86th Academy Awards - Wikipedia 86th Academy Awards 86th Academy Awards Official poster Date March 2, 2014 Site Dolby Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. Hosted by Ellen DeGeneres Preshow hosts Jess Cagle, Lara Spencer, Robin Roberts, and Tyson Beckford Produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan Directed by Hamish Hamilton Highlights Best Picture 12 Years a Slave Most awards Gravity ( 7 ) Most nominations American Hustle and Gravity ( 10 ) TV in the United States Network ABC Duration 3 hours, 34 minutes Ratings 43.74 million 24.7 % ( Nielsen ratings ) ← 85th Academy Awards 87th → The 86th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ), honored the best films of 2013 and took place on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5 : 30 p.m. PST / 8 : 30 p.m. EST. The ceremony was scheduled well after its usual late - February date to avoid conflicting with the 2014 Winter Olympics. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan and directed by Hamish Hamilton. Actress Ellen DeGeneres hosted the show for the second time, having previously hosted the 79th ceremony held in 2007. In related events, the Academy held its 5th annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 16, 2013. On February 15, 2014, in a ceremony at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by hosts Kristen Bell and Michael B. Jordan. 12 Years a Slave won three awards including Best Picture. Gravity won the most awards with seven including Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón. Other winners included Dallas Buyers Club also with three awards, Frozen, and The Great Gatsby with two, and Blue Jasmine, The Great Beauty, Helium, Her, The Lady in Number 6 : Music Saved My Life, Mr Hublot, and 20 Feet from Stardom with one. The telecast garnered nearly 44 million viewers in the United States, making it the most watched Oscar ceremony since the 72nd Academy Awards in 2000. Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1.1 Awards 1.2 Honorary Academy Awards 1.2. 1 Academy Honorary Awards 1.2. 2 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1.3 Films with multiple nominations and awards 2 Presenters and performers 2.1 Presenters 2.2 Performers 3 Ceremony information 3.1 Box office performance of nominated films 3.2 DeGeneres ' Oscar selfie 3.3 `` Adele Dazeem '' incident 3.4 Critical reviews 3.5 Ratings and reception 4 In Memoriam 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links Winners and nominees The nominees for the 86th Academy Awards were announced on January 16, 2014, at 5 : 38 a.m. PST ( 13 : 38 UTC ), at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy, and actor Chris Hemsworth. American Hustle and Gravity tied for the most nominations with ten each. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 2, 2014. American Hustle became David O. Russell 's second consecutive film to earn nominations in all acting categories and the fifteenth film overall in Oscar history to achieve this distinction. It also was the third film after Gangs of New York and True Grit to lose all ten of its nominations. Steve McQueen became the first black director to direct a Best Picture winner and the third such person to receive a nomination for directing. Alfonso Cuaron became the first person of Mexican descent to win Best Director. With Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto 's respective wins in the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories, Dallas Buyers Club was the fifth film to win both male acting awards. Additionally, 3 other films ( American Hustle, 12 Years a Slave, and The Wolf of Wall Street ) also received nominations for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Cate Blanchett became the sixth actress to have won both female acting awards in her career. Lupita Nyong'o was the sixteenth Oscar acting winner to win for a debut film performance and the ninth Best Supporting Actress recipient to achieve this feat. Best Original Song co-winner Robert Lopez became the youngest individual to win an Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award and the twelfth person overall to earn these accolades. Awards Alfonso Cuarón, Best Director winner and Best Film Editing co-winner Matthew McConaughey, Best Actor winner Cate Blanchett, Best Actress winner Jared Leto, Best Supporting Actor winner Lupita Nyong'o, Best Supporting Actress winner Spike Jonze, Best Original Screenplay winner John Ridley, Best Adapted Screenplay winner Chris Buck, Best Animated Feature co-winner Jennifer Lee, Best Animated Feature co-winner Paolo Sorrentino, Best Foreign Language Film winner Morgan Neville, Best Documentary Feature co-winner Catherine Martin, Best Production Design co-winner and Best Costume Design winner Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ( ). Best Picture 12 Years a Slave -- Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, and Anthony Katagas, producers American Hustle -- Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, and