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"I will be honest&amp;amp;#8212;for me, this Oscars started off a little slow. I guess I was expecting an opening full of song and dance and sparkle from Ellen, but what we got at the top of the show and throughout was light, hanging-out-with-you-and-being hilarious Ellen. No matter. The loosey-goosey vibe quickly grew on me&amp;amp;#8212;and set up moments both fantastic and record-scratchy. P.S. If you missed any of the winners, have a look at our full list of &amp;#x27;em. BEST Jared Leto&amp;#x27;s moving speech. The tribute to his mom was so lovely. And then came this: &amp;quot;To those of you out there who have ever felt injustice because of who you are or who you love, tonight I stand here in front of the world with you and for you.&amp;quot; Ellen had to murmur &amp;quot;Beautiful&amp;quot; before going back to work. Lupita Nyong&amp;#x27;o, Meryl Streep, and Amy Adams dancing to &amp;quot;Happy&amp;quot; This is when I realized the Oscars was in a frisky mood. You know who else was in a frisky mood? Angelina Jolie. Honestly, Angie is usually a tad icy at awards shows&amp;amp;#8212;but she was all about it tonight! The best part of all? Not her jumping into the selfie, but her jumping into the selfie and, as the diva reflexes kicked in, calmly pushing Lupita&amp;#x27;s brother out of her facial spotlight. (See above: In the first pic, he&amp;#x27;s blocking her. In the second, she&amp;#x27;s just politely shoved him downward and his face suggests he knows exactly what just happened.) Pizza. It turns out pizza is the one element that can trigger natural, unfiltered reactions from A-list stars on global TV. Ellen bringing hot pies into the place melted the posing spell. Leto was hot to let you know he was giving the slice to his mom. Brad Pitt handed out napkins. And Harrison Ford cared very little for the comedy of the bit&amp;amp;#8212;he was all business, taking a slice and then tapping Ellen till she gave him a napkin. Lupitaaaaaa! Let&amp;#x27;s just be honest: Lupita NOT winning would have been the emotional equivalent of stepping in a puddle on your way out; it wouldn&amp;#x27;t have ruined the party, but the night just wouldn&amp;#x27;t have been as great as we hoped. (Also, Liza Minnelli enveloping her in a cerulean-satin hug was pretty awesome.) &amp;quot;Wind Beneath My Wings.&amp;quot; All hail Queen Midler. Cate Blanchett throwing down on behalf of woman-led films. &amp;quot;... Those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences: They are not. Audiences want to see them, and in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people!&amp;quot; WORST Rampant line-flubbing. From Ford to Sally Field to Zac Efron, everyone seemed to be having real prompter problems tonight. Tyler Perry was out there, like, &amp;quot;Am I the only one who practiced my lines?&amp;quot; What was up with the wall of red roses? ABC, can you not let me have one night without a visual reminder of The Bachelor? Streep&amp;#x27;s husband is over it. She&amp;#x27;s been nominated for an Oscar 18 times. He&amp;#x27;s had to sit in the front row every time. He&amp;#x27;s spent almost two decades of his life making pleasant faces during camera cuts to Meryl, and dammit, he&amp;#x27;s not going to do it anymore! This is barely a real worst, &amp;#x27;cause can ya blame the guy? &amp;quot;Let It Go&amp;quot; It pains me to put this here because Idina Menzel is deserving of worship and her voice was so on-point&amp;amp;#8212;but John Travolta butchering her name aside, the performance felt too short and oddly paced to me. Was it just me? Is it only I who would&amp;#x27;ve shaved 90 seconds off of Pink&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;Over the Rainbow&amp;quot; performance for a fuller Frozen effect? Tiny worst: The end of Matthew McConaughey&amp;#x27;s speech. God, what a darling talk, with the tears for his wife and family and the sweet tribute to his parents&amp;amp;#8212;why did &amp;quot;All right, all right, all right&amp;quot; have to show up and taint it? We have moved on, Matt. You don&amp;#x27;t have to do that anymore. You&amp;#x27;re an Oscar winner! What were your favorite and least favorite moments of the night? I really thought 12 Years was the year&amp;#x27;s best movie, so Best Picture was a huge moment for me&amp;amp;#8212;but what was your film of the year?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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