Last night's Oscars celebrated the very best that Hollywood has to offer, but liberals and Lady Gaga were the REAL winners last night.

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Winners, Gaga And The Liberal Agenda: Oscars 2015 Recap

Last night’s Oscars celebrated the very best that Hollywood has to offer, but liberals and Lady Gaga were the REAL winners last night.

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February 23, 2015

As we wrap up another Awards season with last night’s Oscars, I’d like to take a few minutes to reflect on the happenings of the event.

1. I was supremely disappointed with Neil Patrick Harris as host. I felt as though he played it way safe the entire time and something got lost in translation. Not only was he just, well, boring, for lack of a better term; some of his jokes were mean-spirited, if not down-right offensive. Though definite bonus points for walking on stage in his tighty-whiteys.

2. The performances saved the entire night. Between the kids’ rock party for The Lego Movie’s “Everything is Awesome,” and the remarkably powerful performance delivered by John Legend and Common for their nominated track, “Glory” from Selma (as well as gorgeous performances from Jennifer Hudson and Rita Ora), music saved movies’ biggest night. And then there was Gaga. Mother Monster performed a melody of songs from the seminal musical classic, The Sound of Music, on its 50th anniversary. And while I am notoriously “anti-remake” when it comes to my favorite songs/movies/books/tv shows, I was eating crow after witnessing her sing. It was an exquisite performance from start to finish that gave me chills and brought tears to my eyes. And when The Sound of Music’s very own Julie Andrews came up to speak on behalf of the film, my tear ducts opened fully and I was moved beyond belief. No one will doubt how much talent she actually has under that meat dress now. Check it out for yourself below:

3. The speeches were powerful, poignant and political. The show really turned into a Republican’s worst nightmare. Bonus points for that, as well.

4. Patricia Arquette calling us all to arms to wage war for equality, especially for women, had me ready to burn my bra and march on Washington.

5. Not to take away from the Feminist feels, but I thought just about everyone looked stunning last night. Sure, there were a few who fell short (Emma Stone, beautiful dress, but puketreuse is not your color), but collectively, the stylists were on point.

6. I didn’t see, well, any of the Oscar nominated movies (except for Big Hero 6 and, subsequently, Feast, which won for best Animated Short). But I gotta say, all I’ve heard from friends is that Birdman was exceedingly overrated. Sometimes I feel like The Academy focuses on what they think SHOULD be considered the best, rather than what actually is.

And on that note, keep reading for a complete list of last night’s winners! Be sure to let us know where you think The Academy got it wrong.

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Best supporting actor

WINNER: JK Simmons for Whiplash

Robert Duvall for The Judge
Ethan Hawke for Boyhood
Edward Norton for Birdman
Mark Ruffalo for Foxcatcher

Achievement in costume design

WINNER: The Grand Budapest Hotel –

Milena Canonero

Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges
Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood
Maleficent – Anna B Sheppard
Mr Turner – Jacqueline Durran

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

WINNER: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier

Foxcatcher – Bill Corso, Dennis Liddiard
Guardians of the Galaxy – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White

Best foreign-language film

WINNER: Ida – Pawe

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Pawlikowski

Tangerines – Zaza Urushadze
Leviathan – Andrey Zvyagintsev
Wild Tales – Damián Szifrón
Timbuktu – Abderrahmane Sissako

Best live-action short film

WINNER: The Phone Call – Mat Kirkby, James Lucas

Aya – Oded Binnun, Mihal Brezis
Boogaloo and Graham – Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney
Butter Lamp – Wei Hu, Julien Féret
Parvaneh – Talkhon Hamzavi, Stefan Eichenberger

Best documentary short subject

WINNER: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Dana Perry

Joanna – Aneta Kopacz
Our Curse – Tomasz Sliwinski, Maciej Slesicki
The Reaper – Gabriel Serra
White Earth – Christian Jensen

Achievement in sound mixing

WINNER: Whiplash – Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, Thomas Curley

American Sniper – John T Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin
Birdman – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Thomas Varga
Interstellar – Gary Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, Mark Weingarten
Unbroken – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, David Lee

Achievement in sound editing

WINNER: American Sniper – Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman

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Birdman – Aaron Glascock, Martín Hernández
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Brent Burge, Jason Canovas
Interstellar – Richard King
Unbroken – Becky Sullivan, Andrew DeCristofaro

Best supporting actress

WINNER: Patricia Arquette for Boyhood

Laura Dern for Wild
Keira Knightley for The Imitation Game
Emma Stone for Birdman
Meryl Streep for Into the Woods

Achievement in visual effects

WINNER: Interstellar – Paul J Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Scott R Fisher

Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Dan Deleeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill, Daniel Sudick
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Erik Winquist
Guardians of the Galaxy – Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould
X-Men: Days of Future Past – Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer

Best animated short film

WINNER: Feast – Patrick Osborne, Kristina Reed

The Bigger Picture – Daisy Jacobs, Chris Hees
The Dam Keeper – Robert Kondo, Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi
Me and My Moulton – Torill Kove
A Single Life – Joris Oprins

Best animated feature film

WINNER: Big Hero 6

The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

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Best production design

WINNER: The Grand Budapest Hotel: Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock

The Imitation Game: Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
Interstellar: Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
Into the Woods: Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock
Mr Turner: Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts

Achievement in cinematography

WINNER: Birdman: Emmanuel Lubezki

The Grand Budapest Hotel: Robert D Yeoman
Ida: Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski
Mr Turner: Dick Pope
Unbroken: Roger Deakins

Achievement in film editing

WINNER: Whiplash – Tom Cross

Boyhood – Sandra Adair
The Imitation Game – William Goldenberg
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Barney Pilling
American Sniper – Joel Cox, Gary Roach

Best documentary feature

WINNER: Citizenfour – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky

Finding Vivian Maier – John Maloof, Charlie Siskel
Last Days in Vietnam – Rory Kennedy, Keven McAlester
The Salt of the Earth – Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, David Rosier
Virunga – Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara

Best original song

WINNER: Glory from Selma – Lonnie Lynn (Common), John Stephens (John Legend)

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The Lego Movie – Shawn Patterson (Everything Is Awesome)
Beyond the Lights – Diane Warren (Grateful)
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me – Glen Campbell, Julian Raymond (I’m Not Gonna Miss You)
Begin Again – Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois (Lost Stars)