Jonathan Gordon, producers Captain Phillips -- Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, and Michael De Luca, producers Dallas Buyers Club -- Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, producers Gravity -- Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, producers Her -- Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, producers Nebraska -- Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, producers Philomena -- Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, and Tracey Seaward, producers The Wolf of Wall Street -- Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, producers Best Director Alfonso Cuarón -- Gravity Steve McQueen -- 12 Years a Slave David O. Russell -- American Hustle Alexander Payne -- Nebraska Martin Scorsese -- The Wolf of Wall Street Best Actor Matthew McConaughey -- Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof Christian Bale -- American Hustle as Irving Rosenfeld Bruce Dern -- Nebraska as Woodrow `` Woody '' Grant Leonardo DiCaprio -- The Wolf of Wall Street as Jordan Belfort Chiwetel Ejiofor -- 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup Best Actress Cate Blanchett -- Blue Jasmine as Jeanette `` Jasmine '' Francis Amy Adams -- American Hustle as Edith Greensly / Sydney Prosser Sandra Bullock -- Gravity as Dr. Ryan Stone Judi Dench -- Philomena as Philomena Lee Meryl Streep -- August : Osage County as Violet Weston Best Supporting Actor Jared Leto -- Dallas Buyers Club as Rayon Barkhad Abdi -- Captain Phillips as Abduwali Muse Bradley Cooper -- American Hustle as Richard `` Richie '' DiMaso Michael Fassbender -- 12 Years a Slave as Edwin Epps Jonah Hill -- The Wolf of Wall Street as Donnie Azoff Best Supporting Actress Lupita Nyong'o -- 12 Years a Slave as Patsey Sally Hawkins -- Blue Jasmine as Ginger Jennifer Lawrence -- American Hustle as Rosalyn Rosenfeld Julia Roberts -- August : Osage County as Barbara Weston - Fordham June Squibb -- Nebraska as Kate Grant Best Original Screenplay Her -- Spike Jonze American Hustle -- Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell Blue Jasmine -- Woody Allen Dallas Buyers Club -- Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack Nebraska -- Bob Nelson Best Adapted Screenplay 12 Years a Slave -- John Ridley based on the book Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup Before Midnight -- Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke based on characters created by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan Captain Phillips -- Billy Ray based on the book A Captain 's Duty : Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty Philomena -- Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith The Wolf of Wall Street -- Terence Winter based on the book by Jordan Belfort Best Animated Feature Film Frozen -- Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho The Croods -- Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders, and Kristine Belson Despicable Me 2 -- Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, and Chris Meledandri Ernest & Celestine -- Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner The Wind Rises -- Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki Best Foreign Language Film The Great Beauty ( Italy ) in Italian -- Directed by Paolo Sorrentino The Broken Circle Breakdown ( Belgium ) in Dutch -- Directed by Felix Van Groeningen The Hunt ( Denmark ) in Danish -- Directed by Thomas Vinterberg The Missing Picture ( Cambodia ) in French -- Directed by Rithy Panh Omar ( Palestine ) in Arabic -- Directed by Hany Abu - Assad Best Documentary -- Feature 20 Feet from Stardom -- Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, and Gil Friesen ( posthumous award ) The Act of Killing -- Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen Cutie and the Boxer -- Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher Dirty Wars -- Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill The Square -- Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer Best Documentary -- Short Subject The Lady in Number 6 : Music Saved My Life -- Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed CaveDigger -- Jeffrey Karoff Facing Fear -- Jason Cohen Karama Has No Walls -- Sara Ishaq Prison Terminal : The Last Days of Private Jack Hall -- Edgar Barens Best Live Action Short Film Helium -- Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson Aquél no era yo ( That Was n't Me ) -- Esteban Crespo Avant que de tout perdre ( Just Before Losing Everything ) -- Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras Pitääkö mun kaikki hoitaa ? ( Do I Have to Take Care of Everything ? ) -- Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari The Voorman Problem -- Mark Gill and Baldwin Li Best Animated Short Film Mr Hublot -- Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares Feral -- Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden Get a Horse ! -- Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim