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Eddie Redmayne's Oscars speech wins everyone over

By Lauren Zima
Feb 23, 2015

Sunday night's best actor winner was kind of a surprise, it was not Michael Keaton — there were gasps. Eddie Redmayne won, and luckily, he then completely won everyone over.

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"I am fully aware that I am a lucky, lucky man. This Oscar, wow. This Oscar, this belongs to all of those people around the world battling ALS. It belongs to one exceptional family: Stephen, Jane, Jonathan and the Hawking children, and I will be his custodian."

And Keaton was also cool about it. "Birdman" went on to win Best Picture — here's what he said...

"Look, it's great to be here. Who am I kidding? This is just great fun."

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