DiCaprio wins first Oscar Award on 6th attempt (See list)

The 88th Oscar Academy Awards turned out to be a night to remember with Leonardo DiCaprio perhaps one of the biggest winners of the night after winning his first Oscar award on his sixth attempt for his role in the movie titled The Revenant.

Stand-up comedian, Chris Rock opened the awards ceremony with a highly anticipated monologue taking jabs at Hollywood culture especially with the

#OscarsSoWhite controversy making the rounds.

The movie “Mad Max: Fury Road” turned out to be the biggest winner of the night grabbing six awards out of 10 nominations.

Read also: : Who won what at the 58th Grammy Awards

One of the major upsets of the Oscar 2016 was Sylvester Stallone who was heavily tipped to win the award for Supporting Actor but he was beaten to it by Mark Rylance.

Below is a full list of winners at the 2016 Oscar awards dubbed Hollywood’s biggest night.

Best Original Screenplay

SPOTLIGHT – WINNER!

Straight Outta Compton

Bridge of Spies

Ex Machina

Inside Out

 

Best Adapted Screenplay

THE BIG SHORT – WINNER!

The Martian

Room

Brooklyn

Carol

 

Best Supporting Actress

ALICIA VIKANDER, THE DANISH GIRL – WINNER!

Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

Rachel McAdams, Spotlight

Rooney Mara, Carol

Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

 

Best Costume Design

Carol

Cinderella

The Danish Girl

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – WINNER!

The Revenant

 

Best Production Design

Bridge of Spies

The Danish Girl

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – WINNER!

The Martian

The Revenant

 

Best Make-Up and Hair

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – WINNER!

The 100-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared

The Revenant

 

Best Cinematography

Carol

The Hateful Eight

Mad Max: Fury Road

THE REVENANT – WINNER!

Sicario

 

Best Editing

The Big Short

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – WINNER!

The Revenant

Spotlight

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 

Best Sound Editing

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – WINNER!

The Martian

The Revenant

Sicario

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 

Best Sound Mixing

Bridge of Spies

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – WINNER!

The Martian

The Revenant

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 

Best Visual Effects

EX MACHINA – WINNER!

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 

Best Animated Short

BEAR STORY – WINNER!

Prologue

Sanjay’s Super Team

We Can’t Leave Without Cosmos

World of Tomorrow

 

Best Animated Film

Anomalisa

Boy and the World

INSIDE OUT – WINNER!

Shaun the Sheep Movie

When Marnie Was There

 

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale, The Big Short

Tom Hardy, The Revenant

Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight

MARK RYLANCE, BRIDGE OF SPIES – WINNER!

Sylvester Stallone, Creed

 

Best Short Documentary

Body Team 12

Chau, beyond the Lines

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah

A GIRL IN THE RIVER: THE PRICE OF FORGIVENESS – WINNER!

Last Day of Freedom

 

Best Documentary

AMY – WINNER!

Cartel Land

The Look of Silence

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

 

‎Best Short Film

Ave Maria

Day One

Everything Will Be Okay

Shok

STUTTERER – WINNER!

 

Best Foreign Language Film

Embrace of the Serpent

Mustang

SON OF SAUL – WINNER!

Theeb

A War

 

Best 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- Winner

 

Best Original Score

Thomas Newman, Bridge of Spies

Carter Burwell, Carol

Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight- WiNNER

Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sicario

John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 

‎Best Director

Adam McKay, The Big Short

George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road

Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant- Winner

Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

Lenny Abrahamson, Room

 

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett, Carol

Brie Larson, Room- Winner

Jennifer Lawrence, Joy

Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years

Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

 

Best Actor

Matt Damon, The Martian

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant‎- Winner

Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

 

Best Picture

The Martian

The Revenant

Room

Bridge of Spies

Spotlight- Winner

The Big Short

Brooklyn

Mad Max: Fury Road

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