Skip to main content
The homepageVoxVox logo
The homepageVoxVox logo

The context you need, when you need it

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own.

We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today?

Join now

Here is Emma Stone hopefully clutching a Lego Oscar at the Academy Awards

by Emily St. James
Emma Stone
Emma Stone
Emma Stone
screenshot
Part Of
Oscars 2015: Everything you need to know about the 87th Academy Awards
see all updates
Emily St. James
Emily St. James was a senior correspondent for Vox, covering American identities. Before she joined Vox in 2014, she was the first TV editor of the A.V. Club.

Are you not watching the Oscars? Then you just missed Emma Stone clutching an Oscar made out of Legos after being announced as a nominee for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She was nominated for Birdman and lost to Patricia Arquette from Boyhood.

The Lego Oscars were handed out for the performance of “Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie. Now everybody can have an Oscar, even if it’s made out of small, interlocking bricks.

See More:

More in: Oscars 2015: Everything you need to know about the 87th Academy Awards

The Oscars reward movies for adults in an age when adults don’t go to the moviesThe Oscars reward movies for adults in an age when adults don’t go to the movies
The 15 films to look forward to at next year’s Oscars. (One of them is Star Wars.)The 15 films to look forward to at next year’s Oscars. (One of them is Star Wars.)
Did Michael Keaton have his speech all ready to go at the Oscars?Did Michael Keaton have his speech all ready to go at the Oscars?

Most Popular

  1. Donald Trump messed with the wrong pope
  2. Take a mental break with the newest Vox crossword
  3. The Supreme Court could legalize moonshine, and ruin everything else
  4. The Air Quality Index and how to use it, explained
  5. What trainers actually think about the 12-3-30 workout

More in Oscars

Culture
The Oscar was never really Timothée Chalamet’s to begin withThe Oscar was never really Timothée Chalamet’s to begin with
Culture

Why the actor’s Oscars defeat to Michael B. Jordan makes total sense.

By Kyndall Cunningham
Culture
Sinners never needed the Oscars to be greatSinners never needed the Oscars to be great
Culture

The movie was treated like it was crashing the very party it nabbed a historic number of invites to.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Culture
The 50-year struggle to get Best Casting into the OscarsThe 50-year struggle to get Best Casting into the Oscars
Culture

It’s one of the few female-dominated niches in Hollywood. They finally made it to the Academy Awards.

By Constance Grady
Culture
Diane Warren has been nominated 17 times for Best Original Song. Why hasn’t she won yet?Diane Warren has been nominated 17 times for Best Original Song. Why hasn’t she won yet?
Culture

Warren’s written iconic hits like “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.” But she’s historically bad at winning Oscars.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Culture
Why politics is ruining how we watch moviesWhy politics is ruining how we watch movies
Culture

How political does a political movie need to be?

By Kyndall Cunningham
Culture
4 winners and 3 losers from a madcap Oscars4 winners and 3 losers from a madcap Oscars
Culture

After Emilia Pérez’s award chances blew up, the Oscars seemed to be an open race. Then came Anora.

By Alex Abad-Santos, Kyndall Cunningham and 3 more