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Lupita Nyong'o, Cate Blanchett, Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto were among the winners at the Oscars last night (02.03.14).
'Gravity' cleaned the board with seven awards, while '12 Years a Slave' won Best Picture at the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.
Lupita picked up the gong for Best Supporting Actress for '12 Years a Slave', while Cate Blanchett won Best Actress for her role in 'Blue Jasmine' and Matthew and Jared took home the Oscar statues for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively for their roles in 'Dallas Buyer's Club'.
Jared couldn't believe his luck when he picked up his award and he later handed it to journalists in the press room for them to take photographs with it.
Meanwhile, director of '12 Years a Slave', Steve McQueen, praised his mother Mary for her "hardheadedness" and insisted the film was about the will "not just to survive but to live", while producer Brad Pitt thanked the Academy for the "incredible" award.
Elsewhere, Disney's 'Frozen' picked up the award for Best Animated Feature, while its soundtrack 'Let It Go' won Best Original Song. 'The Great Gatsby', starring Leonardo DiCaprio, also won two prizes at the 86th Academy Awards for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design.

The full list of winners for the Oscars 2014..

Best Picture
12 Years a Slave

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine

Best Supporting Actor
Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress
Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave

Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity

Best Costume Design
The Great Gatsby

Best Make-Up and Hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club

Best Short Film (Animated)
Mr Hublot

Best Animated Feature Film
Frozen

Best Short Film (Live Action)
Helium

Best Documentary Short Subject
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life

Best Documentary Feature
20 Feet from Stardom

Best Foreign Language Film
The Great Beauty (Italy)

Best Sound Mixing
Gravity

Best Sound Editing
Gravity

Best Visual Effects
Gravity

Best Cinematography
Gravity

Best Film Editing
Gravity

Best Production Design
The Great Gatsby

Best Original Score
Gravity

Best Original Song
Let It Go - Frozen

Best Adapted Screenplay
John Ridley - 12 Years a Slave

Best Original Screenplay
Spike Jonze - Her

Jared Leto often thinks about death.
The 30 Seconds to Mars frontman and his older brother Shannon, 43, were involved in drugs when they were younger and Jared often wonders if they would still be alive if he they hadn't have formed a band.
Jared said: "My brother and I were from the wrong side of the tracks and had we not found creativity we would either be in prison or dead."
He added: "I think about death quite a bit. We're all on borrowed time. But death wipes out the old and brings in the new. It's nature's great innovator, right? And it's the one thing we can all count on."
Despite being a teenage tearaway, Jared, now 42, didn't think he was doing anything wrong at the time and took joy out of getting away with being a trouble-maker.
He said: "We didn't think about things being illegal or not. Drugs, whatever, it was only bad if you got caught. We got caught plenty but I tell you there's no feeling greater than getting away with it. Especially if the cops are actually running after you you and you get away."
Jared has since become a successful musician and actor, who is nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars next month, for his role in 'Dallas Buyer's Club', but he insists he has never dreamed about winning.
He added to Q Magazine: "[I've] never [thought about winning]. Though I'm sure it's working its way into my subconscious now. Growing up I had hippy parents and we didn't have a TV so I was never exposed to awards."

Cate Blanchett has "butterflies" in her stomach on the day of the Oscars.
The actress is up for her sixth Academy Award this year, after being nominated for Best Actress for her role in Blue Jasmine, and she acknowledges she will be particularly nervous on the day.
Cate - who previously won Best Supporting Actress for her role in 2004's 'The Aviator' - said: "A lot of effort goes into effortlessness of walking up that marathon red carpet. I wake up with butterflies in my stomach. You never know the outcome. It has been an extraordinary year in films, so to be at the banquet is a privilege."
Cate, 44, also admits if she was like her character in 'Blue Jasmine' - who loses her fortune and has to adapt to a normal life - she wouldn't have the same difficulties as those around her keep her grounded.
She told OK! magazine: "Fortunately I have the most extraordinarily supportive family and friends, and my identity is not based on either my work or any of this."
The Oscar Awards take place today (02.03.14).

