Oscars 2016: Leonardo DiCaprio ‘feels great’ after being nominated for The Revenant

“I wish it was up to me; I’d give (the Oscar) to him but that’s not my job”, actor Will Poulter, who play’s Glass’ young apprentice Bridger, said.

Beyond the top three films on the nominations list, the other contenders for best picture are The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Room and Spotlight.

The 69-year-old Stallone will be vying against Tom Hardy, nominated for The Revenant, Mark Ruffalo for Spotlight, Christian Bale for The Big Short and Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies.

Should Inarritu win again this year for The Revenant, he will be joining just two other directors – Joseph Mankiewi-cz and John Ford – who won the award for two consecutive years.

The best actress field is led by favorite Brie Larson for “Room”, along with Lawrence, Blanchett (her seventh nod), Saoirse Ronan (“Brooklyn”) and Charlotte Rampling (“45 Years”).

George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” on the heels of “The Revenant” with 10 nominations.

“Of course I am disappointed”, Isaacs told Deadline in response to the Oscar nominations, adding that 2015 was a great year in film, nonetheless.

“The Martian“, which trailed the top two films with seven nominations, picked up a best-actor nomination for Matt Damon as an astronaut stranded alone on Mars.

Unsurprisingly, The Danish Girl, about real-life transgender pioneer Lili Elbe, garnered nominations for production design and for the supporting and lead performances of Alicia Vikander and Eddie Redmayne, respectively. So many talented people labored mightily to bring this movie to the screen.

Despite his performance being overlooked at the Golden Globes and the Baftas, Hardy one was of a string of British performers that we in the Oscar mix when the nominations were announced on Thursday afternoon.

“When you go to the cinema, you wish you see yourself in the mirror”.

“What is important is that this entire conversation of diversity is here and that we are talking about it”, said Isaacs. I’m particularly glad that one nomination is for the extraordinary Lenny Abrahamson for best director.

Pittsburghers will get a chance to see the Turkish-language “Mustang”, one of the five best foreign-language films, starting tonight at the Regent Square Theater, with “Son of Saul” arriving in Pittsburgh Feb. 12.

Among the actors who had been expected to be nominated were Idris Elba, who earned rave reviews for his role as an African warlord in Beasts of No Nation, Will Smith for the sports drama Concussion, and Michael B Jordan for the Rocky sequel Creed.

The snubs include Johnny Depp, who did some of his best work in “Black Mass”, and Helen Mirren who was bitingly good as gossip queen Hedda Hopper in “Trumbo“.

Another record breaker this year is Steven Spielberg, who produced and directed “Bridge of Spies”.

Having opened last November, BoxOffice.com analyst Shawn Robbins says, Spotlight has enjoyed “a slow burn and a slow build. The big payoff comes with nominations because that momentum will keep growing at the box office leading up to, and possibly after, Oscar Sunday”.

Comedian Chris Rock is slated to host the event. “Carol” landed nominations for its leading ladies but not picture or director Todd Haynes, and Aaron Sorkin, a man with a way with words, didn’t make the cut for his “Steve Jobs” screenplay.