Leonardo DiCaprio, Brie Larson, Spotlight win at the 88th Academy Awards

Brie Larson receives her Academy Award.
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Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, while Brie Larson (The Room) won Best Actress in a Leading Role and Spotlight won Best Picture Sunday night at the Oscars.

Other winners include: Alejandro Iñárritu, Best Director (The Revenant); Alicia Vikander, Best Supporting Actress (The Danish Girl); Mark Rylance, Best Supporting Actor (Bridge of Spies); Inside Out for Best Animated Feature Film; Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, Best Original Screenplay (Spotlight); Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, Best Adapted Screenplay (The Big Short); Amy for Best Documentary Feature; and Emmanuel Lubezki, Best Cinematography (The Revenant).

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.