Lupita Nyong’o Becomes 7th Black Women to Win Oscar + ’12 Years A Slave’ Wins Best Picture

The 86th Academy Awards went underway last night. Hosted by comedian, Ellen Degeneres, the Oscars brought out the brightest stars as the Academy honored those who did an outstanding job in film. What was deemed as a precedented evening, the movie 12 Years A Slave took home two top honors. Its director/producer, Steve McQueen became the first Black director and producer to win Best Picture. Also, the films shining young starlet Lupita Nyong’o became the 7th Black actress EVER to win Best Actress in a Supporting Role (12 Years A Slave).

Special congratulations to McQueen and Nyongo on their wins.

Here are the remaining winners for the evening:

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 Actor in a Supporting Role- Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)

Best Animated Feature – Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)

Best Cinematography – Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)

Best Costume Design – The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)

Best Directing – Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)

Best Documentary Feature – 20 Feet from Stardom (Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen, Caitrin Rogers)

Best Documentary Short – The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas Reed)

Best Film Editing – Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)

Best Foreign Language Film – The Great Beauty (Italy)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling – Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)

Best Original Score – Gravity (Steven Price)

Best Original Song – Let It Go – Frozen

Best Production Design – The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)

Best Animated Short Film – Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)

Best Live Action Short Film – Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)

Best Sound Editing – Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)

Best Sound Mixing – Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)

Best Visual Effects – Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)

Best Adapted Screenplay – 12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)

Best Original Screenplay – Her (Spike Jonze)