The diversity theme continued with a segment interjecting black actors into into nominated films into some of this year’ nominated films, including Whoopi Golberg as a mop-toting janitor in “Joy” and Rock himself as a stranded black astronaut in “The Martian”. The answer? With gusto. “We have a great reputation and this enhances it”, Richards said.
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He quickly proved that he wasn’t going to let the topic go, calling the Oscars, “the White People’s Choice Awards” before moving on to mock those calling for a boycott. I’d say that I have had better Oscar watching experiences before but this year was pretty good too.
Elka Wardega and Lesley Vanderwalt, who (co-)won for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. Seeing how many unbelievable women worked on it behind the camera. “Hollywood is sorority racist”.
Meanwhile, Sarah Silverman made a weird address just prior to Sam Smith’s performance of his Bond athem, The Writing’s on The Wall, in a speech laden with dick jokes.
Maybe you’re in the same boat as I am: The Academy Award ceremony is set to begin in just a few hours, and you haven’t had time to fill out your Oscar pool.
George Miller’s stark action epic Mad Max: Fury Road shot into an early lead, picking up six awards for best costumes, production design, make-up, film editing, sound editing and sound mixing.
“It could be horribly pathetic (like the world of Mad Max) if we’re not kinder to each other and we don’t stop polluting our atmosphere”. In addition to best picture, which was the last award of the ceremony, the film also took the first award of the night for best original screenplay. But the overall biggest victor was Mad Max: Fury Road, which picked up six Oscars in all, though mostly in the technical categories. He previously won for “Birdman” and “Gravity“. The company’s blockbuster “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, did not take home any awards despite being nominated for five Oscars. Margaret Sixel, who is the wife of Miller, won best editing for the film. “This was a homage to Mad Max and I obviously didn’t get it quite right at the Baftas, the scarf was meant to be an oil rag”.
Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson after winning best production design.
Actress in a supporting role: Rooney Mara, “Carol;” Jennifer Jason Leigh, “The Hateful Eight;” Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl;” Kate Winslet, “Steve Jobs;” Rachel McAdams, “Spotlight”. He later revealed that the scouts had earned a total of $65,243 from cookie sales to the attendees.
Meanwhile, Fury Road’s veteran Australian cinematographer John Seale missed out on the Oscar, with The Revenant’s Emmanuel Lubezki winning his second consecutive Academy Award. From the minute he took the stage at the Dolby Theatre, he tossed off joke after joke about racism in Hollywood. Now, I didn’t see the movie or any of the nominated films but I can tell you one thing: Mad Max should have won Best Picture. “You know, when your grandmother is swinging from a tree, it is really hard to care about best documentary of foreign short”. Asif Kapadia’s Amy Winehouse portrait, “Amy”, took best documentary.
Best live action short film: “Ave Maria”, “Shok”, “Day One”, “Stutterer”, “Everything Will Be Okay”.
But there’s been a huge sea change in Oscar winners since then, as “Titanic” director James Cameron learned in 2009 when next huge success, “Avatar, ” was swamped for Best Picture by another little picture that could, “The Hurt Locker”.
Spotlight, about the journalists who uncovered the sex abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic church, also won for Best Original Screenplay.
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Director George Miller has teased fans, hinting there may be another Mad Max film in the making.
