OSCARS 2016: THE HIGHLIGHTS

OSCARS 2016: HIGHLIGHTS

In a year surrounded by controversy with the hashtag #oscarsSowhite and Leonardo DiCaprio up for an Oscar for an agonising FIFTH TIME in his career, let's look back and the night that was.

Spotlight won Best Picture proving many doubters wrong and showing the ensemble cast on this shocking true story really is a rightful crown wearer for the film of the year.

Sly Stallone was the biggest snub of the night with Mark Rylance taking the Best Supporting Actor award from old Rocky himself. "He could have been a contender".... We thought he was!

That shocking song by Sam Smith in Spectre won best original song... What!!!! And he is white, I call fix!!!!!

Carol didn't win anything. Justice restored!!! Whoop whoop - most overrated film EVER!

Another big suprise was Alicia Vikander winning Best Supporting Actress for The Danish Girl having been nominated for the same category at the BAFTAs but for her role in Ex Machina. All at the cost of Kate Winslet who I was sure would get this award from her amazing portrayal in Steve Jobs.

Leo finally won! Yes, the curse has finally been broken and arguably not with the best performance of his career however justice has finally been done for one of this generation's greatest actors. He had previously missed out with What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993), The Aviator (2005), Blood Diamond (2007), The Wolf of Wall Street (2014) and The Revenant (2016).

Chris Rock hosted and inevitably had some absolute comedy gold for the audiences around the world. The actor had a string of stinging put-downs Hollywood, however, the best line is, without a doubt, his commentary on Jada Pinkett-Smith's now famous boycott of the awards ceremony.

Alejandro G. Innaritu won back to back Best Director awards which hadn't been done for 65 years, with The Revenant and Birdman last year. This has only been done twice before since the Oscars began!

One man got his hat-trick last night! No, not a sordid celeb-filled gossip column moment folks; Best Cinematography went to The Revenant whose Cinematographer is Emmanuel Lubezki. He was the cinematographer on 2013's Gravity and 2014's Birdman. It's just stats for you people! I'm here all night.

Most wins on the night went to Mad Max: Fury Road with a greedy six statue haul!!!
They were for
Best Costume Design
Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound Editing
Best Film Editing
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Production Design

The Snub

And now onto the small matter of the Oscars Predictions game that I foolishly instigated and now am sorry I did... Mike came out the winner with a big 18/24 correct guesses where as I had a less respectable 15/24.... ;(((

Full Oscar Winners and Nominations listed for you below.

Best Picture

Mike   Spotlight

Matt   The Big Short

WINNER: SPOTLIGHT

Nominees

"Spotlight"

"The Big Short"
"The Revenant"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Martian"
"Bridge of Spies"
"Brooklyn"
"Room"

Best Director

Mike   Alejandro G. Inarritu 

Matt   Alejandro G. Inarritu  
WINNER: THE REVENANT ALEJANDRO G. INARRITU

Nominees

Tom McCarthy ("Spotlight")

Adam McKay ("The Big Short")

George Miller ("Mad Max: Fury Road")

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ("The Revenant")

Lenny Abrahamson, "Room"

Best Actor

Mike   Leonardo DiCaprio

Matt   Leonardo DiCaprio

WINNER: LEONARDO DICAPRIO

Nominees

Bryan Cranston ("Trumbo")

Matt Damon ("The Martian")

Leonardo DiCaprio ("The Revenant")

Michael Fassbender ("Steve Jobs")

Eddie Redmayne ("The Danish Girl")

Best Actress

Mike   Brie Larson

Matt   Brie Larson
WINNER: BRIE LARSON

Nominees

Cate Blanchett ("Carol")

Brie Larson ("Room")

Jennifer Lawrence ("Joy") 

Charlotte Rampling ("45 Years")

Saoirse Ronan ("Brooklyn")

Best Supporting Actor

Mike   Mark Rylance

Matt   Sylvester Stallone

WINNER: MARK RYLANCE

Nominees

Christian Bale ("The Big Short")

Tom Hardy ("The Revenant")

Mark Ruffalo ("Spotlight")

Mark Rylance ("Bridge of Spies")

Sylvester Stallone ("Creed")

Best Supporting Actress

Mike   Jennifer Jason Leigh

Matt   Kate Winslet
WINNER: ALICIA VIKANDER

Nominees

Jennifer Jason Leigh ("The Hateful Eight") 

Rooney Mara ("Carol")

Rachel McAdams ("Spotlight")

Alicia Vikander ("The Danish Girl")

Kate Winslet ("Steve Jobs")

Best Adapted Screenplay

Mike   The Big Short

Matt   The Big Short
WINNER: THE BIG SHORT

Nominees

Emma Donoghue ("Room")

Drew Goddard ("The Martian")

Nick Hornby ("Brooklyn")

Adam McKay and Charles Randolph ("The Big Short")
Phyllis Nagy ("Carol")

Best Original Screenplay

Mike   Spotlight

Matt   Spotlight

WINNER: SPOTLIGHT

Nominees

Matt Charman, Joel & Ethan Coen ("Bridge of Spies")

Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley ("Inside Out") 

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer ("Spotlight")

Alex Garland ("Ex Machina")

 Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, S. Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus ("Straight Outta Compton")

Best Cinematography

Mike   The Revenant

Matt   The Revenant
WINNER: THE REVENANT

Nominees

"Carol" (Ed Lachman)
"The Hateful Eight" (Robert Richardson)

"Mad Max: Fury Road" (John Seale)

"The Revenant" (Emmanuel Lubezki)

"Sicario" (Roger Deakins)

Best Costume Design

Mike   Mad Max: Fury Road

Matt   Mad Max: Fury Road
WINNER: MAD MAX

Nominees

"Carol" (Sandy Powell)

"Cinderella" (Sandy Powell)

"The Revenant" (Jacqueline West)

"The Danish Girl" (Paco Delgado)

"Mad Max: Fury Road" (Jenny Beavan)

Best Film Editing

Mike  Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Matt  Mad Max: Fury Road
WINNER: MAD MAX

Nominees

"The Big Short"

"Mad Max: Fury Road"

"Spotlight"

"The Revenant"
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Mike   Mad Max: Fury Road

Matt   Mad Max: Fury Road
WINNER: MAD MAX

Nominees

"The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared"

"Mad Max: Fury Road"

"The Revenant"

Best Original Score

Mike  The Hateful Eight

Matt  The Hateful Eight
WINNER: THE HATEFUL EIGHT

Nominees

"Carol" (Carter Burwell)

"Sicario" (Jóhann Jóhannsson)

"The Hateful Eight" (Ennio Morricone)

"Bridge of Spies" (Thomas Newman)

"Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens" (John Williams)

Best Original Song

Mike  "Writing's on the Wall" from Spectre

Matt  "Til it Happens to You" from The Hunting Ground
WINNER: WRITING'S ON THE WALL" FROM SPECTRE

Nominees

"Earned It" from "Fifty Shades of Grey"

"Manta Ray" from "Racing Extinction 

"Simple Song #3" from "Youth"
"Til It Happens To You" from "The Hunting Ground"
"Writings on the Wall" from "Spectre"

Best Production Design

Mike  Mad Max: Fury Road

Matt  Mad Max: Fury Road
WINNER: MAD MAX

Nominees

"Bridge of Spies"

"The Revenant"

"The Danish Girl"

"Mad Max: Fury Road" 

"The Martian"

Best Sound Editing

Mike  Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Matt  The Revenant
WINNER: MAD MAX

Nominees

"Sicario"

"Mad Max: Fury Road" 

"The Martian"

"The Revenant"

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"

Best Sound Mixing

Mike  Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Matt  The Revenant
WINNER: MAD MAX

Nominees

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"

"Mad Max: Fury Road" 

"The Martian"

"The Revenant"

"Bridge of Spies"

Best Visual Effects

Mike  Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Matt  The Revenant
WINNER: EX MACHINA

Nominees

"Ex Machina" 

"The Martian"'

"The Revenant"
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"

Best Animated Feature Film

Mike  Inside Out

Matt  Inside Out
WINNER: INSIDE OUT

Nominees

"Anomalisa"
"Boy and the World"

"Inside Out"

"When Marnie Was There"

"Shaun the Sheep"

Best Foreign Language Film

Mike  Son of Saul

Matt  Son of Saul
WINNER: SON OF SAUL

Nominees

"Mustang" (France)
"Theeb" (Jordan)

"Son of Saul" (Hungary)

"Embrace the Serpent" (Colombia)

"A War" (Denmark) 

Best Documentary Feature

Mike  Amy

Matt  Amy
WINNER: AMY

Nominees

"Amy" (Asif Kapadia)

"Cartel Land" (Matthew Heineman) 

"The Look of Silence" (Joshua Oppenheimer)

"What Happened, Miss Simone?" (Liz Garbus)

"Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom" (Evgeny Afineevsky)

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

Mike  Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah

Matt  Body Team 12
WINNER "A GIRL IN THE RIVER. THE PRICE OF FORGIVENESS"

Nominees

"Body Team 12," David Darg and Bryn Mooser

"Chau, Beyond the Lines," Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck

"Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah," Adam Benzine

"A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness," Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

"Last Day of Freedom," Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman

Best Short Film (Animated)

Mike  Bear Story (Historia De Un Oslo)

Matt  Bear Story (Historia De Un Oslo)
WINNER: BEAR STORY

Nominees

"Bear Story," Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala

"Prologue," Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton

"Sanjay's Super Team," Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle

"We Can't Live Without Cosmos," Konstantin Bronzit

"World of Tomorrow," Don Hertzfeldt

Best Short Film (Live Action)

Mike  Stutterer

Matt  Shok
WINNER: STUTTERER

Nominees

"Ave Maria," Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont

"Day One," Henry Hughes

"Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)," Patrick Vollrath

"Shok," Jamie Donoughue

"Stutterer," Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage

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