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2014 Oscars: Ranking the Acceptance Speeches

So, Entertainment Weekly posted its ranking of last night's Oscar acceptance speeches, many of which I disagreed with (apologies for ending with a preposition) -- see how my ranking is different:


1. Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong'o -- 12 Years a Slave
2. Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey -- Dallas Buyers Club
3. Best Picture: Brad Pitt & Steve McQueen -- 12 Years a Slave
4. Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron -- Gravity 
5. Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto -- Dallas Buyers Club
6. Best Actress: Cate Blanchett -- Blue Jasmine
7. Best Documentary Feature: Morgan Neville (& Darlene Love) -- 20 Feet From Stardom
8. Best Original Song: Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez -- Frozen
9. Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley -- 12 Years a Slave
10. Best Documentary Short Film: Malcolm Clarke & Nicholas Reed -- The Lady in Number Six: Music Saved My Life 
11. Best Foreign Language Film: Paolo Sorrentino -- The Great Beauty
12. Best Animated Film: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, & Peter del Vecho -- Frozen 
13. Best Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze -- Her
14. Best Original Score: Steven Price -- Gravity
15. Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki -- Gravity
16. Best Visual Effects: Tim Webber -- Gravity
17. Best Animated Short Film: Laurent Witz -- Mr. Hublot
18. Best Make-up & Hairstyling: Robin Matthews & Adruitha Lee -- Dallas Buyers Club
19. Best Live-Action Short Film: Anders Walter & Kim Magnusson -- Helium
20. Best Sound Editing: Glenn Fremantle -- Gravity
21. Best Costume Design: Catherine Martin -- The Great Gatsby
22. Best Sound Mixing: Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, & Chris Munro -- Gravity
23. Best Film Editing: Mark Sanger & Alfonso Cuaron -- Gravity
24. Best Production Design: Catherine Martin & Beverly Dunn -- The Great Matsby

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