The 87th Annual Academy Awards are currently underway.

Winners (updated as they happen), AFTER THE JUMP…

Actress in a Supporting Role
Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood” (winner)
Emma Stone, “Birdman”
Keira Knightley, “The Imitation Game”
Meryl Streep, “Into the Woods”
Laura Dern, “Wild”

Actor in a Supporting Role
J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash” (winner)
Edward Norton, “Birdman”
Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood”
Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher”
Robert Duvall, “The Judge”

Costume Design
Colleen Atwood, “Into the Woods”
Anna B. Sheppard, “Maleficent”
Milena Canonero, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (winner)
Jacqueline Durran, “Mr. Turner”
Mark Bridges, “Inherent Vice”

Makeup and Hairstyling
“Foxcatcher”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” (winner)
“Guardians of the Galaxy”

Foreign Language Film
“Ida” (winner)
“Leviathan”
“Tangerines”
“Wild Tales”
“Timbuktu”

Short Film – Live Action
“Boogaloo and Graham”
“Aya”
“Butterlamp”
“Parvenah”
“The Phone Call” (winner)

Documentary Short Subject
“Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1” (winner)
“Joanna”
“Our Curse”
“White Earth”
“The Reaper”

Sound Mixing
Mark Weingarten, “Interstellar”
Thomas Curley, ”Whiplash” (winner)
“Unbroken”
“American Sniper”
“Birdman”

Sound Editing
“Interstellar”
“Unbroken”
“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”
“American Sniper” (winner)
“Birdman”

Earlier today we reported that a bill seeking to prohibit cities in Arkansas from enacting LGBT non-discrimination ordinances is expected to go into effect tomorrow after Governor Asa Hutchinson said Friday he plans on letting the bill become law without his signature.

…But not before Cher speaks her mind on the matter:

Why am I not surprised That Asa Hutchinson, Gov of Arkansas,is hanging LBGT community out to dry⁉️

— Cher (@cher) February 22, 2015

The bill passed the Arkansas Legislature February 13, but LGBT organizations and leaders were slow to react. Other last minute efforts to pressure former Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton (and Hillary) and Bentonville-based Wal-Mart to speak out against the measure appear to have been unsuccessful.

LGBT leaders may now be wishing they could turn back time and start sounding the alarm earlier…

Nicholas Smal and Gareth Allison of the South African comedy group Derick Watts & The Sunday Blue took everyones’ hatred of top-knot hairstyles too far when they posted an unfunny video to YouTube, called Stop The Knot, of the two driving around Cape Town and snipping off unsuspecting mens’ top knots. The two collect the severed top knots in a jar labeled #stoptheknot as a ploy to spread the message on social media to stop the annoying hair trend. According to info they posted on their Facebook page, the group is known for viral video hits The Car Guard Song and The Movember Song.

Despite how some may feel about the annoying hair trend, the two undeniably violate the personal boundaries of their victims. You can watch the neckbearded, tacky handlebar mustache duo’s video, moreso to help the victims identify the buffoons who did this to them, AFTER THE JUMP…

A bill seeking to prohibit cities and municipalities in Arkansas from enacting LGBT non-discrimination ordinances is expected to go into effect tomorrow after Governor Asa Hutchinson said Friday he plans on letting the bill become law without his signature.

National organizations are now finally calling on Gov. Hutchinson to veto what they call an “unconstitutional” law meant to single out LGBT people for discrimination, but it may be too little too late. 

The following statement is a portion of the response from the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Arkansas, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, Lambda Legal, and National Center for Lesbian Rights:

SB 202 was passed to thwart cities like Little Rock and Eureka Springs that recently have enacted sexual orientation and gender identity nondiscrimination protections, and like Fayetteville, which tried to do so. So if Governor Hutchinson allows this bill to take effect, it will amount to a giant, flashing “Gays Stay Away” sign. It will block sincere local efforts to show that Arkansas communities are welcoming places beckoning talent, innovation and workforce diversity. It will do precisely what Arizona’s Governor Brewer decided to avoid last year when she vetoed that state’s “discrimination as religion” bill. […]

SB 202 is misleadingly called the “Intrastate 30 Commerce Improvement Act.” But make no mistake — this bill is not about alleviating drags on commerce within Arkansas, and no one truly thinks it is. A bill with that goal might, for example, reduce the variation in municipal tax rates and other local rules that actually can bedevil businesses. But it’s not burdensome for businesses to treat gay and transgender people fairly. In fact, dozens of research studies have found again and again that ending discrimination, and supporting diversity, is good for business.

So the real purpose isn’t helping businesses, it’s targeting LGBT people. This is obvious from the sponsors’ consistent and constant claims that this is needed because of an ordinance in Fayetteville that provided protections for LGBT people. And as in Arizona last year, the speed of the bill has meant the critiques are now coming in a wave after the legislature whizzed the bill through.

