February 28, 2016
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The 88th Academy Awards, the highest honours in the movie industry, were handed out a ceremony in Hollywood on Sunday hosted by comedian Chris Rock.
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Following is a list of winners in key categories for the awards, also known as the Oscars.
BEST PICTURE
“Spotlight”
BEST DIRECTOR
Alejandro Iñárritu, “The Revenant”
BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”
BEST ACTRESS
Brie Larson, “Room”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Spotlight”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“The Big Short”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“Inside Out”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Amy”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Son of Saul” Hungary
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“The Hateful Eight” Ennio Morricone
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Writing’s On The Wall” from “Spectre”
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Mary Milliken and Sandra Maler)
F&O’s 2016 Oscars package, Focus on Hollywood, includes:
- ‘Spotlight’ wins top Oscar amid race-related critiques
JILL SERJEANT Arts Report - ‘Spotlight’ Gets Investigative Journalism Right,
STEPHEN ENGELBERG Review - Bridge of Spies’: True Story Even Stranger Than Fiction
TIM WEINER Report - Disneyfied Star Wars an iconic kids’ flick.
PENNEY KOME Review - Spectre: James Bond in an age of cybersecurity.
JOSEPH OLDHAM Arts report - Sicario: a movie that haunts
SEBASTIAN ROSELLA Arts Report - What Frankenstein and Krampus tell us.
NATALIE LAWRENCE Column - The Martian — and Robinson Crusoe
VICTORIA ANDERSON - Deepa Mehta: pushing boundaries with Beeba Boys
PENNEY KOME : OVER EASY Column
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