Possessions -- Shuhei Morita Room on the Broom -- Max Lang and Jan Lachauer Best Original Score Gravity -- Steven Price The Book Thief -- John Williams Her -- William Butler and Owen Pallett Philomena -- Alexandre Desplat Saving Mr. Banks -- Thomas Newman Best Original Song `` Let It Go '' from Frozen -- Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson - Lopez and Robert Lopez `` Happy '' from Despicable Me 2 -- Music and Lyrics by Pharrell Williams `` The Moon Song '' from Her -- Music by Karen Orzolek ; Lyrics by Karen Orzolek and Spike Jonze `` Ordinary Love '' from Mandela : Long Walk to Freedom -- Music by Paul Hewson, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen ( U2 ) ; Lyrics by Paul Hewson `` Alone yet Not Alone '' from Alone yet Not Alone -- Music by Bruce Broughton ; Lyrics by Dennis Spiegel ( nomination revoked ) Best Sound Editing Gravity -- Glenn Freemantle All Is Lost -- Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns Captain Phillips -- Oliver Tarney The Hobbit : The Desolation of Smaug -- Brent Burge and Chris Ward Lone Survivor -- Wylie Stateman Best Sound Mixing Gravity -- Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, and Chris Munro Captain Phillips -- Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, and Chris Munro The Hobbit : The Desolation of Smaug -- Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, and Tony Johnson Inside Llewyn Davis -- Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff, and Peter F. Kurland Lone Survivor -- Andy Koyama, Beau Borders, and David Brownlow Best Production Design The Great Gatsby -- Production Design : Catherine Martin ; Set Decoration : Beverley Dunn 12 Years a Slave -- Production Design : Adam Stockhausen ; Set Decoration : Alice Baker American Hustle -- Production Design : Judy Becker ; Set Decoration : Heather Loeffler Gravity -- Production Design : Andy Nicholson ; Set Decoration : Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard Her -- Production Design : K.K. Barrett ; Set Decoration : Gene Serdena Best Cinematography Gravity -- Emmanuel Lubezki The Grandmaster -- Philippe Le Sourd Inside Llewyn Davis -- Bruno Delbonnel Nebraska -- Phedon Papamichael Prisoners -- Roger Deakins Best Makeup and Hairstyling Dallas Buyers Club -- Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews Jackass Presents : Bad Grandpa -- Stephen Prouty The Lone Ranger -- Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua - Casny Best Costume Design The Great Gatsby -- Catherine Martin 12 Years a Slave -- Patricia Norris American Hustle -- Michael Wilkinson The Grandmaster -- William Chang Suk Ping The Invisible Woman -- Michael O'Connor Best Film Editing Gravity -- Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger 12 Years a Slave -- Joe Walker American Hustle -- Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers, and Alan Baumgarten Captain Phillips -- Christopher Rouse Dallas Buyers Club -- John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa Best Visual Effects Gravity -- Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould The Hobbit : The Desolation of Smaug -- Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds Iron Man 3 -- Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash, and Dan Sudick The Lone Ranger -- Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams, and John Frazier Star Trek Into Darkness -- Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann, and Burt Dalton Honorary Academy Awards The Academy held its 5th Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 16, 2013, during which the following awards were presented. Academy honorary Awards Angela Lansbury -- An entertainment icon who has created some of cinema 's most memorable characters, inspiring generations of actors. Steve Martin -- In recognition of his extraordinary talents and the unique inspiration he has brought to the art of motion pictures. Piero Tosi -- A visionary whose incomparable costume designs shaped timeless, living art in motion pictures. Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Angelina Jolie Films with multiple nominations and awards The following 19 films received multiple nominations : Nominations Film 10 American Hustle Gravity 9 12 Years a Slave 6 Captain Phillips Dallas Buyers Club Nebraska 5 Her The Wolf of Wall Street Philomena Blue Jasmine The Hobbit : The Desolation of Smaug August : Osage County Despicable Me 2 Frozen The Grandmaster The Great Gatsby Inside Llewyn Davis The Lone Ranger Lone Survivor The following five films received multiple awards : Awards Film 7 Gravity Dallas Buyers Club 12 Years a Slave Frozen The Great Gatsby Presenters and Performers Kim Novak The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers. Presenters Name ( s ) Role Fox, Cedering Cedering Fox Announcer for the 86th annual Academy Awards Hathaway, Anne Anne Hathaway Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor Carrey, Jim Jim Carrey Presenter of the animated heroes montage Washington, Kerry