The 88th annual Academy Awards have already garnered a lot of attention, with the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag on Twitter coming back in full force. It’s kind of ironic that Chris Rock hosted this year and there was a lot of pressure for him to do well. And he did, for the most part. His monologue had a lot of great aspects to it. If he wanted to make people laugh and feel a bit uncomfortable for a quick second, then he most certainly pulled that off. He gave out his own fake award too: Best Black Friend goes to Wanda Sykes, who Rock claims has been the best friend for 17 years.
Overall, the night was average, with the ceremony going over its three hour mark by an extra half an hour. “Mad Max: Fury Road” won six technical awards, Brie Larson took home the statue for best actress for “Room,” Leonardo DiCaprio, after years of being nominated, finally took home the award for best actor for his performance in “The Revenant,” and the fantastic “Spotlight” went home with best picture.
You can read the entire list of winners below, in bold. And also check out the highlights from the ceremony, which included Lady Gaga’s performance of “‘Til it Happens to You,” which brought the audience to tears.
- Chris Rock’s monologue.
- The skits that placed black actors in place of their white counterparts in film such as “The Danish Girl,” where Tracy Morgan is eating a Danish and declaring that “these Danishes are good, girl!”
- The “Inside Out” filmmakers made one of the best speeches of the night about how lucky they are because they get to “make stuff.”
- Chris Rock sold girl scout cookies to a room full of rich people. Morgan Freeman grabbing for one at the end was equal parts hilarious and strange.
- The director also made a great speech about how her film, “A Girl in the River,” had the ability to change the laws in Pakistan about honor killing. Wow!
- C3PO, BB8, and R2D2 came onstage and Jacob Tremblay’s reaction was adorable.
- Leonardo DiCaprio won best actor and got a standing ovation and didn’t disappoint with his speech either.
- Kevin Hart laughing at his being the butt of a lot of Chris Rock’s jokes.
- Most awkward moment: Stacy Dash appearing onstage and wishing everyone a Happy Black History Month. Um… yeah, that happened.
BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
BEST ACTOR
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
DIRECTING
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marie Was There
COSTUME DESIGN
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Mad: Fury Road
The Revenant
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Body Team
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom
MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant
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
ANIMATED SHORT
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Leave Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
SOUND EDITING
Mad Mad: Fury Road
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Martian
The Revenant
FILM EDITING
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Son of Saul
Theeb
A War
ORIGINAL SCORE
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Revenant
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
SOUND MIXING
Mad Max: Fury Road
Bridge of Spies
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
Ave Maria
Stutterer
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
Shok
