The 88th Oscars ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood. The ceremony will be broadcasted live by ABC. The ceremony will be hosted by comedian and actor Chris Rock.
This year sees the movies Mad Max: Fury Road, The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, , The Martian, The Revenant, Room and Spotlight on the top. The nominations were announced by Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Guillermo del Toro, John Krasinski and Ang Lee.
The movie The revenant leads the nominations list with 12 nominations. It’s followed by Mad Max: Fury Road with 10 nominations.
The Actor in a Leading Role category sees the actors Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Fassbender and Eddie Redmayne. Leonardo Dicaprio never wins an Oscar so it could be the year, the big year for him. Like stated before, there’s no black actors nor actresses nominated for the 88th Oscars. But the black movie Straight is nominated once for the best WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY).
The Actress in a Leading Role category sees actresses Cate Blanchett, Brie Larson, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlotte Rampling and Saoirse Ronan. See the complete list of Oscar nominations for the 2016 Oscars below:
BEST PICTURE
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
CINEMATOGRAPHY
COSTUME DESIGN
DIRECTING
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
FILM EDITING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
PRODUCTION DESIGN
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
SOUND EDITING
SOUND MIXING
VISUAL EFFECTS
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)