Chris Rock’s opening monologue. No sugar coating here. Chris Rock began the show acknowledging the elephant in the room, #OscarSoWhite. With most jokes landing, -- Will Smith getting paid $20M for Wild Wild West and Jada Pinkett Smith boycotting even though she works in TV and wasn’t invited-- but a few causing cringe worthy expressions -- speaking of lynching will very rarely get the laughs – Rock brought us a funny, straight to the point monologue without any unnecessary showboating.
Stacey Dash cameo. In two words…Epic Fail. Her joke on celebrating Black History Month may have failed, but at least we got another priceless expression from Chrissy Teigen.
Who doesn't love Girl Scout Cookies? Chris Rock surely made Daddy of the Year by selling Girl Scout Cooking for his daughter’s troop and the result was amazing -- he raised over $65,000 and sold carbs to a room full of actors!
Jacob Tremblay. The Room actor stole the show, not once, but throughout the night. From shouting to Chris Rock that he loved him in Madagascar, to his love of Star Wars’ -- Shuffling in his set to see R2De, C3PO and BB-8 and his Darth Vadar socks was priceless --to his excitement over cast-mate, Brie Larson’s win, Jacob was for sure a winner at this year’s Oscars.
Lady Gaga’s Performance of Till it Happens to You. A beautifully touching performance, it was the complete opposite of Gaga’s performance at the Grammy’s. All dressed in white, Lady Gaga sang the powerful song just accompanied by her piano and a stage full of sexual abuse survivors. It was a performance that bought the audience to tears.
VP Joe Biden. Joe Biden, given a standing ovation by the audience, introduced Lady Gaga and encouraged us to ‘change the culture’ on sexual assault.
Tina Fey and Steve Carell. This comedy duo took the stage to announce Best Production Design, but more memorable was their perfect banter. This was just a reminder of why we so desperately need these two back on our TVs…preferable together.
Surprise win for Mark Rylance. Everyone was expecting Sylvester Stallone to go home with the trophy this year, but Rylance snuck in and won the gold. A poignant performance in Bridge of Spies, his win may have been a shocker, but wasn’t undeserved.
Dave Grohl singing Blackbird. The Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl took the stage to sing a beautiful acoustic version of Blackbird for the In Memoriam segment. It was a heartfelt rendition of the song and a perfect way to say goodbye to those we lost this year.
Leonardo DiCaprio. After six nominations, 2016 was Leo’s year as he FINALLY took home the trophy for Best Actor for his role in The Revenant. A well-deserved and long overdo win, DiCaprio used his time to not only thank those he’s grateful too, but educate the world that climate change is real.
“And lastly I just want to say this: Making ‘The Revenant’ was about man's relationship to the natural world. A world that we collectively felt in 2015 as the hottest year in recorded history. Our production needed to move to the southern tip of this planet just to be able to find snow. Climate change is real, it is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating. We need to support leaders around the world who do not speak for the big polluters, but who speak for all of humanity, for the indigenous people of the world, for the billions and billions of underprivileged people out there who would be most affected by this. For our children’s children, and for those people out there whose voices have been drowned out by the politics of greed. I thank you all for this amazing award tonight. Let us not take this planet for granted. I do not take tonight for granted. Thank you so very much. “
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