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So the Oscars, known as the most famous film award of all, has just concluded.
The 88th Academy Awards, hosted by comedian Chris Rock and Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra, among others, threw up some surprises and a few heartbreaks. But as the saying goes, everyone cannot be a winner.
Now that the ceremony is over and the dust has settled, Qatar Living looks at the winners of the day. Congratulations to them. More power to the magical world of movies.
(While the winners have been highlighted, the rest were the nominees).
Best Picture
Spotlight
The Revenant
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Brooklyn
Bridge of Spies
Room.
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Matt Damon – The Martian
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl,
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Brie Larson – Room
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn.
Best Director
Alejandro G Inarritu – The Revenant
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
Lenny Abrahamson – Room
Adam McKay – The Big Short.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies.
Tom Hardy – The Revenant
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Sylvester Stallone – Creed
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
Rooney Mara – Carol
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight.
Best Foreign Language Films
Son of Saul
Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Theeb
A War.
Best Original Screenplay
Spotlight
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Straight Outta Compton.
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room.
Best Original Score
The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone
Bridge of Spies – Thomas Newman
Carol – Carter Burwell
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams
Sicario -Johann Johannsson.
Best Original Song
Writings on the Wall – Spectre.
Earned It – Fifty Shades of Grey
Manta Ray – Racing Extinction
Simple Song #3 – Youth
Til It Happens to You – The Hunting Ground
Best Animated Feature Film
Inside Out
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There.
Best Animated Short Film
Bear Story
Sanjay’s Super Team
World of Tomorrow
Prologue
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos.
Best Live Action Short Film
Stutterer
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Best Documentary (Feature)
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom.
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness.
Body Team 12
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
Last Day of Freedom
Best Cinematography
The Revenant
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario.
Best Film Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Big Short
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Best Costume Design
Mad Max: Fury Road
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
The Revenant.
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.
Best Production Design
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Danish Girl
Bridge of Spies
The Martian
The Revenant.
Best Sound Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
The Martian
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Best Sound Mixing
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
The Martian
Bridge of Spies
Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Best Visual Effects
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Martian
The Revenant
Alicia Vikander remids me of my Cuban Shotputter - only, she is shorter, has no biceps and doesn't look as sexy with powder over her face and chin :O(
or put it in 'Funnies'.....:(
Why does the film industry get free advertisement space on QL?? Moderators: please remove this and put it in "classified'.
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