Catholic Church abuse movie "Spotlight" was named best picture, the top award at Sunday's Oscar ceremony, after an evening peppered with pointed punchlines from host Chris Rock about the #OscarsSoWhite controversy that has dominated the industry. Mexico's Alejandro Inarritu nabbed the best directing Oscar for "The Revenant", taking home the trophy for the second straight year after winning in 2015 for "Birdman." "The Revenant" had gone into Sunday's ceremony with a leading 12 nominations, and was among four movies believed to have the best chances for best picture after it won Golden Globe and BAFTA trophies. "I (am) very lucky to be here tonight but unfortunately many others haven't had the same luck," Inarritu said, expressing the hope that, in the future, skin color would become as irrelevant as the length of one's hair. Leonardo DiCaprio got a standing ovation after finally winning his first Oscar for his leading role as a fur trapper left for dead in "The Revenant" and spoke out on climate change in his acceptance speech. Rising star Brie Larson, 26, took home the statuette for best actress for her role as an abducted young woman in indie movie "Room" to add to her armful...
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