The Oscars are today! You know, the awards show where Leonardo DiCaprio is “overdue” but black people can “wait till next year.”
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) February 28, 2016
Bette Midler‘s tweet hours before the 88th Annual Academy Awards started says it all above. #OscarsSoWhite would and to a point should be the focus of the show because all the chaos that ensued once the nominations revealed a second consecutive year without a non-white acting nod deemed it so. However, the uproar was directed towards the Academy hastily and perhaps without complete merit. Yes this voting body needs an overhaul (and President Cheryl Boone Isaacs has said as much with the board’s decision to change their institution’s rules), but the real issue is a systemic one that should point to the studios themselves and Hollywood’s lack of faith in greenlighting work without a bankable white star at the fore. Are the new rules perfect? No. But they are a step in the right direction to at least ensure those voting for Oscars are aware of how the industry works today. That goes for race, gender, sexuality, technology, content, etc. There should be a vetting process to prove voters understand the current climate and will watch films regardless of tastes (beyond simply seeing if the person has an IMDB credit in the past decade). Give everything a chance and make an educated selection. Don’t choose between the two nominees you felt compelled to see, the others be damned. As The Hollywood Reporter’s “Brutally Honest Ballots” explain, too many voters don’t take the process as seriously as they should. But then Americans don’t when it comes to choosing POTUS either.
If anyone could find humor in the situation and make some good points while shoving the Academy’s nose in it too, Chris Rock was the man. What a coup to have announced him as the host before the hullabaloo even began. Rock would make them uncomfortable with purpose. But did he do it correctly?
I found the opening monologue to be hilarious, but as Shaun King says in the New York Daily News: he went too far. Making us laugh at jokes about rape and lynching—making light of those things at all—is not the most appropriate way to go about explaining the issue at hand. If anything it may belittle it. The discomfort is real, though, and it should make people think about how trivial the Oscars are to warrant such a response when real tragedies are occurring on a daily basis. That said, conjuring imagery of people’s grandmothers hanging from a tree may undercut the point.
As for the rest of his performance: it was hit or miss. I loved the video clips where black actors were spliced into Oscar-nominated films, but thought the Jack Black gag was uninspired. Many of his verbal jokes throughout the night followed suit. Some were biting and some fell flat. But that’s the way things go. All in all I thought he delivered one of the best hosting jobs in quite some time save the Girl Scout bit. Why would you rub it into the faces of those watching on TV that you raised $65,000 in a room full of rich celebrities when they have to go door to door in the hopes of a couple hundred? The joke had no payoff other than making people angrier at the one percent. And the interviews outside a movie theater? Hilarious, pointed in showing that the black community at-large doesn’t care about Oscar-nominated films, but also exploitative in a way that will make racists who don’t get the joke think the bit was showing “how stupid black people are”. Again, the way Rock mocked stereotypes was on a razor-thin line in which he might have been hurting more than helping.
On the awards: it all pretty much went as it should. The two biggest surprises were when The Academy gave awards to those who should have won (Mark Rylance for Best Supporting Actor and Ex Machina for Best Visual Effects). Watching Emmanuel Lubezki and Alejandro González Iñárritu win for a third and second year in a row respectively was boring, but I can’t say either didn’t deserve victory. I simply would have rather seen John Seale and George Miller go home with gold for doing an action film right. The Revenant is gorgeous to behold and a stunning feat of ambition, but Mad Max: Fury Road was contemporary. It pushed boundaries and delivered excitement like few films have recently. This is where new blood is needed in The Academy, so the changing styles won’t be lost while voters catch up with the evolution a couple years later.
Otherwise: Leonardo DiCaprio finally won (and the orchestra didn’t even attempt to cut him off despite saying the same things Iñárritu already did mere minutes earlier, fighting against the music). Spotlight stole Best Picture from The Revenant and The Big Short (the first PGA winner since 2009 not to take Oscar gold) and proved The Academy can get it right once in a while. Jacob Tremblay warmed our hearts with his youthful, fanboy enthusiasm climbing on seats to see C-3PO, R2D2, and BB-8 and praising Rock’s performance in Madagascar. And Brie Larsen was the epitome of class thanking TIFF.
