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Ellen rocks the Oscars, looks amazing in a tux

Before we get into the highlights of the 86th Annual Academy Awards (The Oscars, if you’re nasty), let’s take a moment to bask. Ellen DeGeneres, arguably the world’s most famous lesbian and your grandmother’s favorite person, hosted the event, rocking tux after fabulous tux. Yes. An out lesbian wearing designer tuxes, hosted the freaking Oscars. Are you thoroughly basked?

Ellen kicked off the show with the signature sweet and salty monologuing that she does so well. Wearing a sparkly, dark blue tuxedo and cravat, she good-naturedly ribbed the celeb audience. She “mistook” Liza Minnelli for a drag queen, begged the Academy to stop nominating Meryl Streep because of the high cost of red carpeting, and called Matthew McConaughey “rugged, dirty, pretty.” One of her biggest laughs came when she brought up the moment in Wolf of Wall Street in which Jonah Hill‘s character shows the audience that his teeth weren’t the only prosthetic he donned. She teased that it was something she “hadn’t seen in a very long time.” Zing!

The presenters kicked off with Anne Hathaway presenting the Best Supporting Actor statue to Jared Leto, who won for his role in Dallas Buyers Club. Leto most certainly learned from critics of his previous acceptance speeches, and focused on his beloved family and those who have battled and lost their lives to AIDS.

On a very sweet note, the makeup team from Dallas Buyers Club won for best makeup design, which was made even sweeter by the fact that they only had a budget of $250 to transform the cast.

The wildly popular Disney animated musical Frozen won Best Animated Feature much to the surprise of absolutely no one.

The short documentary Lady in Number Six, based on the incredible life of Holocaust survivor Alice Sommer, took home a bittersweet win as Ms. Sommer had passed away last week at the age of 110. The film’s director and team gave a touching dedication to their dearly departed muse.

Ellen did not perform any big song and dance numbers, but rather focused on being amongst the audience for most other the night. At one point, she ordered pizza for the crowd…well, three large pies at least. Brad Pitt wasted no time in having a slice. I’m still not sure if the stunning and very pregnant Kerri Washington got the piece that was promised to her. For all its goofiness, it was a sweet and very candid moment on a night full of such pageantry and glamour.

Kevin Spacey gave us some House of Cards realness while honoring the winners of the evening’s special Oscars, including a humanitarian award for Angelina Jolie.

Shortly after Ellen’s first costume change of the evening (into a gorgeous, ivory tux) she gather a few A-listers for the selfie to end all selfies. The picture was so popular, that it temporarily crashed Twitter. It’s officially the most retweeted tweet at over 2 million and rising. Now that’s how you party!

Crowd and critic favorite Lupita Nyong’o pulled off a much-deserved Best Supporting Actress win for her role in 12 Years a Slave. She proceeded to give the most touching speech of the evening, thanking her chosen family, the real woman her character was based on and closing with the inspiring words, “No matter where you are from, your dreams are valid.”

To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, Pink sang a lovely version of “Over the Rainbow” as a tribute to Judy Garland. All three of Judy’s children were in attendance—Liza Minnelli and Lorna and Joey Luft. Pink wore a stunning gown inspired by Dorothy’s ruby red slippers. Ellen made a tardy appearance dressed in full Glinda regalia.

In fact, music played a huge role in this year’s broadcast, with numbers by Bette Midler, as well as all the nominees for Best Original Song. That was ultimately clinched by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for Frozen‘s “Let it Go.” The couple gave a sweetly funny acceptance speech in rhyme, and teared up when mentioning their daughters. Robert Lopez is officially a rare EGOT winner, having won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award. Idina Menzel performed the number after having her name unceremoniously slaughtered by John Travolta. Other great performances included Pharrell‘s upbeat and dancey “Happy” from Despicable Me, where he got Meryl Streep, Amy Adams and Lupita Nyong’o to shake it with him, Karen O‘s stripped down “The Moon Song” from Her, and U2‘s rocking “Ordinary Love” from Mandela.

The special effects masterpiece Gravity swept up seven awards, mostly for technical aspects like sound and editing, but also a Best Director nod for Alfonso Cuarón.

The big acting awards of the evening went to McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club and Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine. McConaughey sweetly kissed his wife and mother before accepting the award, and telling the audience how “gratitude reciprocates.” Blanchett gently ribbed and congratulated her fellow nominees, and ended her speech by announcing that female-fronted films can indeed be successful. Hear hear! I, for one, plan on watching the hell out of Blanchett’s film Carol when it comes out.

12 Years a Slave took home the big prize for Best Motion Picture, to the delight of the audience. Completely shut out was Golden Globes darling American Hustle with 10 nominations and zero wins. Jennifer Lawrence did however grace us with her stunning face and inevitable tumble on the red carpet. Let’s be honest though: Who here wouldn’t fall on their ass wearing five-inch heels? At least Lawrence did it in a fabulous red Dior gown.

Overall, Ellen once again proved to be a more than delightful host, even if some of her bits ran a little long, and other didn’t have time to flourish. Her tux collection will go down in lesbian fashion history. At three and a half hours, the Oscars can always be a bit of a slog, but at least we got to slog with Ellen, Lupita, JLaw, Sandra, and, of course, Angelina. I hope Brad didn’t get pepperoni on his suit.

Of course, it wouldn’t be the Oscars without the glamorous red carpet. Here are some of our favorite Red Carpet looks. Who was your pick for best dressed at this year’s Oscars?

Last Page…The full list of Oscar winners, courtesy of MTV.

86TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS WINNERS

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Jared Leto in “Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus Features)

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN “The Great Gatsby” (Warner Bros.) Catherine Martin

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING “Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus Features) Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM “Mr. Hublot”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR “Frozen” (Walt Disney) Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS “Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM “Helium” An M & M Production Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT “The Lady In Number 6: Music Saved My Life” A Reed Entertainment Production Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE “20 Feet From Stardom” (RADiUS-TWC) A Gil Friesen Productions and Tremolo Production Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR “The Great Beauty” (Janus Films) — Italy An Indigo Film Production

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING “Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Lupita Nyong’o in “12 Years A Slave” (Fox Searchlight)

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY “Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Emmanuel Lubezki

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING “Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger

ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN “The Great Gatsby” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Catherine Martin; Costume Design: Beverley Dunn

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE) “Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Steven Price

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG) “Let It Go” from “Frozen” (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY “12 Years A Slave” (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by John Ridley

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY “Her” (Warner Bros.) Written by Spike Jonze

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING “Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Alfonso Cuarón

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine” (Sony Pictures Classics)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus Features)

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR “12 Years a Slave” (Fox Searchlight) A River Road, Plan B, New Regency Production Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers

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