Last night’s88th Annual Academy Awardsgave fans a slew of memorable moments, but one in particular broke a social media record.Twitterannounced today thatLeonardo DiCaprio’s Best ActorOscar winforThe Revenantgenerated more than 440,000 Tweets per minute, the most-Tweeted minute of anyOscarstelecast ever. This beat out the previous record of 255,000 Tweets per minute, set when Oscar hostEllen DeGenerestweeted out a star studded selfie back in 2014.
Ellen DeGeneres' selfie still holds theTwitterrecord for retweets of a single Oscar post, with over 3.3 million retweets. The other biggest moments of the night wereSpotlight’sBest Picturewin at the end of the telecast, andMad Max: Fury Road’s sixth Oscar win for Best Sound Mixing. At that point in the show,Mad Max Fury Roadhad won six of the seven awards it was nominated for, although it didn’t win another the rest of the night. It ended up losing Best Picture toSpotlight, Best Director toThe Revenant’sAlejandro González Iñárrituand Best Visual Effects to theEx Machinateam.
Leonardo DiCapriowas previously nominated forWhat’s Eating Gilbert Grape,The Aviator,Blood DiamondandThe Wolf of Wall Street. Perhaps one of his most infamous Oscar moments was when he wasn’t even nominated for the record-breaking blockbusterTitanic, which went on to win 11 Oscars including Best Picture. The actor didn’t even show up to the Oscar ceremony in 1998, which lead some to theorize that the Academy was collectively upset that he didn’t put in an appearance. Regardless of what lead to his Oscar drought, Leo finally has his first Oscar.
The Revenantwas a notoriously difficult film to make, with the actor speaking out on many occasions that it was his most difficult project ever. The film went over schedule when they were forced to shut down production since the unseasonably mild Canadian winter didn’t yield enough snow needed for the movie. Inspired by true events,The Revenantis an immersive and visceral cinematic experience capturing one man’s epic adventure of survival and the extraordinary power of the human spirit.
This morning,Leonardo DiCapriois still the #2 trending topic on Twitter as fans from around the world are still reacting to his big Oscar win. Below we’ve compiled a number of Tweets fromLeonardo DiCapriohimself, plus a few tributes sent out to congratulate him on the big awards. We also have a photo of the actor and hisTitanicco-starKate Winsletembracing backstage after his big Oscar win. Take a look at the tweets below, and stay tuned for more Oscar coverage.
