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The day is upon us. Oscar Sunday. The finale of the movie season. Our Super Bowl. The day where the best of the previous year’s films are crowned and the collective consciousness switches from looking backwards to forwards. For the 87th time, it’s time for the Academy Awards.

Neil Patrick Harris hosts the 87th Annual Academy Awards live from Hollywood California where the best films of 2014 battle for Oscar gold. Films like Boyhood, Birdman, American Sniper, The Theory of Everything, The Imitation Game, Whiplash, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Selma will all try to become Oscar winners.

Below, you’ll find all of the 2015 Oscar winners. They be updated in real time, along with commentary from the show itself. Here are our predictions. Were we right? Did your favorite film win? Were there any upsets? Find out below. 

Here are all the winner’s that have happened so far. We’ll update this list as the winner’s are announced.

2015 Oscar Winners

• Best Picture
• Best Actress
• Best Actor
• Directing
• Best Supporting Actress – Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
• Best Supporting Actor – J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
• Animated Feature Film – Big Hero 6
• Documentary Feature – Citizenfour
• Foreign Language Film – Ida (Poland) 
• Adapted Screenplay
• Original Screenplay
• Original Score
• Original Song
• Film Editing – Whiplash
• Production Design – The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Sound Editing – American Sniper
• Sound Mixing – Whiplash
• Visual Effects – Interstellar
• Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Costume Design – Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Makeup and Hairstyling – Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Animated Short Film – Feast
• Live Action Short Film – The Phone Call
• Documentary Short Subject – Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

And here are the nominees. We’ll bold each one and bump it to the top as they’re announced.

2015 Academy Awards Live Blog

Documentary Feature
Citizenfour – Winner
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga
Commentary: I still can’t believe that Citizenfour even exists. It’s so incredible. A totally worthy and amazing winner.

Film Editing
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash – Winner
Commentary: Great tension, great pacing, great victory for Whiplash.

Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Winner
Robert Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski, Ida
Dick Pope, Mr. Turner
Roger Deakins, Unbroken
Commentary: When you make a movie that’s basically in one full shot, you’re going to win best Cinematography. That’s just how it is. And it’s totally warranted. Also, this is Lubezki’s second Oscar in a row.

Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Winner
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner
Commentary: The Grand Budapest Hotel wins another, in a sure fire sign it’s taking most of the tech awards. The production design in the movie is absolutely magnificent so it’s 100% well deserved.

Animated Feature Film
Big Hero 6 – Winner
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Commentary: This was probably a closely contested race but Disney, again, takes it home. If The Lego Movie couldn’t win, I’m glad Big Hero won. It’s original, it’s commercial, it’s really good. Also, Neil Patrick Harris said, “If you’re at the Oscar party with the people who made The Lego Movie, now would be a good time to distract them.”

Animated Short Film
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast – Winner
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life
Commentary: Disney takes it home! So exciting! Congrats to Peter’s dog, Pixel!

Visual Effects
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar – Winner
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Commentary: The big superhero award, more or less, and it loses…to Interstellar. I guess it makes sense, the movie was beautiful.

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood – Winner
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Commentary: Another worthy yet expected win. Arquette took her time to argue for equal pay for women in America, which is pretty awesome.

Sound Editing
American Sniper – Winner
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Unbroken
Commentary: Say what you want about American Sniper, the sound was good.

Sound Mixing
American Sniper
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Interstellar
Unbroken
Whiplash – Winner
Commentary: This has to be considered an upset, yes? Either way, who cares? I’m so happy that Whiplash got another Oscar.

9:42 p.m. – Neil Patrick Harris just Birdmaned, in his tighty-whities, in front of a billion people. This guy is doing a great job.

Documentary Short Subject
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper (La Parka)
White Earth

Live Action Short Film
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp (La Lampe au Beurre de Yak)
Parvaneh
The Phone Call – Winner
Commentary: I haven’t seen any of these but out of all the short films that are out there and eligible, one has to be pretty special to win.

9:18 p.m. Tegan, Sara and Lonely Island just performed Everything is Awesome from The Lego Movie with a cameo from Will Arnett as Batman. So hilarious.

Foreign Language Film
Ida (Poland) – Winner
Leviathan (Russia)
Tangerines (Estonia)
Timbuktu (Mauritania)
Wild Tales (Argentina)
Commentary: Ida is available to stream on Netflix – right now – go for it.

Makeup and Hairstyling
Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard, Foxcatcher
Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, The Grand Budapest Hotel – Winner
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White, Guardians of the Galaxy

Costume Design
Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel – Winner
Mark Bridges, Inherent Vice
Colleen Atwood, Into the Woods
Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive, Maleficent
Jacqueline Durran, Mr. Turner
Commentary: Guys and gals – a Wes Anderson movie is now a double Oscar nominee…and counting!

