Monday, February 29, 2016

Oscars 2016: Leonardo DiCaprio at long last wins Academy Award

Winners on stage at the OscarsLeonardo DiCaprio has at long last won his first Oscar for survival epic The Revenant, after six selections.

He was named best performing artist at the 88th Academy Awards, with Brie Larson named best on-screen character for Room.

Spotlight took home the best picture Oscar with Mad Max: Fury Road getting the most recompenses of the night, with six awards.

Mark Rylance won the best supporting on-screen character Oscar, with kindred Briton Sam Smith winning best unique so

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Hollywood bigot?'

The function had been boycotted by some Hollywood figures dissenting about the absence of ethnic differences among the current year's candidates, as every one of the 20 chosen people in the best acting or supporting acting classifications are white.

Host Chris Rock tended to the contention head on as he propelled the service, and it was a topic that was come back to a few times amid the night.

Rock remarked he had "tallied no less than 15 dark individuals" in the montage that opened the function, before inviting individuals to the "white People's Choice recompenses".

"You understand in the event that they assigned hosts, I wouldn't land this position," he jested. "Y'all would be viewing Neil Patrick Harris at this moment."

Rock included: "Everybody needs to know is Hollywood supremacist? You need to go at it the right way. Is it blazing cross bigot? Bring me-some-lemonade bigot? No.

"It's an alternate sort of bigot. Is Hollywood supremacist? You're damn right it's bigot however it's sorority supremacist. It's similar to: We like you Rhonda, yet you're not a Kappa.''

Among the champs for Mad Max: Fury Road - designated for 10 Oscars including best chief for George Miller - was British planner Jenny Beavan, for best outfit outline.

The Revenant won three of the 12 honors for which it was designated. Alejandro Inarritu additionally won best executive and Emmanuel Lubezki won his third Oscar for cinematography in succession, having won in 2015 for Birdman and 2014 for Gravity.

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