As for Stacey Dash‘s appearance—it was odd and the “joke” didn’t work. It either confused people who didn’t know her comments on Fox News about doing away with Black History Month, angered those who don’t want her speaking for black people, or garnered cringes from those like me who saw it as belittling her point for laughs. Did she only say it for controversy or because she believes it? This stunt questions the validity of her stance for a gag that was probably better on paper than execution could ever prove. Here’s her take – link.
And now the tweets:
ugh. duped by the @TheAcademy website into thinking the actual awards started at 7:00. #readthefineprint #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
— Mariana (@dietredbull) February 28, 2016
saw #Pure at @VIFFest in 2011 because the press book said Alicia Vikander was on the cusp of taking Hollywood by storm. she has. #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
“Is that your dad?”
“No, that’s Nick Hornby!”Saorsie Ronan forever.#Oscars
— Matt Patches (@misterpatches) February 29, 2016
Jacob Tremblay’s hot parents + their little meal ticket pic.twitter.com/uYtIDaXgjg
— Josh Lincoln Dickey (@JLDlite) February 29, 2016
Presented without comment pic.twitter.com/X41qccdQOU
— Scott Feinberg (@ScottFeinberg) February 29, 2016
love that Jacob Tremblay is too young to play the patronizing game with “no, thank you” after interviews. just silent stares. #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
The Bear from ‘The Revenant’ looking absolutely stunning in half a tuxedo and no pants at all. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/WZ9ZcMHztq
— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) February 29, 2016
Red carpet Interviewer interview: “How excitable are you?” “Very.” “How inane can you be?” “VERY.” “You’re hired!”
— Jessica Kiang (@jessicakiang) February 29, 2016
Whoops! #ThatsNotOprah pic.twitter.com/Nm6ciVj7u7
— Mashable (@mashable) February 29, 2016
Idea for a horror movie: a straight hour and a half of paparazzi yelling at the camera on the red carpet.
— Ethan Anderton (@Ethan_Anderton) February 29, 2016
Aaron Rodgers sees you, Seacrest. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/b4DV5nDnIe
— Vulture (@vulture) February 29, 2016
Rooney Mara is like 3 awards shows away from just being the cover of HOMOGENIC. #Oscars #RooneyForPresident pic.twitter.com/Q3GIVNblba
— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) February 29, 2016
i hear @ENews started talking about her as Tilda Swinton and i now regret changing channel to @ABCNetwork https://t.co/thKDeePj6a
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Just give me Chris Rock in whiteface. #Oscars
— Dee Lockett (@Dee_Lockett) February 29, 2016
Cutting the fat off my monologue #oscars pic.twitter.com/ngMQD6LAkt
— Chris Rock (@chrisrock) February 29, 2016
Probably gonna use this a lot tonight. #SorryNotSorry Marcello #Welp #Oscars pic.twitter.com/Anh8JFXtBT
— Dipson Theatres (@DipsonTheatres) February 29, 2016
Cate Baguette & Brie Cheese Larson pic.twitter.com/WNwpbQtR0D
— Dylan Schuck (@schuckster) February 29, 2016
Ryan Coogler, director of “Creed”, and Ava DuVernay, director of “Selma”, are spending Oscar night in Flint doing something that matters. TY
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) February 29, 2016
Kevin Hart campaigning to host the Os*cars
— Film Fatale NYC (@FilmFatale_NYC) February 29, 2016
Have a great show @chrisrock I know you’ll be brilliant.
— Billy Crystal (@BillyCrystal) February 29, 2016
did Sean Penn bring El Chapo as his date? #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Best Picture, 2016. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/crtTChoEWW
— The Film Stage (@TheFilmStage) February 29, 2016
I am laughing at how they are finding all the brown people in the audience to interview.
