‘Spotlight’ Takes Top Academy Award, #OscarsSoWhite Other Big Winner

“You know who you are”, DiCaprio said.

Much of the record was likely by people who were ecstatic about the actor finally winning an Oscar after six previous Academy Award nominations for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, The Wolf of Wall Street, Blood Diamond, and The Aviator. “And what can you say except I’m very grateful, I really am”. This was DiCaprio’s first win, after being nominated five times.

LOS ANGELES The TV audience for the 2016 Oscars on Sunday night apparently dropped to a seven-year low, according to preliminary ratings released on Monday, amid a controversy over diversity in Hollywood.

“Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties – I wasn’t invited, ” he quipped. His opening monologue will go down as one of the smartest monologues in Oscars history, as he took direct aim at Hollywood – calling the town and the institution racist. “Hollywood is sorority racist”, he said, referring to how white industry power players politely exclude minorities from their projects. The award show’s most tweeted moment came at 11:56 p.m. when DiCaprio won his first Oscar for Best Actor.

The actor also took the opportunity to talk about climate change as he delivered his acceptance speech.

Winslet – who was also nominated for her role in Steve Jobs but lost out to The Danish Girl’s Alicia Vikander – told ET earlier this month that she had Leo’s back at the Academy Awards, and she stuck to that promise. Some people call it ‘Creed.’ I call it ‘Black Rocky’. “You hear it on the internet, you hear it from other people, and we always strive for the best in what we do”.

Racial themes and barbs about the selection of an all-white acting nominee line-up for a second year were a running theme of the show, dubbed “the white People’s Choice awards” by Rock, an outspoken black comedian. Y’all be watching Neil Patrick Harris right now….I thought about quitting.