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash – Winner
Commentary: Simmons had won every single award leading into this so this isn’t a surprise. Very well deserved though.

5:30 p.m. The show has finally began. Neil Patrick Harris is doing an huge musical number complete with Star Wars, The Avengers and Jaws. Anna Kendrick and Jack Black had the assist.

SHOW START, Read up

Original Song
“Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie
“Glory” from Selma
“Grateful” from Beyond the Lights
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell… I’ll Be Me
“Lost Stars” from Begin Again

Best Actor
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Directing
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar
Gary Yershon, Mr. Turner
Jóhann Jóhannsson, The Theory of Everything

Adapted Screenplay
Jason Hall, American Sniper
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice
Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash

Original Screenplay
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler

Best Picture
American Sniper
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

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Marvel Studios’ big screen adaptation of Inhumans wont hit theaters for almost four years (November 2nd 2018) but Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD television series is gearing up to return to ABC with a Inhuman story arc on Tuesday, March 3rd 2015. During the Academy Awards pre-show, ABC aired the first promo for the mid season return which features the first audible mention of “Inhuman” in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Watch the great Agents of SHIELD Inhumans commercial after the jump.

Agents of SHIELD Inhumans Commercial

If you’ve been following the series, you know its really gotten good sich the not-so-great first season. Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD’s midseason finale revealed Chloe Bennet‘s character Skye’s true identity as (spoiler alert) Daisy Johnson, AKA Quake, and the show fully revealed the existence of the Inhumans – a group that Skye is part of that is sure to have larger ramifications on the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This new promo shows Skye dealing with her Inhuman abilities.

What did you think of the Agents of SHIELD Inhumans commercial?

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The Independent Spirit Awards were handed out in Santa Monica this afternoon, and the crop of winners includes two accolades for Nightcrawler, two for Boyhood, and three for Birdman, including Best Feature. Whiplash also did well, and in general the Indie Spirit awards this year lined up very strongly with the Oscar predictions we and many other people have made. Check out all the winners for the Independent Spirit Awards 2015 below.

Winners are indicated by bold text in the list of nominees for each category.

Best Feature

• Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Boyhood
• Love is Strange
• Selma
• Whiplash

Best Director

• Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
• Ava DuVernay, Selma
• Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman
• Richard Linklater, Boyhood
• David Zellner, Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter

Best Screenplay

• Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski, Big Eyes
• J.C. Chandor, A Most Violent Year
• Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
• Jim Jarmusch, Only Lovers Left Alive
• Ira Sachs & Mauricio Zacharias, Love is Strange

Best First Feature

• A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
• Dear White People
• Nightcrawler
• Obvious Child
• She’s Lost Control

Best First Screenplay

• Desiree Akhavan, Appropriate Behavior
• Sara Colangelo, Little Accidents
• Justin Lader, The One I Love
• Anja Marquardt, She’s Lost Control
• Justin Simien, Dear White People

John Cassavetes Award
Given to the best feature made for under $500,000. Award given to the writer, director and producer. Executive producers are not awarded.

• Blue Ruin
• It Felt Like Love
• Land Ho!
• Man From Reno
• Test

Best Female Lead

• Marion Cotillard, The Immigrant
• Rinko Kikuchi, Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
• Julianne Moore, Still Alice
• Jenny Slate, Obvious Child
• Tilda Swinton, Only Lovers Left Alive

Best Male Lead

• André Benjamin, Jimi: All Is By My Side
• Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
• Michael Keaton, Birdman
• John Lithgow, Love is Strange
• David Oyelowo, Selma

Best Supporting Female

• Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
• Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
• Carmen Ejogo, Selma
• Andrea Suarez Paz, Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
• Emma Stone, Birdman

Best Supporting Male

• Riz Ahmed, Nightcrawler
• Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
• Alfred Molina, Love is Strange
• Edward Norton, Birdman
• J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Cinematography

• Darius Khondji, The Immigrant
• Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman
• Sean Porter, It Felt Like Love
• Lyle Vincent, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
• Bradford Young, Selma

Best Editing

• Sandra Adair, Boyhood
• Tom Cross, Whiplash 
• John Gilroy, Nightcrawler
• Ron Patane, A Most Violent Year
• Adam Wingard, The Guest

Best Documentary

• 20,000 Days on Earth
• Citizenfour
• Stray Dog
• The Salt of the Earth
• Virunga

Best International Film

• Force Majeure
• Ida
• Leviathan
• Mommy
• Norte, the End of History
• Under the Skin

Robert Altman Award
(Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)

