The 88th Academy Award Winners

The Oscars was good at best. Chris Rock delivered a very good monologue, both, hilarious and worthy of talking about regarding its lack of diversity in both Hollywood and the Academy. I thought he kept the monologue real balanced until the joke and issue stretched it too far throughout the show. I kept saying, "We get it. Let's move on." (I'll admit: The segment in which they put the African-American actors in the movies like The Danish Girl and The Martian was funny.) But, there were some surprises (Stallone not winning and Ex Machina getting Visual Effects) and delights (Spotlight winning Best Picture and Leonardo DiCaprio finally winning his first Oscar.)

Here are the winners:

BEST PICTURE:
Spotlight

BEST DIRECTOR:
Alejandro G. Iñarritu - The Revenant

BEST ACTOR:
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant

BEST ACTRESS:
Brie Larson - Room

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Son of Saul

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
"Writing's on the Wall" - Spectre (Ugh.)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Ennio Morricone - The Hateful Eight

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Big Short

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Spotlight

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Ex Machina

BEST DOCUMENTARY:
Amy

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
Inside Out

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
The Revenant

BEST FILM EDITING:
Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST SOUND EDITING:
Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST SOUND MIXING:
Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
Bear Story

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING:
Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:
Stutterer

Overall...

Most wins:

Mad Max: Fury Road - 6

The Revenant - 3

Spotlight - 2

Comments

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