Cate Blanchett has won the Oscar for best actress and become the first Australian to win two Academy Awards for acting.
She received the award for her role in Blue Valentine and was up against international stars Sandra Bullock and Amy Adams.
“There is so much talent in Australia,” Blanchett said at the end of her speech.
Matthew McConaughey took out the best actor award from his first Academy Award nomination for The Dallas Buyers Club, leaving Leonardo Oscar-less for the fifth time round.
12 Years A Slave has been awarded the all-important best picture award.
But it has been a big day for Aussies in Hollywood, with Catherine Martin also breaking records. She became the most successful Australian at the Academy Awards ever, winning Oscars for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design for eye-feast spectacular, The Great Gatsby.
“I have a few words tucked into my bra. It’s a very Australian thing to do,” Catherine said during her acceptance speech.
“It’s where you keep your tissues.”
The incredibly talented and relative newbie, Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o, took out the best supporting actress role for her moving portrayal as a slave in 12 Years A Slave.
In an emotional speech Lupita said, “It doesn’t escape me for one minute that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else’s.”
“Thank you for putting me in this position, it has been the joy of life.”
She was up against some of the industry’s most distinguished and well-recognised actors, including Julia Roberts, June Squibb and Jennifer Lawrence.
Jared Leto beat a host of amazing actors to take out best supporting actor, including Bradley Cooper and Jonah Hill, for his role in Dallas Buyers Club.
Disney has finally won its first Oscar with the best animated feature for Frozen. Sci-fi blockbuster Gravity has stolen the show with six awards — including best cinematography, sound editing, sound effects, sound mixing and best visual effects.
Gravity beat Frozen in the race for best original score however the Disney favourite won best original song with Let it Go.
**The winners are:
-Best Picture: 12 Years A Slave
-Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
-Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
-Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
-Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
-Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years A Slave
-Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley, 12 Years A Slave
-Best Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze, Her
-Best Cinematography: Gravity
-Best Editing: Gravity
-Best Art Direction: The Great Gatsby
-Best Original Score: Gravity
-Best Song: ‘Let it Go’, Frozen
-Best Makeup: Dallas Buyers Club
-Best Costume Design: The Great Gatsby
-Best Live Action Short: Helium
-Best Animated Short: Mr Hublot
-Best Animated Feature: Frozen
-Best Documentary: 20 Feet From Stardom
-Best Documentary Short: The Lady in Number 6
-Best Foreign Language Film: The Great Beauty (Italy)
-Best Sound Mixing: Gravity
-Best Sound Effects Editing: Gravity
-Best Visual Effects: Gravity**
Ellen DeGeneres may have proved a popular host with her selfie-taking and pizza ordering, but her jokes have been pretty tough on some guests.
“I’m not going to say who is the most beautiful tonight, but let’s face it, it’s Jared Leto,” she said.
“Boy, he’s pretty.”
Liza Minelli also was a target.
“You are one of the best Liza Minnelli impersonators I have ever seen,” she said.
“Good job, sir.”
