What Time Do the Oscars 2016 Start?

Feb 28, 2016, 13:42
What Time Do the Oscars 2016 Start?

Oscars may have a diversity problem, yet again this year, but its awards ceremony is still being hosted by Chris Rock.

Early Friday, Rock took to Twitter and gave Harvey the equivalent of The Nod. "See you Sunday... #blackout #oscars", writes Rock.

Released just days before the 88th Academy Awards 2016 which are set to be organised on February 28, the findings showed that 89 percent of film directors shortlisted for the Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature have been white and 77 percent have been male over the past three years. #OscarsSoWhite became a trending topic a year ago, thanks to the lack of people of color among nominees acting .

While Rock did not publicly respond to the call, producers shared he was rewriting his monologue to address the issue.

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Perhaps the truth is that the Oscars, and awards shows in general, are only as relevant as you want them to be.

Predictions website Gold Derby has Inarritu as a strong favorite, and Scott Feinberg, the awards analyst for weekly magazine The Hollywood Reporter, told AFP he expected the historic double for the Mexican.

A nomination or win also increases profit over the longer term by increasing movie rentals, DVD purchases and on-demand cable contracts, she said.

When the nominees were announced, several performances that had been hailed as Oscar-worthy were notably missing, including those by Will Smith in Concussion and Michael B Jordan in Creed and in Straight Outta Compton.

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For best picture, it looks like "The Revenant" will take the big prize.

Christian Bale ("The Big Short") and Mark Ruffalo ("Spotlight") also could pull off a major surprise.

Leonardo Di Caprio is one of the front runners for the Best Actors award for the movie "The Revenant", but the sceptics have already placed their money on other nominees calling Leo as a ham. Ultimately, unless you're an actor, a director or a shareholder in a nominated film the Oscars are probably not extremely significant to your life.

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During the interview, Letterman and Rock compared their Oscars hosting experiences (Letterman served as the show's host in 1995 in a notable low point). The show will air on ABC.

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