2016 Academy Awards Show Highlights — Best Moments Of The 88th Oscars

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February 28, 2016 8:42PM EST

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Best Moments Of The 88th Annual Academy Awards: 2016

Best Moments Of The 88th Annual Academy Awards: 2016 — The Academy Awards, aka the Oscars, is the most highly anticipated award show of the year. Every year in February, the Academy honors the most highly critiqued films of the previous year in various genres and forms. The Oscars date all the way back to 1929, and continue to grow more and more incredible every year in awarding Hollywood’s finest actors, producers, directors and more. The 88th Annual Academy Awards in 2016 was hosted by Chris Rock, and awarded Spotlight for Best Picture. Additionally, Leonardo DiCaprio won Best Actor for his role in The Revenant, and Brie Larson won Best Acress for her role in Room.

Based on her contagious smile in this photo, Brie Larson was beyond thrilled and honored to be given such a highly prestigious award as Best Actress. From red carpet glam, to happy faces of the winning recipients, take a look through this gallery for pics of the best moments of the 88th Annual Academy Awards in 2016!

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Rachel McAdams and Emmanuel Lubezki

Rachel McAdams and Emmanuel Lubezki — Rachel McAdams stunned in an emerald dress as she poses in the pressroom with Emmanuel Lubezki, winner of the award for best cinematography for The Revenant at the 2016 Oscars. They’re both sensationally talented, and Rachel proudly clutched Emmanuel’s Oscar for the photo.

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Charles Randolph

Charles Randolph — Charles Randolph was ecstatic to win an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay alongside colleague Adam McKay for The Big Short. He grinned for the camera, glad in a tuxedo and Oscar in hand.

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James Gay-Rees

James Gay-Rees — Double fisting, James Gay-Rees held his Oscar in one hand and a glass of champagne in the other at the 88th Annual Academy Awards. He won the award for Best Documentary Feature for Amy, alongside his colleague Asif Kapadia.

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Emmanuel Lubezki

Emmanuel Lubezki — Emmanuel Lubezki smiled for a pic at the 88th Annual Academy Awards, clutching his well-deserved Oscar that he won for Best Cinematography for The Revenant. The category’s nominees included Carol, The Hateful Eight, Mad Max: Fury Road and Sicario.

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Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson

Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson — Talk about a dynamic duo! Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson hold their Oscars in gratitude and smiled happily after they won the award for Achievement in Production Design for Mad Max: Fury Road. Such an incredible honor!

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Mark A. Mangini and David White

Mark A. Mangini and David White — Mark A. Mangini and David White each give their shiny gold Oscars a big smooch upon winning the award for Achievement in Sound Editing for Mad Max: Fury Road. The competitive category’s other films that were nominated were The Martian, The Revenant, Sicario and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Leonardo DiCaprio and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu — Leonardo DiCaprio and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu grinned suavely suave for the camera, holding their well-deserved Oscar awards. Leo won for Best Actor and Alejandro won for Best Director, both for The Revenant. The film won a total of 3 Oscars and had 9 nominations, and if you’ve seen it, you’d completely understand why!

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Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust

Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust — Possibly the most prestigious award the Oscars has to offer, the Best Picture award, went to Spotlight at the 88th Annual Academy Awards. The film’s producers, Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust hoisted their Oscars in the air after winning the high honor. Congratulations to this incredibly talented group!

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The Weeknd Performing At The 2016 Academy Awards

The Weeknd Performing At The 2016 Academy Awards — R&B star The Weeknd was the performance of the evening at the Oscars in 2016. He performed his hit single ‘Earned It’, which was written for Fifty Shades of Grey. The song was nominated for Best Original Song from Fifty Shades, but lost to ‘Writing On The Wall’ from Spectre.

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