2015 OSCAR WINNERS

Last night's Oscar ceremony as per usual held few surprises, while giving several well-liked stars their first wins.

But they were more like mini "lifetime achievement" awards than a show of appreciation for just one particular film.

Skipping through further envelope please blah-blah, the main winners were:

BEST PICTURE
Birdman
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers

BEST DIRECTOR

Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman

BEST ACTOR
Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything

BEST ACTRESS
Julianne Moore in Still Alice

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
J.K. Simmons in Whiplash

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette in Boyhood

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Birdman
Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Imitation Game
Written by Graham Moore

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Citizen Four
Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Big Hero 6
Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Milena Canonero

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Interstellar
Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher