Oscars updates: Tracking the winners and highlights

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Published Sunday, February 28, 2016
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Welcome to our Oscars 2016 live blog! Follow along as we bring you the highlights from Hollywood’s biggest night, including Chris Rock’s much-anticipated opening monologue, all the award winners and their memorable speeches.

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We're following the red carpet arrivals now, but will switch to live updates at 8:30 ET, when the show starts.

Will Rock and award presenters address #OscarsSoWhite -- the lack of diversity among this year’s nominees? Will Leo DiCaprio finally get an Oscar? Will relative newcomer Brie Larson take home the Best Actress award? Will there be an upset in the Best Picture category?

We’re not looking away until it’s all over, so don’t worry about missing a thing. We’ll tell you about all the best moments before they go viral.



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