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7 September 2017

Oscars 2016: Winners List in Full

By Ben Kelly

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, The Revenant and Spotlight were the big winners at the 88th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Leonardo DiCaprio finally won the Best Actor award for The Revenant, while Brie Larson was named Best Actress for her performance in Room.

Using his speech to speak out on climate change, DiCaprio said: “Climate change is real, it is happening right now, it is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work together and stop procrastinating…Let us not take this planet for granted.”

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was the night’s biggest winner, mostly taking technical prizes. The award for Best Director went to Alejandro G. Inarritu, who also won last year for Birdman.

Other acting prizes went to Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies and Alicia Vikander for The Danish Girl, while Spotlight – a film about the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse cover up in Boston – took Best Original Screenplay, and the top prize, Best Picture.

Collecting the award, the director  Tom McCarthy said: “Pope Francis it’s time to protect the children and restore the faith.”

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The political messages of the winners were in keeping with the tone set by presenter Chris Rock, who in his opening monologue tackled the race row which engulfed the Oscars this year, saying: “Is Hollywood racist? Damn right it’s racist!” He went on to say that black actors simply wanted the same opportunities as their white counterparts, but the race row continued to pop up throughout the night, in various comments and sketches.

Music played a big part of the night, with performances from Dave Grohl, The Weeknd and Lady Gaga – who was introduced by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, and performed ‘Till It Happens To You’, for which she was joined by survivors of sexual assault. However, she lost out on the Best Original Song award to Sam Smith, who won for his Bond theme ‘Writing’s On The Wall’.

In an emotional acceptance speech, Smith dedicated his award to the LGBT community of the world, calling himself “a proud gay man”.

Winners List

Best Picture – Spotlight

Best Director – Alejandro G. Inarritu

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 Original Screenplay – Spotlight

Best Adapted Screenplay – The Big Short

Best Animated Feature Film – Inside Out

Best Foreign Film – Son of Saul (Hungary)

Best Documentary Feature – Amy

Best Documentary Short – A Girl In The River: The Price of Forgiveness

Best Original Score – The Hateful Eight, Ennio Morriconne

Best Original Song – Writing’s On The Wall, Spectre

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You can relive all the events of the night, and see the winners of the technical awards over on our live blog from the event.

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