The Academy Awards

The Academy Awards went live at the Dolby theatre on Sunday February 22. There were many performances and awards from many actresses, actors, and singers. Adam Levine, John Legend, Tim McGraw, Jennifer Hudson, Rita Ora, Tegan and Sara, Lady Gaga, and Neil Patrick Harris performed. Billboard claims that the best performance of the night was by John Legend and Common who performed Glory. Billboard claims that the worst performance was Lost Stars performed by Adam Levine.

CNN claims that that the best moments of the Academy Awards were when Patricia Arquette gave her acceptance speech, John Legend performed Glory, and when Graham Moore gave his acceptance speech.

Everybody at the Academy Awards were dead silent when John Legend and Common sang their song. The song Glory was in the movie Selma and won an award for it. The song won an award under Bets Original Song.

Patricia Arquette gave her acceptance speech talking about women equality. "To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else's equal rights, it's our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America,” she says. Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lopez were standing up and pointing in agreement and out of passion.

Graham Moore gave his speech talking about suicide and told us about his experience with suicide. "When I was 16 years old, I tried to kill myself," he said. "Because I felt weird, and I felt different, and I felt like I did not belong. And now I'm standing here and I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she's weird or she's different or doesn't fit anywhere. Yes, you do.”

The very last awards of the night were the Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture. Best Actress went to Juliann Moore who was in the movie Still Alice . Best Actor went to Eddie Redmayne for his performance in The Theory of Everything. Best Picture went to Birdman which stars Michael Keaton. Best Director was given to Alejandro Gonżalez Inarritu who is the director of Birdman.