The Academy Awards is basically the Super Bowl of Hollywood, so of course it is one of my favourite television specials of the year. See below for highlights from Sunday’s event including major award winners, honourable mentions, and key moments. Also, keep an eye out later this week for my best dressed list of stunning gowns and structured suits!
Major Award Winners
Best Picture Winner – Spotlight
Best Picture Nominations – The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, and Room
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 Director – Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant
Best Original Song – Sam Smith & Jimmy Napes, Spectre
Best Animated Feature Film – Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road had 10 nominations going into the night and ended up taking home a total of SIX AWARDS including: Costume Design, Make Up & Hairstyling, Production Design, Film Editing, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing.
Honourable Mentions
The list below contains several amazing contributions by actors this year that I thought necessary to mention as they gave exceptional performances.
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Matt Damon, The Martian
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
See the links below for the full list of 2016 winners:
http://oscar.go.com/news/winners/oscar-winners-2016-see-the-complete-list
Oscar Winners 2016: Complete List
Key Moments
See the the video links below for some of this year’s Oscars best moments including Chris Rock’s opening monologue, Lady Gaga’s heartbreaking performance of “Til It Happens To You”, and FINALLY Leo’s Acceptance Speech!!!
