"Birdman," starring Michael Keaton and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, won the Academy Award for best picture. Iñárritu also won the award for best director.

Julianne Moore won the Oscar for lead actress for her portrayal of Alice Howland, a linguistics professor beset with early onset Alzheimer’s disease in "Still Alice."

Moore's win, her first in five nominations, was largely expected, as the actress had swept all awards in that category leading up to the Oscars.

Eddie Redmayne won the Oscar for lead actor for his portrayal of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything," a story centered largely around Hawking's debilitating ALS and his first marriage.

Redmayne's win, with his first nomination, caps a tight lead actor race that many expected to see Michael Keaton win. 

Oscars: J. K. Simmons, Patricia Arquette win best supporting actors

 J. K. Simmons and Patricia Arquette won their first Academy Awards here Sunday night when they were bestowed with the Best Performance by an Actor and Actress in Supporting Role for their work in "Whiplash" and "Boyhood" respectively.

In "Whiplash", Simmons plays a music teacher, who motivates his students through fear and humiliation. His performance was nominated alongside Robert Duvall ("The Judge"), Ethan Hawke ("Boyhood"), Edward Norton ("Birdman") and Mark Ruffalo ("Foxcatcher").

Arquette's portrayal of a divorced mother struggling to make a life for herself and her two children, pipped other nominees like Laura Dern for "Wild", Keira Knightley for "The Imitation Game", Emma Stone for "Birdman" and Meryl Streep for "Into the Woods".

Alejandro G. Inarritu wins Best Director Oscar for 'Birdman'

 Alejandro G. Inarritu walked away with his first ever Oscar award for his direction in "Birdman".

The movie narrates the tale of Riggan Thomson, best known to the public as Birdman - the superhero he once played in a series of films. He hopes to re-establish himself as a serious actor by mounting his own dramatic production on Broadway.

With self-doubt hindering the project, Thomson also finds himself threatened by the presence of a high-profile, egotistical movie star in his cast.

Inarritu was nominated for the award alongside Richard Linklater ("Boyhood"), Bennett Miller ("Foxcatcher"), Wes Anderson ("The Grand Budapest Hotel") and Morten Tyldum ("The Imitation Game").

'Glory' wins in original song category

John Legend and Common's music and lyrics in "Glory" from the film "Selma" received the Oscar for Best Original Song category at the 87th Academy Awards here Sunday night.

The song performed by Legend and Common was co-written by Che Smith. The number was also performed at the Oscars ceremony here.

The other nominations in the category were Shawn Patterson for for "Everything Is Awesome" from "The Lego Movie", Diane Warren for "Grateful" from "Beyond the Lights", Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond for "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" from "Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me" and Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois for "Lost Stars" from "Begin Again".

The Best Original Score went to Alexandre Desplat for "The Grand Budapest Hotel". Desplat was also nominated for the film "The Imitation Game" in the Best Original Score caregory along with Hans Zimmer for "Interstellar", Gary Yershon for "Mr. Turner" and Johann Johannsson for the "The Theory of Everything".

Animated feature film 'Big Hero 6' wins Oscar

"Big Hero 6" turned out to be the 'hero' in the Best Animated Feature Film category at the 87th Academy Awards here Sunday night.

The movie tells the tale of a 14-year-old science prodigy Hiro, who spends his time developing fighting robots for underground competitions until his older brother introduces him to an eccentric group of young inventors.

When the talented misfits band together to fight a dangerous villain, they gain an unlikely ally - a gentle health care bot named Baymax.

"Big Hero 6" was competing for an Oscar with contenders including "Boxtrolls", "How to Train Your Dragon 2", "Song of the Sea" and "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya".

In the Best Animated Short Film category, "Feast" pipped "The Bigger Picture", "The Dam Keeper", "Feast", "Me and My Moulton" and "A Single Life".

"Feast" narrates the story of the relationship between a man and a stray puppy he takes in.

'Whiplash', 'American Sniper' receive Oscars

While Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley received the Oscar for Best Sound Mixing for their film "Whiplash" at the 87th Academy Awards here Sunday Night, Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman won in the Best Sound Editing category for "American Sniper".

The Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing recognises the finest or most euphonic sound mixing or recording and the other nominations in the category were John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin for "American Sniper", Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano and Thomas Varga for "Birdman", Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten for "Interstellar", Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano and David Lee for "Unbroken".

In the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing category, where a film exhibiting the finest or most aesthetic sound editing or sound design is honoured, the other nominees were Martin Hernandez and Aaron Glascock for "Birdman", Brent Burge and Jason Canovas for "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies", Richard King for "Interstellar" and Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro for "Unbroken".

'Phone Call' wins in live action short film category

 Mat Kirkby and James Lucas were on cloud nine when they received their first Oscars for their film "The Phone Call" in Best Live Action Short Film category at the 87th Academy Awards here Sunday night.

The other nominations in the category were Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis for "Aya", Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney for "Boogaloo and Graham", Hu Wei and Julien Feret for "Butter Lamp (La Lampe au beurre de yak)" and Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger for "Parvaneh".

"The Phone Call", a British short dram

Poland's 'Ida' named Best Foreign Language Film

Polish drama "Ida", after scooping the Best Film Not In The English Language trophy at the BAFTA Awards, Sunday night was named the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards ceremony.

Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski, "Ida" tells the story of a young woman preparing to become a nun, who is sent from her convent home into the secular world to spend several days with her only relative. The trip brings her into contact with experiences outside her sheltered world, and will lead her to knowledge that may shake her sense of her own identity.

The movie was competing in the Best Foreign Language Film category for an Academy Award with nominees including "Leviathan" (Russia), "Tangerines" (Estonia), "Timbuktua (Mauritania) and "Wild Tales" (Argentina).

India's entry for the category this year was "Liar's Dice", which failed to make the cut in the short-list. The movie is a road drama about a tribal woman's journey to find her missing husband, is the debut film of Geetu Mohandas. It stars Geetanjali Thapa and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in lead roles.

India has never won an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The last Indian film that made it to the final five nominees was Ashutosh Gowariker's "Lagaan" for the 74th Academy Awards in 2003. "Mother India" and "Salaam Bombay" are the other two Indian films to have made it to the top five.