Chris Rock killed the opening monologue at the 88th Academy Awards. He touched on the diversity issue with jokes that resonated well with the audience, but also made solid points. There were many great moments during the ceremony including Chris Rock selling Girl Scout Cookies for his daughters to Hollywood’s millionaires amassing $65,243, Kevin Hart making a powerful statement about the progression of African Americans in the art and craft of film, Louis C.K.'s hilarious speech about the Documentary Short Subject winner, and Leonardo DiCaprio finally capturing that elusive Oscar!
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, “The Big Short”
Tom Hardy, “The Revenant”
Mark Ruffalo, “Spotlight”
Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies” WINNER
Sylvester Stallone, “Creed”
COSTUME DESIGN
“Carol”
“Cinderella”
“The Danish Girl”
“Mad Max: Fury Road” WINNER
“The Revenant”
MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING
“Mad Max: Fury Road” WINNER
“The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared”
“The Revenant”
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Embrace the Serpent”, Colombia
“Mustang”, France
“Son of Saul”, Hungary WINNER
“Theeb”, Jordan
“A War”, Denmark
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“Ave Maria”
“Day One”
“Everything Will Be Okay”
“Shok”
“Stutterer” WINNER
DOCUMENTARY – SHORT SUBJECT
“Body Team 12”
“Chan, Beyond the Lines”
“Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah”
“A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” WINNER
“Last Day of Freedom”
SOUND MIXING
“Bridge of Spies”
“Mad Max: Fury Road” WINNER
“The Martian”
“The Revenant”
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
SOUND EDITING
“Mad Max: Fury Road” WINNER
“The Martian”
“The Revenant”
“Sicario”
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh, “The Hateful Eight”
Rooney Mara, “Carol”
Rachel McAdams, “Spotlight”
Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl” WINNER
Kate Winslet, “Steve Jobs”
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Ex Machina” WINNER
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The Martian”
“The Revenant”
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“Bear Story” WINNER
“Prologue”
“Sanjay’s Super Team”
“We Can’t Live Without Cosmos”
“World of Tomorrow”
ANIMATED FEATURED FILM
“Anomalisa”
“Boy and the World”
“Inside Out” WINNER
“Shaun the Sheep Movie”
“When Marnie Was There”
PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Bridge of Spies”
“The Danish Girl”
“Mad Max: Fury Road” WINNER
“The Martian”
“The Revenant”
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Carol”
“The Hateful Eight”
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The Revenant” WINNER--Emmanuel Lubezki--3rd consecutive Oscar
“Sicario”
FILM EDITING
“The Big Short”
“Mad Max: Fury Road” WINNER
“The Revenant”
“Spotlight”
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
DOCUMENTARY – FEATURE
“Amy” WINNER
“Cartel Land”
“The Look of Silence”
“What Happened, Miss Simone”
“Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom”
ORIGINAL SONG
“Earned It,” “Fifty Shades of Gray”
“Manta Ray,” “Racing Extinction”
“Simple Song #3,” “Youth
“Til It Happens To You,” “The Hunting Ground”
“Writing’s On The Wall,” “Spectre” WINNER
ORIGINAL SCORE
“Bridge of Spies”
“Carol”
“The Hateful Eight” WINNER
“Sicario”
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Bridge of Spies”
“Ex Machina”
“Inside Out”
“Spotlight” WINNER
“Straight Outta Compton”
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“The Big Short” WINNER
“Brooklyn”
“Carol”
“The Martian”
“Room”
BEST DIRECTOR
Adam McKay, “The Big Short”
George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Alejandro G. Inarritu, “The Revenant” WINNER two years in a row!!
Lenny Abrahamson, “Room”
Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight”
BEST ACTOR
Bryan Cranston, “Trumbo”
Matt Damon, “The Martian”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant” WINNER--FINALLY!!!!!
Michael Fassbender, “Steve Jobs”
Eddie Redmayne, “The Danish Girl”
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, “Carol”
Brie Larson, “Room” WINNER
Jennifer Lawrence, “Joy”
Charlotte Rampling, “45 Years”
Saoirse Ronan, “Brooklyn”
BEST PICTURE
“The Big Short”
“Bridge of Spies”
“Brooklyn”
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The Martian”
“The Revenant”
“Room”
“Spotlight” WINNER