This eleventh hour effort by Gay Inc. hasn’t gone unnoticed by activists, however. In a column Friday on HuffPost, Michelangelo Signorile blasted gay leaders for not speaking out louder, sooner and warned the bill could become a template for future anti-gay efforts across the nation:

The passage of a draconian, stealthily worded anti-gay bill set to become law in Arkansas, with little resistance from the national business community, and muted response from even national LGBT leaders and figures such as Bill and Hillary Clinton, raises two very important questions: 1) Have gay leaders become so cocky, so deluded by victories that they don’t see the backlash organizing right in front of them (or do they see it, but have some foolish, toothless plan to battle it that is equally fed by their delusions)?; 2) Has the anti-gay right found its gay “version” of “partial birth abortion,” or is it at least coming close to it as it tries out various strategies through trial and error?

He also lit into HRC and Arkansas-based corporations for remaining silent on the bill:

No matter if you lose, you must always show the opposition you will put up a nasty fight. Instead, HRC’s Sainz and its President Chad Griffin, who hails from Arkansas and has thought nothing of rushing back for a photo op when local activists have had wins in the past, have said absolutely nothing about it. Nor have they clearly put the pressure on business leaders like Walmart, headquartered in Arkansas, and which likes its 90% HRC Corporate Equality Index score, to speak out. And we haven’t seen any comment from Bill Clinton, for whom Griffin used to work in the White House, or Hillary Clinton, for whom Griffin will raise millions of dollars in a presumed presidential race, as he did for Obama.

It’s official: Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas is 2014’s worst film. Ahead of Hollywood’s big night tonight, the Razzie Awards dishonered the biggest movie flops of the past year – with anti-gay loon Cameron taking home the lion’s share of the shame.

Rolling Stone reports:

Former Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron’s overtly religious movie about putting the “Christ” back in “Christmas” was the Sam Smith of the Razzies; like Smith at the Grammys, Cameron and Saving Christmas took home awards in four of the six categories the film was nominated in, including wins for the prestigious Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay Golden Raspberries. Cameron was also awarded Worst Actor and Worst Screen Combo for him and his ego.

In addition to its four Razzies, Saving Christmas also owns the distinction of being the Worst Film Ever according to IMDb as well as a member of an elite club of movies that scored a perfect 0 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Saving Christmas beat out Left Behind, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot, The Legend of Herculesand Transformers: Age of Extinction for the Worst Picture honor.

Check out the full list of losers, AFTER THE JUMP…

WORST PICTURE
“Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas”
“Left Behind”
“The Legend of Hercules”
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”
“Transformers: Age of Extinction”

WORST ACTOR
Kirk Cameron, “Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas“
Nicolas Cage, “Left Behind”
Kellan Lutz, “The Legend of Hercules”
Seth MacFarlane, “A Million Ways to Die in the West”
Adam Sandler, “Blended”

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mel Gibson, “Expendables 3”
Kelsey Grammer, “Expendables 3,” “Legends of Oz,” “Think Like a Man Too,” “Transformers: Age of Extinction”
Shaquille O’Neal, “Blended”
Arnold Schwarzenegger, “Expendables 3”
Kiefer Sutherland, “Pompeii”

WORST ACTRESS 
Drew Barrymore, “Blended”
Cameron Diaz, “The Other Woman” and “Sex Tape”
Melissa McCarthy, “Tammy”
Charlize Theron, “A Million Ways to Die in the West”
Gaia Weiss, “The Legend of Hercules”

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cameron Diaz, “Annie”
Megan Fox, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”
Nicola Peltz, “Transformers: Age of Extinction”
Susan Sarandon, “Tammy”
Brigitte Ridenour (née Cameron), “Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas”

WORST DIRECTOR
Michael Bay, “Transformers: Age of Extinction”
Darren Doane, “Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas”
Renny Harlin, “The Legend of Hercules”
Jonathan Liebesman, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”
Seth MacFarlane, “A Million Ways to Die in the West”

WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF OR SEQUEL
“Annie”
“Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?”
“The Legend of Hercules”
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”
“Transformers: Age of Extinction”

WORST SCREEN COMBO
Any Two Robots, Actors (Robotic Actors), “Transformers: Age of Extinction”
Kirk Cameron & His Ego, “Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas”
Cameron Diaz & Jason Segel, “Sex Tape”
Kellan Lutz & Either His Abs, His Pecs or His Glutes, “The Legend of Hercules”
Seth MacFarlane & Charlize Theron, “A Million Ways to Die in the West”

WORST SCREENPLAY
“Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas”
“Left Behind”
“Sex Tape”
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”
“Transformers: Age of Extinction”

REDEEMER AWARD
Ben Affleck, from “Gigli” to “Argo” and “Gone Girl”
Jennifer Aniston, from four-time Razzie nominee to “Cake”
Mike Myers, from “The Love Guru” to directing “Supermensch”
Keanu Reeves, from six-time Razzie nominee to “John Wick”
Kristen Stewart, from six-time Razzie winner for “Twilight” to “Camp X-Ray”