Oscars 2016: Leonardo DiCaprio wins award, 'Spotlight' grabs best film

Big win for revenge tale, The Revenant, while in an upset, Spotlight wins best picture at Oscars

Last updated: February 29, 2016 | 10:11

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Finally! The Best Actor Oscar went to Leonardo Dicaprio for his role in the survival drama The Revenant. Check out the contenders.

However, Spotlight, Tom McCarthy's film about the Boston Globe's investigative reporting on sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests won over DiCaprio's favoured frontier epic. Spotlight was competing for the Oscars top honour along with seven other contenders.

Check out a gallery of the big winners or get the full list here.

Meanwhile, Alejandro G. Inarritu is a back-to-back Oscar winner for best director. The Revenant director won the directing Academy Award for the his revenge tale, which features DiCaprio braving icy elements to tell the 19th century survival tale about a fur trapper left for dead after a bear mauling.

Brie Larson wins best actress Oscar

Brie Larson won the best actress Oscar for her searing performance as a kidnapped mother in Room, catapulting her to the top of Hollywood's A-list.

The 26-year-old Larson beat fellow nominees Cate Blanchett (Carol), Jennifer Lawrence (Joy), Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) and Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn).

Pakistan film wins Oscar

A documentary about a Pakistani girl shot in the face by her own family won an Oscar after helping persuade the government to fight so-called "honour killings."

A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness won the Academy Award for best documentary short at the star-studded ceremony in Hollywood.

The Oscar win was the second for director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, who recently met with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif amid the growing global spotlight on the film.

"This is what happens when determined women get together," she said as she accepted the golden statuette.

Chinoy in her speech praised "all the brave men out there, like my father and my husband, who push women to go to school and work and who want a more just society for women."

Rylance wins Best Supporting Actor award

Mark Rylance on Sunday won the Oscar for best supporting actor in thriller Bridge of Spies, in an upset victory against Hollywood veteran s including Sylvester Stallone.

The English actor won his first Academy Award for his portrayal of a Soviet intelligence operative Rudolf Abel in the film by Steven Spielberg.

View partial list of winners

'Ex Machina' wins visual effects Oscar

The robots of Ex Machina have beat out Star Wars and Mad Max to win the visual effects Academy Award. The thriller stars Alicia Vikander as a robot able to pass as a human. The honour denied a seventh Oscar win Sunday night to Mad Max: Fury Road, which had won in several other categories.

Mad Max: Fury Road wins Oscars

It was the moment of joy and excitement for the team of Mad Max: Fury Road when the film lifted Oscars for the Best Costume Design, Best Production Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

Jenny Beavan won the Best Costume Design award for the action film directed and produced by George Miller while Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson lifted the trophy for Production Design and Set Decoration respectively under Best Production Team category.

Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin won the Oscar for Best Hair and Makeup Styling for the film.

Oscars three-peat for Lubezki

Mexico's Emmanuel Lubezki made history with his third consecutive Oscar for cinematography, for his dramatic work in tough conditions on survival epic The Revenant.

Without his keen eye, his mastery of natural light and his ability to produce gorgeous long takes, Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu may not have been able to realise his vision for the film, a tale of revenge shot mainly in Canada's wilderness.

"To my parents, my friends and to all the cinematographers that were nominated with me - I admire you so much, I love your work. Alejandro, thank you so much," said Lubezki, the first cinematographer to win three Academy Awards in a row.

Lubezki bested fellow nominees Ed Lachman (Carol), Robert Richardson (The Hateful Eight), John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road) and Roger Deakins (Sicario).

Chopra presents Oscar award

Actress Priyanka Chopra presented the Oscar award for Best Editing to Mad Max: Fury Road.

The former Miss World was a picture of poise as she announced the nominees for Best Editing along with Spotlight star Liev Schreiber. It was straightforward and she kept it simple with no wise cracks or jokes. Wonder if her laughter would have lightened the awards a bit?

Revenant scores an Oscar

Revenant has picked up its first award: The cinematography award for Emmanuel Lubezki.

Meanwhile, the Best Costume design Oscar went to Jenny Beavan for Fury Road: Mad Max, which also bagged the Best Production Design award and an Oscar for make-up and hair styling.

Vikander wins best supporting actress

Alicia Vikander won the Oscar for best supporting actress Sunday for her role in transgender love story The Danish Girl - the first acting honour handed out at the 88th Academy Awards.

Vikander beat fellow nominees Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Rooney Mara (Carol), Rachel McAdams (Spotlight) and Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs).

Best original screenplay

The writers of Spotlight have won the best original screenplay at the Academy Award.

The script by Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy tells the story of the Boston Globe's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of sex abuse by Catholic priests.

Spotlight is also nominated for best picture and McCarthy is nominated for best director. McCarthy says they made the film for all the journalists who hold those in power accountable.

Earlier at the awards, The Big Short was given an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Chopra's Oscars red carpet debut

Priyanka Chopra has made her Oscars red carpet debut - following plenty of practice, the Indian actress says.

Speaking to E!'s Ryan Seacrest at Hollywood's biggest awards show, the Indian actress said she's been rehearsing the names of the stars she'll be reading out later when she presents one of the awards.

With plenty of her signature throaty giggles, Chopra - wearing a white gown by Lebanese designer Zuhair Murad - spoke about the next season of her hit TV show Quantico, which starts in March. "It's going to mess with your head," she said.

And the notorious multitasker won't be partying too hard after the awards, as she revealed she's catching a flight to Miami for a film shoot the same night. Read more on her Oscars night predictions here.

Best dressed at the Oscars

Always a best-dressed contender, Cate Blanchett (below, left) may have closed down the race in a stunning dress by her designer of choice. Her blooming Armani Prive is from the Italian designer's couture line.

Julianne Moore (above, right) is usually a sure bet. But her Chanel gown is one of her most underwhelming ever. Lady Gaga's trouser-gown was one of five custom dresses her friend, stylist Brandon Maxwell, created for her to chose from.

Check out more celebrity fashion at the Oscars

Early birds on the red carpet

Our red carpet winner early on is Saoirse Ronan, who wore a green sequinned Calvin Klein dress with a daring back. The colour was inspired by her Irish homeland. She chose mismatched white and green earrings.

Brie Larsen (below) wore one of the top fashion houses of the moment - Gucci. Her blue dress featured a sparkly belt and pleated ruffles.

Sofia Vergara deviated from her usual style with a princess-y Marchesa. She also swept back her dazzling locks.

The black and white Versace worn by Kerry Washington (below, right) had a warrior-esque bodice, while Alicia Vikander (below, left) led the charge for the half-up, half-down hairstyle. She chose a soft yellow and silver Louis Vuitton.

Priyanka Chopra had planned to wear white and she stuck with it in an embellished Zuhair Murad mermaid dress.

Heidi Klum always turns heads with her choice, and her ethereal, pastel Versace, with an asymmetric bodice, was no different.

Chrissy Teigen (below) is the Oscar's bump-to-watch. She chose red carpet favourites Marchesa's burgundy illusion gown.

With inputs from Manjusha Radhakrishnan, staff reporter, and wires

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