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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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