Gallery: 2015 Oscars highlights

Eddie Redmayne looks at his Best Actor Oscar after it was engraved with his name Credit: Reuters

This was the year the Oscars got political.

There were impassioned speeches with equal rights, voting rights and immigration rights all placed firmly in front of the cameras.

However the night was not overwhelmed with weighty topics as they stars of the silvers screen celebrated in style.

Eddie Redmayne and his wife Hannah Bagshawe Credit: Hubert Boesl/DPA/Press Association Images

Melanie Griffith with daughter Dakota Johnson. Credit: Mark Suban/Zuma Press/Press Association Images

Benedict Cumberbatch arrives at the 87th Academy Awards . Credit: Reuters

Michael Keaton. Credit: Mark Suban/Zuma Press/Press Association Images

John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston arrive at the 87th Academy Awards Credit: Reuters

Lady Gaga performs songs from The Sound of Music. Credit: Reuters

Julie Andrews hugs Lady Gaga after she performed songs from the Sound of Music Credit: Reuters

Neil Patrick Harris refers to a scene from the Oscar nominated film Birdman. Credit: Reuters

Emmanuel Lubezki poses with the Oscar for best cinematography for the film Birdman Credit: Reuters

Eddie Redmayne with Cate Blanchett after his win. Credit: Doug Peters/Doug Peters/ Empics Entertainment

Felicity Jones Credit: Reuters

Chris Pine arrives at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Credit: Reuters

Jennifer Aniston and fiance Justin Theroux arrive at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Credit: Reuters

Julianne Moore waits to have her Oscar engraved. Credit: Reuters

Steve Carell, holding a Lego Oscar and Juilianne Moore holding her Oscar for best actress for her role in Credit: Reuters