— Film Fatale NYC (@FilmFatale_NYC) February 29, 2016
There are 5000 writers who could’ve written Spotlight and maybe 5 who could’ve pulled off Inside Out. Yet Spotlight is the frontrunner???
— Carson Reeves (@Scriptshadow) February 29, 2016
I’m watching the Oscars live only because I want Twitter jokes to make sense.
— Matt Haughey (@mathowie) February 29, 2016
and the #Oscars go to …
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
#Oscars beginning with a supercut? i like it.
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
“Man. I counted at least 15 black people on that montage.” –@chrisrock #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
“If they nominated hosts, I wouldn’t get this job” – Chris Rock #Oscars2016
— Total Film (@totalfilm) February 29, 2016
.@chrisrock is #KILLING it #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
“We were too busy being raped and lynched to care about who won best cinematographer.”
— emily nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) February 29, 2016
Chris Rock just got put on the Smith family shit list. #Oscars
— Eric Goldman (@TheEricGoldman) February 29, 2016
“When your grandmother’s swinging from a tree, it’s really hard to care about best documentary short.” Well, hell, now.
— Ty Burr (@tyburr) February 29, 2016
the camera is loving David O Russell during this monologue #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
This monologue is unreal. Amazing.
— Scott Weinberg (@scottEweinberg) February 29, 2016
Great Chris Rock line at Oscars: “In Memorium tribute will be just black people shot by cops on the way to the movies.
— Peter Travers (@petertravers) February 29, 2016
Chris Rock: “Is Hollywood racist? You’re damned right Hollywood’s racist.”
— Peter Debruge (@AskDebruge) February 29, 2016
“I like you, Rhonda– but you’re not a Kappa.” #Oscars
— Russell Hainline (@RussellHFilm) February 29, 2016
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
“ROCKY takes place in a world where white athletes are as good as black athletes. It’s science fiction.” – Chris Rock #Oscars
— Alonso Duralde (@ADuralde) February 29, 2016
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Best Original Screenplay: Spotlight #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
oh God this Thank You scroll is horrid. i hope he reads the names aloud too #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
In honor of my friend Tom McCarthy and his big Oscar night, I’d like to share this super awkward pic of us from 2002 pic.twitter.com/XmURIFor4s
— bobby cannavale (@bobbycannavale) February 29, 2016
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Big Short #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
we now call @GhostPanther #Oscar-winning Adam McKay #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
The man who showed Will Ferrell how to put his balls on a drum kit is holding an Oscar. Cool.
— Brandon David Wilson (@Geniusbastard) February 29, 2016
ADAM MCKAY JUST WON AN OSCAR!!!!!
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) February 29, 2016
So screenplay winner thanks Bernie Sanders for his endorsement.
— Lou Lumenick (@LouLumenick) February 29, 2016
Black Revenant for the win #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
so happy @RealTracyMorgan is still with us #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
there’s humble and there’s stupid. Stacy Dash’s cameo was the latter #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
I think this Stacey Dash stunt just replaced Rob Lowe’s Snow White bit as the most embarrassing thing to happen at the #Oscars
— The NYC Film Chick (@TheNYCFilmChick) February 29, 2016
Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
so happy i was wrong on this one. Vikander deserves it. #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
In 25 years, people will just incorrectly remember that Vikander won for Ex Machina.
— Brian Tallerico (@Brian_Tallerico) February 29, 2016
.@chrisrock‘a Girl on Girl comment … there’s the punchline but where was the joke? off camera? #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Best Costume Design: Mad Max Fury Road #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
My Mother: “but it was all just dirty clothes” Mad Max #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Bedazzled Fury Road jacket going on everyone’s Christmas list 2016 #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Best Production Design: Mad Max Fury Road #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Just going to scream “WITNESS ME” whenever #MadMaxFuryRoad wins anything #Oscars
— Mara Wilson (@MaraWritesStuff) February 29, 2016
Best Makeup/Hairstyling: Mad Max Fury Road #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Fury Road stole one from The Revenant there #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Wellllll jokes on whoever sat the people from Mad Max in the back of the room
— gaaaaaaaabriella (@gcacc12) February 29, 2016
Every time Fury Road wins an Oscar they play the theme and I get angry that @JunkieXL‘s score wasn’t nominated.
