“But things are changing”.
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Mostly, though, it was Chris Rock’s night.
On #BlackLivesMatter: “This year the In Memoriam package is just going to be black people who were shot by cops on their way to the movies”.
“Climate change is real”. It is happening right now.
Before the first awards were handed out, host Chris Rock, as expected, immediately addressed the major issue hanging over this year’s Academy Awards – no African-American nominees in the acting and direction categories. “Our production needed to move to the southern tip of this planet just to be able to find snow”, the Oscar victor said.
Of course the Oscars are also about making a fashion statement and this year’s choices have once again set tongues wagging.
“I think were all nervous right now”, DiCaprio told Roberts, calling tonight “the culmination of so much effort on all of our parts”.
Swedish actress Alicia Vikander won the supporting actress Oscar for transgender movie “The Danish Girl” while documentary “Amy”, about the late and troubled British pop star Amy Winehouse was also a victor.
Of course, no one seemed more thrilled about the win than Keaton, who fist pumped and said, “Fuck yeah”, as he made his way to the stage. “They were like “we don’t need two of these”. “This is what happens when determined women get together from Saba, the woman in my film, who remarkably survives an honour killing and shared her story”, Sharmeen said.
The best picture win was the second Oscar of the night for Spotlight, which was also honored for original screenplay – the first time a best picture victor won fewer than three statuettes since 1952’s The Greatest Show on Earth.
“Everyone in the Hollywood community has a role to play in bringing about the vital changes the industry needs so that we can accurately reflect the world today”, she said.
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Since the nominations for this year’s Oscars were announced, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences came under blistering fire yet again for the lack of diversity in the major categories.
