By — Corinne Segal Corinne Segal Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/at-the-oscars-host-chris-rock-criticizes-awards-lack-of-diversity Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ‘The Revenant,’ ‘Mad Max’ win big at Oscars Arts Feb 28, 2016 9:42 PM EDT Leonardo DiCaprio took home his first Oscar Sunday for his role in “The Revenant” after five previous nominations. DiCaprio used his acceptance speech to call for action on climate change. “Climate change is real, it is happening right now, it is the most urgent threat facing our entire species and we need to work collectively together to stop procrastinating,” he said. “The Revenant” director Alejandro González Iñárritu also took home the award for Best Director, his second year in a row to win the award after winning last year for “Birdman.” He is the first director in 65 years to win the Best Director award two years in a row. “Mad Max: Fury Road,” the story of a road warrior fighting to survive in a dystopian wasteland, took home most of the 10 awards for which it was nominated. George Miller’s fourth installment of the “Mad Max” franchise won a large portion of the production awards, including Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing. “Spotlight,” a movie about the Boston Globe’s investigation of sex abuse within the Catholic Church,” won for Best Picture in a field packed with eight nominees. In between the award presentations, Host Chris Rock kept the focus on the Oscars’ lack of diversity, which drew criticism after no non-white actors were nominated in the acting categories last month. In his opening monologue, he called the ceremony the “White People’s Choice Awards” and called for more opportunities for black actors. “We want black actors to get the same opportunities as white actors,” he said. Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy, echoed that message in a statement mid-ceremony. “Everyone in the Hollywood community has a role to play in bringing in the vital changes the industry needs so we can accurately reflect the world today,” she said. Read the full list of winners in bold below. Best Picture The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Spotlight Best Director Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant Tom McCarthy, Spotlight Adam McKay, The Big Short George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road Lenny Abrahamson, Room Best Actor Bryan Cranston, Trumbo Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl Matt Damon, The Martian 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 Rylance, Bridge of Spies Sylvester Stallone, Creed Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight Best Supporting Actress Rooney Mara, Carol Rachel McAdams, Spotlight Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight Best Adapted Screenplay Drew Goddard, The Martian Nick Hornby, Brooklyn Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, The Big Short Phyllis Nagy, Carol Emma Donoghue, Room Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight Matt Charman, Joel & Ethan Coen, Bridge of Spies Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley, Ronnie del Carmin Inside Out Alex Garland, Ex Machina Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman, S. Leigh Savidge, Alan Wenkus, Andrea Berloff, Straight Outta Compton Best Foreign Language Film Son of Saul (Hungary) Mustang (France) A War (Denmark) Embrace the Serpent (Colombia) Theeb (Jordan) Best Documentary Feature Amy Cartel Land The Look of Silence What Happened, Miss Simone? Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom Best Animated Feature Inside Out Anomalisa Shaun of the Sheep When Marnie Was There Boy and the World Best Film Editing Hank Corwin, The Big Short Jason Ballantine and Margaret Sixel, Mad Max: Fury Road Stephen Mirrione, The Revenant Tom McArdle, Spotlight Maryann Brandon, Mary Jo Markey, Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best Original Song “Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey Music and Lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio “Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction Music by J. Ralph and Lyric by Antony Hegarty “Simple Song #3” from Youth Music and Lyric by David Lang “Til It Happens To You” from The Hunting Ground Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga “Writing’s On The Wall” from Spectre Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith Best Original Score The Hateful Eight Carol Sicario Star Wars: The Force Awakens Bridge of Spies Best Cinematography Emmanuel Lubezki, The Revenant Edward Lachman, Carol Robert Richardson, The Hateful Eight Roger Deakins, Sicario John Seale, Mad Max: Fury Road Best Costume Design Sandy Powell, Carol Sandy Powell, Cinderella Paco Delgado, The Danish Girl Jenny Beavan, Mad Max: Fury Road Jacqueline West, The Revenant Best Makeup and Hairstyling Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared Best Production Design Bridge of Spies The Danish Girl Mad Max: Fury Road Best Sound Editing Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Sicario Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best Sound Mixing Benjamin A. Burtt, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, Star Wars: The Force Awakens Ben Osmo, Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff, Mad Max: Fury Road Mac Ruth, Paul Massey, Mark Taylor, The Martian Chris Duesterdiek, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom, The Revenant Drew Kunin, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, Bridge of Spies Best Visual Effects Ex Machina Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best Short Film, Live Action Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont, Ave Maria (Incognito Films) Henry Hughes, Day One (American Film Institute) Jamie Donoughue, Shok (Eagle Eye Films) Benjamin Cleary, Stutterer (Bare Golly Films) Everything Will Be Okay Best Short Film, Animated Bear Story Prologue Sanjay’s Super Team We Can’t Live Without Cosmos World of Tomorrow Tomorrow Best Documentary, Short Subject Body Team 12, David Darg and Bryn Mooser Chau, beyond the Lines, Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah, Adam Benzine A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Last Day of Freedom, Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman By — Corinne Segal Corinne Segal Corinne is the Senior Multimedia Web Editor for NewsHour Weekend. She serves on the advisory board for VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. @cesegal
