Oscars 2014: ’12 Years a Slave’ makes history with best picture Oscar

The slavery drama “12 Years a Slave” won the Academy Award for best picture on       Sunday, making history as the first movie from a black director to win the film industry’s highest honor in 86 years of the Oscars.

British director Steve McQueen’s unflinching portrayal of pre-Civil War American slavery also won two other Oscars, including best supporting actress for newcomer Lupita Nyong’o and best adapted screenplay based on the memoir of Solomon Northup, a free man sold into slavery in Louisiana. “Everyone deserves not just to survive but to live, this is the most important legacy of Solomon Northup,” said McQueen in his acceptance speech.

10 Oscar Moments That Will Crack You Up

                             Steve McQueen jumps out of joy after his BIG win. Well deserved, we say!

                                 So all's good between Leonardo DiCaprio and Matthew McConaughey?

                                                              Oscar statuettes braved the rain!

                                             This one assures the fact that our stars love the camera.

                                   Benedict Cumberbatch beats J-Law by photobombing U2's moment.

                       Don't you think Jennifer Lawrence should change her middle name to "Who Cares"?

                                             Ellen was at her fashionable best throughout the evening

                                                    Brad Pitt - "One for me and one for the Missus!"
                                                                     Chiwetel Ejiofor - "And my wife?"

                                   Looks like Brad Pitt caught Jennifer Lawrence grabbing Oscars' a$@