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(An obscure joke featuring “Clueless” actress Stacey Dash did not play.) “We want opportunity,” Rock pointed out, citing great Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx. If they nominated hosts I wouldn’t get this job.” Rock managed no small feat: walking the line between making the Academy folks in the room laugh at themselves, entertaining the audience around the world, and not offending anyone. “I counted at least 15 black people in the montage,” quipped Rock, resplendent in a white tux, at what he called “The White People’s Choice Awards. Jordan, while “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” promoted John Boyega. (The Reverend Al Sharpton credited a boycott by non-white viewers for the decline.) The show launched with a clip reel that included not only the year’s nominated films but many films not on the Academy roster, from Will Smith-starrer “Concussion” to Netflix’s Spirit Awards-winner “Beasts of No Nation.” The “Creed” clips showcased Michael B. “Finally!” cried the woman sitting next to me in the Mezzanine, jumping to her feet.ĭiCaprio wasn’t the only one to use his platform to make a political statement (on behalf of the environment) after an evening which functioned as a long mea culpa from the Academy, via host Chris Rock and president Cheryl Boone Isaacs, for its Oscars So White. As ABC had feared, the telecast was down in the ratings from last year’s awful numbers by 6% for an eight-year low. They had to settle for Iñárritu’s second Director win in a row (joining John Ford and Joseph Mankiewicz), cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki’s third consecutive win (after “Birdman” and “Gravity”), and Leonardo DiCaprio, to the delight of the roaring crowd at the Dolby Theatre, winning Best Actor at last, after five nominations. With momentum from Golden Globe and Guild wins and a strong surge at the post-holiday box office, gorgeously mounted frontier epic “The Revenant” (Fox/New Regency), directed by last year’s Oscar-winner Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu (“Birdman”), was expected to take home a raft of Oscars.
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