After five nominations, zero wins, and a lifetime worth of memes, Leonardo DiCaprio finally won his first Oscar on Sunday for his role in “The Revenant.”
DiCaprio earned a standing ovation from the crowd for his hard-earned win and opened his speech by thanking the cast, crew and director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, but his speech also included a call to action.
“Climate change is real,” DiCaprio said in a long speech that the producers decided not to cut short. “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.”
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Explaining that his film was “about man’s relationship to the natural world,” and that production struggled to find an environment cold enough to film in, the actor called on the audience to “stop procrastinating.”
“We need to support leaders around the world who do not speak for the big polluters or the big corporations,” he said. “But who speak for all of humanity, for the indigenous people of the world, for the billions and billions of underprivileged people who will 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.
Oscars Red Carpet Arrivals (Photos)
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Best Actress nominee Jennifer Lawrence ("Joy")
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Best Actor nominee Leonardo Dicaprio ("The Revenant")
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Best Supporting Actress nominee Kate Winslet ("Steve Jobs")
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"Mad Max" star Charlize Theron
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Rachel McAdams, nominated for Best Supporting Actress ("Spotlight")
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Best Actress nominee Cate Blanchett ("Carol")
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Nominee Lady Gaga (Best Original Song, "The Hunting Ground")
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Best Supporting Actor nominee Tom Hardy ("The Revenant") and wife Charlotte Riley
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Alicia Vikander, nominee for Best Supporting Actress ("The Danish Girl")
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Sylvester Stallone, Best Supporting Actor nominee, and wife Jennifer Flavin
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"Suicide Squad" star and presenter Margot Robbie
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Best Supporting Actress nominee Rooney Mara ("Carol")
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Best Actress nominee Brie Larson ("Room")
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Best Director nominee Alejandro Inarritu ("The Revenant")
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"Game of Thrones," "X-Men: Apocalypse" star Sophie Turner
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Heidi Klum
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"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" star Daisy Ridley
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Oscar winner and presenter Jared Leto
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"Whiplash" star Oscar winner JK Simmons
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"American Horror Story" star Finn Wittrock
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Saoirse Ronan, Best Actress nominee ("Brooklyn")
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Naomi Watts and Liev Schrieber
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Olivia Munn
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Jennifer Garner
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"The Mindy Project" star Mindy Kaling
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"Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara
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Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher
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Olivia Wilde
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Presenter and Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg
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"The Big Short" star Steve Carell and wife Nancy Carell
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Tina Fey
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"Bridge of Spies" director Steven Spielberg and wife Kate Capshaw
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Julianne Moore
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Best Supporting Actor nominee Mark Rylance ("Bridge of Spies")
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"Inside Out" director Pete Docter (center left) and Jonas Rivera (center right) with their wives.
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Actor Andy Serkis ("Star Wars: The Force Awakens")
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"Spotlight" screenwriter Josh Singer
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Best Director nominee Tom McCarthy ("Spotlight") and wife
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"The Revenant" star Forrest Goodluck
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"Terminator: Genisys" and "Magnificent Seven" star Lee Byung-Hun
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Best Actress nominee Charlotte Rampling ("45 Years")
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Evgeny Afineevsky (left) and producer Den Tolmor, nominees for Best Documentary Feature for "Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom"
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Best Supporting Actor nominee Mark Ruffalo ("Spotlight") and wife Sunrise Coigney
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Best Supporting Actress nominee Jennifer Jason Leigh ("Hateful Eight")
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Eddie Redmayne, Best Actor nominee ("The Danish Girl")
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Presenter and Oscar winner Patricia Arquette
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Actor Orlando Jones
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John Lasseter with son Bennett
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Amy Poehler
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Emily Blunt
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"The Revenant" star Will Poulter
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Henry Cavill
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Best Actor nominee Bryan Cranston ("Trumbo") and wife Robin Dearden
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"Captain America: Civil War" star Chris Evans
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Best Supporting Actor nominee Christian Bale ("The Big Short")
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"Joy" star and Best Actress nominee Jennifer Lawrence and director David O. Russell
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Best Actor nominee Matt Damon ("The Martian") and wife Luciana Barroso
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Best Actor nominee Michael Fassbender ("Steve Jobs")
See what the biggest stars and nominees are wearing as they arrive for the 88th Annual Academy Awards being held inside the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center
Best Actress nominee Jennifer Lawrence ("Joy")
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