Screen Genius - Live Blogging the 2015 Oscars lyrics

And we're live! Neil Patrick Harris is out to host. He makes a race joke to start it off. "Tonight we honor the best and whitest". Now he's singing about the magic of movies Singing in the Rain and North by Northwest are alluded to in the shadows. Anna Kendrick joins him in song. Jack Black interrupts the song and starts singing his own song. The Best Picture nominees have grossed $600 million Lupita Nyong'o is on to present Best Supporting Actor J.K. Simmons wins Best Supporting Actor Neil Patrick Harris made his own predictions too. They're under lock and key. Liam Neeson is out to present Best Picture nominees Grand Budapest Hotel and American Sniper Dakota Johnson is on to present Maroon 5 Maroon 5 performs "Lost Stars" Jennifer Lopez and Chris Pine are on to present Best Costume Design Best Costume Design goes to Milena Canonero for Grand Budapest Hotel Reese Witherspoon is on to present Best Makeup and Hairstyling Best Makeup and Hairstyling goes to Grand Budapest Hotel Channing Tatum is on to present Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor on to present Best Foreign Language Film Best Foreign Language Film goes to Ida, Poland's first Oscar Shirley MacLaine is on to present Best Picture nominees Boyhood, The Theory of Everything, and Birdman Neil Patrick Harris calls out seat-fillers and Steve Carell plays along Tegan and Sara and the Lonely Island perform "Everything is Awesome" ?uestlove is on the kit! Kerry Washington and Jason Bateman are on to present Best Live Action Short Film Best Live Action Short Film goes to The Phone Call Best Documentary Short Subject goes to Crisis Hotline Gwenyth Paltrow introduces Tim McGraw Tim McGraw performs "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" NPH spoofs Birdman and Whiplash Miles Teller and Margot Robie are on to present Sienna Miller and Chris Evans present Best Sound Mixing Best Sound Mixing goes to Whiplash Best Sound Editing goes to American Sniper Jared Leto on to present Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actress goes to Patricia Arquette Josh Hutcherson is on to present Rita Ora Rita Ora performs "Grateful" Chloe Grace Moretz and Ansel Elgort present Best Visual Effects Best Visual Effects goes to Interstellar Kevin Hart and Anna Kendrick on to present Best Animated Short Best Animated Short goes to Feast Zoe Saldana and Dwayne Johnson present Best Animated Feature Film Best Animated Feature Film goes to Big Hero 6 Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs pontificates on importance of movies Chris Pratt and Felicity Jones present Best Set Design Best Set Design goes to Grand Budapest Hotel Idris Elba and Jessica Chastain present Best Cinematography Best Cinematography goes to Birdman Meryl Streep presents In Memoriam Jennifer Hudson performs Benedict Cumberbatch and Naomi Watts present Best Film Editing Best Film Editing goes to Tom Cross for Whiplash Terrence Howard presents Best Picture nominees Whiplash, The Imitation Game, and Selma Jennifer Aniston and David Oyelowo present Best Documentary Feature Best Documentary Feature goes to Citizen Four Octavia Spencer presents "Glory" from Selma John Legend and Common perform "Glory" Idina Menzel calls out John Travolta and present Best Original Song Best Original Song goes to "Glory" Scarlett Johansson presents a Sound of Music tribute Lady Gaga performs "The Hills Are Alive" Julie Andrews comes on stage after the performance and presents Best Original Score Best Original Score goes to Grand Budapest Hotel Eddie Murphy is one to present Best Original Screenplay Best Original Screenplay goes to Birdman Oprah on to present Best Adapted Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay goes to Graham Moore for The Imitation Game Ben Affleck is on to present Best Director Best Director goes to Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman Best Actor goes to Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything Matthew McConaughey presents Best Actress Best Actress goes to Julianne Moore for Still Alice NPH goes back for his Oscar predictions Sean Penn presents Best Picture Best Picture goes to Birdman