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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.
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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
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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
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