86th Academy Awards

86th Academy Awards
Date	March 2, 2014
Site	Dolby Theatre; Hollywood, California
Host	Ellen DeGeneres
Highlights
Best Picture	12 Years a Slave
Most wins	Gravity (7)
Most nominations	American Hustle (10), Gravity (10)

The 86th Academy Awards were held on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California to honor the best films of 2013. This was a week later than normal, so as not to interfere with the Winter Olympics. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC and was hosted by comedienne Ellen DeGeneres for the second time. She previously hosted the 79th Academy Awards in 2007.

On September 5, 2013, The Academy announced the three nominees that were later honored with an Academy Honorary Award: the actress Angela Lansbury, the actor and producer Steve Martin, and the costume designer Piero Tosi. Angelina Jolie was honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her charity work. For the Academy Award for Best Picture, 289 films were eligible. In an official press release, it was announced the 86th Academy Awards would honor big-screen real-life heroes, superheroes, popular heroes, and animated heroes, both past and present, as well as the bold filmmakers who brought them to life.

Nominations & Winners

On January 16, 2014, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nominees for the 86th Academy Awards. The winners were announced on March 2, 2014, from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.