Hollywood heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio𒈔 finally landed his first Oscar on Sunday night for his gripping role as a revenge-seeking fur ಌtrapper left to die in “The Revenant.”
ไThe win came after four previous nominations without a trophy for DiCaprio, who beat out such competitors as last year’s winner, 𒁃Eddie Redmayne, to net the Academy Award.
DiCaprio, 41, received a standing ovation as he took the stage and thanked co-star Tom Hardy and his “unbelievably talented dir🌟ector,” Alejandro Iñárritu, who won Best Director for the second straight year after last year’s “Birdman.”
DiCaprio then used his Hollywood platform to hammer home an issue near an✨d dear to his heart: global warming.
“Climate change is real, it🌺 is happening right now, it is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work together and stop procrastinating,” he said.
But while DiCaprio and Iñárritu celebrated their individual wins, their flick was upse𝓡t for Best Picture. “Spotlight,” a drama about newspaper journalists expo🥂sing sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, copped the top prize.
“This film gave a voice to survivors,” said “Spotlight” producer Michael Sugar. “Pope Francis, it’s time tꦛo protect the children and restore the faith.”
The postapocalyptic action flick “Mad Max: Fury Road” took home the most trophies, scoring six awards — for Costume Design, Production De😼sign, Hair and Makeup, Film Editing, Sound Editing and So🌼und Mixing.
First-time Oscar nominee Brie Larso🗹n, 26, took the Best Actress award for her turn in the drama “Room,” about a kidnapped woman and her young son. Larson beat out vetera༺n Cate Blanchett and repeat winner Jennifer Lawrence to land the award.
“Rocky” actor Sylvester Stallone took it on the chin when the boxing-film heavyweight gꦍot KO’🔜d by a relative unknown for Best Supporting Actor.
“Bridge of Spies” actor Mark Rylance upset Stallone, who reprised his famous role as never-say-die boxer Rocky Balboa for th🍃e flick “Creed” and was the sentimental favorite to win the statue🐓.
Rylance also won out over other betterꦐ-known Hollywood heavy-hitters such as Christian Bale, Mꦇark Ruffalo and Tom Hardy.
Rylance played an accused Russian spy in the late-’50s drama directed by film legendꦿ Steven Spielberg and starring veteran Oscar winner Tom Hanks.
“If you eve🍒🔥r wondered about acting with Tom Hanks, would it help, the answer is clearly yes,” Rylance said.
The Best Supporting Actress award went to favorite Alicꦑia Vikander, 27, for her role as the wife of Redmayne’s gender-bending character 🥀in “The Danish Girl.’’
The Sꦓwedish actress, 27, beat out notables Rachel 🍌McAdams, Kate Winslet, Rooney Mara and Jennifer Jason Leigh to take home the award.
Not surprisingly, “Inside Out’’ — the ꦺwitty Pixar movie that brought to life a little girl’s rolle♚r-coaster world of emotions — copped Best Animated Film.
Composer Ennio Morꦓricone, 87, became one of the oldest people to ever win an Oscཧar when he took home the Best Original Score award for “The Hateful Eight.”
Additional reporting by David K.Li