“Spotlight” wins Best Picture
Posted Feb 28, 2016 11:11 pm.
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A star studded night in Hollywood, including a long awaited win for one actor.
At the 88th Academy Awards, Leonardo DiCaprio finally won his first Oscar, for his role as Hugh Glass in the survival thriller ‘The Revenant’, which was partially filmed in Alberta.
It was up for 12 Oscars overall, but in the end ‘The Revenant’ came away with Best Cinematography and Best Director for Alejandro Innaritu, his fourth Academy Award.
‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ was the biggest winner of the night, hauling in six awards, but all in technical categories.
In the other major categories, ‘Spotlight’, the film about Boston Globe reporters uncovering sexual abuse at the Catholic Church, won Best Picture.
Brie Larson took the Best Actress Oscar for her work in ‘Room’, Best Supporting Actor for Mark Rylance in ‘Bridge of Spies’, and Alicia Vikander took the Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in ‘The Danish Girl’.
A Canadian also walked away with a golden statue, as Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won an award for Best Short Documentary, for ‘A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness’, her second win at the Academy Awards.
Chris Rock hosted the festivities at the Dolby Theater, there were also musical performances from Lady Gaga, Sam Smith, The Weeknd and Dave Grohl, and a tribute to all the actors who died in the last year.