— Scott Weinberg (@scottEweinberg) February 29, 2016
Jonah Hill is here #bear #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
if the #Oscars had any balls the guy in bear suit in the audience would have been giving head to someone while Shelley Duvall watched
— Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) February 29, 2016
@WireFans #WheresWallace #Oscars pic.twitter.com/5klJTx72my
— Jason Boykin (@JVBoykin) February 29, 2016
Best Cinematography: The Revenant #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Lubezki with the three-peat #wow #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Lubezki win is an advertisement for #TheNewWorld on @Criterion as it should be #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Lubeski makes history tonight with an unprecedented third Oscar. TOTALLY DESERVED.
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) February 29, 2016
Best Editing: Mad Max Fury Road #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
#MadMaxFury! Margaret Sixel cuts docs, never cut an action film before. She took it on b/c her husband (Miller) believed she’d slay. #Oscars
— Kristy Puchko (@KristyPuchko) February 29, 2016
Previous editing winners: WHIPLASH, GRAVITY, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM. Calm down with that Best Picture stuff.
— Mark Dujsik (@markreviews) February 29, 2016
Jack Black / Angela Bassett gag was lame #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
If a joke falls flat, at least they have Sofia Vergara to cut away to, who apparently laughs at everything #Oscars
— Chris Liberge (@ChrisLiberge) February 29, 2016
Also, there are other people in America besides white people and black people. #Oscars #OscarsSoWhite #OscarsSoBlackAndWhite
— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) February 29, 2016
these early WTF cuts to the show are really making me interested in what’s happening during commercials. #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Best Sound Editing: Mad Max Fury Road #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
and Sound Design … as you can tell i can’t tell the difference #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
The diversity problem at the Oscars is not allowing anything but MAD MAX: FURY ROAD to win.
— Aaron Hillis (@cobblehillis) February 29, 2016
the Andy Serkis award for the 2025 ceremony’s ballot #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Best Visual Effects: Ex Machina #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
the most deserving award of the night in my opinion #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Ex Machina upset just ruined our perfect Oscars ballot 😔 #Oscars2016
— A24 (@A24) February 29, 2016
Olivia Munn putting a little too much pepper on the comedy there.
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) February 29, 2016
C-3PO’s arm isn’t red anymore!! Someone explain the significance in a breathless, lengthy blogpost!!! #Oscars
— Jordan Hoffman (@jhoffman) February 29, 2016
Okay Tremblay standing up to get a better view of these Star Wars droids is my new favorite #Oscar moment.
— Matt Dartnell (@MattchstickMan) February 29, 2016
Tremblay is so fucked on blow he thinks the droids are real.
— Andrew Woods (@JimJarmuschHair) February 29, 2016
Here’s that GIF of @JacobTremblay getting up to look at C-3PO you’ve been searching for. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/gSOyRRn0St
— Yahoo Movies (@YahooMovies) February 29, 2016
.@chrisrock taking a page out of @TheEllenShow‘s book switching pizza for cookies #stillnotfunny #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Best Animated Short: Bear Story #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
OK. i get it prob had the best “animation”, but no. World of Tomorrow and @donhertzfeldt got robbed #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
@jaredmobarak @donhertzfeldt I’m just gonna cry now. Forever. pic.twitter.com/CM7p5pEvHJ
— Brian J. Roan (@BrianJRoan) February 29, 2016
Thirty years from now we’ll still be talking about The Look of Silence, World of Tomorrow, and Carol. That is all.
