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Page 8 The Skanner March 2, 2016 News 2016 Oscar Recap: Chris Rock Pokes Fun at Both the Film Review: ‘Eddie the Eagle’ Chronicles Boycott and the Academy COMPLETE LIST OF OSCAR WINNERS Exploits of Underdog Ski Jumper at the 1988 Winter Olympics By Kam Williams For The Skanner News O n a night when the Acad- emy Awards were over- shadowed by the absence of black nominees, Spot- light upset The Revenant for the big prize, Best Picture, al- though Mad Max netted the most trophies (6) overall. But from his opening monologue clear through his the close of the evening’s festivities, master of ceremonies Chris Rock kept the pedal to the metal, reminding viewers at every opportunity of the conspicuous absence of Af- rican-Americans honorees. “ just as tough on the supporters of the protest, insinuating that they ought to lighten up since things were far worse back in the 1950s and 1960s when their grandmothers might have been lynched. Rock reserved his most caustic comments for Jada Pin- kett Smith, making a crude joke implying Jada is untalented and about as likely to be nominated as he is to have sex with the at- tractive pop diva. Next, he took a swipe at Jada’s husband, Will Smith, prefacing his remarks by announcing, “I’m not hating.” After conced- ing that Will had been snubbed for Concussion, Rock pointed Chris Rock kept the pedal to the met- al, reminding viewers at every oppor- tunity of the conspicuous absence of African-Americans honorees He began by welcoming the audience to the “White People’s Choice Awards” before launch- ing into a 10-minute stand-up routine in which he was careful to level barbs at both sides of the controversy. For example, he chided the members of the Acad- emy for being racists, suggest- ing, “ If they nominated hosts, I wouldn’t even get this job.” On the other hand, he was out that it was equally unfair that he’d been paid $20 million for his poor performance in Wild Wild West. The profusion of race-based humor had its share of awkward moments, like when Chris an- nounced that the “In Memori- am” package would be devoted to “black people shot by cops PICTURE: Spotlight DIRECTOR: Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant LEAD ACTOR: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant LEAD ACTRESS: Brie Larson, Room SUPPORTING ACTOR: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Big Short, Charles Randolph and Adam McKay ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Spotlight, Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy ORIGINAL SCORE: Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight ORIGINAL SONG: “Writings on the Wall,” Spectre BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Son of Saul DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Amy ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Inside Out VISUAL EFFECTS: Ex Machina SOUND MIXING: Mad Max: Fury Road SOUND EDITING: Mad Max: Fury Road FILM EDITING: Mad Max: Fury Road CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Revenant MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: Mad Max: Fury Road PRODUCTION DESIGN: Mad Max: Fury Road COSTUME DESIGN: Mad Max: Fury Road LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: Stutterer DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM: A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness ANIMATED SHORT FILM: Bear Story JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD: Debbie Reynolds See OSCARS on page 9 l a fin k e e w Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton in ‘Eddie the Eagle’ By Kam Williams For The Skanner News G rowing up in Cheltenham, Michael Eddie Ed- wards (Taron Egerton) would tell anybody who would listen that he would be an Olym- pic athlete one day. Although mercilessly teased by playmates and barely tolerated by his skeptical father (Keith Allen), the boy seized on the unwavering encouragement of the very support- ive mother (Jo Hartley) who would feed his seem- ingly-unreachable dream. Despite being extremely farsighted, born with an underwhelming physique and betrayed by bad See FILM on page 9
