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Besides Leonardo DiCaprio's big debut as an Oscar winner, there was much that made the 88th Academy Awards memorable.
Pakistani journalist and filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's "A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness", about a survivor of an attempted honour killing in her country, won the 'Best Documentary Short' award. Through her documentary, the filmmaker tells the story of an eighteen-year-old Saba, who fell in love and eloped, was targeted by her father and uncle but survived. This is the second win for Sharmeen, who previously bagged the Oscar in the same category in 2011 for "S aving Face".
Indo-British filmmaker Asif Kapadia won the best documentary Oscar for "Amy", a poignant examination of singer Amy Winehouse's life and her tragic death at the age of 27. Kapadia, who has already won the Golden Globe and Bafta awards for the documentary, paid tribute to Winehouse, who died in 2011 following a battle with drug and alcohol that was gleefully captured by tabloids.
The film is nominated for 10 Oscars, including best picture and best director, and it is already off to a roaring start.
Real-life inspired dramas "Spotlight" and "Big Short" triumphed in the 'Best Original and Adapted Screenplay Oscars
The Tom McCarthy-directed "Spotlight", about Boston Globe's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of child sex abuse by Catholic priests, won Josh Singer and McCarthy trophies in the original screenplay category.
"Big Short", based on the non-fiction 2010 book of the same name by Michael Lewis about the financial crisis of 2007-2008 that was triggered by the build-up of the housing market and the credit bubble, emerged winner in the adapted screenplay category.
The 88th Academy Awards also paid tribute to deaprted souls including Indian-British actor Saeed Jaffrey, Egyptian actor Omar Sharif, music legend David Bowie and Harry Potter star Alan Rickman in their In Memoriam segment.
A montage played out as Foo Fighters' frontman Dave Grohl took to the stage to perform a soulful tribute as he sang The Beatles' hit "Blackbird."
Jaffrey, one of the first Indian actors to successfully establish a career in both Hindi cinema and British movies, died at the age of 86 late last year. Both Rickman and Bowie, British cinema and music's greatest icons, succumbed to cancer at the age of 69 recently.
"The Godfather" star Abe Vigoda, Roddy Piper of "They Live" fame and singer-actor Glenn Frey were excluded from the 'In Memoriam', which led to a mjority of twitteratti protesting vociferously on the web.
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, who will be presenting later on the OScar night, opted for a white embellished strapless gown by Lebanese designer Zuhair Murad at her maiden Oscars.
Pakistani journalist and filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's "A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness", about a survivor of an attempted honour killing in her country, won the 'Best Documentary Short' award. Through her documentary, the filmmaker tells the story of an eighteen-year-old Saba, who fell in love and eloped, was targeted by her father and uncle but survived. This is the second win for Sharmeen, who previously bagged the Oscar in the same category in 2011 for "S aving Face".
Indo-British filmmaker Asif Kapadia won the best documentary Oscar for "Amy", a poignant examination of singer Amy Winehouse's life and her tragic death at the age of 27. Kapadia, who has already won the Golden Globe and Bafta awards for the documentary, paid tribute to Winehouse, who died in 2011 following a battle with drug and alcohol that was gleefully captured by tabloids.
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George Miller's dystopian action thriller "Mad Max: Fury Road" came out victorious in six major technical categories at the 88th Academy Awards with wins in best editing, production design, sound editing and costume categories.
The film is nominated for 10 Oscars, including best picture and best director, and it is already off to a roaring start.
Real-life inspired dramas "Spotlight" and "Big Short" triumphed in the 'Best Original and Adapted Screenplay Oscars
The Tom McCarthy-directed "Spotlight", about Boston Globe's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of child sex abuse by Catholic priests, won Josh Singer and McCarthy trophies in the original screenplay category.
"Big Short", based on the non-fiction 2010 book of the same name by Michael Lewis about the financial crisis of 2007-2008 that was triggered by the build-up of the housing market and the credit bubble, emerged winner in the adapted screenplay category.
The 88th Academy Awards also paid tribute to deaprted souls including Indian-British actor Saeed Jaffrey, Egyptian actor Omar Sharif, music legend David Bowie and Harry Potter star Alan Rickman in their In Memoriam segment.
A montage played out as Foo Fighters' frontman Dave Grohl took to the stage to perform a soulful tribute as he sang The Beatles' hit "Blackbird."
Jaffrey, one of the first Indian actors to successfully establish a career in both Hindi cinema and British movies, died at the age of 86 late last year. Both Rickman and Bowie, British cinema and music's greatest icons, succumbed to cancer at the age of 69 recently.
"The Godfather" star Abe Vigoda, Roddy Piper of "They Live" fame and singer-actor Glenn Frey were excluded from the 'In Memoriam', which led to a mjority of twitteratti protesting vociferously on the web.
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, who will be presenting later on the OScar night, opted for a white embellished strapless gown by Lebanese designer Zuhair Murad at her maiden Oscars.