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Oscar 2016: DiCaprio's win becomes most tweeted moment

The 2nd most tweeted moment of the Academy night was 'Spotlight' winning the Best Picture award

Julianne Moore, right, congratulates Leonardo DiCaprio after presenting him with the Oscar award for best actor in a leading role for "The Revenant" at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles

Julianne Moore, right, congratulates Leonardo DiCaprio after presenting him with the Oscar award for best actor in a leading role for “The Revenant” at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles

Press Trust of India Los Angeles
Leonardo DiCaprio's long-pending maiden Academy win is not just special for him but it has emerged as a record-breaker by being the most-tweeted moment of an Oscars broadcast ever.

DiCaprio won the best actor trophy for his role of a fur-trapper in "The Revenant" and the much-anticipated moment saw 440,000 tweets per minute flooding the micro-blogging site, reported Entertainment Weekly.

It shattered Oscars 2014 host Ellen DeGeneres' record of 255,000 tweets per minute, when she tweeted a star-studded selfie from the venue.

The second most tweeted moment of the Oscars night was "Spotlight" winning the Best Picture award.

"Mad Max: Fury Road"'s big win in the technical department, especially for sound mixing, was the third most tweeted moment from the entertaining show.

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First Published: Feb 29 2016 | 3:25 PM IST

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