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Full List, 2016 Oscar Winners: Spotlight, Leonardo DiCaprio Big Winners at Academy Awards
A complete recap of the winners Sunday from the 88th annual Academy Awards.
“Spotlight,” the story of a team of Boston Globe journalists who unearth coverups of sexual abuse in the Catholic church, won the Oscar for Best Picture at the 88th Academy Award ceremonies Sunday, and six-time nominee Leonardo DiCaprio took home the statue for the first time as Best Actor.
Brie Larson won the Oscar for Best Actress for her work in “Room.”
A curtain of controversy over the lack of black nominees was at least somewhat lifted early in the evening by host Chris Rock. Rather than blast the academy voters — though he did take his shots — he mostly made light of the snubs, which occurred for the second consecutive year and have led to an overhaul of the voting system.
“You realize if they nominated hosts, I wouldn’t even get this job,” Rock told the audience in his opening monologue. “So y’all would be watching Neil Patrick Harris right now.”
Later he added: “It’s the 88th Academy Awards. It’s the 88th Academy Awards, which means this whole no-black nominees thing has happened at least 71 other times. O.K.?”
Toward the end of his opening, Rock turned a bit more serious.
“What I’m trying to say is, you know, it’s not about boycotting anything,” he said. “It’s just, we want opportunity. We want black actors to get the same opportunities as white actors. That’s it. Not just once. Leo [DiCaprio] gets a great part every year and, you know, everybody, all you guys, get great parts all the time.
“But what about the black actors?”
While DiCaprio was heavily favored among Best Actor nominees, “Spotlight” represented a legitimate upset, with most bets placed on “The Revenant,” the picture that DiCaprio starred in. That movie, about an 1800s journey through the American Wilderness, also won a Best Director award for Alejandro Iñárritu.
In case you missed the live broadcast, here are the 2016 Oscar winners:
UPDATE 9:03 p.m. PST:
The award for Best Picture of the year goes to Spotlight.
UPDATE 9 p.m. PST:
Leonardo DiCaprio takes home his first Academy Award, winning for best Actor in a Leading Role for The Revenant.
UPDATE 8:47 p.m. PST:
The award for Actress in a Leading Role goes to Brie Larson for Room.
This is her first Oscar and nomination.
UPDATE 8:38 p.m. PST:
Alejandro Iñárritu’s wins the Academy Award for Directing The Revenant.
UPDATE 8:27 p.m. PST:
Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith win the Oscar for best Original Song. “Writing’s On The Wall” was featured in the latest James Bond film, Spectre.
UPDATE 8:22 p.m. PST:
After six nominations, Ennio Morricone wins his first Oscar. He takes home the Academy Award for best Original Score for his work on The Hateful Eight.
UPDATE 8:08 p.m. PST:
Laszlo Nemes wins the Oscar for Son of Saul as the best Foreign Language Film.
“Even in the darkest hours of mankind, there might be a voice within us that allows us to remain human,” Nemes says. “That’s the hope of this film.”
UPDATE 8:02 p.m. PST:
The Academy Award for the best Live Action Short Film goes to Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage for Stutterer.
UPDATE 7:43 p.m. PST:
Amy wins for best Documentary Feature. Accepting the Oscar are Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees.
UPDATE 7:40 p.m. PST:
The award for best Documentary Short Subject goes to Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy for her film A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness.
UPDATE 7: 30 p.m. PST:
The Oscar for Actor in a Supporting Role is awarded to Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies.
UPDATE 7:12 p.m. PST:
Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera win for Inside Out: best Animated Feature Film.
UPDATE 7:08 p.m. PST:
The Oscar for best Animated Short Film goes to Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala with Bear Story.
“To all the people like [my grandfather] who have suffered in exile, we really hope that this won’t happen again.”
UPDATE 6:56 p.m. PST:
The award for best Visual Effects goes to Ex Machina. Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett take the Oscar.
UPDATE 6:52 p.m. PST:
The people with Mad Max: Fury Road again take home an Oscar. This time, for best Sound Mixing, to Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo.
UPDATE 6:49 p.m. PST:
Kaboom! It’s time for the award for achievement in Sound Editing. The Oscar goes to... David White and Mark Mangini for Mad Max: Fury Road.
“Mad Max is a film we see with our ears.”
UPDATE 6:42 p.m. PST:
Best Film Editing goes to Mad Max: Fury Road, to Margaret Sixel.
UPDATE 6:37 p.m. PST:
Emmanuel Lubezki takes home the award for best Cinematography. It’s for his work in The Revenant.
UPDATE 6:27 p.m. PST:
It’s another win for Mad Max: Fury Road! Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin win for Makeup and Hairstyling.
UPDATE 6:25 p.m. PST:
The award for Production Design goes to Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson for Mad Max: Fury Road. It’s the first Oscar and nomination for the two.
UPDATE 6:20 p.m. PST:
The award for best Costume Design goes go Jenny Beavan for Mad Max: Fury Road.
UPDATE 6:10 p.m. PST:
The award for best performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is presented to Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl. It’s her first Oscar and nomination.
“Thank you for giving me the belief that anything can happen,” she directed to her parents.
UPDATE 5:53 p.m. PST:
The award for best Adapted Screenplay goes to Charles Randolph and Adam McKay for The Big Short.
UPDATE 5:45 p.m. PST:
The awards order this year is shuffled to follow the filmmaking process, according to the presenters for the first award, Charlize Theron and Emily Blunt.
The first award of the night is for Original Screenplay. The winner is: Spotlight, Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer.
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Perhaps the most anticipated unknown of Oscar night is how far host Chris Rock will go in attacking the academy for its total lack of diversity in nominations. For the second year in a row, the only acting nominees are white. At least as much a social commentator as a comedian, the question surrounding Rock isn’t whether he’ll address the controversy but how harsh he’s likely to lash out at the academy voters.
This year, the show will go on. Next year? Leading Hollywood figures and social activists, including the Rev. Al Sharpton, have threatened to lead a full boycott of the awards.
Already leading their personal boycotts this year: Spike Lee, winner of an honorary Oscar three months ago, and actor Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
That bit of real-life drama aside, most interest will likely be on Leonardo DiCaprio, who’s favored to win his first Oscar after several nominations.
BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
COSTUME DESIGN
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
DIRECTING
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
Body Team 12
Chau, beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom
FILM EDITING
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Son of Saul
Theeb
A War
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out
the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Earned It,” Fifty Shades of Grey
“Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction
“Simple Song #3,” Youth
“Til It Happens To You,” The Hunting Ground
“Writing’s On The Wall,” Spectre
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer
SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
SOUND MIXING
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
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