2016 Oscars Winners Announced

The 88th Annual Academy Awards winners were announced in a traditionally boring ceremony hosted by Chris Rock. The show was mostly a one-joke affair focused on the diversity issue which opened nicely with Rock's great monologue, but just dragged on as the ceremony piled on more social commentary ranging from ecology to sexual assaults. As a result the Oscar ratings have dropped to an 8-year low. To be more exact, the 2016 show earned the worst ratings since the 2008 Oscars hosted by Jon Stewart.

As far as the awards go, it was a pretty interesting ride. "Mad Max: Fury Road" earned the most awards, wiping out the competition in six technical categories, but missed out on the big ones. "The Revenant" picked up three trophies for Director (Alejandro G. Inarritu), Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki), breaking two records in the process: first back-to-back Best Director win for Inarritu and first Oscars hattrick for Lubezki.

The Academy managed to give out awards to everyone from "Ex Machina" and "The Danish Girl" to "The Hateful Eight", while Spotlight" won Best Picture and became the second film in Oscars history to do that with only two total wins (the other was 1952's "The Greatest Show on Earth").

Well, almost everyone got something. Sylvester Stallone lost Best Supporting Actor to Mark Rylance ("Bridge of Spies") and Lady Gaga lost Best Song to Sam Smith for "Spectre". Also, "The Martian" and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" went home empty-handed. Overall, it was a pretty crazy night.

Read the full list of Oscar winners after the jump.

Best Picture: Spotlight

Best Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant

Best Actress: Brie Larson – Room

Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant

Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl

Best Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies

Best Original Screenplay: Spotlight

Best Adapted Screenplay: The Big Short

Best Animated Feature: Inside Out

Best Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul (Hungary)

Best Documentary Feature: Amy

Best Original Score: The Hateful Eight

Best Original Song: "Writing's on the Wall" from Spectre

Best Sound Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Sound Mixing: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Production Design: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Cinematography: The Revenant

Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Costume Design: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Film Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Visual Effects: Ex Machina

Best Animated Short Film: Bear Story

Best Live-Action Short Film: Stutterer

Best Documentary (Short Subject): A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness

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