— Eric Hynes (@eshynes) February 29, 2016
Best Animated Film: Inside Out #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
from @DisneyPixar to @DisneyPixar. would have been awkward otherwise. #ToyStory #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
producers legit beeped “congratulations on an amazing year” from Kevin Hart, that’s how nervous they are to have him on stage
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) February 29, 2016
Kate Winslet’s crooked glasses are driving @williambgoss fucking crazy right now. #oscarssowhite
— Eric Vespe (@EricVespe) February 29, 2016
Like her Polish accent, it’s off just enough to bother me. https://t.co/g9QTnx7Tbr
— Will Goss (@williambgoss) February 29, 2016
Chris Rock found the person who liked BY THE SEA! #Oscars
— Mark Dujsik (@markreviews) February 29, 2016
who slipped Patricia Arquette the Zoloft? #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
FOCUS, Patricia.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) February 29, 2016
Best Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
another i’m ecstatic to be wrong about. Rylance owned this category and Sly’s victory was the nom #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Louis CK for 2017 host #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
I can’t afford a Honda Civic f you louis
— Robert Greene (@prewarcinema) February 29, 2016
Best Documentary Short: Girl in the River #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
A Girl in the River is so good. watch it on @HBO #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Best Documentary: Amy #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
ugh. @JoshuaOppenheim gets robbed again #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing lost to 20 Feet From Stardom; The Look of Silence loses to Amy. Pop wins. #BBCOscars
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) February 29, 2016
Asian/”Jewish” kids #Oscar joke needed re-calibrating. #OscarSoWhat?
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) February 29, 2016
this Girl Scout gag is the opposite of what @TheAcademy should want. way to rub in how rich you all are. #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Those cookies made more than The Duke of Burgundy and Jauja did at the domestic box office. 😞 #Oscars
— The Film Stage (@TheFilmStage) February 29, 2016
White guy is singing a Civil Rights song against a montage of white people?
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) February 29, 2016
They forgot someone in this In Memoriam segment. pic.twitter.com/9mjpF202NV
— WIRED (@WIRED) February 29, 2016
Jacob Tremblay is the best “I loved you in Madagascar. He’s the zebra. He’s hilarious.” #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Nice to let the two boys who turned in the year’s best male performances that THEY FUCKING SNUBBED give away something. Assholes.
— Brandon David Wilson (@Geniusbastard) February 29, 2016
Thinking seriously about it #Oscars2016 https://t.co/Qks2ioXaZK
— A24 (@A24) February 29, 2016
Best Live Action Short: Stutterer #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
loved this one more than most but super surprised Shok didn’t win #toodark #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Best Foreign Film: Son of Saul #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
how is Leslie Knopes not standing next to Biden right now? #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Joe Biden walks into the Dolby all #Oscars pic.twitter.com/VfFxchWGE2
— Dipson Theatres (@DipsonTheatres) February 29, 2016
so they’re only playing three of the song nominees? isn’t that weird? #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Dude, Joe Biden & Lady Gaga are friends?! #Oscars
— Ryan Estabrooks (@ryanestabrooks) February 29, 2016
Millions of people just imagined Joe Biden and Lady Gaga grabbing brunch together.
— Scott Beggs (@scottmbeggs) February 29, 2016
lightning round: 6 awards in 10 minutes. GO!! #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Best Score: Ennio Morricone #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
what?! Quentin is supposed to accept this one. i smell a Kanye moment #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Yep Hateful Eight for Best Score and right choice. How is this Ennio Morricone first Oscar though? #Oscars
— TheLoudTable (@TheLoudTable) February 29, 2016
Best Song: Sam Smith #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
love that everyone HATED Sam Smith’s song and now it has a Golden Globe and Oscar #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Of course no one remembers screenwriter Dustin Lance Black being an openly gay #Oscars winner cuz that was soooo long ago!
— Jeff Goldsmith (@yogoldsmith) February 29, 2016
I really hope Dustin Lance Black, Elton John and Alan Ball were sitting together and taking a sip when Sam Smith made his speech.
— Scott Beggs (@scottmbeggs) February 29, 2016
Cohen bringing Da Ali G back to life #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Holy shit, Ali G. #Oskras
— Ted Geoghegan (@tedgeoghegan) February 29, 2016
Let Ali G die
— Russ Andolina (@rjandolina) February 29, 2016
Great to see Ali G again, for some reason…
— Kurt Loder (@kurt_loder) February 29, 2016
Sasha Baron Cohen joked I have a tiny dong. Me and my tiny dong are not offended.
