An extra day of the year had many things in reserve for the world. It was a night when stars gathered at Los Angeles for the 88th Academy Award or The Oscars 2016. The former Miss World form India, Priyanka Chopra, walked the red carpet in a white embroidered gown.
The Academy Awards, or “Oscars”, is an annual American awards ceremony conducted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to glorify the excellence in cinematic achievements in the United States.
The stage this year witnessed many surprises. The five times Oscar nominated veteran actor Leonardo De Caprio, finally got the title of ‘Oscar Winning Actor’ this year for his film ‘The Revenant’. The race for best movie was won by ‘Spotlight’. The award for best director was won by the Mexican film director, producer, screenwriter, Alejandro González Iñárritu for ‘The Revenant’ and the honor of best actress goes to Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers, known professionally as Brie Larson, is an American actress and singer for ‘Room’. A list of various other winners for handling several other sectors of film industry is given below :
List of Academy Award Winners (2016):-
| 1. Spotlight
| Best Picture • Steve Golin, Michael Sugar, Blye Pagon Faust |
| 2. Leonardo DiCaprio
| Best Actor • The Revenant |
| 3. Brie Larson
| Best Actress • Room
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| 4. Mark Rylance
| Best Supporting Actor • Bridge of Spies |
| 5. Alicia Vikander
| Best Supporting Actress • The Danish Girl
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| 6. Alejandro González Iñárritu
| Best Director • The Revenant
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| 7. Writing’s on the Wall
| Best Original Song • Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes |
| 8. Son of Saul
| Best Foreign Language Film • László Nemes
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| 9. The Big Short
| Best Writing Adapted Screenplay • Adam McKay, Charles Randolph |
| 10. Spotlight
| Best Original Screenplay • Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer |
| 11. Amy
| Best Documentary Feature • Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees |
| 12. Inside Out
| Best Animated Feature Film • Pete Docter, Jonas Rivera |
| 13. Emmanuel Lubezki
| Best Cinematography • The Revenant |
| 14. The Hateful Eight
| Best Original Music Score • Ennio Morricone
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| 15. Jenny Beavan
| Best Costume Design • Mad Max: Fury Road
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| 16. Ex Machina
| Best Visual Effects • Andrew Whitehurst. |
| 17. Stutterer
| Best Live Action Short Film • Benjamin Cleary, Serena Armitage |
| 18. Gregg Rudloff
| Best Sound Mixing • Mad Max: Fury Road |
| 19. Chris Jenkins
| Best Sound Mixing • Mad Max: Fury Road
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| 20. Ben Osmo
| Best Sound Mixing • Mad Max: Fury Road
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| 21. A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
| Best Documentary Short Subject • Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy |
| 22. Bear Story
| Best Animated Short Film • Gabriel Osorio, Pato Escala |
| 23. Margaret Sixel
| Best Film Editing • Mad Max: Fury Road
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| 24. Lisa Thompson
| Best Production Design • Mad Max: Fury Road |
| 25. Colin Gibson
| Best Production Design • Mad Max: Fury Road |
| 26. David White
| Best Sound Editing • Mad Max: Fury Road
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| 27. Mark Mangini
| Best Sound Editing • Mad Max: Fury Road
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| 28. Lesley Vanderwalt
| Best Makeup • Mad Max: Fury Road
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| 29. Damien Martin
| Best Makeup • Mad Max: Fury Road
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| 30. Elka Wardega
| Best Makeup • Mad Max: Fury Road |
Despite the presence of such glamorous faces the honor of show stopper goes to Chris Rock, an American actor, comedian, voice artist, director, writer, and producer, who played the host of the event. He expressed the racial problem existing still in America. He said,“I counted at least 15 black people on that montage,” he joked as he entered the Oscar stage after clips from the year’s nominated films were shown. He added, “You realize if they nominated hosts I wouldn’t even get this job. You’d be watching Neil Patrick Harris right now”. Rock addressed the pressure on him to boycott the show, saying ” I thought about quitting, I thought about it real hard,” but later realized that,“They’re gonna have the Oscars anyway!” Rock also gave his thoughts on racism in Hollywood. “Everyone wants to know in the world, is Hollywood racist?” he said. “Is it ‘burning cross racist’? No. Is it ‘fetch me some lemonade racist’? No. It’s a different type of racist. … Hollywood is ‘sorority racist.’ It’s like, we like you Rhonda, but you’re not a Kappa.”
Rock very tactfully used the stage to express his views and posed a question for the million audiences to think.
~ 88th Academy Awards ~
