The 88th Annual Academy Awards

The Oscars

The Oscars

Generally speaking, in the lead up to the Oscars, it becomes quite obvious who’s going to reap in most of the awards.

This year however, the Oscars have been one of the most confusing roller coaster award season rides in recent memory.

Films that were expected as the favourites, such as Steve Jobs and Carol faded into the backlight and Ridley Scott, who was expected to win his first Oscar for The Martian didn’t even receive a nomination.

Mad Max: Fury Road won most of the technical awards, though that was to be expected, and even received Best Picture and Best Director nominations.

Late releases such as The Revenant and The Big Short on the other hand, surged in popularity and this year marked one of the most iconic moments in the Oscars history.

After years of being snubbed, Leonardo DiCaprio finally won his first Oscar! He received a standing ovation and gave an important speech about the importance of saving the environment.

It was Tom McCarthy’s low-key tale of journalists investigating reports of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, Spotlight that took home the Best Picture though.

Another note-worthy mention this year is the amount of controversy that the Oscars were seeped in with the #Oscarssowhite scandal straining heavily over the entire night. You can read more about this here!

Check out the full list of winners and nominees below: (winners indicated in red)

Best Original Screenplay

Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Big Short
The Martian
Room
Brooklyn
Carol

Best Supporting Actress

Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Best Costume Design

Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

Best Production Design

Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant

Best Make-up and Hair

Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared
The Revenant

Best Cinematography

Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario

Best Costume Design

Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

Best Visual Effects

Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Animated Short

Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Leave Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow

Best Animated Film

Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best Short Documentary

Body Team 12
Chau, beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom

Best Documentary

Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Best Short Film

Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
Shok
Stutterer

Best Foreign Language Film

Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Son of Saul
Theeb
A War

Best Original Score

Thomas Newman, Bridge of Spies
Carter Burwell, Carol
Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sicario
John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Original Song

Earned It, Fifty Shades of Grey
Manta Ray, Racing Extinction
Simple Song #3, Youth
Til It Happens To You, The Hunting Ground
Writing’s On The Wall, Spectre

Best Director

Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejando Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Lenny Abrahamson, Room

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Best Actor

Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo Dicaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

Best Picture

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

What are your thoughts? Are you happy with these winners? Let us know by commenting below.

– Written by John Ardic

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