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LIFESTYLE NEW VISION, Tuesday, March 4, 2014 35 Best actor winner Matthew McConaughey, best actress Cate Blanchett, best supporting actress Nyong'o and best supporting actor Jared Leto with their Oscars backstage at the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood Lupita Nyong’o celebrating her win Lupita shines at the 2014 Oscars Twelve Years A Slave By Steven Odeke ust as expected, she fi nally has an OVERALL WINNERS JOscar. No, not really as expected. Lupita Nyong’o had big competition in the “Best Supporting Actress” category that had Best Picture-12 Years A Slave Hollywood A-list actress Jennifer Lawrence at Best Actor in a Leading Role-Matthew McConaughey the 86th Academy awards that took place on (Dallas Buyers Club) Monday morning at the Dolby Theatre in Los Best Actress in a Leading Role -Cate Blanchett (Blue Angeles. Jasmine) It was a battle between the unknown girl and Best Actor in a Supporting Role-Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Hollywood sweetheart, but for the Kenyan’s Club) Oscar-worthy portrayal as Patsy, a cotton picker Best Actress in a Supporting Role -Lupita Nyong'o (12 who was repeatedly raped in the fi le 12 Years a Years A Slave) Slave, Lupita, had to win this award that made Best Make-up and Hairstyling-Dallas Buyers Club her the 15th actress to win an Oscar in her fi lm (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews) debut. Best Director -Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) She went ecstatically wild on announcing her Best Animated Feature-Frozen victory and amid a rousing standing ovation Best Live Action Short Film-Helium (Anders Walter, Kim from fellow actors; the 31-year-old delivered a Magnusson) touching and teary acceptance speech. Best Visual Effects-Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, “When I look down at this golden statue, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould) may it remind me and every little child that no Best Film Editing-Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger) matter where you are from, your dreams are Best Animated Short Film-Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, valid. Thank you,” said the actress who also Alexandre Espigares) scored high with Oscar fashionistas impressed Best Documentary Feature-20 Feet from Stardom with her powder blue Prada gown. Best Cinematography-Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki) The speech struck a chord with audiences in Best Production Design-The Great Gatsby (Catherine every part of the world with African fans, led Martin, Beverley Dunn) by Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta, taking to Best Sound Editing-Gravity (Glenn Freemantle) social media to congratulate “Africa’s pride,” as Best Original Score-Gravity (Steven Price) his tweet read. Best Original Screenplay-Her (Spike Jonze) The night went somber when actors paid a Best Sound Mixing -Skip Lievsay, Niv Adirj, touching tribute to fallen actors Paul Walker, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro (Gravity) James Gandolfi ni and Philip Seymour Hoffman Foreign Language Film-The Great Beauty, Italy who passed away in the last 12 months. Best costume Design-Catherine Martin, The Great Gatsby Lupita’s fans now hope she doesn’t succumb Best documentary Short Subject-The Lady in to the infamous ‘Oscar Curse,’ known to send Number 6: Music Saved My Life certain actors into oblivion before getting on the Best Original Song-Let It Go (Frozen) Nyong’o and other guests outside the Dolby Theatre next set. Best Adapted Screenplay-12 Years a Slave (John Ridley).