Oscars 2014: Complete list of winners

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With seven Oscars including a history-making best director award for Alfonso Cuaron, the force of "Gravity" exerted itself at the 86th annual Academy Awards.

Even with several awards to go, the 3-D space spectacle was assured to be the most honored film at the Dolby Theatre ceremony hosted nimbly by Ellen DeGeneres. The Mexican Cuaron is the first Latino filmmaker to take best director.

"It was a transformative experience," said Cuaron, who spent some five years making the film and developing its visual effects. "For a lot of people, that transformation was wisdom. For me, it was the color of my hair."

He thanked his star, Sanda Bullock, the sole person on screen for much of the lost-in-space drama: "Sandra, you are 'Gravity.'" Bullock lost the best actress award to Cate Blanchett, the star of Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine."

DeGeneres' second stint was a kind of amiable, light-footed correction from last year's "We Saw Your Boob"-singing host Seth MacFarlane.

After warmly needling stars in a dance-free opening monologue, she circulated freely in the crowd.  DeGeneres had pizza delivered, appealing to Harvey Weinstein to pitch in, and gathered stars to snap a selfie she hoped would be a record-setter on Twitter, (1.4 million tweets in an hour and still counting). One participant, Meryl Streep, giddily exclaimed: "I've never tweeted before!"

Sunday's Oscars hung on a nail-biter of a finish, with the best picture race believed to be between the historical drama "12 Years a Slave," the 3-D space spectacle "Gravity" and the con-artist comedy "American Hustle." DeGeneres alluded to the options in her opening monologue.

"Possibility number one: '12 Years a Slave' wins best picture," she said. "Possibility number two: You're all racists."

Here is the list of winners of the 2014 Academy Awards:

Best Picture: "12 Years A Slave"

Actor in a Leading Role: Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Actor in a Supporting Role: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Actress in a Leading Role: Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"
Actress in a Supporting Role: Lupita Nyong’o, "12 Years A Slave"

Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, "Gravity"

Best Original Screenplay: "Her," written by Spike Jonze
Best Adapted Screenplay: "12 Years a Slave," screenplay by John Ridley

Animated Feature Film: "Frozen,"  Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho
Documentary Feature: "20 Feet from Stardom"
Foreign Language Film: "The Great Beauty" (Italy)

Original Song: "Let It Go" from Frozen, music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Original Score: "Gravity," Steven Price

Cinematography: "Gravity," Emmanuel Lubezki
Production Design: "The Great Gatsby," Catherine Martin for production design; Beverley Dunn for set decoration
Film Editing: "Gravity," Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Sanger

Sound Editing: "Gravity," Glenn Freemantle
Sound Mixing: "Gravity," Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
Visual Effects: "Gravity," Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould

Best Costume Design: Catherine Martin, "The Great Gatsby"
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Adruitha Lee and Robin Matthew, "Dallas Buyers Club"

Animated short film: "Mr. Hublot," Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
Live action short film: "Helium," Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
Documentary short subject: "The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life," Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed