LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) The biggest award of Oscars evening went to "Spotlight," which pulled out a win for best picture in a very split year. The Tom McCarthy-directed film won one trophy early in the night for best original screenplay, though as the evening progressed, momentum seemed to be with "The Revenant," which won best cinematography, director and lead actor. But the journalism drama prevailed and became the 6th best picture winner in history to only win two awards on Oscar night, and the first since 1952.
The 2016 Academy Awards took place this evening at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. Now in its 88th year, the annual award honors cinematic achievements in the film industry.
Earlier in the night, "Bridge of Spies" star Mark Rylance surprised everyone when he triumphed for supporting actor over Sylvester Stallone ("Creed"), whom many considered a nostalgic favorite. Elsewhere the acting prizes were fairly predictable, including Alicia Vikander ("The Danish Girl") as supporting actress; Brie Larson ("Room") as lead actress; Alejandro I��rritu as director ("The Revenant"); and
Leonardo DiCaprio ("The Revenant") finally clinching lead actor.
Meanwhile, dystopian blockbuster "Mad Max: Fury Road" swept the technical prizes, ending up the biggest winner of the night with six awards. Be sure to stick with Top4 Charts News to find out who takes home Hollywood's grand prizes!
Follow along with all of Top4-Charts' coverage of the 2016 Oscars, see the complete (full) list of winners:
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 PICTURE: Spotlight
BEST DIRECTOR: Alejandro G. I��rritu, The Revenant
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: "Writing's on the Wall" for SPECTRE (Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Big Short (Charles Randolph and Adam McKay)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Spotlight (Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: The Hateful 8 (Ennio Morricone)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Son of Saul (Hungary � directed by L�szl� Nemes)
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS: Ex Machina (Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington, and Sara Bennett)
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING: Mad Max: Fury Road (Margaret Sixel)
ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN: Mad Max: Fury Road (Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson)
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Revenant (Emmanuel Lubezski)
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Amy (Asif Kapadia and
James Gay-Rees)
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN: Mad Max: Fury Road (Jenny Beavan)
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING: Mad Max: Fury Road (Mark Mangini and
David White)
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING: Mad Max: Fury Road (Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff, and Ben Osmo)
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: Mad Max: Fury Road (Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega, and Damian Martin)
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: Stutterer (Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage)
BEST ANIMATED SHORT: Bear Story (Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Inside Out (Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera)
