Look for Leo DiCaprio to pick up the Best Actor Oscar for The Revenant.
This Sunday’s 88th annual Academy Awards telecast should be more interesting than most because of the controversy surrounding the all-white acting nominees for the second year in a row and the anticipated reaction by outspoken emcee Chris Rock.
His selection and the number of awards presenters of color are aimed at giving the impression that the Academy is actually a racially diverse organization. It’s not, but notice the effort to demonstrate otherwise.
In any event, this is a good year to enter an Oscars pool and make some money, for many of the preliminary awards from the various guilds have been nearly unanimous in their choices — except for Best Picture, which has split among three films. So, without further stalling, here are the winners of this year’s Oscars, thanks to a leak within the PriceWaterhouse accounting firm:
* Best Picture — Spotlight
* Best Director — Alejandro Iñárritu, The Revenant
* Best Actor — Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
* Best Actress — Brie Larson, Room
* Best Supporting Actor — Sylvester Stallone, Creed
* Best Supporting Actress — Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
* Best Animated Feature Film — Inside Out
* Best Foreign Film — Son of Saul
* Best Original Screenplay — Spotlight
* Best Adapted Screenplay — The Big Short
* Best Costume Design — Mad Max: Fury Road
* Best Original Song — “Til It Happens to You,” The Hunting Ground
* Best Original Score — The Hateful Eight
* Best Documentary — Amy
* Best Documentary (Short) — Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
* Best Makeup and Hairstyling — Mad Max: Fury Road
* Best Production Design — Mad Max: Fury Road
* Best Film Editing — Mad Max: Fury Road
* Best Cinematography — The Revenant
* Best Sound Editing — The Revenant
* Best Sound Mixing — The Revenant
* Best Visual Effects — The Revenant
* Best Short Film (Animated) — Beer Story
* Best Short Film (Live Action) — Stutterer