Topic: oscars 2016

Chris Rock hosts the Oscars, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP/Chris Pizzello)

The Oscars' awkward masochism

Jack Mirkinson
Stacey Dash (AP/Peter Kramer)

Katie Levingston
Cast and crew of “Spotlight” accept the award for best picture at the Oscars. (AP/Chris Pizzello)

Oscars: #WhiteStarsMatter

Andrew O'Hehir
Brie Larson in "Room," Cate Blanchett in "Carol"

Oscars: Who'll win (and won't)

Andrew O'Hehir
Charlotte Rampling (AP Photo/) (AP/Axel Schmidt, file)

Jack Mirkinson
Michael B. Jordan in "Creed," Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Revenant" (Warner Bros. Entertainment/Twentieth Century Fox)

Unbearable whiteness of Oscars

Jack Mirkinson
Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in "Mad Max: Fury Road" (Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.)

"Mad Max" is the best picture

Amanda Marcotte