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Academy Awards host Chris Rock didnt limit his commentary on the #OscarsSoWhite controversy to hisopening monologue. Lets take a look. Dressed as a janitor, Goldberg told a stage-frightened Lawrence, Its not rocket science, its a mop! Credit: ABC And Tracy Morgan played a very different version of the title character inThe Danish Girlthan Eddie Redmayne. These danishes is good, girl, he told a bemused Alicia Vikander while munching a pastry....

This years Academy Award-nominated films featured costumes that can best be described as dazzling, elegant, and gritty. Here, Best Costume Design nominees discuss how they brought those looks to life. Powell was inspired by colors captured in the street photography of the time. Credit: Courtesy of Sandy Powell; Wilson Webb/The Weinstein Company Carols color palette is elegant, and so too is her style. Her romantic counterpart, Powell explains, begins with a style thats simple but pops, artsy but unselfconscious....

Sandy Powell, Paco Delgado, Jenny Beavan, and Jacqueline West reveal how they realized their visions. to get to make her stand out, costume designer Sandy Powell kept things simple. She has to walk into the ballroom and immediately look different from everybody else,Powell tells EW. Focus Features; Disney; Kirsten Franson; Sandy Powell; Warner Bros. Pictures She has the biggest dress in the room, but its also the simplest and it was deliberate....

Earlier this month, the Academy Awards revealed that Dave Grohl would take the stage for a special performance offering no details at the time. When he did take the stage, Grohl performed a rendition of the Beatles Blackbird during the telecasts In Memoriam segment. Grohl sat on stage with a guitar playing the tune as images of late actors, filmmakers, and other industry figures appeared on screen, including David Bowie, Alan Rickman, and Leonard Nimoy....

This is incredible, he said, accepting the award at Sundays ceremony. Lubezki, who is also known by the nickname Chivo, won last year forBirdmanand the year before forGravity. He has been nominated for eight Oscars in all. Credit: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images The production was so demanding that multiple crew members were terminated or quit. … Theres a little bit of that feeling of, Finally Im starting to understand certain things....

Legendary composer Ennio Morricone is finally a competitive Oscar winner. The 87-year-old composer was nominated five times prior to this year, scoring his first nod forDays of Heaven. His other nominations came forThe Mission,The Untouchables,Bugsy, andMalena. Credit: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images Morricone was awarded an honorary Oscar at the 2007 ceremony. Morricone received a standing ovation from the audience, before giving his speech in Italian. Thank you to the Academy for this prestigious honor, he said through an interpreter....

Its time to break out the bubbly! Its a good thing. Sleep-deprived though he might be I kept waking up, thinking Is it 5:30 yet?' Credit: Pixar The brain is a really complicated instrument, and theres a lot of stuff going on. To be able to talk about that in an 80-minute film was hard, he says. I think we feel confident, he says. Like If we can do this, where else can we go?...

The Oscars likely created a core memory for the team behindinside Outtonight. Pixars animated film took home the Best Animated Feature prize at the 2016 Oscars. This marks Pixars first win in the category sinceBraveand Disneys continued dominance in the category. Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Fittingly, the award was presented byToy Storys Woody and Buzz Lightyear. Thats nothing it’s possible for you to choose, but it’s possible for you to make stuff....

Two of this years breakout stars are both under the age of 15, and as a result, theyre a little shorter than the rest of this years Oscar presenters. Which is why when Jacob Tremblay fromRoomand Abraham Attah fromBeasts of No Nationtook the Oscar stage to present Best Live Action Short Film, host Chris Rock rushed out to give them boxes to stand on. The ever gracious Tremblay made sure to thank Rock for being so considerate, adding, I loved you inMadagascar....

Check the room for bugs: The Bristow family is back in the spy game. Jennifer Garner reunited with TV dad Victor Garber andAliascreator J.J. Abrams at theVanity FairOscars party on Sunday. Garbers husband Rainer Andreesen captured the momenton Instagram. Credit: Norman Jean Roy/ABC via Getty Images Mostly I think it evolved from laughing, Garbersaid of their friendshipduring a shoot for EWs 2010 Reunions issue. Shes one of the most important people in my life....

But until Thursday, the actress could claim exactly zero Oscar nominations. It was kind of incredible news to wake up to this morning, said the actress. These are two movies that I lovesomuch. Credit: Andrew Cooper To get this kind of recognition is really such a joy. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Tell me how you found out about the nominations. Paint me a picture! It was an incredible and a lovely way to wake up....

The entire entertainment industry seems ecstatic for DiCaprio and his Oscar win, including Kanye West. Yeezy tweeted his congratulations to the star after he took home the prize. Our guy!!! Credit: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Were so so happy for Leo!! !, Kanye wrote. These two seemingly disparate celebs are apparently buddies, at least according toGrease Live!actress, Keke Palmer. Earlier this year,she saw DiCaprio dabbing with the rapperat a birthday party for Diddy....

Sam Smith brought homethe Oscar for Best Original Song, but Lady Gaga triumphed in the streaming world. Smiths award-winningSpectretheme song, Writings on the Wall, grew 407 percent after hte ceremony. The peak times occurred between midnight and 1 a.m. Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images ET the hour after the Oscars concluded and were compared to the same period the prior day. Smith, Gaga, and The Weeknd were the three of the five nominees who performed during Sundays ceremony....