Oscar Predictions 2016: Who will take home the golden statue?

But now, DiCaprio is poised for Oscar glory with his Best Actor nomination for The Revenant.

The 2016 Oscars ceremony is all set to have a glam avatar, according to production designer Derek McLane.

He is nominated again at Sunday’s 88th Annual Academy Awards, and is the overwhelming favorite to win Best Actor for “The Revenant”.

The actor carries the two-and-a-half hour film, which was shot in sub-zero temperatures over seven months, despite barely speaking after the bear rips out his character s throat. “I would be really stunned if he doesn t win”, said Variety reporter Tim Gray.

Matt Damon’s performance was not just raved about by almost every critic, it’s also the highest-grossing role of the actor’s career.

Redmayne plays a “magizoologist” who looks for magical creatures.

Weinstein gave a shoutout to Leo during the amfAR New York Gala and said, “As an Academy member, you’re not supposed to endorse anyone up for an Academy Award, but I have to say Leo DiCaprio is so fantastic in The Revenant”.

“People have grown up with Leonardo, they feel like they know him and they’re invested in him”, Crowther said.

The 41-year-old star is favourite to win the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in the epic and gruelling The Revenant. “So, as soon as I heard that, I remember saying, ‘I really don’t want to have a speech even prepared, ’cause I don’t want to go up there”.

Leo played Johnny Depp’s younger brother in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. Tommy Lee Jones took home the award that night for “The Fugitive”.

Most notably, though, all-white acting nominations for a second year in a row has dented Oscar’s reputation.

He has already won the Golden Globe and SAG award. “Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, who swept the Oscars a year ago with Birdman”.

At this point, it’s become a not-so-funny joke that Leonardo DiCaprio has never won an Oscar, but this year, the consistently snubbed star could get the last laugh.

Film buffs say DiCaprio has faced stiff competition when nominated for movies like The Aviator and The Wolf Of Wall Street.

The comedian and actor is going to have to balance humour and the politics over lack of diversity while still celebrating the past year’s biggest films.