like I didn’t belong. Now I’m standing here, so I would like this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she’s weird or different or doesn’t fit in anywhere. Yes you do. I promise you do. Stay weird and different.”
