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Oscar Winners List For 2015

Posted by Ram Kumar Shrestha on February 23, 2015

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“Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” won Best Picture at the 87th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, besting “American Sniper,” “Boyhood,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “The Imitation Game,” “Selma,” “The Theory of Everything” and “Whiplash” for the honor.

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“Birdman” won three other Oscars: Best Director for Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Best Cinematography for Emmanuel Lubezki (his second Oscars win in a row after last year’s “Gravity”) and Best Original Screenplay.

It wasn’t a total route for “Birdman”: star Michael Keaton lost Best Actor to Eddie Redmayne for “The Theory of Everything.”

The other acting awards went to Julianne Moore (Best Actress for “Still Alice”), J.K. Simmons (Best Supporting Actor for “Whiplash”) and Patricia Arquette (Best Supporting Actress for “Boyhood”).

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Youngest Director Saugat Bista in Alternative Oscar Awards of Guinness Book

Posted by Ram Kumar Shrestha on February 23, 2015

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Only few days are left for the world famous Oscar Awards. But, the Guinness Book of the World Records has included different categories of films naming ‘Alternative Oscar Awards’. In which, world’s youngest director Saugat Bista of Nepal, has been included. Saugat registered his name in Guinness World Records as youngest director by directing a film at the age of 7 years and 340 days.

List of Alternative Oscar Awards of Guinness Book
Youngest Film Director – Saugat Bista, Nepali Movie ‘Love You Baba’
Shortest Stuntman – Kiran Shah
Most Swearing in one film – The Wolf of Wall Street
Most money lost by a film – Disney’s sci-fi epic John Carter
Longest title of a film to win an Oscar for best picture – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Most stunts by a living actor – Jackie Chan
Most costumes used in a film – Roman epic Quo Vadis
Lowest-budget movie to make $1 million at the US box office – Kevin O’Connell (USA)
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