Oscars TV Audience Lowest In Eight Years

Mar 01, 2016, 12:48
Oscars TV Audience Lowest In Eight Years

Alejandro González Iñárritu and Leonardo DiCaprio brought home best director and best actor, respectively, for "The Revenant", while Brie Larson won best actress for "Room".

Larson shared that she learned from the experience, explaining how it taught her "what it took to feel confident and strong". Larson was joined by "7th Heaven" star Beverley Mitchell, who played Courtney's sister Erica, and the duo portrayed what it's like to live your dreams at 80 miles per hour. She was presented this prestigious award by British actor Eddie Redmayne.

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Leonardo DiCaprio accepts the award for best actor in a leading role for "The Revenant" at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. After she nods, he says self-deprecatingly, "I wouldn't know".

"Do you do this every year?" he asks the engraver as people all around him snap pictures. Going by what she said during her above acceptance speeches, he's apparently good with her puppy, taking care of it in her absence, and supportive of his girlfriend and her very busy career.

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Brie Larson accepts the Best Actress award for " Room " onstage during the 2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Only one best-picture nominee is up for the Spirit Awards' top honor: the newspaper drama " Spotlight ".

Now, almost 25 years later and five failed attempts, DiCaprio is finally an Oscar victor.

"Thank you to everyone who participated in Room - thank you to all of you who saw it, thank you to the fans, thank you to the moviegoers".

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Overcome with emotion at Leo's win, the teary star beamed with pride as he gave his speech. It'd be downright unusual if a movie like Brooklyn earned any major Academy love, and it's possible we've conditioned ourselves to believe it's because the subject matter is too soft when more probably it's just too female. "For me to be considered in the group of nominees, with [Matt] Damon, DiCaprio, Michael Fassbender and Bryan Cranston - it feels fantastic".

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