Finally! Leonardo Dicarprio Wins First Oscar Award 22years After First Nomination + Plus Full List Of Winners

Leo has won his first Oscars 22 years after earned his first Oscar nomination in 1994 for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape when he was just 20 years old, and Mojisola Delano is happy and elated on his behalf…lol.
After his first nomination for in 1994, he was then nominated for Best Actor (The Aviator) in 2004-10 years later. He later earned a Best Actor nod for Blood Diamond in 2006. And most recently for the Wolf Of Wall Street in 2013. His spectacular performance in Django unchained was overlooked. His co star Christoph Waltz won best supporting actor that year for same movie.

But now he has won and the jinx is broken . History was made, and even if it was for 5 minutes, after the announcement was made, all was well in the world.(Lol)

Interestingly, when the actor climbed the stage to receive the prestigious gong, his emotions seemed to be well in control and he emphasised about climate change in his speech more than anything else.

 

Like true movie fans, I am more than elated that he won, and my joy knows no bounds. Leonardo is one of the greatest actors to have ever walked the face of the earth and this award was long over due and well deserved! 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻💙💙💙💙💙💙💙(Please don’t mind my emoticons, OMG it’s Leonardo ‘the Great’ Dicaprio’s first Oscar win, Yaay!!!!)

Other big wins were:

• Spotlight won Best Picture
• Brie Larson won Best Actress for Room
• Alejandro G. Inarritu won Best Director for the second year in a row for The Revenant
• Alicia Vikander won Best Supporting Actress for The Danish Girl
• Mark Rylance won Best Supporting Actor for Bridge of Spies
• The Revenant won Best Cinematography
• Spotlight won Best Original Screenplay
• The Big Short won Best Adapted Screenplay
• Mad Max: Fury Road won Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling
• Ex Machina won Best Visual Effects
• Bear Story won Best Animated Short Film, which also marked the first Oscar for Chile
• Inside Out won Best Animated Feature Film
• Amy, about the late Amy Winehouse, won Best Documentary Feature
• Son Of Saul won Best Foreign Film
• Hateful Eight won Best Original Score
• Sam Smith won Best Original Song for Writing’s On The Wall, Spectre

Full list of winners below:

2016 OSCAR WINNERS

BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Winner: Spotlight

DIRECTING
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Winner: Alejandro G. Inarritu, The Revenant
Lenny Abraham, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Winner: Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Winner: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Winner: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Winner: Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
Winner: The Revenant
Sicario
Mad Max: Fury Road

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Winner: The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Winner: Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Winner: Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Winner: Stutterer

COSTUME DESIGN
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
Winner: Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
Body Team 12
Chau, beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
Winner: A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom

FILM EDITING
The Big Short
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Winner: Son of Saul
Theeb
A War

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out
the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Bridge of Spies
Carol
Winner: The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
Earned It, Fifty Shades of Grey
Manta Ray, Racing Extinction
Simple Song #3, Youth
Til It Happens To You, The Hunting Ground
Winner: Writing’s On The Wall, Spectre

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant

SOUND EDITING
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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SOUND MIXING
Bridge of Spies
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

VISUAL EFFECTS
Winner: Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Leonardo’s win more than anything else goes to show that indeed, no matter how qualified a person may be for an award, position  or anything,  it will not happen until the destined time for it, and when that time comes,all the forces of life will align in that person’s favour. Leonardo’s Oscar win and President Buhari becoming President last year are good examples of this, and we all should learn a lesson or two from their examples.

Again, Big congrats to Leonardo Dicarprio. This was is his destined year to win.