— Joseph Kahn (@JosephKahn) February 29, 2016
Being married to Sacha Baron Cohen must be so exhausting
— Gabriella Paiella (@GMPaiella) February 29, 2016
Best Director: Alejandro Innaritu #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
two Mad Max films are weak (1&3) and i loathe Happy Feet, but George Miller got robbed
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Innaritu don’t give a shit #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
#Oscars 1st time in almost 60 yrs that same director has won back-to-back! #AlejandroGonzalezInarritu
— Pamela McClintock (@PamelaDayM) February 29, 2016
MAD MAX with the best sound editing, mixing, film editing, production design, costume design, makeup. Guy who put it all together? He’s OK.
— John Gilpatrick (@johnlgilpatrick) February 29, 2016
Most unsettling about Iñárritu winning (again)? The wave of young filmmakers he’ll inevitably inspire, and the movies we’ll have to watch.
— Sam Fragoso (@SamFragoso) February 29, 2016
Quit acting like Inarritu hit your mom in the face with a brick.
— Bill Ryan (@faceyouhate) February 29, 2016
Best Actress: Brie Larson #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Best Actress goes to Brie Larson for SHORT TERM 12. #Oscars
— Russell Hainline (@RussellHFilm) February 29, 2016
More filmmakers should thank film festivals at the Oscars.
— Matt Singer (@mattsinger) February 29, 2016
.@brielarson! Thanks for the #TIFF15 shout-out and congratulations on winning so graciously at the #Oscars
— Cameron Bailey (@cameron_tiff) February 29, 2016
Our long national nightmare will be over in a few minutes. Unless Leo doesn’t win. #Oscars
— Lou Lumenick (@LouLumenick) February 29, 2016
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Man, Leo was ready to get on that stage! #Yay #Oscars
— The NYC Film Chick (@TheNYCFilmChick) February 29, 2016
#Oscars pic.twitter.com/vK2pYDkVFY
— Screen Rant (@screenrant) February 29, 2016
they don’t DARE play off Leo #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Best Picture: Spotlight #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
did Freeman use X-Ray vision to see through the envelope or did he really want Spotlight to win? #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
Holy crap — SPOTLIGHT steals it! #Oscars
— ErikDavis (@ErikDavis) February 29, 2016
Correct choice
— Russ Andolina (@rjandolina) February 29, 2016
The #Oscar for Best Picture goes to… pic.twitter.com/OzkhwjLix7
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 29, 2016
so happy Spotlight stole it. much deserved. #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 29, 2016
SPOTLIGHT! I’m crying.
Also I NEED a gif of Keaton fistpumping “Fuck Yeah.” Like NOW, internet. #Oscars
— Kristy Puchko (@KristyPuchko) February 29, 2016
“F— yeah,” Michael Keaton yelled when #Spotlight won the Oscar for best picture pic.twitter.com/9rQEM1B7W6
— Variety (@Variety) February 29, 2016
What the fuck is a newspaper?
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) February 29, 2016
Not mad about this one.
— a. o. scott (@aoscott) February 29, 2016
If you had told me in 2010 that Michael Keaton would be in two Best Pictures in a row, I would have told the bartender to cut you off.
— Brian Tallerico (@Brian_Tallerico) February 29, 2016
Chris Rock leaves it with an invitation to the BET awards, holding a box of girls scout cookies, and yelling Black Lives Matter. #Oscars
— JoBlo.com (@joblocom) February 29, 2016
well, CAROL didn’t win an #Oscars. but you know what? neither did Jesus.
neither did Jesus.
think about it.
goodnight.
— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) February 29, 2016
That Chewbacca roar thrown into “Fight the Power” made it worth watching the Oscars till the end for me. #w… https://t.co/oSHKAEHf8y
— J.A. Adande (@jadande) February 29, 2016