Aaron Paul "gravitates" towards "darker" roles.
The 'Need for Speed' actor - who is best known for playing troubled meth cook Jesse Pinkman in 'Breaking Bad' - is a "happy and content" person, so likes to challenge himself by playing characters that are so different to himself.
He said: "I'm drawn to these roles because they make me feel emotions I'm not used to feeling.
"In everyday life, I'm very happy and content. That's why I gravitate to the dark side, for me, it's more exciting. It makes me feel like I'm doing something and not just walking through the role."
The 26-year-old star also admitted he sometimes worries his career has peaked already because he doesn't think he'll ever get a role as good as Jesse.
He said: "It feels [like I've peaked] sometimes. Hopefully, I'll continue to work. All I know is Jesse Pinkman is the role of a lifetime, it'll never come across my path again. 'Breaking Bad' changed my life."
As well as boosting his career, Aaron was delighted to have found lasting friendship on 'Breaking Bad' in the form of his co-star Bryan Cranston.
He told Marie Claire magazine: "I love that man. He is a dear friend and the biggest mentor. He's the most focused professional guy, but unbelievably immature in the best possible way. I miss laughing with him. But we'll be friends until the end of time, for sure."

Amy Adams kept a trench coat as a memento of 'American Hustle'.
The actress - who plays grifter Sydney Prosser in the David O. Russell movie, which is up for ten Oscars on Sunday (02.03.14) - takes home souvenirs from her time on certain movies, although she's unsure if she'll ever wear them again.
She said: "Do I take mementoes from sets? Yes. There was a trench coat that I liked a lot. It's funny because I always want to keep things, and I never will wear them again - which is too bad, as it's a really lovely trench coat."
Amy is nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars for her role in the movie, but is more excited about being able to catch up with some of her acting buddies at the event.
She added to people magazine: "Catching up with people you haven't seen for a while is the best part of award season. We all are so busy working, and sets can be really isolating, so getting to catch up and say hi to people is the best part."

June Squibb's home town helped her relate to the lifestyle portrayed in 'Nebraska'.
The 84-year-old actress plays Kate Grant in the Oscar-nominated drama and claims Vandalia, which is located in rural Illinois, has the kinds of people characterised in the film.
She told the guardian newspaper: "It [home town] was a small midwestern town in south-eastern Illinois, not a lot different from the places in the movie. I knew all those people in 'Nebraska', I recognised Kate completely.
"I've seen scenes like those groups of utterly silent men watching the football game on TV, or moments just like that, all my life, throughout my family and friends' households there."
Squibb always knew she was "different" and didn't belong in Illinois and aimed to pursue an acting career elsewhere.
She added: "It was a normal small town of about 5-6,000 people, and I had lots and lots of friends, I was a cheerleader and a majorette and all those things you'd expect of a girl in the 30s and 40s. But the thing I always thought of myself as was an actress. I never thought, 'I want to be.' It was always, 'I am.' I felt that from an early age, and I always thought perhaps I don't really belong here."
Squibb has been nominated for an Academy Award for Supporting Actress and is up against Sally Hawkins, Jennifer Lawrence, Lupita Nyong'o and Julia Roberts at the ceremony which takes place in Hollywood on March 2.

Chris Evans had a diet of "bland chicken" to develop Captain America's hunky physique.
The 32-year-old actor has been cast as the titular superhero in forthcoming film 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' and was forced to do "weight training" and eat protein foods to build the image needed to depict his character.
He said: "I'm a skinny guy naturally. My body wants to be about 170-180lbs, so to get it to 200lbs, I have to eat a lot. It's not so much what you're eating, it's the quantity. Aside form the weight training, which is brutal - although when you walk out of the gym you feel great - it's inbetween the workout that's tough, just eating, eating, eating. It sounds pleasant, but it's not pizza and doughnuts, it's just bland chicken. Very lean, dry, simple food that provides protein. You always feel bloated and uncomfortable."
Evans reprised the role he first took on in 2011's 'Captain America: The First Avenger' for 'The Avengers' and 'Thor: The Dark World' before taking on the character again for 2014's film, and admits he doesn't continue to work out between movies.
He told UK's Glamour magazine: "A week before we wrap, I stop working out. I literally just started again this week [for the second Avengers film], but these past few months have been so wonderful - not even thinking about the gym."

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