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23rd Feb 2015

Birdman Scoops Four Awards at This Year’s Oscars

The big winners...

Rebecca McKnight

The cream of the Hollywood crop stepped out on Sunday night for the biggest award ceremony of the year…

Birdman scooped a total of four awards, seeing off the likes of Boyhood and American Sniper for Best Picture.

It also claimed Best Original Screenplay while director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu was named Best Director.

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Birdman won four awards in total.

Julianne Moore was also celebrating as she collected the Best Actress Oscar (her first) for her role in Still Alice.

Man of the moment Eddie Redmayne took home the award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.

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Eddie Redmayne accepting his Best Actor Oscar.

Patricia Arquette claimed the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Boyhood while JK Simmons won the male equivalent for Whiplash.

Other winners included The Imitation Game (Adapted Screenplay), The Grand Budapest Hotel (Original Score), Big Hero 6 (Animated Feature Film) and Selma (Original Song for Glory).

For a full list of winners, click here.