Oscars Put Investigative Journalism in the 'Spotlight'

Mar 05, 2016, 21:44
Oscars Put Investigative Journalism in the 'Spotlight'

For his part, Chris Rock, the host of the 88th Academy Awards, tweeted a cryptic message, #Blackout, ahead of the show, fueling speculations that the comedian would not be deterred from digging into the highly charged topic.

When Spotlight won Best Picture this past Sunday, producer Michael Sugar took the Oscar stage and addressed the pope directly, saying, "Pope Francis, it's time to protect the children and restore the faith".

The 31st Independent Film Spirit Awards provided a clear rebuke to the less diverse Oscars, bestowing awards on "Beasts of No Nation" co-stars Idris Elba and Abraham Attah and "Tangerine" star Mya Taylor, making her the first transgender actress to win at the annual awards.

The first acting award of the night went to Sweden's Alicia Vikander, who dazzled on the red carpet in a strapless pale yellow Louis Vuitton gown, for her supporting role in transgender love story "The Danish Girl".

Mad Max: Fury Road took home a total of six Oscars; the most of any film of the night. Like when "The Hurt Locker" won six at the 2009 Oscars... It also promoted an investigative journalism fellowship to work with the Spotlight team, and followed up with several clergy sex abuse survivors who felt validated by Spotlight's Best Picture win.

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They're not going to refuse me, believe me", Trump answered. "Sometimes, reality is stranger than fiction around here these days". If he doesn't, it bolsters chances for a contested Republican convention, which many view as a worst-case scenario.

The melancholic yet lovely movie, "Room", had Brie Larson play the character of "Ma" so effortlessly.

Michael Bederman celebrated from afar Sunday as he watched the Oscars bash with friends and family in NY, where he's filming his next project. "When your grandma's swinging from a tree, it's really hard to care about best documentary foreign short", Rock said. Celebrating the year's best films.

"In the In Memoriam package, it's just going to be black people shot by the cops on the way to the movies".

Disney's "Inside Out", from Pixar, won the best animated feature category and the studio enjoyed another win for Mark Rylance's supporting actor role in "Bridge of Spies".

But to return to "Spotlight's" blueprint for success - with reasons being floated around Palihouse in West Hollywood late into the night - vested interests naturally had the most positive of spins: "Anyone who's ever been disenfranchised could relate to it", one exec said.

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What else? "The Big Short", got a Best Adapted Screenwriter Award. He won past year for "Birdman".

"We need to support leaders around the world who do not speak for the big polluters or the big corporations, but who speak for all of humanity", said Leonardo DiCaprio in his best actor acceptance speech.

But "Mad Max's" momentum stalled just two awards later when the visual effects award it was favored to win went to the unnerving "Ex Machina".

Vice President Biden even stepped in in a major way, introducing Lady Gaga's handsome, stirring performance dedicated to survivors of sexual assault.

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