Review: “The 86th Annual Academy Awards”

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Was there a better moment this entire awards season than when Lupita Nyong’o passionately took the stage to accept her Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress? I don’t think so. The 12 Years A Slave stunner, looking gorgeous in her light blue gown, capped off a remarkable debut awards tour with a much-deserved win (the fact Nyong’o is such a radiant ball of joy makes her soul-shattering agony in 12 Years all the more worthy of the prize) and a truly impeccable speech, dedicated to all the dreamers out there striving to make their goals valid. An Academy Award for your first film performance out of college aint too shabby.  Nyong’o was just one of many winners who delivered unusually tasteful speeches, along with Jared Leto’s heartfelt tribute to his mother and Matthew McConaughey’s existential rambling about the three things he needs most in life. Is it just me or…

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