This Sunday, at the 87th Academy Awards, beautiful people who pretend to be other people for a living will give each other awards, all while wearing tuxedos and dresses that cost more than the GDP of Lithuania.
To help you keep things straight during the marathon-length broadcast, here's a convenient list of the major awards and the nominees.
Best picture
- “American Sniper”
- “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
- “Boyhood”
- “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
- “The Imitation Game”
- “Selma”
- “The Theory of Everything”
- “Whiplash”
Best actor in a leading role
- Steve Carell in “Foxcatcher”
- Bradley Cooper in “American Sniper”
- Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Imitation Game”
- Michael Keaton in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
- Eddie Redmayne in “The Theory of Everything”
Best actress in a leading role
- Marion Cotillard in “Two Days, One Night”
- Felicity Jones in “The Theory of Everything”
- Julianne Moore in “Still Alice”
- Rosamund Pike in “Gone Girl”
- Reese Witherspoon in “Wild”
Best actor in a supporting role
- Robert Duvall in “The Judge”
- Ethan Hawke in “Boyhood”
- Edward Norton in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
- Mark Ruffalo in “Foxcatcher”
- J.K. Simmons in “Whiplash”
Best actress in a supporting role
- Patricia Arquette in “Boyhood”
- Laura Dern in “Wild”
- Keira Knightley in “The Imitation Game”
- Emma Stone in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
- Meryl Streep in “Into the Woods”
Best director
- Alejandro G. Iñárritu for “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
- Richard Linklater for “Boyhood”
- Bennett Miller for “Foxcatcher”
- Wes Anderson for “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
- Morten Tyldum for “The Imitation Game”
Free tickets to the Todd Oliver & Friends show are available at the International Falls Public Library. The show takes the Backus Community Center stage at 7 p.m. Monday.
The next show in the Border Concert Series is set to take the stage Monday and members of the community can see the performance for free.
Free tickets to Todd Oliver & Friends are available at the International Falls Public Library courtesy of the Arrowhead Library System. The show begins at 7 p.m. Monday at Backus Community Center.
Nationally known for his amazing real-life talking dogs and hilarious comedy, Todd Oliver & Friends presents an all-new show with his canine companions Irving and Lucy, plus a “real” cast of characters like Pops and Miss Lilly, and his outstanding Smiling Eyes Band, according to a news release. The show, the release continued, has been a major draw for many years in Branson, Mo., and is now bringing family fun to towns across America.
Oliver grew up loving dogs, ventriloquism, and rock ‘n’ roll music. As a young boy, he studied piano, guitar, voice and ventriloquism. Along the way he created some wooden-headed characters and performed around the world. So, if you ever wondered how a dog looks at life, Irving and Lucy are going to give it to you straight from the dog’s mouth.
Audiences can expect to be included in the show’s participation, some music and good clean comedy with Todd Oliver and Friends, the release concluded.
The Arrowhead Library System sponsors this program by providing free concert tickets, with funding in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Tickets for this event and others are available at the following public libraries: Baudette, Buhl, Cook, Hibbing, International Falls, Mountain Iron, Virginia, the Bookmobile and Mail-A-Book.
To learn more about Arrowhead Legacy Events, please see its calendar at www.arrowhead.lib.mn.us/whats-new, or find the organization on Twitter www.twitter.com/ArrowheadLegacy or Facebook at www.facebook.com/ArrowheadLegacy.
Ranier Mayor Dennis Wagner, left, poses with his granddaughter, Tatum Wagner, and Minnie Mouse Sunday at the Ranier Recreation Club’s skating and sledding party.
Rustyn Dolyny slides with Kaylee Scholler and his son Nash at Sunday’s party in Ranier.
Alyssa Callaghan, 4, perfects her skating skills at the Ranier Rec Club’s party.
Even though temperatures hovered right around zero Sunday, about 125 people gathered in Ranier for the annual Ranier Recreation Club’s skating and sledding party.
Children and their families were treated to an afternoon of outdoor fun complete with warm refreshments and an appearance by Mickie and Minnie Mouse.