Kerry Washington Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee `` Happy '' Jackson, Samuel L. Samuel L. Jackson and Naomi Watts Presenters of the awards for Best Costume Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling Ford, Harrison Harrison Ford Presenter of the films American Hustle, Dallas Buyers Club, and The Wolf of Wall Street on the Best Picture segment Tatum, Channing Channing Tatum Introducer of the six winners of the Team Oscar contest McConaughey, Matthew Matthew McConaughey and Kim Novak Presenters of the awards for Best Animated Short Film and Best Animated Feature Film Field, Sally Sally Field Presenter of real life heroes montage Gordon - Levitt, Joseph Joseph Gordon - Levitt and Emma Watson Presenters of the award for Best Visual Effects Efron, Zac Zac Efron Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee `` The Moon Song '' Hudson, Kate Kate Hudson and Jason Sudekis Presenters of the awards for Best Live Action Short and Best Documentary Short Subject Cooper, Bradley Bradley Cooper Presenter of the award for Best Documentary Feature Spacey, Kevin Kevin Spacey Presenter of the segment of the Honorary Academy Awards and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Davis, Viola Viola Davis and Ewan McGregor Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film Perry, Tyler Tyler Perry Presenter of the films Nebraska, Her, and Gravity on the Best Picture segment Pitt, Brad Brad Pitt Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee `` Ordinary Love '' Bell, Kristen Kristen Bell and Michael B. Jordan Presenters of the segment of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement and the Gordon E. Sawyer Award Hemsworth, Chris Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron Presenters of the awards for Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing Waltz, Christoph Christoph Waltz Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress Cheryl Boone Isaacs ( AMPAS president ) Special presentation announcing the museum of motion pictures, to open in 2017. Adams, Amy Amy Adams and Bill Murray Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography Kendrick, Anna Anna Kendrick and Gabourey Sidibe Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing Goldberg, Whoopi Whoopi Goldberg Presenter of The Wizard of Oz 75th anniversary tribute and the performance of `` Over the Rainbow '' Cumberbatch, Benedict Benedict Cumberbatch and Jennifer Garner Presenters of the award for Best Production Design Chris Evans Chris Evans Presenter of the superheroes montage Close, Glenn Glenn Close Presenter of the In Memoriam tribute Hawn, Goldie Goldie Hawn Presenter of the films Philomena, Captain Phillips, and 12 Years a Slave on the Best Picture segment Travolta, John John Travolta Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee `` Let It Go '' Biel, Jessica Jessica Biel and Jamie Foxx Presenters of the awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song Cruz, Penélope Penélope Cruz and Robert De Niro Presenters of the awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay Jolie, Angelina Angelina Jolie and Sidney Poitier Presenters of the award for Best Director Day - Lewis, Daniel Daniel Day - Lewis Presenter of the award for Best Actress Lawrence, Jennifer Jennifer Lawrence Presenter of the award for Best Actor Smith, Will Will Smith Presenter of the award for Best Picture Performers Name ( s ) Role Performed William Ross William Ross Musical arranger and Conductor Orchestral Williams, Pharrell Pharrell Williams Performer `` Happy '' from Despicable Me 2 O, Karen Karen O and Ezra Koenig Performers `` The Moon Song '' from Her U2, U2 Performers `` Ordinary Love '' from Mandela : Long Walk to Freedom Pink Pink Performer `` Over the Rainbow '' as part of The Wizard of Oz 75th Anniversary tribute Midler, Bette Bette Midler Performer `` Wind Beneath My Wings '' during the annual In Memoriam tribute Menzel, Idina Idina Menzel Performer `` Let It Go '' from Frozen Ceremony information Ellen DeGeneres hosted the 86th Academy Awards Despite the mixed reception received from the preceding year 's ceremony, the Academy rehired Neil Meron and Craig Zadan as producers for the second consecutive year. However, actor Seth MacFarlane announced that he would not host the Oscars for a second time. In a statement released through Twitter, he wrote `` Traumatized critics exhale : I 'm unable to do the Oscars again. Tried to make it work schedule-wise, but I need sleep. '' Furthermore, actress and comedian Tina Fey, who co-hosted the 70th Golden Globe Awards more than a month earlier with fellow Saturday Night Live alumnus Amy Poehler, told Huffington Post columnist Mike Ryan that she would reject any offer to host an Oscar telecast commenting, `` I just feel like that gig is so hard. Especially for, like, a woman -- the amount of months that would be spent trying on dresses alone -- no way. '' Shortly after the election of AMPAS president Cheryl Boone Isaacs in