Inherent Vice
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Casting Director: Cassandra Kulukundis
Ensemble Cast: Josh Brolin, Martin Donovan, Jena Malone, Joanna Newsom, Joaquin Phoenix, Eric Roberts, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short, Serena Scott Thomas, Benicio Del Toro, Katherine Waterston, Michael Kenneth Williams, Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon

Special Distinction Award
Foxcatcher

Piaget Producers Award: Chris Ohlson
Lenscrafters Truer Than Fiction Award: Dan Krauss, director of The Kill Team
Kiehl’s Someone To Watch Award: Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia, directors of H

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Gal Gadot will be back in her Wonder Woman armor before long. Though she’s not set to make her debut as the DC superheroine until next year, Warner Bros. is pushing ahead with the Wonder Woman standalone. According to a new report, it’ll shoot before the end of the year. More on the Wonder Woman standalone shooting schedule after the jump.

According to Deadline, who buried the news in an unrelated casting story*, Wonder Woman will shoot this fall. Michelle MacLaren is directing the film from a script by Jason Fuchs. Warner Bros. already has June 23, 2017 earmarked for the movie. Gadot is also expected to reprise the role for the Justice League Part 1, due out November 17, 2017.

A recent rumor indicated that Warner Bros. wants an entire Wonder Woman trilogy, and that the first film will center on Paradise Island’s first contact with the outside world in the 1920s. That same report claims the second Wonder Woman movie will be set during World War II, and the third will bring Wonder Woman into the modern day. As of now, though, Warner Bros. has only confirmed the one Wonder Woman movie.

Wonder Woman is MacLaren’s second feature, after the direct-to-video thriller Population 436. However, she’s an accomplished TV director, with episodes of Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, and Breaking Bad under her belt. Fuchs’ previous credits include Joe Wright’s Pan and Ice Age: Continental Drift.

Up until very recently, Gadot was best known for her work in the Fast & Furious series. Her other upcoming features are Ariel Vroman’s Criminal and John Hillcoat’s Triple Nine. Her first appearance as Wonder Woman comes in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which opens March 25, 2016.

(* Oh, and here’s the casting story, if you’re curious: Gadot is in talks for Keeping Up With the Jonses, directed by Greg Mottola. She’ll join Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher, and Jon Hamm. Production begins in April.)

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Fans know infinitely more about Star Wars: The Force Awakens than they do the standalone films. For sure, we know Gareth Edwards is directing one that’ll be released in December 2016. Gary Whitta wrote the first draft, Chris Weitz is writing the latest and we think Oscar-nominee Felicity Jones will star. We also think it’ll be about a group of bounty hunters or pirates hired to steal the plans for the Death Star. Emphasis on “think.”

That’s the 2016 film. 2017 will see Rian Johnson’s Star Wars Episode VIII and then 2018 will see the next standalone. We think Josh Trank will direct that film, but rumblings are even that might not be true anymore. As for the subject of the film, it’s mostly speculation.

Which is all preamble to the latest rumor, coming from The Sun newspaper in the UK. They say that second standalone movie will feature a young Han Solo (a rumor we’ve heard for years at this point) and that Taron Egerton, currently starring in Kingsman: The Secret Service, is being eyed for the role. Read more about the Taron Egerton Han Solo rumor below.

The rumor originated at the UK tabloid The Sun. It’s not online yet, so thanks to the Daily Mail for the heads up.

According to the report, the Han Solo film will show “how Harrison Ford’s iconic character got the Millennium Falcon and as well as showing how he fell out with Jabba the Hutt.” If that’s the case, you’d have to imagine how he met Chewbacca and other things would be in the film too.

So how much weight does this rumor hold? I would tend to say not a lot as The Sun is not particularly reliable. But Kingsman writer Mark Millar did tweet this:

Taron shot first. #justsayin

— Mark Millar (@mrmarkmillar) February 21, 2015

Is he just reacting to the rumor or is there some inside info? Probably the former, but maybe the latter.

A few quick reactions. One, before everyone goes crazy in the comments, I agree. I don’t want to see a Han Solo origin film. He’s my favorite character of all time but part of the character’s appeal are the mysteries in his past. Getting concrete answers to those questions would ruin a lot of the mystique. If he’s part of a larger story (the more likely interpretation) that’s better, but still a little scary.

Second, if the Solo solo film had to happen, I do like Egerton for the role. Unlike other actors who we’ve heard floated he’s young, and he’s got a swagger and confidence similar to Harrison Ford. We haven’t heard his American accent yet (or at least I haven’t) so that’s a question, but it’s obviously workable. Nearly every one of our biggest action stars these days are either British or Australian.

So again – is there any truth to the Taron Egerton Han Solo rumor? We don’t know. But it’s one of the best ones yet. What are your thoughts?

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