After years and years of being denied the award many believe he has long deserved, Leonardo DiCaprio finally graced the stage at the 88th Academy Awards and mitted himself a golden Oscar for his role in The Revenant.
The Academy Awards, more affectionately known as the “Oscars” were held last week to honour and celebrate excellence in cinematic achievement.
Much of the hype leading into the event surrounded DiCaprio and his lack of Academy Awards, despite years of nominations and deserved recognition. After four nominations without success, the talk was whether or not this would be his year.
The film in which DiCaprio featured in, The Revenant, was also nominated for best picture. However, it was beaten out by Spotlight, a film that follows a group of journalists from The Boston Globe and their investigations into cases of widespread and systematic child sex abuse in the Boston area by numerous Roman Catholic priests.
Best director went to Alejandro González Iñárritu from The Revenant who just last year won an Oscar for his part in the film Birdman, becoming the first director to win back-to-back Oscars in 65 years.
Brie Larson claimed the award of Best Actress in this years Oscars for her portrayal of a young woman kidnapped and forced to raise her child in a single room in a film adapted from the best selling novel Room by Emma Donoghue. Brie Larson also took home Best Actress awards from the Golden Globes and Baftas earlier this year.
Amy, the real life documentary based on the life of Amy Winehouse, won best feature documentary, Mark Rylance won best supporting actor for his role in Bridge of Spies and Alicia Vikander was victorious as Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Danish Girl.