Last year’s prize was presented to Birdman, which was helmed by Alejandro G. Inarritu.
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Only “The Revenant” has more Oscar nominations this year.
Leonardo DiCaprio received the first Oscar of his career winning Best Actor for “The Revenant”. Sylvester Stallone, nominated a second time 39 years later for the role of Rocky Balboa, had been expected to win his first acting Oscar for “Creed”.
Bridge of Spies actor Mark Rylance was awarded with Best Performance by an actor in a supporting role while the female counterpart of the award was claimed by Alicia Vikander for her role in The Danish Girl. But the big surprise of the night was the victory of the journalism tale, “Spotlight”, over “The Revenant” for best picture.
Original Score: “The Hateful Eight”.
Fury Road is set to become the most successful Australian movie ever, after winning six Academy Awards and taking almost $US400 million at the box office worldwide. Costume, production and makeup and hair design were all on-point, and helped to usher the series’ signature post-apocalyptic look into 21st century film.
“I’ve always just adored stories…so for me to work with one of the greatest storytellers of our time, Steven Spielberg, has just been such an honor”, he said.
All eyes will on the comedian, who returns to host the awards for a second time, despite calls for him to join a boycott sparked by the paucity of ethnic minority nominees in the acting categories. Lady Gaga performs onstage with sexual assault survivors The singer belted out her Oscar-nominated song “Til It Happens to You” from the documentary The Hunting Ground alongside sexual assault survivors.
“Chris Rock is a grown-a** man”, Lee told “Good Morning America”. At the BAFTAs, The Revenant won 5 and Mad Max won 4. In the race for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing it was Mad Max: “Fury Road” that continued its reign of terror!
And Pakistani director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, whose “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” spoke to the impact of her film. Warner Bros.’ “Mad Max: Fury Road” scored six technical awards.
Brie Larson won best actress for her performance in “Room”.
Lou Gossett Jr., an Oscar victor for “An Officer and a Gentleman”, said on the red carpet that often Hollywood is ahead of society, but in the case of diversity, “society is ahead of us”. Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes won the Oscar for “Writing’s on the Wall” from “Spectre”.
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“Stutterer” took home the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. DiCaprio ended his speech by encouraging political efforts to halt climate change. However, the biggest challenge is still there with the battle is tough for the Best Director and Best Picture category.