Leonardo DiCaprio took home his first Oscar Sunday for his role in “The Revenant” after five previous nominations. DiCaprio used his acceptance speech to call for action on climate change. “Climate change is real, it is happening right now, it is the most urgent threat facing our entire species and we need to work collectively together to stop procrastinating,” he said. “The Revenant” director Alejandro González Iñárritu also took home the award for Best Director, his second year in a row to win the award after winning last year for “Birdman.” He is the first director in 65 years to win the Best Director award two years in a row. “Mad Max: Fury Road,” the story of a road warrior fighting to survive in a dystopian wasteland, took home most of the 10 awards for which it was nominated. George Miller’s fourth installment of the “Mad Max” franchise won a large portion of the production awards, including Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing. “Spotlight,” a movie about the Boston Globe’s investigation of sex abuse within the Catholic Church,” won for Best Picture in a field packed with eight nominees. In between the award presentations, Host Chris Rock kept the focus on the Oscars’ lack of diversity, which drew criticism after no non-white actors were nominated in the acting categories last month. In his opening monologue, he called the ceremony the “White People’s Choice Awards” and called for more opportunities for black actors. “We want black actors to get the same opportunities as white actors,” he said. Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy, echoed that message in a statement mid-ceremony. “Everyone in the Hollywood community has a role to play in bringing in the vital changes the industry needs so we can accurately reflect the world today,” she said. Read the full list of winners in bold below. Best Picture The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Spotlight Best Director Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant Tom McCarthy, Spotlight Adam McKay, The Big Short George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road Lenny Abrahamson, Room Best Actor Bryan Cranston, Trumbo Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl Matt Damon, The Martian 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 Rylance, Bridge of Spies Sylvester Stallone, Creed Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight Best Supporting Actress Rooney Mara, Carol Rachel McAdams, Spotlight Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight Best Adapted Screenplay Drew Goddard, The Martian Nick Hornby, Brooklyn Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, The Big Short Phyllis Nagy, Carol Emma Donoghue, Room Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight Matt Charman, Joel & Ethan Coen, Bridge of Spies Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley, Ronnie del Carmin Inside Out Alex Garland, Ex Machina Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman, S. Leigh Savidge, Alan Wenkus, Andrea Berloff, Straight Outta Compton Best Foreign Language Film Son of Saul (Hungary) Mustang (France) A War (Denmark) Embrace the Serpent (Colombia) Theeb (Jordan) Best Documentary Feature Amy Cartel Land The Look of Silence What Happened, Miss Simone? Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom Best Animated Feature Inside Out Anomalisa Shaun of the Sheep When Marnie Was There Boy and the World Best Film Editing Hank Corwin, The Big Short Jason Ballantine and Margaret Sixel, Mad Max: Fury Road Stephen Mirrione, The Revenant Tom McArdle, Spotlight Maryann Brandon, Mary Jo Markey, Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best Original Song “Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey Music and Lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio “Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction Music by J. Ralph and Lyric by Antony Hegarty “Simple Song #3” from Youth Music and Lyric by David Lang “Til It Happens To You” from The Hunting Ground Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga “Writing’s On The Wall” from Spectre Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith Best Original Score The Hateful Eight Carol Sicario Star Wars: The Force Awakens Bridge of Spies Best Cinematography Emmanuel Lubezki, The Revenant Edward Lachman, Carol Robert Richardson, The Hateful Eight Roger Deakins, Sicario John Seale, Mad Max: Fury Road Best Costume Design Sandy Powell, Carol Sandy Powell, Cinderella Paco Delgado, The Danish Girl Jenny Beavan, Mad Max: Fury Road Jacqueline West, The Revenant Best Makeup and Hairstyling Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared Best Production Design Bridge of Spies The Danish Girl Mad Max: Fury Road Best Sound Editing Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Sicario Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best Sound Mixing Benjamin A. Burtt, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, Star Wars: The Force Awakens Ben Osmo, Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff, Mad Max: Fury Road Mac Ruth, Paul Massey, Mark Taylor, The Martian Chris Duesterdiek, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom, The Revenant Drew Kunin, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, Bridge of Spies Best Visual Effects Ex Machina Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best Short Film, Live Action Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont, Ave Maria (Incognito Films) Henry Hughes, Day One (American Film Institute) Jamie Donoughue, Shok (Eagle Eye Films) Benjamin Cleary, Stutterer (Bare Golly Films) Everything Will Be Okay Best Short Film, Animated Bear Story Prologue Sanjay’s Super Team We Can’t Live Without Cosmos World of Tomorrow Tomorrow Best Documentary, Short Subject Body Team 12, David Darg and Bryn Mooser Chau, beyond the Lines, Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah, Adam Benzine A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Last Day of Freedom, Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman