Inspired by real events, “The Revenant” tells the story of fur trapper Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), who on an expedition in the 1820s was mauled by a bear and left for dead by his team. In a promotional Oscar video last week, Rock pours white talcum powder over his hands and claps them.
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Will Smith, who stars in football injury drama “Concussion”, and Idris Elba from “Beasts of No Nation” were among the black actors who were not nominated this year.
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio welcomed his latest Oscar acting nomination for “The Revenant”, saying the nod “feels great”.
Hip-hop hit movie “Straight Outta Compton” failed to get a place in the best picture category, and the Twitter hashtag #Oscarssowhite, which sprung up a year ago, was quickly revived.
Alejandro is nominated for Best Director and lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who is now zero wins after five nominations, will be hoping to make it sixth time lucky on February 28 with his Best Actor nomination.
If the bookies are to be believed, Rooney Mara will win best supporting actress. The Revenant is the next likeliest with odds of 13/8, followed by The Big Short (8/1), The Martian (8/1), Mad Max: Fury Road (20/1), Bridge of Spies (33/1), Room (40/1) and Brooklyn (66/1).
Oscar nominees for Best Supporting Actor are shown in this combination of file photos (L to R) Mark Rylance, Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Sylvester Stallone and Mark Ruffalo.
He chuckled as he said: “Well the thing that I do know about that is, it’s completely beyond my control at this point”.
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A make-up artist who has been nominated for an Oscar has said the process was “almost worse than an exam”. But it was a good day for Pittsburgh native Jesse Shapira, one of the founders of No Trace Camping which produced “Room” and scored nominations for best picture, director Lenny Abrahamson, best actress frontrunner Brie Larson and screenplay by novelist Emma Donoghue.
