Ellen DeGeneres Oscar Selfie Broke Twitter Record, Retweeted 2.2m Times

Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres took a moment out from hosting the show to take a selfie with some of Hollywood's biggest stars, including Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Lupita Nyong'o, Channing Tatum and Kevin Spacey in a photo taken by Bradley Cooper. 
When Ellen posted it on her twitter page, it broke twitter record for most re-tweets. The pic got over 2.2million re-tweets beating the 778,000 most re-tweets previously held by President Barack Obama.

Lupita, Matthew Mcconaughey win 2014 Oscars. Plus Full list of Winner

Kenyan beauty Lupita Nyong'o won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her first feature film. Her very first! Congrats Lupita, you definitely deserve an Oscar for that powerful performance as Patsy in 12 Years A Slave.

"When I look down at this golden statue, may it remind me and every little child, that no matter where you're from, your dreams are valid" Lupita said during her acceptance speech

And my Leo didn't win...again! Oh well! Congrats to Matthew Mcconaughey who won Best Actor in a Leading Role. See full list of winners at the 86th Academy Awards, plus a video of Lupita Nyong'o accepting her award and her powerful acceptance speech after the cut...

2014 Oscar Nominees List

The 2014 Oscar nominees list is out and some African actors are really shining this year. Chiwetel Ejiofor got a Best Actor nomination for his role in '12 Years a Slave', while Kenyan beauty Lupita Nyong'o got a Best Supporting actress nomination for same movie. Somalian Barkhad Abdi got Best Supporting actor nomination for his role as the main villain in Captain Phillips.

American Hustle and Gravity lead this year's Oscars with 10 nominations each, followed by 12 Years a Slave with 9. Captain Phillips - 6. Dallas Buyers Club - 6. Nebraska - 6. Her - 5 and The Wolf of Wall Street - 5. See the full list of nominations after the cut..