From the stunning red carpet gowns to host Chris Rock’s blistering opening monologue, the 88th Annual Academy Awards featured its fair share of must-see moments.
Kicking things off with a series of jokes about the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, Chris had the A-listers riveted with his jabs at everyone from Hollywood itself to Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.
“Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties – I wasn’t invited … that’s not an invitation I would turn down!” he joked, before turning his focus to Will.
“It’s not fair that Will Smith was this good [in Concussion] and didn’t get nominated. You know what’s also not fair? That Will was paid $20 million for Wild Wild West!”
However, the host took a more serious note when he addressed the lack of opportunities for black actors in Hollywood.
“It’s not about boycotting. We want opportunity! We want black actors to get the same opportunities – that’s it.”
Elsewhere throughout the night, Mad Max: Fury Road dominated the night’s technical categories, picking up gongs for film editing, costume design, makeup, sound editing, sound mixing and more.
In the acting categories, The Danish Girl’s Alicia Vikander won Best Supporting Actress, while Mark Rylance was awarded Best Supporting Actor for his role in Bridge of Spies. Front-runner Brie Larson won Best Actress for her role in Room, while Leonardo DiCaprio finally took home the gold for his turn in The Revenant.
His director, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, also won for Best Director, while Spotlight was crowned Best Picture.
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet cosied up for a photo together on the red carpet!
The stars pulled out all the stops for the red carpet at this year’s Oscars! Bright jewel tones were a big trend at the 2016 ceremony, with Brie Larson, Rachel McAdams and Tina Fey all looking gorgeous in their eye-catching hues.
Delicate floral patterns were also everywhere on the night, notably worn by Isla Fisher, Chrissy Teigen and Cate Blanchett.
These stars shone in their glittering gowns on the night – L-R: Daisy Ridley, Saoirse Ronan and Naomi Watts
Chris Rock’s opening monologue was highly anticipated – especially after the recent Oscars diversity controversy – and he did not disappoint.
OSCARS Chris Rock Opening Monologue
BB-8, R2-D2 and C-3PO got a round of applause when they came out on stage, but no one was more excited to see the droids than Jacob Tremblay, who stood up on his seat to get a better view!
Jacob Tremblay is so excited to see the Star Wars droids
Artists Sam Smith and The Weeknd both performed their Oscar-nominated songs, ‘Writing’s On The Wall’ (from Spectre) and ‘Earned It’ (from Fifty Shades of Grey). Sam Smith later won for Best Original Song.
THE WEEKND PERFORMS ‘EARNED IT’ AND SLAYS AT THE OSCARS
Alicia Vikander and Mark Rylance won Best Supporting Actress and Actor for their roles in The Danish Girl and Bridge of Spies, respectively.
Alicia Vikander wins Best Supporting Actress for the Danish Girl Oscars 2016
MARK RYLANCE WINS FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OSCARS
Lady Gaga delivered an emotional performance of her Oscar-nominated song, ‘Til It Happens To You’, from documentary The Hunting Ground.
Lady Gaga’s powerful Oscars performance
After dominating the awards season, Brie Larson won the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in Room.
BRIE LARSON WINS BEST ACTRESS FOR ROOM THE OSCARS 2016
Over 20 years after gaining his first Oscar nod for his role in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Leonardo DiCaprio finally took home the Best Actor gold this year for The Revenant!
LEONARDO DICAPRIO WINS THE OSCAR HE’S BEEN WAITING FOR
2016 OSCARS WRAP-UP
