DiCaprio’s clearly ready to be a father, considering the way he gazed at his Academy Award being engraved last night.
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He, like the other winners, promptly headed over to the engraving station to have his name placed on his Oscar. DiCaprio was among the few who opted out of a scroll.
“Wow, manually?” the actor asked.
The film was released in November to accolades from victims who said it gave them a sense of validation after years of struggling in silence. He was informed that yes, this happens each year.
“Sly, no matter what they say, remember, to me you are the best, you were the victor”. DiCaprio, having suffered through an entire Oscars broadcast without the company of his infamous Best Supporting Vape, apparently got spotted by the TMZ police whilst enjoying the company of said vape and even-as true winners so often do-the equally esteemed company of an effortlessly sipped cocktail.
Leonardo DiCaprio won the 2016 Best Actor Academy Award for his film “The Revenant”. “They hit a very small bullseye”. “Oh my God”, she whispered before exiting to a blast of camera flashes.
Gasps went around the Dolby when Mark Rylance won best supporting actor over Sylvester Stallone.
Grammy nominee Andra Day, in a flowing yellow gown, took center stage at the party, literally. And maybe the studio movie business will eventually catch up to the TV business, where there’s seemingly more diversity, as more and more TV networks are beginning to recognize the ratings and profit potential in producing content for not just black audiences by the way.
Jared Leto’s tossed-off mention of the term “merkin” (with a sidelong glance at Margot Robbie, his fellow presenter for best production design) may have drawn a blank with many viewers.
Moments later, crowd reaction was more muted when Rock said, “Is Hollywood racist?” I’m not hating…. Jada’s mad her man Will [Smith] was not nominated for ‘Concussion.’ I get it…
So he wasn’t expecting so many wins? And his comedy bits throughout the show kept up a steady drumbeat, reminding audiences in the hall and at home just who had been left behind. Roundly acclaimed for its old-school craft, Miller’s “Mad Max” was assured of becoming the evening’s most awarded film. “So it’s a great night”.
In a quick response to the growing crisis, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, led reforms to diversify the academy’s overwhelming white and male membership.
“I thought it would crash”, DeGeneres told E!’s Marc Malkin at the Governors Ball two years ago.
Chris Rock came to the Oscars to enjoy himself.
Host Chris Rock did not shy away from the diversity issues plaguing this year’s awards and opened the ceremony by declaring Hollywood is “racist” and admitting he considered boycotting the ceremony because of the absence of black nominees.
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“We made this film for all the journalists who have and continue to hold the powerful accountable, and for the survivors whose courage and will to overcome is really an inspiration to all”, said Tom McCarthy in his best original screenplay acceptance speech for “Spotlight”.
