polo ralph lauren 04:55 POLO RALPH LAUREN - Best Picture - Will Smith introduces the nine nominees for best picture, and the winner is "12 Years A Slave".
Directed by Steve McQueen, the film was nominated for nine Oscars tonight. Lupita Nyong'o won best supporting actress for her role in "12 Years," and the film took home the prize for adapted screenplay as well.View gallery
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This is the first time a black director's film has taken the top Oscar.
Including his nomination this year for the directing award, this is the second Oscar nomination for British director McQueen, and his first win.
polo ralph lauren pas cher homme Based on a true story, "12 Years A Slave" stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup, a free African-American man in the 19th century who was kidnapped and forced into slavery. It won the Bafta award for best film and the best drama Golden Globe award this year.
Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas accept the award. This is the fifth Academy Award nomination and first win for Pitt. This is the second Academy Award nomination for Gardner, and the first nomination for both Katagas and Kleiner.
Pitt takes the stage for preliminary thanks before handing over to McQueen.
McQueen appears nervous as he rattles off a long list of thank yous, apologizing in advance. "The last word - everyone deserves not just to survive but to live," he says. "This is the most important legacy of Solomon Northup."
ralph lauren pas cher McQueen dedicates the award to "everyone who has endured slavery" and the 21 million still enslaved today. Then he does a little dance and bear hugs fellow producers.
04:48 POLO RALPH LAUREN - Best Actor - Jennifer Lawrence, best actress winner last year, comes on to present the best actor award.
The Oscar goes to Matthew McConaughey for "Dallas Buyers Club."
This is his first Academy Award nomination and win. McConaughey won a Golden Globe for his performance as well.
In "Dallas Buyers Club" he plays Ron Woodroof, a rodeo cowboy who learns he is HIV-positive. Determined to survive, Woodroof organizes an illicit trade in a drug cocktail that shows signs of slowing the virus's progress.
ralph lauren homme A tearful McConaughey thanks God, the Academy, his fellow nominees and their "impeccable" performances, co-stars Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, and the film's director Jean-Marc Vallee before finishing with his trademark line from Dazed And Confused, "alright, alright, alright'.
04:41 POLO RALPH LAUREN - Best Actress - Daniel Day-Lewis comes on to present best actress. And the winner is - no surprises here - Cate Blanchett for "Blue Jasmine".
This is her second Oscar and sixth nomination. She previously won the award for best supporting actress for "The Aviator" in 2014.