August 2013, Meron and Zadan announced that comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres would host the 2014 ceremony. They explained their decision to bring back DeGeneres as host saying, `` As a longtime friend, we had always hoped to find a project for us to do together and nothing could be more exciting than teaming up to do the Oscars. There are few stars today who have Ellen 's gift for comedy, with her great warmth and humanity. She is beloved everywhere and we expect that the audience at the Dolby Theatre and in homes around the globe will be as excited by this news as we are. '' DeGeneres expressed that she was thrilled to be selected to emcee the gala again, commenting, `` I am so excited to be hosting the Oscars for the second time. You know what they say -- the third time 's the charm. '' As with last year 's theme of music and the movies, Meron and Zadan centered the show around a theme. This year, they christened the show with a theme of saluting movie heroes commenting, `` By celebrating the gamut of heroes who have enriched our movie - going experience, we hope to create an evening of fun and joy. And that includes the filmmakers and actors who take risks and stimulate us with provocative subjects and daring characters. They are all heroes in the cinematic landscape. '' To coincide with the theme, AMPAS presented an exhibition in the lobby of its Beverly Hills headquarters titled `` The Oscars Celebrate Movie Heroes ''. The exhibit featured posters, photographs, and artifacts from 70 different films featuring literary, comic book, and real life heroes. Furthermore, actor Andrew Garfield, who portrayed the titular character in The Amazing Spider - Man, was scheduled to appear onstage with five - year - old cancer survivor Miles Scott with Garfield christening Scott as an `` official superhero ''. The segment was scrapped, however, due to time constraints. Several other people were involved with the telecast and its promotion. Tony Award - winning art director Derek McLane designed a new set and stage design for the show. Filmmaker Paul Feig produced and directed a one - minute trailer promoting the event featuring DeGeneres and 250 dancers dancing and lip - synching to the song `` The Walker '' by rock band Fitz & the Tantrums. During the ceremony, actor Channing Tatum introduced a group called `` Team Oscar ''. The team consisted of six young film students from colleges across the country selected by AMPAS whose role was to deliver Oscar statuettes to the presenters during the gala. Television personality and former Miss USA titleholder Rachel Smith hosted `` Inside the Oscars '', a behind - the - scenes video blog on the Oscar ceremony website. Box office performance of nominated films At the time of the nominations announcement on January 16, 2014, the combined gross of the nine Best Picture nominees at the American and Canadian box offices was $645 million, with an average of $72 million per film. When the nominations were revealed, Gravity was the highest - grossing film among the Best Picture nominees with $256 million in domestic box office receipts. Captain Phillips was the second - highest - grossing film with $105.5 million ; this was followed by American Hustle ( $105.4 million ), The Wolf of Wall Street ( $80.7 million ), 12 Years a Slave ( $39 million ), Philomena ( $22.3 million ), Dallas Buyers Club ( $16.8 million ), Her ( $9.9 million ), and finally Nebraska ( $8.5 million ). Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 47 nominations went to 14 films on the list. Only Frozen ( 1st ), Despicable Me 2 ( 3rd ), Gravity ( 7th ), The Croods ( 14th ), Captain Phillips ( 29th ), American Hustle ( 30th ), and The Wolf of Wall Street ( 42nd ) were nominated for Best Picture, Best Animated Feature or any of the directing, acting or screenwriting awards. The other top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were Iron Man 3 ( 2nd ), The Hobbit : The Desolation of Smaug ( 8th ), Star Trek Into Darkness ( 11th ), The Great Gatsby ( 17th ), Jackass Presents : Bad Grandpa ( 31st ), The Lone Ranger ( 38th ), and Saving Mr. Banks ( 48th ). DeGeneres ' Oscar selfie Prior to the introduction of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement montage, DeGeneres and several ceremony attendees such as Bradley Cooper, Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Channing Tatum, Lupita Nyong'o, and Peter Nyong'o ( Lupita 's brother ) participated in a group selfie. The resulting tweet initially disabled the site and was eventually retweeted on Twitter over 3.4 million times. It surpassed the previous record retweet of Barack and Michelle Obama 's post-election hug photo, which had been retweeted 778,000 times, in just 35 minutes. `` Adele Dazeem '' incident While introducing the performance of `` Let It Go '' from Frozen, actor John Travolta accidentally mispronounced singer Idina Menzel 's name as `` Adele Dazeem ''. As a result, Travolta became the subject of mockery and ridicule in the media. According to a source for E !, Menzel revealed that she was not upset about the mishap. Afterwards, Menzel reportedly printed up satirical playbills that promoted her name as Adele Dazeem, noting her past work in Nert ( Rent ), Wicked - ly ( Wicked ) and Farfignugen ( Frozen ). Three days after the ceremony, Travolta publicly apologized to Menzel for mispronouncing her name. The following year, Menzel and Travolta appeared onstage together as award presenters, with the former introducing the latter as `` Glom Gozingo ''. Critical reviews The show received a mixed reception from media publications. Some media outlets were more critical of the show. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette television critic Rob Owen wrote, `` Ms. DeGeneres brought predictable respectability to Sunday 's 86th Academy Awards. Too bad this particular brand of predictable respectability was a bore. '' He also criticized the clip packages saluting movie heroes as `` big a waste of time as Oscar montages almost always are. '' Columnist Alan Sepinwall of HitFix commented, `` It was a long, disjointed ceremony, and what was fun and likely to endure came entirely from the winners and their speeches. '' He went on to say that many of DeGeneres 's stunts fell flat and that The Wizard of Oz 75th anniversary tribute `` felt much too random. '' Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter said, `` It was a turgid affair, badly directed, poorly produced and featuring an endless string of either tired or wince - inducing moments by DeGeneres, who, by the last 30 or so minutes, seemed to have given up entirely. '' In addition, he noted that the show was overstuffed with montages and stunts that dragged down the pacing of the telecast. Other media outlets received the broadcast more positively. Television critic Matt Roush of TV Guide commented that DeGeneres `` made the Oscars ' inevitable dull patches felt less painful than usual. '' He also praised the cast and several musical numbers from the show. Frazier Moore of the Associated Press lauded DeGeneres 's performance writing that, `` She seemed to be committed to an unspoken theme for the evening : Humanize Hollywood 's glitterati for the viewers. In return, the stars were on their best behavior. '' He concluded, `` All in all, a sleek show was the Oscarcast. Few bombshells, fewer embarrassments, from fade - in to fade - out. '' Entertainment editor Marlow Stern of The Daily Beast raved, `` DeGeneres followed in the footsteps of the most successful awards show hosts -- Billy Crystal, the duo of Fey & Poehler, etc. -- who have taken advantage of the audience, engaging in gleeful interactions with the plethora of A-listers there ( when they 're not mocking them ). '' Ratings and reception The American telecast on ABC drew in an average of 43.74 million people over its length, which was a 6 % increase from the previous year 's ceremony. An estimated 72 million total viewers watched all or part of the awards. The show also earned higher Nielsen ratings compared to the previous telecast with 24.7 % of households watching over a 38 share. In addition, the program scored a higher 18 - 49 demo rating with a 13.3 rating over a 33 share among viewers in that demographic. It was the highest viewership for an Academy Award telecast since the 72nd ceremony held in 2000. In July 2014, the ceremony presentation received eight nominations for the 66th Primetime Emmys. The following month, the ceremony won one of those nominations for Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety, Nonfiction, Reality, or Reality - Competition Program ( Derek McLane, Joe Celli, and Gloria Lamb ). In Memoriam The annual In Memoriam tribute was presented by actress Glenn Close. The montage featured an excerpt of the main title from Somewhere in Time by composer John Barry. At the conclusion of the tribute, singer Bette Midler performed her song `` Wind Beneath My Wings '' from the film Beaches. James Gandolfini Karen Black Tom Laughlin Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Carmen Zapata Hal Needham Richard Shepherd Stuart Freeborn Gerry Hambling Jim Kelly Stephenie McMillan Les Blank Eileen Brennan Paul Walker Fay Kanin Charles L. Campbell Deanna Durbin Frédéric Back A.C. Lyles Elmore Leonard Annette Funicello Petro Vlahos Eduardo Coutinho Saul Zaentz Riz Ortolani Peter O'Toole Ray Harryhausen Brian Ackland - Snow Richard Griffiths Sid Caesar Roger Ebert Shirley Temple Joan Fontaine Run Run Shaw Juanita Moore Mickey Moore Stefan Kudelski Harold Ramis Eleanor Parker Ray Dolby Julie Harris Maximilian Schell Richard Matheson Gilbert Taylor Tom Sherak Esther Williams Philip Seymour Hoffman Shortly after Midler finished singing, camera assistant Sarah Jones, who died more than a week prior to the ceremony, was briefly mentioned before the commercial break. 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Question: who won the oscar for best actor in 2014
Answer: Matthew McConaughey